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does God exist?

does God exist?. Tom Peeler May 11, 2011 tgpeeler.blogspot.com. why does it matter?. if God exists. there can be a Son of God there can be Acts of God there can be a Word of God there can be Laws of God there can be heaven and hell. if God does not exist. there is no Son of God

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does God exist?

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  1. does God exist? • Tom Peeler • May 11, 2011 • tgpeeler.blogspot.com

  2. why does it matter?

  3. if God exists there can be a Son of God there can be Acts of God there can be a Word of God there can be Laws of God there can be heaven and hell

  4. if God does not exist there is no Son of God there are no Acts of God there is no Word of God there are no Laws of God there is no heaven or hell

  5. how can we know?

  6. all knowledge comes through thinking

  7. how do we think? first principles language free will intentionality mind physical substrate

  8. first principles Law of Identity (LID) Law of Non-contradiction (LNC) Law of Excluded Middle (LEM) Law of Causality (LC)

  9. The Law of Identity 1 = 1 or I AM WHO I AM

  10. ''Nothing is not nothing. Nothing is something. That's how a cosmos can be spawned from the void--a profound idea conveyed in A Universe from Nothing that unsettles some yet enlightens others. Meanwhile, it's just another day on the job for physicist Lawrence Krauss.'' --Neil deGrasse Tyson, astrophysicist, American Museum of Natural History

  11. Law of Non-contradiction 1 ≠ ~1

  12. Law of Excluded Middle either 1 or ~1

  13. we either live in a “Christian” universe or we do not - there is no middle ground

  14. Law of Causality Nothing happens in this universe without a cause.

  15. without the LID there is no thought without LNC, LEM, LC there is no rational thought

  16. how do we think? first principles language free will intentionality mind physical substrate

  17. language a language is a set of symbols, and rules for arranging those symbols, to enable thought without language, there is no thought

  18. free will the only thing that can account for the arrangement of symbols according to FPs and language is free will - the laws of physics cannot, in principle, account for thought without free will there is no thought

  19. intentionality our free will purposefully arranges symbols according to FPs and language to originate thought - this is the law of causality - our will is the cause of all rational thought without intentionality there is no thought

  20. illustration of free will and intentionality Aa Bb Cc Dd Ee Ff Gg Hh Ii Jj Kk Ll Mm Nn Oo Pp Qq Rr Ss Tt Uu Vv Ww Xx Yy Zz For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him shall not perish but have eternal life.

  21. mind what is it that intentionally exercises free will in accordance with FPs and language to think? it cannot be our brain because everything that happens in our brains can be explained by the laws of physics and information cannot be explained by physics it must be something immaterial

  22. physical substrate all thought is “encoded” into a physical substrate whether the neurons in our brains or the digital 1s and 0s of a computer without a physical substrate there is no thought - or communication

  23. demonstration slide

  24. the entailments no truth claim can be true that violates a FP we have minds and free will our minds are abstract and therefore will never die even when our bodies do we know that there are other minds when we are in the presence of information

  25. how does this help? we can now construct deductive (certain) arguments that prove that God exists

  26. two new terms infinite finite

  27. infinite subject to no limitation or external determination uncountable immaterial no beginning no ending uncaused

  28. finite having definite or definable limits countable material beginning (caused) may be without end

  29. categorical syllogisms All dogs are mammals. Rover is a dog. Rover is a mammal.

  30. arguments cosmological argument teleological argument moral argument laws of rational thought argument cosmological argument restated

  31. cosmological argument Whatever begins to exist has a cause. The universe began to exist. Therefore, the universe has a cause.

  32. Whatever begins to exist has a cause. this is true by definition this expresses the law of causality nothing causes nothing something must cause something else

  33. The universe began to exist. this is logically necessary this is a conclusion of thermodynamics

  34. logical necessity that the universe began an infinite regress is impossible because the universe is finite this means it had a beginning (and therefore a cause that is unlike every other cause)

  35. thermodynamics the most certain of all physical laws first law - (no new) energy is created or destroyed (this means the universe is finite) second law - entropy always increases over time (this means the universe will run out of usable energy and is another indication that the universe is finite)

  36. illustration of 2nd law

  37. modus tollens If the universe was infinitely old it would have reached a state of maximum entropy. But it has not reached a state of maximum entropy. (we’re still here) Therefore, the universe is not infinite.

  38. cosmological argument Whatever begins to exist has a cause. The universe began to exist. Therefore, the universe has a cause.

  39. teleological argument Every design has a designer. The universe is designed. The universe has a designer.

  40. the moral argument Every law requires a law giver. The moral law exists. The moral law has a Moral Law Giver.

  41. the laws of rational thought argument Every law requires a law giver. The laws of rational thought (FPs) exist. The laws of rational thought have a Rational Law Giver.

  42. cosmological argument restated Every finite thing has a cause. The universe is finite. The universe has a cause. (and the Cause MUST BE infinite)

  43. how do we know the first cause is the God of the Bible? omnipotent omniscient omnipresent immanent transcendent infinite uncaused immaterial immutable personal/alive

  44. four arguments against the existence of evil who made God? the paradox of the stone the paradox of free will

  45. the existence of evil If God were all powerful and all good then evil would not exist. But evil does exist. Therefore, an all powerful and all good God does not exist.

  46. who made God? John Stuart Mill, Bertrand Russell, and Richard Dawkins, have all asked this question.

  47. the paradox of the stone Can God make a stone so big He cannot lift it? If yes, then He is not all powerful and if no, He is not all powerful. Therefore, God does not exist.

  48. the paradox of free will If God is omniscient and sovereign then I can’t have free will. But I do have free will. Therefore, God does not exist.

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