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The Design Argument

"The living results of natural selection… impress us with the illusion of design." (Richard Dawkins)

The Design Argument

"The only watchmaker in nature is the blind forces of physics…" (Richard Dawkins)

The First Cause Argument

"In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth." (Genesis 1:1-3)

The First Cause Argument

"The universe just is." (Bertrand Russell)

Miracles

"Then Moses stretched out his hand over the sea, and the LORD drove the sea back by a strong east wind all night and made the sea dry land..." (Exodus 14:21)

Evil and Suffering as an argument against God

"The work of Satan… cannot harm [believers] in the least, unless God permits it." (Qur’an 58:10)

Special Revelation

"Saul, Saul, why do you persecute me?" (Bible)

General Revelation through Nature

"The heavens declare the glory of God; the skies proclaim the work of his hands..." (Psalm 19:1-4)

General Revelation through Nature

"It is He who spread out the earth, placed firm mountains and rivers on it..." (Qur’an 13:3)

General Revelation through Scripture

"This is the Scripture in which there is no doubt, containing guidance for those who are mindful of God." (Qur’an 2:2)

Different Ideas about the Divine

"God created humankind in his image, in the image of God he created them." (Genesis 1:27)

The Benevolence of God

"For God so loved the world that he gave His one and only Son..." (John 3:16 [NIV])

The Omniscience of God

"You have searched me, LORD, and you know me. You know when I sit and when I rise..." (Psalm 139:1-2 [NIV])

The Divine

"He is God the One, God the eternal. He begot no one nor was he begotten..." (Qur’an 112)

God as personal

"He is with you wherever you are." (Qur’an 57:4)