God Exists Because of Design
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Christian Argument
Christian Argument
Intro:
Sean Mcdermot Intro
Cabin in the woods
Yet Today we will be discussing the design argument for God
This argument is so good that even the most famous atheists Christopher Hitchens and Richard Dawkins admitting that it is a decent argument
This is not simply an a random argument, but one that the Bible has given us
1 The heavens declare the glory of God,
and the sky above proclaims his handiwork.
2 Day to day pours out speech,
and night to night reveals knowledge.
3 There is no speech, nor are there words,
whose voice is not heard.
4 Their voice goes out through all the earth,
and their words to the end of the world.
In them he has set a tent for the sun,
Pray:
Thanks for God as Creator and God having revealed himself to the world
Prayer that we would open our eyes to see the beauty of creation, and boldness to proclaim the creator.
Design Argument for God:
“The teleological argument is an attempt to prove the existence of God that begins with the observation of the purposiveness of nature. The teleological argument moves to the conclusion that there must exist a designer.” - Queensburough Community College
What does Psalm 19:1-4 State
The heavens declare the glory of God (vs.1)
The testify this knowledge (v.2)
Not of actual words (v.3)
Yet it goes everywhere
Synopsis: The natural world declares God to be an awesome creator, intelligent designer, someone who creates it a way that leaves his fingerprints
Against this: Atheist propose that all we see is here because of
Give a basic explanation
Natural Selection
Chance
David’s Time
Stars
Existence of seasons and order and beauty and weather
Everyone is spoken to by God through creation
Biology
Scientists have discovered the incredible complexity of life
In a single cell in your body, their is enough information to fill up the THS library
Physics
In the last hundred years, physicists have discovered that the physical constants are extremely fine tuned
Examples are gravity, the expansion rate of the universe, the cosmological constant, and conservatively 30 others
Ex. A lot of atheist use the expansion of the universe as proof for the big bang, when it is actually proof for God. Bill Nye did it in his debate with Ken Ham.
If the cosmological constant varied by 1/ 10 to the 120th power, the universe could not exist.
That is 1 in a trillion x a trillion x say 10 times
The number of inches in the universe length wise is 3.43e28
“Wherever physicists look, they see examples of fine tuning.” - Sir Martin Rees, Professor of Cosmology and Astrophysics, University of Cambridge
Examples are gravity, the cosmological constant, and conservatively 30 others
It is quite interesting to see that in public schools today, they aggressively teach the big bang, which is a theory and a contested scientific teaching, but they do not teach the almost universal belief of science that the universe has been fine-tuned.
Because of this, when we say we believe in a Creator God, we belief because it is quite believable. We believe that fine-tuning requires a fine-tuner. People will look us in the face and say we are crazy. Are we the crazy ones? Are we going against the evidence?
Conclusion
Conclusion
“We’re not special, we’re just lucky,” he says “We didn’t exist for 14 and a half billion years. Then we got 80 or 90 years if we’re lucky, and then we’ll never exist again. So we should make the most of it.” - Ricky Gervais
However, the evidence is so overwhelming against the fact that we are here by chance. It is almost as if God has left his fingerprints everywhere. You cannot turn to math, or physics or biology or morals without seeing the evidence of God.
So what?
20 For since the creation of the world His invisible attributes, His eternal power and divine nature, have been clearly seen, being understood through what has been made, so that they are without excuse.
Even without the science we have today, the bible states that creation is enough to show God. My friends we see the eternal power and divine nature of God more and more every year as more is discovered. Yet the bible says that because God’s power in creation has been revealed, than you are without excuse for rejecting God. God will judge those who have done wrong, and the bible says we all have done wrong. I would encourage you today knowing that God has shown himself as a great creator, that you would repent and believe in Jesus Christ. That you would not reject the creator of the world any longer, but that you would turn to trust in Him for salvation.
Let’s pray: