“We destroy arguments, and every imagination raised against the knowledge of God.” (2 Corinthians 10:5)
Secularists routinely appeal to scientific assertions out of their beliefs that they render core tenets of Christian belief untenable. This paper rebuts that claim. As I will establish, their bogus claims (boldface opening of each section) cannot withstand scrutiny:
1 False: “Materialism (ms) correctly describes reality and since it holds that only matter and energy exist, it logically follows that minds and abstract communication are illusory. Reply: That vision of existence contradicts what minds consistently observe and what we experience through our own conscious thoughts and feelings. So academic pretensions of teaching its views contradicts their very own oxymoronic worldview.
2 False: “Miracles cannot happen.” If materialism was true, obviously no personal agent would exist to perform miracles. Reply: If an intelligent Being does exist outside of creation (as an author stands outside his/her writings), it is rationally possible and indeed reasonable for a transcendent intelligent creator to intervene in His creation.
3 False: “The laws of nature are inviolable and so impervious to interference by miracles.” Reply: By what principle would that be so? And how could it be substantiated that it is so? Science is limited to researching how nature functions within the parameters of nature. So scientists have no competence to declare limitations on the capacity of an omni-potent Creator of the natural order and its physical laws, to freely intervene in nature for the purpose of judging sin and advancing a saving rescue from it. Indeed, the notion of divine intervention is a real threat to atheism as opposed to nature's laws.
4 “Miracles don’t happen.” Reply: In the 20th Century, scholars began to notice aspects of the cosmos that led them to conclude the cosmos was expanding from a big bang (BB). They ultimately indicated creation came into existence from no physical source, consistent with Genesis 1:1. This hereby established (below) the BB as the largest miracle ever! So it is also plausible that the creator (God the Father) raised Jesus from the dead!
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False: Science can, without God, account
for [phenomenal] existence, claimed atheist
Dr. Peter Atkins in public debates. Reply:
Scientific observations indicate that prior to the “zero-volume” start
of the BB, there was neither matter, energy, space, nor time. Therefore there was no conceivable means
for such alleged factors to play a role in the BB. See my paper, “The Scientific Impossibility of
Our Universe Creating Itself.”
To be continued. You my read my entire article which includes footnotes at my website: www.christianityontheoffense.com/articles
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