God: Fact or Fiction? | John Lennox explores at UNC
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"You can speak about the ethical foundations of science, but you cannot speak about the scientific foundations of ethics." -Albert Einstein
Yeah we can.
@@garywalker447 prove it
@@deeveevideos My knowledge of science informs me of the likely consequences of my actions or inactions allowing me to make informed choices that are relevant to the situation I am in, not some ignorant list of vague rules.
Second, we are an evolved species that is very social in behavior, we work to the good of the social group and we are the evolutionary result of millions of years of our ancestor doing this. Moral behavior within our group is part of who we are.
@@garywalker447 the problem is science doesn't back up your claim. Where do you think all that scientific knowledge came from or the ability to discover it? And if you actually read the word of God and not just some second-hand information you'll come to believe the truth in that. How can you explain the Cambrian explosion? All life showed up all at once and not from some tiny Evolution transitions? And it's explain perfectly in the beginning of Genesis.
@@deeveevideos the problem is science doesn't back up your claim.
Where do you think all that scientific knowledge came from or the ability to discover it?
And if you actually read the word of God
and not just some second-hand information you'll come to believe the truth in that.
How can you explain the Cambrian explosion?
All life showed up all at once and not from some tiny Evolution transitions?
And it's explain perfectly in the beginning of Genesis.
I really enjoy listening to Dr. John Lennox speaking about God. He is brilliant and knows the Bible. I think the good Professor Lennox has a photographic memory! How else could he remember every word of the Bible, speak German, Russian, Latin,and English? I really do love him so much.❤️❤️❤️🇺🇸🇺🇸🙏🙏🙏🙏Joan b, Florida USA
Well said, I love him, too. He is a true gift to humanity and I am really looking forward to meet him on day, either in this life or in eternity. Btw, Prof Lennox can also speak French 😍 best regards from Germany 😊
A wonderful ambassador for our God. God is working through him. Christianity is the only logical answer to why we are here.
What's more, we don't just believe it, we feel it right at the core of our souls. It's a beautiful thing to possess, so beautiful it brings tears to my eyes with its wonder.
I feel compassion for those who don't have this gift, and like Dr Lennox, long for others to find it God bless us all. ❤️
@Beemer
There are no souls!
Death is final!
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God knows, god helps those helping themselves is a saying because gods have a perfect record of nothing doing outside of fiction
He was born for these times.🙏🏽
This is quite brilliant. Big fan of Lennox. Richard Dawkins has been known to say that the more we learn through science, the less we will need God. That is the story of The Tower of Babel all over again. Denying God for self-glorification. We all know how that story ended.
Also read C.S. Lewis That Hideous Strength!
Very intellectually and spiritually satisfying! A true scientist and a true Christian. Thank you, Prof. Lennox.
He's not even a scientist, he has no credibility in the scientific community, just like every other clown that supports intelligent design / creation
@@Nightravenspeaks just another fallacious goof
@@Nightravenspeaks 'True' = in accordance with fact or reality (Oxford Dictionary).
@@badideassfallacious in what ways? What is John Lennox mistaken about, and do you have something better to offer?
@@badideasshow so?
Science has and still is a great topic to me since my youth but one of the greatest reasons why I've always been so interested in science is this is my point of view science has brought an understanding and an aww to be amazed in his works and how much he loves us
You understand that to amaze and stupefy are or mean the same thing?
Watching John Lennox is such a breath of fresh air.
It truly is yes. I am absolutely loving his logic. So affirming of our faith and family world view. Gives one arguments that just make too much sense, and that is a rare commodity these days.Thank you is not enough is it!
I am mesmerized by God in his heart and in his soul!❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
I'm an evolutionist but I must say Lennox has made me think seriously about my logics and reasoning
+DreamRasta Unless you insist (as _most_ Christians certainly do _not_) that Genesis must be literally true, it is perfectly possible to believe both in evolution and in Christianity. In fact, the Book of Genesis contains two contradictory stories of creation, which cannot both be literally true. Christian doctrine since before Augustine of Hippo has been that the Bible contains much truth, but that we need not require it to be true in the literal details of poetic accounts such as Genesis. The Bible indeed states that it was God who created the universe, but I personally turn to science to tell me the details of exactly how it was done. I am more in awe at the idea of God's conceiving of evolution and using it to create the human race than I am at the notion that he was forced to create each species individually.
+BigBen Hebdomadarius What are the two contradictions you speak of? I'm willing to have an open minded conversation with you.
He has given you STORIES, however, YOU DEAL WITH REAL THINGS! I would find it difficult to do too much switching!
+BigBen Hebdomadarius In short the Bible states that there was no death until Adam sinned. This would not be compatible with evolution. Evolution suggest that over a long period of time man "eventually" came into being.
+BigBen Hebdomadarius im also curious to hear about these two contradicting stories (only being contradictions to each other if literally true) could you elaborate on that?
Thank you Mr. Lennox for coming to UNC to speak so eloquently and lovingly to our young people - many of whom may never have been privileged to hear the good news. May God bless you!
that campus needs more speakers like this, constantly.
THIS WAS THE REASON FOR ALMOST EVERY SINGLE AMERICAN UNIVERSITY IN THEIR INDIVIDUAL INCEPTION. THE PROPAGATION OF THE CHRISTIAN FAITH.
This man was great,yes need more like minded. GOD ALMIGHTY put tlhim there for all to here. The listening is up to US.
The great Christian preacher of our century... " ... to sum it up in a single sentence: He who claims to be both Son of God and savior and judge of humankind now stands before offering, if only we come to him, fulfillment, freedom and rest. Such an invitation from such a person cannot lightly dismissed. He waits patiently for our response. RSVP! " Why I am a Christian , John Stott
I am the son of God and the saviour and judge of humankind. Come to me and I'll offer you fulfilment, freedom and rest.
I just did everything you said was not lightly dismissed.
@@alwayslearningtech The key to that statement was "such a person" IE someone who can perform miracles like walk on water and resurrect from the dead. Something tells me brother you can't do any of those things. No disrespect.
@@stephsman51 oh, I didn't know. Who did that stuff and how did you find out about it?
@@stephsman51 , Matt asked a question like 2 months ago,
It is refreshing to listen to someone who has studied widely, and thought long and deeply. John Lennox is highly intelligent and is not ashamed of it! His book “God’s Undertaker” is a powerful summary of what is known across many scientific disciplines; it is packed full of rigorous science and philosophy. So he is worthy of our respect and attention. Listening honestly and quietly to the whole of this talk may be the best 90 minutes you will ever enjoy.
I have listened to John Lennox pitch his arguments for his beloved boyhood religion many times without proving even once that his belief is true.
That's why it's called faith.
James, Everything on which we base our lives is faith of some sort or another. Not all faiths can be proven, and some do not demand proof. That something cannot be proven does not mean that it is necessarily untrue.
What a lovely man. A tremendous speech.
Another great speech John Lennox! Your awesome and such a great role model to me! God Bless you and thank you for answering so many of my questions!
Lenox is not an insault But a soul saver, my faith in God would never be changed, thanks to Lenox for a great reminder so i have to maintain my belief and faith in God.
Professor John Lenox you are an inspiration!!!!!!!!
Yes ...a good inspiration to obtain examples for logical fallacies.
@@freezingka3730 Which logical fallacies were committed here?
@@frankmanning3815 This guy is so full of shit that you can take any fragment at random and find the corresponding falacy all the time. I have just FFWD to a random point in the video. It happened to be 31:45 aaaaand there it is. He uses a basic strawman to justify his idiotic belief that JC walked on water by saying that walking on water is nothing compared to creating all the water on earth.
You can play this game and win every time (choose any random moment in any of his idiotic speeches and you will immediately find the corresponding fallacy guaranteed).
@@freezingka3730 Schedule a debate with him... You won't...he would roll you up and smoke you. You use many fallacies in your attacks on Dr Lenox. Weak minds do that. Try getting educated and your indoctrination will disappear.
@@ColonelEmpire
"Schedule a debate with him"
No problem Pass me his phone number.
"he would roll you up and smoke you"
That´s what she said.
"You use many fallacies in your attacks on Dr Lenox"
None.
"Try getting educated and your indoctrination will disappear"
That is exactly what religious people need. Atheist are not indoctrinated, they simply grew up out of religious stupidity on their own.
Really enjoy listening to John Lennox, not just for his brilliant mind but because he is able to present the facts so clearly that I am able to understand what he says
ROFL!
You must be joking: "able to present the facts so clearly"? Did he present any facts or try to back up his dubious faith by trying to link it to science. He comes over as truly knowledgeable and sincere but so does a magician or con artist.
@@bobwilkinson2008He delt with that. You evidently weren't listening. Perhaps you're the joker.
Glory be to God for how he has blessed John.
John Lennox is a true man of God. God bless him.
Laws of nature are not explanations. Interesting point @7:30
Very profound arguments Professor John Lennox! Keep shedding the light
God 100%loves me and jesus died because im a sinner. The cross is for sinners thats all of us.
Praise Jesus Christ, always be bold in your faith,
GOD bless you !
@@Steve20333 amen brother
You only sinned against yourself or others the cosmos doesn't care what you do.
@@Arminius420 explain what you mean by cosmos
The cosmos is everything we know in reality which clearly doesn't have a personality. a figure of speech idk
Method is so important. Modern modern science lacks this, and it is apparent. A great communicator. Cheers from Aotearoa NZ.
Great teaching, solidifying Christian’s faith in the Living God.
I think Mr. Lennox is a great Christian apologist of our time. I do recall in my college days while taking a course on the History of Christianity by an esteemed Christian professor of history at the University of Washington. He suggested that contrary to Mr. Lennox's conclusion that Christ would have detested religious wars of any kind, that in certain circumstances they may be inevitable if not necessary. The UW professor said nothing more about it but he seemed to be referring to the Byzantine wars with the Muslims as they moved north into Europe spreading their religion and killing Christians who refused to be converted. Many historians have concluded that had the Byzantine Empire not fought against the Arab encroachments of the ninth and tenth centuries, that Europe would have become a Muslim continent, rather than a Christian one and that it was only the Byzantine army that stopped it. The same may be said of the Moors and their conquest of southern Spain. Granted, Christian passivism did overcome Rome but it hasn't to this day had much influence in the Arab countries and beyond. I noticed that Mr. Lennox cleverly avoids those issues when he says, " They will have to speak for themselves," and for good reason. It opens up a can of worms, the same can that the crusaders couldn't avoid. But I love John Lennox and admire his strength and courage to confront the smartest enemies of Christianity head on. Just like an Irishman would.
Very interesting. I was considering this also. If we are simply logic machines (i.e. thought processes capable of being simulated), then how can we truly love, appreciate art, feel music... Is it all just neurons firing at the right times based on past experiences, with a few chemical reactions thrown into the mix? Personally I believe that we are much more than that, although I'm still researching the idea.
I hope your research is more within you,then just what another person did.
If in this life only we have hope, we are men most miserable.
It's a true privilege to see all thy comments my beloved and do asked the question why are we talking for truly beloved? For what? For what reason? Ok. I let you finish the...be a CHILDS. LANGUAGE is given and LANGUAGE understood indeed. Don't be amazed but give thanks unto our Father. Reason you can comprehend. But many wise of this world and its fruits put curses upon one another. FATHER GOD INDEED WILL NOT BE ABLE TO LOOK UP! FOR THESE SAME MINDS ACCUSES MY KINGS AND PRIESTS AND OWN UPON ALL DRY GROUNDS NOR THE WORLD DAY AND NIGHT! LIFE WAS DESIRED GIVEN FROM OUR FATHER HEIRS true HOSTS IS FOR THEE AND THY TRUE INNOCENTS YOUNGS SONS AND DAUGHTERS UPON ALL DRY GROUNDS NOR THE WORLD. REMEMBER THY FEETS BELOVED. MANY WILL SAY THE MIND, THE CHEST, AND STOMACH. BUT A CHILD OF YESHUA JESUS CHRIST WILL SAY "REMEMBER THY FEETS"! NOW WHY THE SON OF MEN ASKED THEE THIS QUESTION? What is thy FEETS beloved? Like what is time? Indeed deep questions for the wise of this world and petitions is heard to keep thinking. Specially for my pop Bill Gates asked and many petitions before thee! Is like who is able? Depends of thy definition of who is able? To give to keep thinking. Remember was proven already! Is like can you God give me life again. As far as I know? You have to be given life first. Reason you are breathing through our nostrils beloved. Aren't you living? Obviously none of you! But given privilege of life able to have 1 on 1 conversations. So we may know? Our neighbors is the best gift given from God beloved indeed.
I love your comment I fact there is God you may ask why this has ever been in the hearts man since ?,
The answer to why troubles in this life, lay at the fall of Adam and Eve, after they partake of the fruit of the knowledge of good and evil. This caused this earth to always act against, us to increase the use in knowledge. Because we are Gods children, and this earth is a school of God to us his children. For more look to lds church doctrine you will for sure know the purpose of this life and where do we come from.
Most of the negative comments here are from people who have a lot of anger issues, so it seems. I applaud highly intelligent people like Ravi and John Lennox who present a solid well reasoned case, unlike atheists and other pseudo intellectuals
Grouping atheists with pseudo intellectuals is not very fair.
Some Christians don't present a solid or well reasoned case for god, instead they scream red-faced from the pulpit. There are atheists who honestly do not believe in god and who have well reasoned arguments for their disbelief. Insulting some one because they don't agree with you is childish.
That's not much of an argument. Do you want me to list all the Christians I disagree with and claim to prove a point?
Proxima256 no I don't.
Freezing Ka Another confused ivory tower westerner who buys into the superficial fallacies of the new atheists. Some of the most brilliant minds in history and today have wrestled with the question of whether there is transcendence beyond our limited understanding of the physical universe. Your empty assertion and foul language is a garbage child's philosophy. There are prominent atheists who are respectable, and then there are deluded militant atheists. You are confused about the degree to which the educated world has come to a conclusion about the ultimate nature of reality.
Atheists say there is no God but they hate him anyway, at least some of them do.
This was the BEST explanation and illustration of miracles not breaking the laws of nature I have ever heard. In fact I don’t think I have heard an explanation before. Thank you, Professor Lennox. Amazing reason and undeniable logic. (that illustration is about 37 mins into the video.)
Really? An explanation for miracles not breaking the laws of nature? Did he provide evidence, or did he provide a comfortable argument for believing that which has no proof, can have no proof and is patently a belief in the supernatural? No, this man's arguments are not ones of reason, they are arguments for faith. Faith does not explain miracles, it's just an apology for superstition.
@@adcrane The ‘Big Bang’ came from nothing and if you believe that to be true one can argue that you are just as invested in the Super-Natural as is Professor Lennox 🤷♀️
I mean, it’s just an assertion. He doesn’t really provide an explanation and certainly doesn’t provide any supporting evidence.
@@sumo1203 it is a logically sound argument. It has to do with information science.
@@fennek5351 he doesn’t even give an argument. What is there to even engage with.
I’ve had to study a bit of informatics and information theory I don’t really any of it supporting such claims
Speechless....💞
Two men observing a forest. One man in the midst of the forest the other man in a helicopter above. The man in the midst of the woods has been lost in them all his life. The man in the helicopter is an international adventurer. When asked about the forest one man replies "the world is a forest" while the other replies "the forest has a 2000 mile circumference." The first man lacked the objectivity as he was within while the others transcendental perspective offered the objective point of view.
Romans 1:20
Lennox fan✔️
Tar Heels fan✔️
Greatest lecture ever✔️
Gullible much?
Thats some Real Knowledge i can feel it , God speaking tru him 😇🙏
I love Dr. Lennox
Dear John, thank you for your intelligence, passion, reason, logic, patience, and humility, with which you present your well-thought through ideas, relating so well to THE HUMAN CONDITION.
I was born and raised in Soviet Russia 🇷🇺 but I’m an American 🇺🇸 today
John 1:3. Brilliant line of scripture, well used.
It's all so fascinating. Thanks for engaging in some constructive dialogue.
I'm tired tonight. Was working in a restaurant. Looking forward to watching some interesting CZcams videos.
God bless you, brother.
I love the wisdom and intelligence of John Lennox.
I like where he talks about things making
' sense ', I can relate. I remember from a small child things made sense to me or didn't make sense. I remember believing in a supernatural God from very young as it made sense to me. I also remember learning about evolution belief in everything being millions and millions of years old and how that didn't make ANY sense to me.
I have listened and clear that God exist and there's life after death.
It would be wise to choose where one wants to spend his eternity.
Where was this knowledge n wisdom?
@@michaelszczys8316 because even as a child its clearly nonsense.
Amazing man who see so clearly ! Thank God for him Xxxx
Deluded idiot more like who believes in imaginary friends.
@@stanstevens6289 I hope your joking. You called it idiot yeah he’s an oxford professor of mathematics and science, well respected by atheist and Christians really wouldn’t call him an idiot if you don’t like him that’s fine but calling him a idiot is a complete lie
@@webslinger527 Talking to an imaginary friend and claiming a mythology to be fact is pretty damned idiotic. He may well be very good at mathematics and highly intelligent in other respects, but he fails miserably at grasping reality. I stand by my comment.
@@stanstevens6289 You seem not to understand what he’s talking about you really shouldn’t stand by your comment
@@webslinger527 Regardless of what he said (it's a year ago so I don't remember), I reiterate, he talks to an imaginary friend and takes mythology to be fact... I stand by my comment, deluded idiot in that respect. Also, actually, he's a philosopher of science, not a scientist. Any scientist specialising in a particular field would be far more clued up than him in any key area.
Lennox is bewildering! He must be living with God to be able to know what he knows...What a wonderful story teller.
Why do atheists rely on character assassination instead of engaging the argument?
So glad I listened! I can feel his deep and sincere love for Christianity!
The guy is dumb as a bag of rocks, Christian or not. Proof that education and intelligence are very, very different things.
A brilliant lecture. To which I respond ... thank you God. You. Are. Great.
Science is mostly using data and INTERPRETING it with logic and agreement. We only agree that 2=2 because society deems it to be such. Science has failed us at times, and that's okay. But when you put God in this equation, beauty and meaning in life ensues and saves lives. Science cannot do such marvelous works.
Scientist don't really know what gravity, energy or consciousness really is. What makes you think they can ever understand negative energy is.
None of those point to God
Please with all your talks list the books referenced in the presentation. Thanks
Lennox treats those who simply do not yet believe in God (atheists) with great respect. Please do the same.
God=energy
Jesus is God. He is the Logos as John emphasizes in his Gospel.
Nope. At best your Jesus might have been a faith healer but more likely, he is just a made up figure.
Gary Walker well that’s not what’s been recorded. And you are content by reason concluding that, because you don’t believe for several reasons.
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The early christians stole concepts from greek philosophy - the cult of yeshua is NOTHING without ideas from the greeks
@@garywalker447 look up historical evidence outside the Bible. There are records of Jewish people, and Roman historians and writers. Not story tellers. Jesus came to save us of death, and to share love to others. Just look into the evidence. !! It’s there!
simply awesome!
The written Word of God that we called the Bible is the evidence!
😂 From the way my life has gone, I would have called the talk, "God: Friend or Foe". 🤣
John Lennox is the most insightful Evangelist I have ever heard.
May be so,the trouble is none of these guys can hive any evidence whats so ever.These religious zealots make ,all these ridiculous claims,,solely on their belief
.if there is no evidence of truth its a time waster.
@@peterbeaumont7619 There is evidence for Christianity, obviously there are big questions that can’t be proven but science can’t prove them either. I’m not anti science at all and neither is Lennox.
I not sure which claims you are taking about so I can’t comment on them.
As you know there is no real evidence for God. I've heard Lennox in debates but just goes round in circles. Christianity unfortunately is full of mysticism.Science will eventually tell us the true about every thing.Even biblical historians say the Bible is mainly fairy tales.
You’re right Peter God can’t proven it’s matter of faith, the theory that nothing created everything can’t be proven either but until it can be proven you also need to have faith.
Science can proof the natural world trough observation and experimentation, but the creation of the world will never be proven trough science, because we can’t obverse it.
I think you are being a bit disingenuous when it comes to Lennox, I made that comment 8 years ago and I’m still read and listen to him today, I’ve never heard him go in circles I think we stays on the topic and replies directly.
God bless you Peter, I mean that with sincerity. Sorry for English I never now if my spelling is correct.
he's a dope and a crook just like all the evangelists who sell a bill of goods to delusional bible thumpers
Great lecture!!!
Thank you John Lennox. I surely look forward to meeting you.
[Two men observing a forest.]
Interesting. Okay. One man lives within a forest, interacting intimately with its streams, plants, wildlife and natural rythms throughout his life. Another man, a tourist, flies over the forest in a helicopter ride. The tourist says, "The forest is nothing but a monotonous green canopy."
Who has the more objective view of the forest, seeing it as it truly is; The one intimately interacting with it, or the one with the "transcendantal" point of view?
May the good Lord bless him.
i have a sneaking suspicion that early 1900's america would've heard this lecture and thought to themselves, "wow, people really need to be told this type of common sense stuff?" but after about 100 yrs of secualism redefining things, and getting rid of offensive foundations for thought, this lecture is considered educational. which scientist was it that said when the scientist finally reaches the peak of the mtn he finds a theologian ("her pulpits were aflame...") sitting there waiting.
Enjoyed it greatly!!
No amount of evidence may persuade one way or the other, but no amount of persuasion can change a single fact.
Dr. Lennox has opened my thought process to the difference between logic and chronology. My Biblical training have me both. Thank you my Father. Growth does indeed take time.🤔🤨😌💯💞
I love the emojis! 😊
funny i wrote this but it did not take.I will say it again.The great Einstein said,"The most incomprehensible thing about the universe is that it can be comprehended,why does the Universe go to so much trouble to make itself undertstood."He also said,religion without sciene is lame,and science without religion is blind."And I don't know who said it but,Not only is the universe stranger than we imagined,it is stranger than we can imagine.
Agree completely.
Thank you professor Lennox. Focusing on the world, Christian faith sometimes seems illogical. After this talk, it seems the most logical and obvious thing I can imagine
So enjoy listening and learning about This Amazing GOD, WHO crested the heavens and the earth. Thank you Sir❤❤❤
John Lennox is a gift to us Christians, so intelligent, so inspirational, so humble. We aspire to be like him, but ladies and gentlemen Jesus Christ is 100x more gifted than JL and I think he will agree with me.
I thank God for John Lennox 🤩
What a man.
Thanks, Veritas Forum!
I love this guy. Yes GOD EXISTS! Glory to God!!!
Thanks and praises be to my Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. In Christ alone. Amen.
What a man with knowledge of God?
*Writing down a question* "How do I rationalize... do you think I do??" :D I love John Lennox.
1:14:23 This one is just briliant
Maybe I got it backwards, how do you know when you see an "uu" it means love, when you see "aa" it means charity.
I would challenge Dawkins to experiment with the teachings of Jesus by implementing the teachings in his life. He will discover the values and benefits of the Christian way of life, and likely fall in love with Jesus! I suspect he wouldn't dare take the challenge.
Richard was RAISED a Christian and WAS a Christian till 15 years old when he became upset with the fact that God is concerned with sin, so Richard became obsessed with invalidating God… why? Because Richard is not atheist but he is afraid of God. All this is from his interviews
Thanks for this video, haven't watched till the end, but it made me looked at Hebrew's definition of faith. And I think what's meant by faith is motivation. Our faith is our motivation.
Try listening with the speed on 1.25, I find it shortens the actual timed length while I sincerely believe I do still get a complete message. Mainly it just shortens long pauses between words.
How did that go? Faith is belief in something you have no evidence for?
That may be somewhat true, but if you get some serious evidence does that make it no longer faith?
I don't know about you but some good evidence makes my faith stronger.
WOW GoD Bless You !! You b covered Great points!! Also Science cannot prove the facts of Love, what science can answer our feelings of conscience? God & Science are ONE!! Thank You Sir Lennox!
🎯 Key Takeaways for quick navigation:
00:00 🎓 John Lennox discusses the question of whether God is fact or fiction.
01:41 🤔 Freud's argument that God is a wish fulfillment works both ways; neither atheism nor theism can be proven solely through psychology.
03:01 🧪 Science and belief in God are not inherently contradictory; many key scientists like Galileo and Newton were believers in God.
05:42 📚 Education, exploration, and intellectual freedom are important for forming well-rounded worldviews.
08:35 🌌 The origin of modern science is linked to a monotheistic worldview that saw order and law as indicators of a creator.
10:06 🤝 Science and religion are not in opposition but rather complement each other; they provide answers to different types of questions.
14:53 🛠️ Science and God are not mutually exclusive explanations; both can contribute to understanding the universe.
19:22 🕊️ Faith is not blind belief; it's based on evidence and trust, and it's an essential component of science as well as religion.
22:54 🔬 The argument that science and religion are conflicting options is misleading; many scientists hold religious beliefs alongside their scientific pursuits.
25:19 🧠 The naturalistic interpretation of the mind poses challenges to rationality and meaning, leading to questions about the reliability of science itself.
27:22 🌍 The rational intelligibility of the universe aligns with Christianity's teachings, suggesting a common origin for both.
28:39 📖 Revelation and reason are not opposed; both require the use of the mind to understand and interpret.
32:16 🔄 Miracles do not violate the laws of nature; they involve the intervention of a higher intelligence in a system.
38:57 🔄 The question "Who created the Creator?" assumes that God is created, but this contradicts the concept of an eternal God.
44:15 🧩 Complexity doesn't invalidate God as an explanation; even complex ideas like Richard Dawkins' book originate from more complex minds.
49:48 💬 Semiotics and language defy reductionism; the existence of meaningful information implies an intelligent source.
51:37 🌌 Two contrasting worldviews: one starting with mass-energy leading to consciousness, the other starting with the Word (God) as primary reality.
53:06 ❓ Addressing questions about suffering in the world, using religion to harm others, and the equality of all religions.
54:29 🧠 The idea of a "God part of the brain" dedicated to religion is questionable due to the complex interconnections in the brain.
55:26 📖 The basis of deriving morality from religious texts like the Bible raises questions about subjective interpretation and external sources.
56:03 🌍 The question of a young or old Earth's age is not directly related to the discussion on God's existence, but historical evidence and interpretation play a role.
56:59 📜 Some Christian doctrines have similarities with myths from other religions, but resurrection in Christianity has unique historical evidence.
57:27 🧬 The compatibility of evolution with faith raises complex discussions on the origin of life, complexity, and the role of God in creation.
57:43 📚 Mathematics, though partly observed from the universe, also involves creative aspects and logical coherence.
58:12 🌌 Critical realism in science suggests an approximation of truth, and the capacity for science, arts, and literature is evidence of human creativity and divine design.
59:21 🤝 The interaction between brain changes, behavior, and faith underscores the complex relationship between neurophysiology and spiritual experiences.
01:00:17 💡 Evolution's different levels of complexity and the insertion of information challenge a purely unguided process.
01:04:48 🌐 Understanding the metaphorical and literal aspects of biblical language and avoiding imposing restraints is crucial when interpreting scripture.
01:06:07 🌍 The question of a young or old Earth's age should consider the evidence and interpretation, while focusing on the message of the Bible.
01:12:26 🐦 The accusation of violence tied to religion raises the issue of historical religious conflicts, but Jesus' teachings emphasize nonviolence and truth.
01:19:51 🌍 Atheism has been responsible for significant bloodshed throughout history, and the New Atheists are relatively silent about this aspect compared to their focus on religious violence.
01:21:13 🤔 The question of why there's suffering in the world is a complex one. The speaker cites his experience during 9/11, where expressions of faith and hope were present even in the face of tragedy.
01:22:16 💔 The speaker recounts personal experiences of suffering and loss, highlighting the complexity of finding gratitude in the midst of pain.
01:24:26 ❤️ The existence of both love and the ability to choose is tied to the potential for suffering. Human relationships and the capacity to say "yes" or "no" are intertwined.
01:28:15 ✝️ The speaker discusses the uniqueness of Christianity, where salvation is not based on personal merit but on Christ's sacrifice on the cross. This concept offers a profound solution to the problem of human suffering.
01:29:51 🌟 The speaker argues that the suffering of Christ on the cross demonstrates God's willingness to become part of human suffering, offering hope and a way to transcend it.
01:30:34 🌅 While atheism may view suffering as an inherent part of existence with no hope, the speaker believes that his faith in a loving God enables him to find meaning and purpose in the face of suffering.
Rock on Dr. Lennox!
Awesome, thanks you John
I agree . Myself I'm a believer , but I think of myself as a ' believer in the Lennox mode ' .
Thank you sir.
I love how science proves God
Yeah, how does it do that? Please elaborate.
@@schmetterling4477
DNA
one gram has more info than 600,000,000 CDs
Info only comes from an intelligent mind.
You’re welcome
@@PInk77W1 There is nothing about DNA in the bible. I think they guy in the bible used clay.
@@schmetterling4477 there doesn’t have to be nothing about DNA in the Bible.
The Bible is NOT a science book.
The Bible says God made everything.
DNA has his signature.
“For YOU have made ALL things by
weight, measure and number.”
Wisdom 11:20.
@@PInk77W1 "the Bible says"..
A book cant prove itself
Listen: Does God exist? Science tells us that a probability of less than 1 chance in 10^150th is basically an impossibility. However, when calculating the probability of all the variables involved in creating a universe coming together where life could exist is 1 chance in 10^450th. Basically, it is impossible by a factor of 10^300th. So, we must conclude that there is a VERY intelligent being, who is responsible for our being here. There are, of course, many other proofs in science of biblical truth and authenticity. But don't take my word for it. Don't be afraid of God, check it for yourself!
Very well said, the fine tuning of the universe is a question that atheism cannot answer without conceding that this essentially impossible probability actually happened. And lets not get into the part of naturalism that defies both science and logic, everything cannot come from nothing. A universe cannot create itself, because this statement is a contradiction, in order to create itself it has to already be in existence and then we have an endless loop. Many atheists think that science disproves God. However it in fact highlights the necessity for there to be a God.
How did you calculate those probabilities?
ABSOLUTELY LOVELY!
Best way to know more about God. Reading and learning always! 📚
Dear God, almighty, all-powerful, all-loving creator of the universe, we pray to you to cure every case of Covid-19 on this planet tonight. We pray in faith, knowing you will bless us as you describe in Matthew 7:7, Matthew 17:20, Matthew 21:21, Mark 11:24, John 14:12-14, Matthew 18:19 and James 5:15-16. In Jesus' name we pray, Amen.
If churches were inspired by John Lennox the Christian faithful would have never left the churches.
Reminds me of a pregnant woman confronting David Hume: 'Never mind that constant conjunction doesn't imply causation' hokum. It's yours!'
John puts his full heart and reasoning into it every time.I follow him as a mentor.
God bless you professor lennox
John lennox god bless you
He's not conflicted. Both Guth and Vilenkin have admitted their theorem does NOT show the universe itself had a beginning. And Guth and Vilenkin spurn the idea of evoking a God to solve the issue.
Some people are going to believe whatever they choose to believe despite the evidence or proof to the contrary. We all have the same science, the same knowledge and information available to us, but its our presuppositions which interpret that evidence/information. Dr. Lennox presented the best lesson one can give for the existence of God. If it's not enough at that foundational level, then it will never be enough.
I think one thing athiests may not consider.....
If we believers are wrong, we have nothing to lose do We? If death is all and the end.
But if atheists are wrong, they have EVERYTHING to lose. If there is a God and a heaven n hell, then you choose an eternal damnation. What an ultimate gamble!!
Not saying I believe only because "just in case" I believe because of all the evidence. This thought is just something I think everyone needs to consider. Especially if your beliefs are based on no evidence, upbringing, or sheer ignorance.
God bless you all my brothers and sisters.
+Lou Gover what kind of god would send you to hell for eternity simply for not believing in his existence.. you do realize how awfully silly (and childish) that sounds right? If there is a god, he really doesn't care about something as trivial as that.
The difference is RELIGIONS ARE VERY DANGEROUS, atheist are not dangerous at all! Look at the 2 billion dead during 2,000 years killed by religious wars.
+Manuel Correia Jeffrey Dahmer was an atheist who killed and ate people. So even if there were no religions on earth, he would have still murdered and eaten his victims. Atheism is not harmless. If the world was full of Atheists, there would still be murders and violence.
Lea Leandre he never killed and ate people in name of atheism now did he.. and therein lies the difference.
+Gino Foogle ... I'm sorry but that's a very narrow minded statement. First, A Holy rightous God can not accept sin or un-Godliness. Jesus, a blameless and righteous God-man who did many miracles and wonders gave his life and took the wrath of the father so that sin could be forgiven, and resurrected to defeat death so that we may be forgiven and have a personal relationship with him, and have eternal life. John 3:16 God so loved the world that whomsoever believes in him shall not perrish, but have eternal life. He gave us free will so that we could choose to believe or not. What kind of love would it be if he programmed us to love him? We chose to love and believe because that is true love n not forced. To disregard him and his love, his power, majisty and holyness is to rebel, reject and sin against him. To disregard his son and reject the love and life He gave us would be a total disrespect and rejection of who he was and what he did. As well, even if you set aside the belief for a second, we still have the moral/immoral and sinful nature of man. So regardless of belief, our sin and immorality gives us cause for condemnation and hell, and he would still be holy and just. So to believe is to have faith that he is who he says he is and did what he said he did which without, is a totally justifiable act of condemnation.
Would you want someone with you that you know hates you and totally rejects you and and pushes you away while going against everything you say and stand for? Of course not. Christ said, that because I live, you may live also. His love and compassion is immeasurable. Therefore, to me it's not silly or crazy at all. Everyone must make up thier own minds and choices. This and countless other reasons are why i have faith and "choose" to believe.
God bless you. 😀
Arguments that wouldn't persuade anyone but the already convinced.
Whoever watches Lenox’ arguments with a closed mind is a closed-minded person, and that isn’t whom Lenox works to help
Even above Dinesh, Dr Lennox is the only one that has given Dawkins, Krause and Hitchens a run for their money.
God’s 2 greatest gifts to us are Free Will and His Son for our salvation, freely chosen
There is nothing about free will in the bible and there is no evidence that Jesus was the son of any god. ;-)
@@schmetterling4477 a resurrection, which u don’t believe in.. ( look into Gary Habernas).., and Jesus calling God His Father is a good start.. obviously you chose to respond freely.., and the Bible throughout shows free will choices, which is why parts of the world r a mess
@@schmetterling4477 lol notice how the only 'evidence' they have is 'the bible tells me so'
@@richbozzi3148 Your idiotic beliefs are irrelevant to reality, kid. Grow up! :-)
@@rogerandes8 Except that the bible doesn't even tell them so. Job is an excellent example against free will. So is every prophecy. :-)
The Christian faith is like a long rope pulled tight. In one direction the rope stretches out behind us, disappearing into the distance past. The rope is anchored in that direction at a point at which the God who created all things, including time, became a human being in our time, lived, suffered, died ans was raised again from the dead. The rope runs straight and true from that distant anchor planted long ago in our history, into the dim future, our future, which we are told is ultimately gathered into God’s eternal present, the “eternal now,” to borrow Paul Tillich’s phrase….
“ is there any meaning to it [our transient and insignificant existence] all?” we ask.
Many voices answer, “No”. There is no meaning except perhaps the meaning we wish to assign to life.”
But Brunner reminds us,” The Word of God, the Creator of all these suns and races” say, “Yes! You mean something ! You mean something to God!”
We have meaning, Brunner says, because we belong to God, who created us and because the God who created us loves what he made. Beyond this life of contingency and transience “ is another life that longs to break forth” on us. “It has broken forth once in Jesus Christ, The Risen Lord, and it will break forth” for us all in the Resurrection.
This other life is Eternal life. It is the quality of this eternal life, which has broken in upon our existence in Jesus Christ, that both judges our shattered existence and gives it meaning, that both reveals our human frailties and points beyond our frailties to God’s purpose to make us like Christ.
(p.251)
Invitation to Theology , Michael Jinkins
JESUS CHRIST IS LORD,,,AND HE ALWAYS WILL BE,,,YOU CANT IMPEACH HIM AND HES NOT GONNA RESIGN THAT'S MY KING WHOOOO! LOL I dance in the street everytime I think of him,,,I mean who else would you want to be God??? There is no doubt he is GOOD, AND HOLY, AND RIGHTEOUS,,,,we know we are in good hands with Jesus,,,we can trust in him and sleep well that he will accomplish all of his will and he will never toss us under the bus,,,well unless we need a good hard lesson lol,,,but all things work together for good for those who love God and are called according to his purpose,,,;-) These people that think they can de-throne Jesus,,,theyre out of their minds,,,whats that sound I hear,,, oh its Jesus laughing at them!
wrong.
Dumb Dumber
and what authority do u have? NONE,,,So just sit back and watch the rest of us praise YHWH and his messiah
I am god!
I rule supreme
No proof of god
I have always believed that it is either deism or naturalism, faith or science. As a former agnostic, I always had a problem with the fact that science can't answer every question about our existence. There are still unanswered inquiries into how our world works. But it still has the audacity to claim it has answered the biggest, most complex question in the universe: Does God exist?
science cannot answer the why questions.
Legitimate science does not concern itself with God.
Thats all there is to it.
I need a translation because I don't understand what you're point is.
Absolutly wonderdul. Praise God
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God Is a concept made by humans
To answer the question, as Wiki puts it, the LHC was built with "the aim of allowing physicists to test the predictions of different theories of particle physics and high-energy physics, and particularly prove or disprove the existence of the hypothesized Higgs boson and of the large family of new particles predicted by supersymmetric theories. The LHC is expected to address some of the most fundamental questions of physics, advancing human understanding of the deepest laws of nature."
In the end, It's the universe explanation makes infinitely more sense to me.