The Evidence for the Existence of a Theistic Being

Question 1

point #3 of 12 point apologetics:
- it is _________ that the _________ _________ _________

Answer 1

• true, theistic God exists

Question 2

three major worldviews of God
- _________: _________ _________ _________
- _________: _________ _________ _________
- _________: _________ _________ _________ _________
- if one is _________ then all _________ are _________ (_________ of _________-_________)

Answer 2

• theism: God above all
• pantheism: God is all
• atheism: no God at all
• true, others, false, law, non-contradiction

Question 3

3 great arguments for the existence of God
1. _________: a _________ has a _________
2. _________: a _________ has a _________
3. _________: a _________ has a _________ _________

Answer 3

• cosmological, beginning, cause/beginner
• teleological, design, designer
• morality, law, law giver

Question 4

the cosmological argument
- _________ that has a _________ has a _________/_________
- the _________ had a _________
- therefore, the _________ had a _________/_________

Answer 4

• everything, beginning, cause, beginner
• universe, beginning
• universe, cause, beginner

Question 5

did the universe have a beginning?
- there are only _________ _________: either _________ _________ or _________ _________
- there is _________ _________ to _________ it had a _________ (acronym is _________)
- _________ _________ of _________
- _________ is _________
- _________ _________
- _________ _________
- _________ of _________ _________ is _________

Answer 5

• two possibilities, it did, it didn’t
• excellent evidence, suggest, beginner, SURGE
• second law, thermodynamics
• universe, expanding
• radiation echo
• general relativity
• end, infinite time, impossible

Question 6

second law of thermodynamics
- the _________ is _________ _________ and _________ _________ of _________ _________
- the _________ is like a _________ _________; it is _________ out of _________ and will _________ _________ _________
- therefore, _________ is _________ from _________ to _________
- _________ of it this _________: would your _________ be _________ if you had _________ it with _________ an _________ _________ of _________ _________?
- an _________ _________ would have already _________ _________ of _________ _________

Answer 6

• universe, running down, running out, usable energy
• universe, dying flashlight, running, energy, essentially burn out
• everything, moving, order, chaos
• think, way, car, running, filled, gas, infinite amount, time ago
• infinite universe, run out, finite energy

Question 7

universe is expanding from a single point
- if you were to _________ the _________ and _________ it _________, it would _________ into _________
- that means there was a _________ when _________ _________ _________ _________
- this is _________ to _________: the _________ is not _________ into _________ _________ but _________ _________ is _________ (there was _________ _________ _________ the _________ _________)
- it’s also _________ to _________ that the _________ didn’t _________ from _________ _________ but from _________ (there was _________ _________ _________ the _________ _________)
- in fact, _________, there was _________ _________ the _________ _________ because there are _________ _________ _________ _________ and there was _________ _________ _________ the _________ _________
- _________, _________, and _________ came to _________ at the _________ _________

Answer 7

• videotape, universe, play, backward, collapse, nothing
• time, there was no thing
• important, understand, universe, expanding, empty space, space itself, expanding (no space before, big bang)
• important, understand, universe, emerge, existing material, nothing (no matter before, big bang)
• chronologically, no “before”, big bang, no “befores” without time, no time until, big bang
• space, matter, time, existence, big bang

Question 8

radiation echo from the big bang
- _________ by _________ _________ and _________ _________ in _________
- they _________ _________ _________ on their _________ at _________ _________ in _________ _________
- no matter how they _________ the _________, the _________ _________
- what they _________ _________ them the _________ _________
- they _________ _________ _________ _________, which is _________ and _________ from the _________ _________ _________
- the _________ is no _________ _________ because its _________ have been _________ by the _________ _________ to _________ slightly _________ than those _________ by a _________ _________, but the _________ can still be _________

Answer 8

• discovered, arno penzias, robert wilson, 1965
• detected strange radiation, antenna, Bell Labs, New Jersey
• turned, antenna, radiation remained
• discovered won, nobel prize
• found cosmic background radiation, light, heat, initial big bang
• light, longer visible, wavelengths, stretched, expanding universe, wavelengths, longer, produced, microwave oven, heat, detected

Question 9

general relativity
- _________ an _________ _________ for _________, _________, and _________
- they are _________ and _________
- you _________ _________ _________ _________ the _________
- _________ can’t _________ without _________ to _________ in
- _________ must be _________ with _________
- _________ _________ _________ because there is a _________ and _________ the matter
- _________ _________ of _________ _________ was _________ the _________ of the _________ that the _________ was _________

Answer 9

• demands, absolute beginning, space, time, matter
• co-relative, interdependent
• can’t have one without, others
• matter, exist, space, exist
• space, filled, matter
• matter implies time, before, after
• Einstein’s theory, general relativity, essentially, end, theory, universe, infinite

Question 10

end of infinite time impossible (_________ _________)
- an _________ has no _________
- _________ is the _________ _________ in the _________ of _________ _________ _________
- therefore, there were _________ an _________ _________ of _________ before _________
- so _________ and _________ had a _________
- anything _________ cannot _________ _________
- if there were an _________ amount of _________ _________ _________, _________ would have _________ _________ _________

Answer 10

• kalam argument
• infinite, end
• today, end day, series, days before today
• not, infinite number, days, today
• time, universe, beginning
• measurable, be infinite
• infinite, days before today, today, never gotten here

Question 11

who is robert jastrow?

Answer 11

an agnostic astronomer

Question 12

there are two options for creation
- no _________ _________ _________ _________ of _________ (_________)
- _________ _________ _________ out of _________ (_________)
- therefore we must ask ourselves:
- which _________ is _________ _________?
- if there is _________ _________, _________ is there _________ _________ of _________ at _________?

Answer 12

• one created something out, nothing (atheism)
• someone created something, nothing (theism)
• view, more reasonable
• no God, why, something instead, nothing, all

Question 13

2. the teleological argument
   - every _________ has a _________
   - the _________ and _________ have _________ _________ _________
   - therefore, the _________ and _________ have a _________ _________ _________
   - _________ _________ when considering the _________ _________
   - the _________ _________: the _________ is _________ _________ to _________ _________ on _________
   - _________ also _________ the _________
3. _________ _________ _________ have to be there _________ for it to _________
4. “if it could be _________ that any _________ _________ _________, which _________ not have possibly have been _________ by _________ _________ _________, my _________ would _________ _________ _________” - _________ _________
5. _________ said of the _________, “the _________ gives me a _________ _________”
6. the _________ is _________ _________: you have to _________ _________ the _________ _________ to _________
   - in other words, _________ _________ (_________ with _________ _________) could not have _________
   - we are left with only _________ _________: _________ _________ was _________ _________ in _________, or there was no _________ _________
   - we have to _________ _________ upon _________

Answer 13

• design, designer
• universe, life, highly complex designs
• universe, life, highly complex designer
• shines brightest, anthropic principle
• anthropic principle, earth, slightly tweaked, support life, earth
• DNA, supports, argument
  1. all complex parts, simultaneously, work
  2. demonstrated, complex organ existed, could, formed, numerous successive changes, theory, absolutely break down, charles darwin
• darwin, eyeball, eye, cold shudder
• eyeball, irreducibly complex, have all, parts together, see
• naturalistic evolution, evolution, no God, occurred
• two options, either there, intelligent design, creation, intelligent design
• decide based, facts

Question 14

• paley’s watch
• if you saw a _________ in _________, you would _________ who _________ or _________ the _________, not “_________! _________ at how this _________ _________ _________ _________”
• if you _________ a _________ _________ in a _________, you would _________ _________ put it _________, not that a _________ _________ the _________ and _________ _________ _________
• this is the _________ of _________ _________

Answer 14

• watch, nature, wonder, made, dropped, watch, wow look, watch came about naturally
• saw, bomber jet, junkyard, think someone, there, hurricane hit, junkyard, assembled these parts
• argument, paley’s watch

Question 15

• the _________ for a _________
• what is science?
• a _________ for a _________, according to _________ _________ _________
• so what _________ the _________?

Answer 15

• ## search, cause
• search, cause, sir francis bacon
• caused, universe

Question 16

• the grand canyon vs mt rushmore
• the _________ _________ is _________ but we know it was _________ by _________ and _________
• we can also tell that _________ _________ _________ _________ by _________ _________
• 2 _________ of _________: _________ and _________
• today, _________ _________ looks like it was _________ by an _________ _________, so it _________ like it was _________ by an _________ _________ in the _________
• this is the _________ of _________: _________ in the _________ were like those in the _________
• if the _________ _________ like it was _________ _________, it probably _________ _________ in the _________
• if the _________ _________ _________, it probably _________ a _________

Answer 16

• grand canyon, beautiful, caused, water, erosion
• mount rushmore WASN’T caused, natural causes
• types, causes, intelligent, natural
• mount rushmore, created, intelligent designer, looked, created, intelligent designer, past
• principle, uniformity, causes, past, present
• universe looks, designed today, looked designed, past
• universe looks designed, has, designer

Question 17

the anthropic principle
- there are about _________ _________ _________ _________ that make _________ on _________ _________
- _________ _________ #1: _________
- _________ _________ _________ _________ of the _________
- if it were _________, _________ would _________ _________
- if it were _________, we would _________
- _________ _________ #2: _________ _________
- if the _________ were _________ _________, not _________ _________ _________ would _________ the _________ _________
- if it were _________ _________, we would be _________ with _________ _________ _________ _________ _________
- _________ _________ #3: _________
- if the _________ _________ were _________ by 1 _________ in _________, the _________ would not _________ and the _________ would _________ off into _________
- _________ _________ #4: _________ _________
- if the _________ _________ _________ _________ of the _________ were _________ _________, _________ _________ would be too _________ on the _________

Answer 17

• 100 finely tuned constants, life, earth habitable
• anthropic constant, oxygen
• oxygen comprises 21%, atmosphere
• 25% fires, break out
• 15%, suffocate
• anthropic constant, atmospheric transparency
• atmosphere, less transparent, enough solar radiation, reach, earth’s surface
• more transparent, bombarded, far too much solar radiation
• anthropic constant, gravity
• gravitational force, altered, part, 10^40, sun, exist, moon, fly, space
• anthropic constant, axial tilt
• 23 degree axial tilt, earth, altered slightly, surface temperatures, extreme, earth

Question 18

DNA and the teleological argument
- if you see a _________ _________ a _________ of _________ _________, you would _________ _________ _________ _________ the _________ on _________, not that _________ _________ _________ the _________ and that _________ _________
- if you see “_________ _________” in the _________, you would assume it was _________ by an _________, not the _________
Who _________ the _________ _________?
- _________ non-_________ _________ _________ _________ _________?
- probably _________, the _________ must be _________
What is DNA?
- _________ is a _________ _________ _________ _________ (_________, _________, _________, and _________)
- if you were to _________ _________ the “_________ _________ _________” to _________ an _________ _________, it would _________ quite a few _________
- DNA of a _________ _________ (an _________) = _________ _________ of _________ (_________ _________)
- _________ of the _________ _________ = _________ _________
- if we _________ a _________ for “_________ _________ the _________” then what kind of _________ would we _________ for _________ _________?

Answer 18

• message beside, box, alphabet cereal, assume someone spelled out, message, purpose, someone knocked over, box, fell out
• drink coke, clouds, written, airplane, wind
• designed, genetic code
• could, living, matter create living code
• not, cause, intelligent
• DNA, four letter genetic alphabet, adenine, thymine, cytosine, guanine
• spell out, genetic alphabet code, create, amoeba cell, require, books
• living cell, amoeba, 1000 volumes, books, encyclopedia size
• DNA, human brain, 20,000,000 books
• require, mind, take out, garbage, mind, require, 20,000,000 volumes

Question 19

darwin’s black box
- _________ _________
- a _________ _________: a _________ _________ in which , for one _________ or _________, the _________ _________ of a _________ are _________ for _________, so that _________ _________ may be _________
- _________ _________ _________: a _________! how did we get from _________ _________ to the _________ of _________? in between these _________, what _________ the _________ _________ _________?
- what _________ didn’t _________ but what we now _________ is this: _________ is _________ _________

Answer 19

• irreducible complexity
• black box, conceptual tool, reason, another, internal workings, device, taken, granted, its function, discussed
• darwin’s black box, mystery, dead matter, origin, species, events, caused, first living organism
• darwin, know, know, life, irreducibly complex

Question 20

_________ _________
- if you _________ any _________ of an _________ and it _________ _________ _________, it is _________ _________
- ex. a _________ _________
- ex. _________ (if you miss even _________ _________if your _________, it _________ _________)
- _________ _________ all the _________ to _________
- eyes only _________ an _________ _________ if they _________/_________ _________ the _________
- how can _________ _________ if they _________ _________ the _________ to be an _________? how could they _________ _________ _________ _________?
- _________ and _________ are both _________ _________

Answer 20

• irreducible complexity
• remove, part, object, no longer works, irreducibly complex
• mouse trap
• eyes (one part, eye, doesn’t work)
• eyes require, parts, work
• provide, evolutionary advantage, work/have all, parts
• eyes evolve, need all, parts, advantage, evolve all at one
• cars, eyes, irreducible complex

Question 21

3. the moral argument
4. every _________ has a _________
5. there is an _________ _________ _________
6. there is an _________ _________ _________

Answer 21

• law, lawgiver
• absolute moral law
• absolute moral lawgiver

Question 22

how do we know there’s an _________ _________ _________?
1. _________ are _________
- ex. “_________ say _________” or “always _________ always”
2. we can’t _________ _________unless we _________ _________
- “this world is _________ _________”
- “how can we know that something is _________ _________ without knowing what is _________ _________?”
3. we can’t make _________ _________ without an _________ _________ _________, but we do
- without _________, _________ are just _________ _________
4. we would’t _________ the _________ was getting _________ or _________ if there was no _________ _________
5. we know _________ _________ by our _________, not our _________

Answer 22

absolute moral law
1. absolutes, unavoidable
- never, never, avoid
2. know injustice, know justice
- absolutely unjust
- absolutely unjust, absolutely just
3. moral comparisons, objective moral standard
- God, morals, social standards
4. know, world, better, worse, moral best
5. moral law, reactions, actions

Question 23

what kind of God exists?
- a _________ _________
1. he is _________-_________
2. he is _________-_________
3. he is _________ _________
- he is _________ the _________
- he is as _________ from the _________ as a _________ is from his _________

Answer 23

• theistic God!
  1. super-powerful
  2. super-intelligent
  3. morally perfect
• beyond, world
• different, world, painter, painting

Question 24

summary of evidence for God
- from the cosmological argument we know God is:
1. _________-_________, _________, _________-_________, and _________ since he _________ _________, _________, and _________; therefore he must be _________ of _________, _________, and _________; he is _________ _________, he is _________
2. _________ _________ since he _________ the entire _________ out of _________
3. _________, since he _________ to _________ a _________ of _________ into the _________-_________-_________ _________ (an _________ _________ has no _________ to make _________)
- from the teleological argument we know God is:
1. _________ _________, since he _________ _________ and the _________ with such _________ _________ and _________
2. _________ since he _________ the many _________ of _________ to live in this _________ and _________ _________
- from the moral argument we know God is:
1. _________ _________ _________ (he is the _________ _________ of _________ by which all _________ are _________)
- this _________ includes _________ _________ and _________ _________

Answer 24

1. self-existent, timeless, non-spatial, immaterial, created time, space, matter, outside, time, space, matter, without limits, infinite
2. unimaginably powerful, created, universe, nothing
3. personal, chose, convert, state, nothingness, time, space, material universe, impersonal force, ability, decisions
4. supremely intelligent, designed life, universe, incredible complexity, precision
5. purposeful, designed, forms, life, specific, ordered environment
6. absolutely morally pure, unchangeable standard, morality, actions, measured
   - standard, infinite justice, infinite love