Week 02: Is There A God?

You and another survivor wash up on the shore of a deserted island. There are no books, no smart phones, no other people - nothing but sand and time. Or at least time for one of you. Your fellow survivor was severely wounded in the accident and death seems likely. You begin to pray for them when they tell you not to waste your time; they don't believe in God. As foolish as unbelief is at a time like this, they are insistent that God doesn't exist. "After all", they ask, "why are you both on this deserted island?"

What would you say that could help this person see that there is a God?

Tonight's class focuses on some potential answers that might help us when we're faced with that question.

Resources

Class Material

Recording (1:25:33; 78.3 MB)

Notes (PDF)

Links

"Martian" movie trailer (Moral Arguments from Hollywood?)

"Right and Wrong as a Clue to the Meaning of the Universe" by C.S. Lewis (PDF)

http://www.existence-of-god.com

Great site discussing classical arguments for God's existence. Author unknown.

TwentyArguments For The Existence Of God
Peter Kreeft is a brilliant Roman Catholic philosopher and author. Warning: Very deep waters here!

Books

Link to Amazon Book List

Flew, Antony, and Roy Abraham Varghese. There Is a God: How the World's Most Notorious Atheist Changed His Mind. New York: HarperOne, 2007. Print.

Nash, Ronald H. Faith & Reason: Searching for a Rational Faith. Grand Rapids, Mich.: Academie, 1988. Print.

Geisler, Norman L., and Frank Turek. I Don't Have Enough Faith to Be an Atheist. Wheaton, Ill.: Crossway, 2004. Print.

Lewis, C. S. Mere Christianity: A Revised and Enlarged Edition, with a New Introduction, of the Three Books, the Case for Christianity, Christian Behaviour, and Beyond Personality. Macmillan Paperbacks ed. New York: Macmillan Pub., 1960. Print.

Little, Paul E. Know What You Believe. Wheaton, Ill.: Scripture Publications, 1970. Print.