Does God exist

Reason young people gave for leaving the church

Conflicts with scientific beliefs

What is the goal for understanding natural science?

To understand the universe as it really is

What is the goal of theology

Faith seeking understanding

What are evidence that supports the existence of God

Scientific, and Philosophical

Who came up with the Big Bang Theory

Father Georges Lemaitre

support for a big bang theory

Red shift and comic background radiation

Red shift

wavelengths of light are light are stretched out as distant galaxies move away faster

Cosmic Background Radiation

Evenly distributed throughout the universe

4 ways the universe could have existed b4 Big Bang

Multiverse, Bounding universe, Higher Dimensional space, and Static Universe

Multiverse

This is just one of many bubble universes

bouncing universe

cycles of expansion and contraction

Higher Dimensional space

allows for unusual expansion and bouncing

Static Universe

Universe was static until the Big Bang

Pro Big Bang

Any universe with an expansion rate greater than zero must have a beginning

Who came up with the Pro Big Bang

Borde- Vilenkin- Guth Proof

Second law of Thermodynamics

Isolates systems always tend to become more disorganized.

what are examples of unlike hood of the Universe

Gravitational Constant, Strong Nuclear Force, Ratio of Gravity to electromagnetism

Gravitational Constant

Determines how strongly physical bodies area attracted to each other through gravity

What is the fine- tuning argument for the existence of God?

Ockham’s Razor

What are some philosophical arguments?

Anselm’s Ontological argument, Aquinas 5 ways and Kalam’s Cosmological Argument

Anselm’s Philosophical Definition of God

That which nothing grater can be thought of

Aquinas’s 5 ways

MCDPP= Motion, Causality, Dependency, Perfection and Purpose

Motion

to change much be changed by something else that must be changed and needs an unmoved mover

Efficient cause

Agent who brings a thing into being or initiatives a change

Efficient cause

Nothing can cause itself because it would have to exist already in order to cause itself

Dependence

some things exist that might not exist

Perfection

To describe things need a standard of comparison including a highest degree. Need a perfect being.

Purpose

Things act consistently toward an end not by chance.

Kalam’s Cosmological Argument

Whatever beings to exist has a cause.

objections to God’s existence

Agnosticism, Naturalism, suffering, rejection of moral authority, Historical revisionism, Alien life, etc

Can the existence of God be disproven?

No it can’t because of empirical evidence.

empirical evidence states

you can’t prove a negative. To disprove God you have to search the entire universe and beyond it and we can’t do that.

Law of Non- Contradiction

Something cannot be both true and false at the same time. Squares cannot be circles.

Is the Bible opposed to Science?

No it is not because the Bible shares sacred truths and not evidence.