Thursday, April 15, 2021

Why Just Saying "NO" is So Intellectually Foolish, part 3

 Scientific Methodology[1] and its Bearing on a Dismissive[2] Attitude Against Christianity

To make matters worse for the critic, identifying the phenomena that Christians must reconcile with our faith, at the same time highlights a body of facts that the critic must also explain on the basis of an atheistic world view too: whether that be strong atheism or weak atheism.  For starters, atheists for example are obligated to explain the following:

·        The universe came into existence out of zero-volume singularity (absolutely nothing).[1]

·        Our universe is habitable by humans only because at its inception aspects within the atom, the electro-magnetic force, and the force of gravity were precisely set.[2]

·         Virtually every life-form, including the most primitive, contains DNA whose information-laden genetic code specifies the formation and construction of every single body part.[3]

·        No other hypothesis than that Jesus rose from the dead, fully reconciles with the entire body of twelve historical facts that even skeptical historians acknowledge are trustworthy.[4]

Critics evade their responsibility to account for the above realities for the reason that they have no case.

I received my M.A. with Honors in "Science and Religion" through BIOLA University in 2017. 



[1] W.L. Craig. Reasonable Faith. Third edition (Crossway, 2008), pp. 125-140,  ** my paper, “God’s Prints are Everywhere,” at my website.

[2] Hugh Ross. The Creator and the Cosmos. Fourth edition. (RTB, 2018), chs. 4-6.  Dr. Ross founded Reasons to Believe at www.reasons.org

[3] Stephen Meyer. The Signature in the Cell DNA and the Evidence for Intelligent Design. (Harper One, 2009).

[4] See my two papers, “Twelve Historical Facts Surrounding Jesus’ Resurrection” ** “Hoax? Myth? Or Literally True?” at my website.  

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