The Problem of God
“The Problem of God’s Existence”

Problem
	Looking for solutions or evidences to unsettling questions

Critical questions of evidence
	If a person is going to believe in God, what evidence can we give for His existence?
	If there is evidence of the existence of God, would you have the courage to believe in God?
	Is the burden or proof bigger for the believer or the skeptic?

The evidence of…
	Morality

“People say things like that every day, educated as well as uneducated, and children as well as grown-ups. A man who makes them is not merely saying that the other man’s behavior does not happen to please him. He is appealing to some kind of standard of behavior, which he expects the other man to know about - kind of Law or Rule.” - C.S. Lewis, Oxford Professor & Philosopher

Skeptics argue…
	Morals are a product of culture
	Morals are a result of upbringing or social structure
	Morals are to ensure our own survival

“Man scans with scrupulous care the character and pedigree of his horses, cattle, and dogs before he matches them, but when we comes to his own marriage he rarely, or never, takes any such care … Both sexes ought to refrain from marriage if they are in any marked degree inferior in body or mind … therefore reducing the number of idiots, imbeciles and feeble-minded.” - Charles Darwin, Bertrand Russell

Romans 2:12-16

You don’t have to believe in God to be good or want to be good!
It just is evidence that there is a law-giver who hard-wired that law in us.

The evidence of…
	Design

Everything that begins to exist has to have a cause
Mind that creates matter; it isn’t matter that has a mind

“When one looks at the DNA of any living organism, it is packed with coherent and information-filled code. Not random but intelligent, structured information. An amoeba, for instance, has enough structured and meaningful data to fill thirty encyclopedias!” - Francis Collins, The Language of God

Skeptics argue…
	The “null hypothesis”

Genesis 1:1-2:3

The evidence of…
	Personal encounters

Could it be that there is a bigger burden to prove the nonexistence of God?

Psalm 73:28

Further Reading
 
Critique of Practical Reason - Immanuel Kant

Mere Christianity in the Complete C.S. Lewis Signature - C.S. Lewis

A Life: Eccentric Genius, Reluctant Prophet - Alister McGrath, C.S. Lewis

What’s So Great About Christianity - Dinesh D’Souza

On Guard: Defending Your Faith with Reason and Precision - William Lane Craig

The Language of God: A Scientist Presents Evidence for Belief - Francis Collins

You Don’t Have Enough Faith to be an Atheist - Frank Turek, Norman Geisler

Darwin, Mind and Meaning - Alvin Plantinga

answersingenesis.org - Ken Ham