What makes you sure God exists at all?
(Especially when you can’t see, hear or touch him)
Psalm 8 – 4 th May 2014
Whitfield Parish
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The Universe – God’s hand?
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Theism v Naturalism
Purpose v Accident
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‘Nothing matters, we are essentially all highly evolved monkeys clinging to a rock that is falling through space, and the rock itself is dying’
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‘Our science is God’s science. He holds the responsibility for the whole scientific story…The remarkable order, consistency, reliability and fascinating complexity found in the scientific description of the universe are reflections of the order, consistency, reliability and complexity of God’s activity’.
Sir John Houghton - Honorary Scientist of the Hadley
Centre for Climate Prediction and Research at the
Meteorological Office
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1. We can understand the universe
‘The only incomprehensible thing about the universe is that it is comprehensible’
Albert Einstein
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2. Order in the universe
‘The very success of science in showing us how deeply ordered the natural world is provides strong grounds for believing that there is an even deeper cause for that order’
Richard Swinbourne – Philosopher and Scientist
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3. The fine tuning of the universe
"The remarkable fact is that the constants of physics seem to have been very finely adjusted to make possible the development of life “
Stephen Hawking – A brief History of Time
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Man and woman – God’s hand?
10,000,000,000,000,000,000 (!)
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HUMAN CHARACTER
Our search for meaning and purpose
‘Unless you assume a
God, the question of life’s purpose is meaningless’
Bertrand Russell (Atheist)
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HUMAN CHARACTER
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HUMAN CHARACTER
– the God shaped hole?
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Love God – Love each other – Love the lost

HUMAN CHARACTER
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Love God – Love each other – Love the lost

HUMAN CHARACTER
Our awareness and desire for justice - a case for a universal moral order?
‘If God does not exist then everything is permissible’
Dostoyevsky
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Don’t underestimate the power of YOUR STORY with GOD!
Whitfield Parish
Love God – Love each other – Love the lost

Tips for speaking and listening to others
• How did you reach your point of unbelief?
• LISTEN – quick to listen, slow to speak, slow to get angry – James 1:19
• Past hurt?
• Be patient
• Deeper issues? Lifestyle? Hurts?
Prejudices? Misunderstanding?
• Bible tells us people are in a spiritual battle. Pray!
• Love draws, disagreement separates
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Love God – Love each other – Love the lost