“Buy truth and do not sell itGet wisdom and instruction and understanding”

– Proverbs 23:23

The GoalGOAL: Buy truth – Proverbs 23:23

The GoalGOAL: Buy truth – Proverbs 23:23

Reason, Explanation, & Evidence – Acts 17:2,3

Now these were more noble-minded than those in Thessalonica, for they received the word with great eagerness, examining the Scriptures daily to see whether these things were so.

– Acts 17:11

The Goal and The ToolsGOAL: Buy truth – Proverbs 23:23

Reason, Explanation, & Evidence – Acts 17:2,3

TOOLS: Questions – Act 17:11

The Goal and The ToolsGOAL: Buy truth – Proverbs 23:23

Reason, Explanation, & Evidence – Acts 17:2,3

TOOLS: Questions – Act 17:111. What do you believe?

The Goal and The ToolsGOAL: Buy truth – Proverbs 23:23

Reason, Explanation, & Evidence – Acts 17:2,3

TOOLS: Questions – Act 17:111. What do you believe?2. Why do you believe that? (2 Cor

5:7)

NonsensicalNaturalismInconsistencies in the Naturalistic

Worldview

Defining Our Terms

Defining Our TermsNaturalism

a philosophical viewpoint according to which everything arises from natural properties and causes, and supernatural or spiritual explanations are excluded or discounted (New Oxford Dictionary)

Defining Our TermsNaturalism

a philosophical viewpoint according to which everything arises from natural properties and causes, and supernatural or spiritual explanations are excluded or discounted (New Oxford Dictionary)

Supernaturalisma philosophical viewpoint according to which events can be attributed to some force beyond scientific understanding or laws of nature (modified; New Oxford Dictionary)

Inconsistency #1: Reason

Inconsistency #1: Reason

Claim: “Belief in God is irrational.”

Inconsistency #1: Reason

Claim: “Belief in God is irrational.”Naturalist then?

Inconsistency #1: Reason

Claim: “Belief in God is irrational.”Naturalist then?

Emotions = chemical reactions?Courtesy of Michalsmid

Inconsistency #1: Reason

Claim: “Belief in God is irrational.”Naturalist then?

Emotions = chemical reactions?What about your thoughts and decisions?

Courtesy of Michalsmid

Inconsistency #1: Reason

Claim: “Belief in God is irrational.”Naturalist then?

Emotions = chemical reactions?What about your thoughts and decisions?

No free will?

Courtesy of Michalsmid

Inconsistency #1: Reason

Claim: “Belief in God is irrational.”Naturalist then?

Emotions = chemical reactions?What about your thoughts and decisions?

No free will?

What does “being reasonable” mean?

Courtesy of Michalsmid

Inconsistency #1: Reason

Claim: “Belief in God is irrational.”Naturalist then?

Emotions = chemical reactions?What about your thoughts and decisions?

No free will?

What does “being reasonable” mean?You CANNOT be reasonable?

Courtesy of Michalsmid

Inconsistency #2: Uncaused Effects

Inconsistency #2: Uncaused Effects

Claim: “The universe is eternal.”

Inconsistency #2: Uncaused Effects

Claim: “The universe is eternal.”Time must be eternal as well?

Inconsistency #2: Uncaused Effects

Claim: “The universe is eternal.”Time must be eternal as well?How did we get here in time?

Inconsistency #2: Uncaused Effects

Claim: “The universe is eternal.”Time must be eternal as well?How did we get here in time?Past time must be finite?

Inconsistency #2: Uncaused Effects

Claim: “The universe is eternal.”Time must be eternal as well?How did we get here in time?Past time must be finite?

Universe’s Existence must be FINITE?

Inconsistency #2: Uncaused Effects

What caused the universe?

Inconsistency #2: Uncaused Effects

What caused the universe?

Could the natural universe have natural causes?

Inconsistency #2: Uncaused Effects

What caused the universe?

Could the natural universe have natural causes?

So the universe must be uncaused?

There are effects WITHOUT causes?