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Head: Truth, reason and philosophy (!) Sunday 16 th September, 10:30am

Evidence for God? A short series of talks to demonstrate why faith in God is reasonable. Head: Truth, reason and philosophy (!) Sunday 16 th September, 10:30am Heart: Prayer, miracles and subjective experience Sunday 21 st October, 10:30am World: The world around us

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Head: Truth, reason and philosophy (!) Sunday 16 th September, 10:30am

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  1. Evidence for God? A short series of talks to demonstrate why faith in God is reasonable. Head: Truth, reason and philosophy (!) Sunday 16th September, 10:30am Heart: Prayer, miracles and subjective experience Sunday 21st October, 10:30am World: The world around us Sunday 18th November, 10:30am

  2. What is he like? Is there a God out there? Is my mind capable of handling him? How do I find him?

  3. Either he is or he isn’t...

  4.           Whatever works for you...

  5. £500 £5,000,000 Either he is or he is not...

  6. Evidence for God? A short series of talks to demonstrate why faith in God is reasonable. Head: Truth, reason and philosophy (!) Sunday 16th September, 10:30am Heart: Prayer, miracles and subjective experience Sunday 21st October, 10:30am World: The world around us Sunday 18th November, 10:30am

  7. 2 #1 - Ontological Argument £500 Anselm of Canterbury (1033–1109AD)

  8. #2 - Cosmological Argument £500 Thomas Aquinas (1224–1274AD) Everything has a cause!

  9. #2 - Cosmological Argument £500 Infinite regress?

  10. #3 - Teleological (Design) Argument William Paley (1743-1805)

  11. #4 - MoralArgument Immanuel Kant (1724-1804)

  12. #5 - ExperientialArgument N.T Wright (1948-)

  13. Summary • These kinds of arguments... • Don’t prove God • Make faith in God reasonable and intellectually credible. GOD But...

  14. 1 Corinthians 1:18 the message of the cross is foolishness to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God. v30 Righteousness Holiness Redemption

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