Astrophysicist Gives a Scientific Answer to "The Problem of Evil"
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- Hugh Ross is a Canadian astrophysicist. He obtained his Ph.D. in astronomy from the University of Toronto and his B.Sc. degree in physics from the University of British Columbia. He established his own ministry in 1986, called Reasons to Believe.
I had the privilege of meeting with Hugh & then also filming this fascinating lecture. I hope you enjoy it as much as I did.
Here is a link to his website where you will find a plethora of resources: reasons.org/?gclid=CjwKCAjw3P...
They do not deny God because of proof, but because of pride.
Nope, it's proof.
Nope. This is a common Chrisitan trick, of turning questions of FACT into questions of CHARACTER. Therefore, for eg, a question of FACT such as 'whether god/s exist in the first place' is cunningly transformed into a question of 'whether you have the character to rise above your pride and submit to the almighty.' So it becomes less about whether ideas are supported by evidence, and more about pressuring ppl to accept the ideas that a 'good' person would accept. Pressure is ramped up with threats of pain and suffering.
It is a trick, and once ppl see it they can't unsee it, and start to see it everywhere in your script. It is essentially 'accept my ideas or you are evil, (and further, deserving of eternal torture).
It is truly sick.
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Romans 1:20
King James Version
20 For the invisible things of him from the creation of the world are clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made, even his eternal power and Godhead; so that they are without excuse:
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Romans 1:20
King James Version
20 For the invisible things of him from the creation of the world are clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made, even his eternal power and Godhead; so that they are without excuse:
@@michellejohnsen912 Yes, but it's not actually true.
I am a Christian and also very logical person. I was a medical research scientist. A theoretical 😢physicist acquaintance of mine, who is a believer on the first day I met him, told me it was not unusual in his field to find other believers. This surprised me. He said its because with the work we do many of us van see that there."
I feel so blessed to find this lecture. i know I will watch it many times, I also found Jordan Petersons analysis of how Biblical truth relates to psychological phenomina quite enlightening
Thanks
I don't think Mr Peterson is saved. The history of psychology is eastern mysticism.
@@user-ee9vf5nx4u the western psychology might have borrowed a few ideas from the far east, but have you read Dostoevsky?
The history of it is not, it’s rooted in biology but it certainly has become so. I wonder why? Ah the psychologists must be wicked and hate God and want us to hate God, am I right? The fact is that Christianity is an eastern religion that has been turned into a western religion and had whatever redeeming values ripped from it. St Paul claims Christians will be transformed but here you are judging a man you have probably never met, but if you have met him it was only for a moment and you don’t really know him. And yet here you are criticizing a guy making your side‘s argument. You sir are disproving your own God by your actions. Sad really.
@@user-ee9vf5nx4u- Nonsense. The trouble with the Calvinist-derived Protestant is that they believe that only they have the keys to truth. However, they lack a link to authority or even a rational and intelligible explanation of the Trinity. Those simple facts all but relegate the Bible-thumper keen to hate his neighbor to reside outside the pearly gates.
I have listened Dr Hugh Ross in the past and it is incredible the simple way he explains the mistery of the Gospel of Jesus Christ in Cosmology compared to the Bible. These Lecture is Awesome. May YHVH EL ELYON IN JESUS/YESHUA HA MASCHIAH BLESS HIM HIS WIFE FAMILY AND MINISTRY BLESS WITH MERCY,GRACE HEALTH, SHALOM AND LOVE
Thank you for introducing me to Prof. Ross. This talk is a banquet for the mind and soul.
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My son has been asking me for years about why God allowed Satan into the Garden; what a profound answer Dr Ross articulates. Can’t wait to show him. Thank you for sharing this presentation!
Every single part of God's creation and all that happened and will happen is part of God's plan. He knows the end from the beginning and nothing happens in reality, on earth or in space or in heaven or hell, NOTHING, unless God either did it or allowed it to be done. The serpent, Jesus' death and resurrection, and even Hitler!
God is sovereign. Or as Candace Owens put it:
Christ is King!!! 😁
Isn't satan part of the overall plan? How could we know God without the enemy...not His equal but an opposition
66 books of the Bible?There are 73 books in the official Bible canonized in 382 at the council of Rome and many times after that . The last time at the council of Trent. Apart from that, the scientific explanation of the universe is wonderful..
@@ilonkastille2993 Only Catholic Bible have those other books. I hope you know how corrupt the Catholic Church is??? The only books to be regarded as reliable are the 66 Books that are in any Bible you can buy from a store or online. The official TRUE Bible has 66 books! Get it straight. Because the Catholic church comes along and adds seven more books we don't have to listen to that rubbish. Nearly everything that comes from the Catholic Church is a lie! Don't get me started on this latest pope...
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I’m so glad that the Holy Spirit led me to this channel. It has strengthened my faith. Thank you
Me too!!
Uh it was google based on your past viewing history.
@@williamjohns9322 it’s “guidance” of the Holy Spirit …. You either do or don’t believe it does
Er, so by believing in the Holy Ghost you ended up here but for me it was my google history? Come on man, do a google search on how google works, there’s no Holy Ghost there. Quick, go to the Stanford Dictionary of Philosophy and look up Occam‘s Razor.
So for you it was the Holy Ghost. Is it the same for me, a non-believer?
If there is no decay/death there is no time. Weird to wrap our brains around that. Eternity is absence of decay.
Except hell
Eternity is in the beams of light shining in the darkness. Hot stuff bethinkings. 🍷❤️🔥🌌🦅
God has revealed this to me very recently.
God very recently has shown this to me. #mind blowing
@@janetmcdonald432 Even in Hell there is no decay. If you die you return immediately! If you lose you arm it grows back pronto! even if you lose your mind, clarity return once again! All your memories are present! The point is, that if you shorten your options so much whilst living on Earth, if your believes become so stale and atrophied, then you will find yourself in Hell when you get to spirit. Best to keep your heart and mind open to the Divine Radiance That Permeates All.
I’m no where near the understanding of all this man spoke of. However I understand enough that I’m n complete awe of the mystery he just exposed, and it only encourages me more in the future we believers have in Jesus.
Thank you brother.
Amen to that
Me too! But I am learning more about how magnificent and intelligent our GOD IS! ❤
@@sattaurnikkiLord and Savior Jesus
TLDR: This was all made for us and our minds would never be able to fathom why.
Some of what he says is based on secular science. That is science without the benefit of a relationship with God. Will you trust it?
This man was placed here at a time and place by only one person and for only one reason. He’s a genius.
Or on the other hand, you may be misinterpreting subtlety for genius, as in Genesis 3:1a, "Now the serpent was more subtil than any beast of the field which the LORD God had made."
Our true essence is spiritual, hyper-dimensional, not limited to the 4 dimensions we currently experience. He counts the stars and names every single one. The Universe is just a hobby for God, there is soo much more, we cannot even begin to comprehend.
Jesus is the King of Glory! Peace be with you!
Christianity asserts that humans are not spirits merely just spiritual beings. Jesus specifically states this in Luke 24:39. Humans are composite beings composed of a rational soul and a material body. Hence, this is why we will have resurrected bodies.
I agree. People putting it all in a box claiming to completely comprehend it all ( like scientists, or atheists) claiming to understand the beginning, eternity, existence, nothingness etc are so limited in their perspective.
Is it not "wonderful" to recognize just a little bit more of GOD'S incomprehensible magnificence, power, & loving plans for little, insignificant us in relation to HIM.
The incalculable complexity of what HE has done, is doing, & will do, just for us???
Bestowing upon us that which is greater than the trillion light-years of Universe that HE designed & created for us???
To be wrapped in the arms of perfect, eternal, infallible LOVE beyond measure!!!
This universe built for "free-will", & corrupted by it's misuse is not big enough to hold, nor lend itself to live within GOD'S perfect, "infinite" Love!!!.................
A gardener painstakingly searching out each flower from a poisoned garden to transplant into HIS Righteous house...................
It's not hard to imagine the tendency to disbelieve such a "perfect" conclusion --- but it happened 2000 years ago in the midst of over 500 reliable witnesses.
Our free ticket paid for by JESUS CHRIST!!!...............
And another witness of GOD'S universe all around us as another witness to GOD'S handiwork & intentions...............
I know how I will use my free will to choose...................
I don’t think atheists claim to comprehend it all. I know that no scientists claim this, there is always more to learn.
"An angel with a measuring rod",it bears repeating, because it's so overlooked, " a measuring rod", " it's a measuring rod ", it was never designed to beat children.
Who knew, that the greatest presentation of the gospel of the kingdom of God, would come to me from an astrophysicist, and not a preacher!! I was so so so blessed by this. The book of Revelation finally makes sense to me. May God bless you sir.
He is a preacher. He hasn't been an astrophysicist for 4 decades.
If you love history, check out Iran in the Bible. Then look up the proclamation of freedom King Cyrus. This is the foundation for the book Ezra, Nehemiah, and Ester.
That's why i love atheists i can't wait for them to become curious and decide to find God because if the holy spirit decides to choose him then this atheist will be passionate believer.
I think most atheists are pretty curious. They tend to be the one who ask hard questions.
If the Holy Ghost chooses them? So if they are not chosen then they go to hell? Is that just? Is punishing someone who doesn’t have the ability to make the choice a moral punishment?
This was a great talk, really helped me put life and eternity into perspective. I plan to read some of the books by Hugh Ross soon. Very unique perspective.
"Only Christianity"? I don't know what this astrophysicist took before the lecture, but all the definitions he talks about existed long time before Christianity, and have been given by God to his chosen people, the Jews. Claiming that only Christianity has is an idol worshipping.
Look up Within Heaven's Gates by Rebecca Springer. Page 64 😇
@@laylasmart The Almighty gave truth to the Zoroastrians first, before any other people.
Holy smokes wow this is amazing! So articulate. The manner Dr Ross explains things is so easy to understand my mind is 🤯away Glory to God! I can’t wait to be with him one day 🤍🕊️🙌🏽
does your imaginary friend dislike it when you say "holy shit" like normal people do???
@@coodudemanDo you encourage your children to curse and cuss?
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It doesn't concerns GOD ALMIGHTY at all - apart from feeling sad for HIS CHILD - as it doesn't affect GOD ALMIGHTY but HIS CREATION, the same way a father feels pain seeing his child refusing his advice. Blasphemy doesn't hurt you because GOD ALMIGHTY prefers pain over joy but because you have chosen to refuse GOD ALMIGHTY'S WISDOM MIGHT GRACE AND PURPOSE!
STILL, this is NO substitute for THE WORD!
@@ACuriousChild of course! No one said that it was substituting the WORD of the ALMIGHTY GOD sheesh 🙄
I can only understand enough of this to laugh out loud for joy! I can recommend a film titled “The Privileged Planet” about the fine tuning of our Earth. It’s quite lovely!
I have read the writings of J. Preston Eby for over thirty years now and I am fascinated at this amazing collaborating enlightenment from Ross Hugh. Added to the great work God used Charles Taze Russell to write many decades ago, one will really begin to have an understanding into God's plan for Creation. Amazing Grace brought me to Jesus Christ but increasing grace lede to these great teachers of truth.
Amazing presentation. A lot of things clicked for me while listening to this talk.
Fascinating and beautiful! Thank you, Dr.
Praise God!! Thank you for the presentations. They are undeniable pointing back the Everlasting Creator of the ends of the earth 🌍
Conflation and juxtaposition became one in this presentation. Very profound indeed.
*Dr. Ross talks over most of our heads, if we're honest. I know for sure that he talks way over mine. The reassuring thing is that I know that he knows what he's talking about. He knows the Bible as well as he knows the cosmos. His wisdom is invaluable and a significant faith-booster.*
He knows the Bible well, and reinterprets it to better support the science (falsely so called) that he believes is more true. Be ye warned.
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Someday, the Lord will reveal who was teaching truth and who was teaching falsehood. Don't fret.
On another note, after much study and reflection, I have switched from a YEC view to and OEC view. The main reason was the inconsistencies in the YEC view that I hadn't seen before, such as "reading all Scripture literally." But YEC people I know don't do that. They believe in a moving Earth rotating on it's axis and revolving around the Sun. They didn't get that view from Scripture. Scripture describes a stationary Earth in a Geocentric system. So the YEC position is compromised by their picking and choosing what to take literally. The other issue that moved me away from 24 hour days was the events of Day 6. Far too much happens to fit into one day.
So don't malign us OEC Christians. We love the Lord just like you do. (If you believe in Geocentrism, then I commend you for your consistency!)
@@warnerchandler9826 *The Bible and science are NOT in competition with one another. There's no conflict between them whatsoever. Dr. Ross understands this perfectly. He's fully credentialed as a pastor, as well as being a PhD-level astrophysicist.*
@@DanceChristman Credentialed? Well, then, that surely settles it. And I suppose commenting in all bold typeface is the stamp of truth? Carry on...
Which is why fundies are ok with evolution
I have talked to a few people that have zero curiosity about the questions of existence. Very strange to me. . That makes a lot of sense about the evil ones murdering the righteous leaving us with the mess we currently have, and that is why ( or part of why) our life stand have been limited.
The Bible states one day is like a thousand to God, ref metaphorical, does it not? The whole fine tuning and we are here at point to observe it all is pretty awesome and compelling! 🤩
What a miraculous presentation; and it has complete logic behind it...Thank-you for introducing this fine gentleman to us for the Divine Wisdom of Creation for all to discover and marvel over. Must have quite the spiritual and intellectual capacity to discern such sublime foundations into our existence.
I like his arguments. They are creative and outside the box.
God bless you! One of the most brilliant, scientific and spiritually enlightening presentations I have ever experienced. Very inspiring. I have many friends who I love dearly that still haven't found there way and I am constantly looking for new avenues to open there mind. Once again, God bless you for your dedication to saving souls. =)))))
Which I had found this man sooner in life. Thought I would have to make the transition to have these questions answered.
@Daily Dose Thank you for recording and sharing this Dr. Ross lecture !
This is one of the best videos available!
The universe is expanding faster than man can comprehend and we can never truly know how God does what he wants and either you’re with him or not, it’s up to you to decide for yourself!
I had to pause at 4:44, overwhelmed by His presence. Hallelujah ❤ I'm very excited to watch this.
Lord have mercy. This gave me serious headaches. So good.
There is no lord. I hope the headaches stop.
The nice thing about religion is that it allows one to not worry as much, God‘s got this. The headaches are for those who don’t believe and know that only we got this.
This is one of the more riveting lectures I have ever heard. Bravo. Thank you, God for this man's mind.
This was beautiful to listen to and offers such an unrefutable perspective on why it's impossible to not believe in the God mentioned in the Bible.
Pretty interesting, I don't agree with all his assertions, but I think he has got some amazing thoughts and insights
Mr. Ross, you're at the peak of your powers even at your advanced age. May God bless you, your family and Reasons to Believe with still more health and longevity. Long may you explain!
The thing is, that a single decision in the spirit world gives a spectrum of results in the physical world. The effects of one spiritual action, such as the creation of animals, produces entire animals, complete in every way. In spirit all things are known. That means that the issue is not how can I build an animal, but what uses can I think of for this animal which I know will turn out perfect. Earth started as an idea in God's mind and that idea was enough to cascade throughout creation. In the case of Man that is a different story because God is a Divine Man, present before Creation, meaning that we can all experience infinity.
Not even a man, just divine.
@@geoculus5606 No, seriously a man, otherwise you could not know him. He is a man whose greatest desire is to know us all, intimately and forever.
@@richardleigh4003 don't think so, we are an image of Him, but He is not a man. Side note, he made Adam in His image, than divided Adam into Adam and Eve, so the image of God is now man and women together.
"God is not a man, that he should lie; neither the son of man, that he should repent..." Numbers 23: 19a.
@@hfokker9562 We can't be in his image unless He is a Divine Man.
Do you know that if water was any wetter, it would dissolve everything it came in contact with and if it was any dryer, it would draw the moisture out of everything it came in contact with, so water has been finely tuned by a supernatural being, to be exactly wet enough to enable life to exist, isn't that amazing...?
But soap does exactly that-it makes water wetter. Soapy water can dissolve alot, but not everything.🙂
But soap does exactly that-it makes water wetter. Soapy water can dissolve alot, but not everything.🙂
you're so right!!!
you wanna know a great proof of god's existence? here it goes:
gos is the necessary being for anything else to exist, thereore god exists.
fucking flawless, isn't it? 😆
Is it possible that life is adapted to the characteristics of water?
@@HApqzr77 Not only water, it's a case of adapting to everything in your environment or risk becoming extinct..
Dr. Ross at Reasons to Believe was the first Apologest I found the day after I converted from Atheism to Theism, he will always be relevant.
Astrophysic is beautiful science ..."heavens proclaim the glory of God"
Thank you dr Ross for your deep insights and truths for us believers .
It is so beautiful for analytic mind...
Brought me to tears....
Thank you soooo much for this research and lecture.
I’m so grateful
Praise Jesus Christ our Lord and Savior Amen 🙏
You're welcome! Hugh Ross is the man!!
Let me know if you want me to provide links to these events 🙏😊
@@soulspirit1055 sure!
i just emailed them two papers. @@Daily_Dose_Of_Wisdom
Can you give your opinion on the age of the earth and the universe!? sorry if you already talked about it somewhere
Thanks Dr. Ross for your amazing ministry.
Bless you brother!!
Thank you so much.
Thank you!!! This is an amazing and incredible video. What a mind to have come to terms and knowledge of our Huge God. Our minds can barely fathom the entirety of our Lord and the salvation he has offered us who desperately need redemption and His Grace and Mercy that we can't earn by our ridiculous works and efforts. The enormity of our salvation we will only discover when we have finally gone home to be with Him for eternity. Thank you Father, Son (Jesus) and Holy Spirit ❤❤❤
Thank you very much for tying the realms together, this brings peace to the wondering mind.
To God, 13.8 billion years has no meaning because he does not live within the boundary of time. So that much time means nothing because we didn’t experience it either.
"Only Christianity"? I don't know what this astrophysicist took before that lecture, but all the definitions he talks about existed long time before Christianity, and have been given by God to his chosen people, the Jews. Claiming that only Christianity has is an idol worshipping.
@@laylasmart Not really. For most of my 74 years I thought similarly, but I was wrong. Solving the puzzle of getting back to heaven from this physical training ground is extremely difficult. Only one person did this -- the one who became named "Christ." If you read John 3.13 carefully, you'll see that Christ is telling Nicodemus that he had been in heaven before coming to Earth to be Mary's son, Jesus. *_But before he was in heaven, he had become the First to go up to heaven from the Earth._*
Before the Big Bang, God had Christianity already figured out. He knew its placement in history, right at the correct moment in time when cultures were mixing and philosophical thought was blossoming. People were mentally prepared for learning something brazenly new. A century earlier or later would have been the wrong time. He even knew that Christianity would become horribly corrupted in the 4th century.
In everything, the *_FIRST_* to do something is always the person who receives all of the accolades and responsibilities which come from that accomplishment. The first-place winner in a race, the first person to discover a newly known species, the first man to break the sound barrier (Chuck Yeager), and the first person to break the 4-minute mile (Roger Bannister). The Entity known as Christ, who possessed the temporary body known as "Jesus" ("Yeshua") of Nazareth, was that *_FIRST._*
Now, this is not proof in the scientific sense, but it is the rationale for why God chose Jesus Christ to be mediator between man and God. Even Siddhartha Gautama knew of someone superior to himself who would come from the West a few centuries later; he was that spiritually aware.
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Christianity is the fulfillment of Judaism
Look up Within Heaven's Gates by Rebecca Springer. Page 64 😇
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Really? Then you better watch this words of God in the Bible.
"JESUS IS NOT THE SON OF GOD IN LESS THAN 10 MINUTES!!!"
"QUESTION? DOES GOD EVER MENTION JESUS IN THE BIBLE!!!"
"DOES JESUS CONTRIDICT HIMSELF!!!"
"WHY DID JESUS GO TO HELL!!!"
We were created, so we have a chance in our Life time, to get right with Jesus!!! Repentance is our calling to mankind to Listen and respond by our actions !!!
Amen
It’s amazing, that regardless of whether I take a face value interpretation of the creation count as to how old I think the Earth is, or, whether I follow our not entirely perfect dating methods as to how old the Earth is and try to harmonize that with what scripture says, both versions point a masterful Creator and Designer.
That’s how I think about it too.
Apparent paradoxes like “age of earth” or “free will vs. predestination” are human concepts that we try to paint onto an incomprehensible God.
In Him there is nothing but truth and love. The best human measurements of the world are nothing in comparison to who He is.
@@mark0bravo AMEN! But don't forget about God's Justice and Wrath!
But it's important to get to the bottom of this because otherwise the Bible loses all integrity, believability.
Did God create everything in six 24 hour days?
@@jbooks888 it says than one day to Goo is like 1000 years so...
@@karolinaszczudlo9871 Goo ? Yeah, that's right. He's outside of time.
These are questions which have perplexed for ages and the answers are there in scripture. Thank you for folk like you Hugh Ross!
I'm enjoying your channel. Many thanks. When you were talking about all that's out in the universe, it made me think Jesus could have saved us with one drop of blood but He gave it all because He's crazy in love with each one of us. Again, thank you for your channel.
I just saw your channel. It is very helpful. Subscribed!
Thanks!!
The spirit world has dimensions just like this world. The point is that in spirit time is psychological and so is space. You think your way around and you age only as your mind-set matures. So, you need a physics of psychology to understand the spirit world. Animals and plants are the thought-forms of higher entities. The landscape is the thought form of God. This world is but the effect of a whole heap of life going on spirit.
This is all new info to me. I absolutely love it. PTL!!
Very encouraging! Thank you!
Wow amazing
The reason for humanity not appearing for 13.8 billion years was genius
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YES INDEEDY MY FRIEND 😅!!!! THANK YOU LORD!!!!
derpa derp derp derp i'm a moron too 😆
Which god is he talking about because the god from the Bible created the Universe and Earth about 6000 years ago, in one week.
@@moldoe78 who is the "he" you are referring to????
we can all honestly agree that there's never been any rational reason presented to begin to justify any god exists, can't we?
Once again we are reminded that the creation is God's first book for us. Reading it is nothing less than fascinating (or having someone read it for us)
Doctor! You Learn me something! Let the Truth be Told! Great Education! The Fine Running is. Exact! Thank God! 🎈🎈
God Bless you DR. ! As he indeed already has. What a testimony, love it.
Thank you
@@TheMightyDR84 welcome
Extremely illuminating indeed
He just said the universe has no purpose but to have us in the center "Earth" to watch it's expansion at a certain moment in life to choose between good and evil and there's no alien creatures in any other planet or galaxy from the million and billions of them which exist in this universe! Like how blind he think we are???? We don't life in a blue sphere with animals and bacteria alone with a huge black theater with a bunch of lights do we??? As if those planet do not have life just like Earth!!!!
This is generally an excellent presentation of most of the science and natural history that has been postulated. However less said about that topic of evil.
When I make a cake, no one then tells me "you Could have just made three-ingredient cookies ya know!"
As a physicist I was super impressed by his coherence and eloquence. As a Christian I was equally impressed. It's great to see super smart people maintain their humility. I saw a little hubris shining through but compared to the average physics professor, this guy has a very small ego. I'm rambling but I think it's easy to tell the difference between people who are acting a role and living a life. This guy is living a life and I will be watching the rest of his videos
As a BS detector, I'm not impressed with your claim of being a physicist.
and less impressed with your use of "coherence" when talking about him.
@@manamanathegreat4986 Sorry to disappoint but not only am I a physicist, I'm also a Master of Finance!
My BS detector tells me you are neither a manamana or great
@Pax_Veritas
Yeah, you're gonna have to forgive my distrust of claims from apologists and theists using fallacious arguments.
I'm sure you believe everything in an echo chamber, but those with intellectual integrity and actually care if a claim is factual, do not.
@@manamanathegreat4986 Remove one's head from one's arse
Echo chamber? Do you have any idea what the culture is like in Physics?
Listen mate I don't have to prove anything to you but I was not always a Christian. I used to live an occultist lifestyle like Thoth the Atlantean. If you want proof of the existence and power of God, look no further than me
It was not possible for me alone to break my addictions and destructive lifestyle, it was only by the grace and power of Jesus that I was delivered from evil. Salvation is a gift from God, not works of man
Please look into the historicity of Jesus. It is unanimous amongst the leading scholars - most of whom are obviously secular (i.e. not Christian) - that Jesus was a real man, lived when they said he did, did all the things they said he did, was crucified and died on the cross. The only thing the secular and religious scholars disagree on is whether or not Jesus rose from the dead, i.e. whether or not Jesus is the Son of God
Even the secular and non-Christian scholars admit that the disciples and followers of Jesus, including the 500+ who were witnesses at the same time, believed that they saw the risen Jesus Christ. It's the only thing the secular scholars can fall back on, "they believed they saw it", rather than it actually happened. If they were to admit it was factually correct like the rest of their analyses into the historicity of Jesus, then they would have to concede the Jesus is the Son of God. It is their pride that stops them, not the evidence. They don't want God to be real because it would force them to examine their life choices
Please look into Dr. Gary Habermas and his minimal facts argument for a detailed discussion of the above. It is a scientific fact.
Don't dismiss or say it's legend or whatever because history and historicity is a scientific discipline. A myth takes generations or centuries to form whereas the historicity of Jesus proves beyond a shadow of a doubt that the "legend" of Jesus started within MONTHS of the cross by multiple proofs, with the obvious conclusion being it actually started within days of Jesus' Resurrection - it was no myth, no fairy tale
When you understand there are 9 historical references for the Emperor of Rome - Tiberius - and 40 references for Jesus - a carpenter from Bethlehem - perhaps you might begin to consider why that is. How can there be 4 times more separate, secular and religious, historical references for Jesus than the Emperor of Rome?
Check out the fine-tuning argument and the irreducible complexity arguments, both are which provide proof that is orders of magnitude greater than the threshold required to believe it
It is not me who lives in an echo chamber my friend, it is you. You have never heard the proof of Jesus and the proof of God because you have been insulated from it and have no desire to look at it. You love your sin, your life, your ego, more than the truth
Just as 99% of Muslims don't know the true story of the death of Mohammed, just as 99% of Catholics don't know the truth about the Pope and the Jesuits - neither do you know the truth about God and Jesus
I urge you to escape your echo chamber and examine the evidence. My favourite commentator on this is Professor John Lennox, who like me is Northern Irish and is a mathematician (he was the leading maths prof at Oxford and is now Emeritus Professor at Oxford in mathematics, certainly no fool)
Peace and God bless you my friend
Oh my dog, I laughed out loud when I read your comment, o the great
Thank you, brother
Kind regards Kim
Just what we need! Another book centred on anthropomorphism to explain reality!! When will we learn the fact that we are NOT the center of the Cosmos...but merely participants?
Wow!! Thank you! Incredible presentation..All praise to God..our Father!!
🤯 That blew me away!
😇 Amen.
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Me too!
Super interesting thanks
Absolutely fascinating. Our God is awesome beyond our imagination! To Him be all glory and honor.
Thank you for sharing. :)
If everyone only knew how specific everything has to be down to how 1% more or less of each individual element has to exist in the earth for us to exist they would realize only a masterful creator could have created all of this. It would take over a trillion accidents to happen at perfectly the right time for us to exist. Anyone who thinks we’re in the matrix needs to realize there’s more programming in one single cell than all the computer coding we’ve ever created . Thats insane. It would take hundreds of trillions of years to program one human being.
Yes but with those statistics being super improbable it is still leaving a chance for it to happen randomly. And the fact that there are so many other failures out there maybe they are all the failed possibilities and we are the one single one and the size of the universe literally allows us to be that one out of billions and trillions or more. Because when I hear people say oh the chance is so little I'm like yeah so we're the one and space is the rest of the failed chances. The thing that bothers me is that the televangelists who heal people a lot of times turn out to be a fraud and they follow up with almost every case and the person was never healed or just walked because of adrenaline and wasn't actually unable to walk just had an injury or arthritis. But what about people healing blind? Jesus healed blind and said that we could and in the book of Acts they did so why is no one nowadays ever healing someone who was born blind? You never once heard about a person born blind or deaf who has been healed by a Christian at all ever out of all the most faithful people and preachers and Believers you have never heard of any one single blind person being healed yet Jesus did it and said we could do it. Unfortunately as great as the message of Christianity is it really is just an echo chamber of if you talked about it a lot and you think about it a lot and you keep it in your head a lot it helps you believe it when there is literally nothing in front of you to really make you have a reason to believe other than it is a great thing to believe because why not it seems great. But really without constantly hearing about it just going on throughout your day if you didn't have the guilt trip of turning away from it you really don't actually see it you really don't experience it and no blinds have ever been healed that were born blind
Speechless.. enough reason to believe.
Very very fascinating Lecture
The “fine-tuning” argument is so profound yet so convincing! Thanks Dr. Hugh Ross!
Only in conditions conducive for life will life emerge in the first place to eventually ask questions about the origin of life. What we would look for in a chance universe, is a universe largely hostile to life, and that is what we see.
Your handle says it all, haha
@@williamjohns9322 Is that so? It is not clear to me, and I believe it is not clear to anyone, what the 'all' is that my handle says. Can you kindly enlighten us? Also, do you need some clarity on my previous comment so you can respond to it? Essentially, it says that only where conditions are already conducive to life will life survive in the first place to eventually pose questions about the origin of life, therefore every single civilization will behold conditions perfect for their life. The second part of the comment says that in a universe NOT made for life, we would expect to see the vast majority of the universe being hostile to life, which is what we actually observe. I hope that helped.
Doh, I should have provided more context. I thought your comment was a great point, the perfect reminder for this crowd. I thought your handle was an announcement of the incoming logic bomb. If I might add more catastrophe, the space rock that wiped out the dinosaurs (which I don’t have to remind you was not in the Bible) is not the only life ending rock out there. We have been lucky so far but if something enters our solar system, there would be a lot of excuses as to why God did not intervene, wicked and sinful generation, blah, blah. Sorry Incoming.
Fantastic video!!!!👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻😎😎😎
Robbie ended it perfectly “its the statistics of the reality of the country”
Love jesse and his commentating/news.
Since the lion will lay down with the lamb, and a little child can even lead them around, my mind is even more amazed at the plan the Lord ultimately has for the souls of animals, too. We have so much to look forward to!
This is the correct answer... there is no problem with 'evil'.
"I form light and I create darkness. I make peace and I create evil: I the Lord do ALL these things." ~ Isaiah 45:7
If you want your 'theodicy' that comes from a humble man and not the 'wizard of calculus' (Leibniz)... gimme a call.
I cannot read (less than 10 books my whole life) but I most certainly can fulfill Isaiah 52:15 and sit waiting to do so - and end all this needless suffering.
Shalom.
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The correct interpretation for evil in this passage is calamity.
The house of the Highest has many apartments, even apartments with 700 books. To lay down to the table of Lord takes plenty of meditation work. 🍷😁
“The gods can either take away evil from the world and will not, or being unable to do so cannot, or they neither can nor will, or lastly they are able and willing.
If they have the will, to remove evil, and cannot , then they are not omnipotent. If they can but will not, then they are not benevolent. If they are neither able nor willing, they are neither omnipotent nor benevolent.
Lastly, if they are both able and willing, to annihilate evil, why does it exist?’ Epicurus
“It doesn't seem to me that this fantastically marvelous universe, this tremendous range of time and space and different kinds of animals, and all the different planets, and all these atoms with all their motions, and so on, all this complicated thing can merely be a stage so that God can watch human beings struggle for good and evil - which is the view that religion has. The stage is too big for the drama.” ― Richard P. Feynman (1918-1988) American theoretical physicist
Yo heavy elements, take your physics elsewhere, this is a religious channel.
Oh? What Hebrew word is used there?
Wonderbaarlik, dankie Dr. Ross
@34:30 "The decay rate is not so high as to discourus from productive work."
Advaita vedenta seems to have discussed this a long time ago !
This man is a genius.
I have a bridge for sale….wanna buy it?
Thanks for sharing this wonderful message.
I am so totally ready to go. Ive been through the longest darkest night of the soul. I don't understand this world, i hurt in my heart about war. I can't bear the thought of children in terror, or thirsty and naked. I want the world to stop. Everyone. For one hungry baby.
Thank you for the new ideas of heaven! I know enough science that i will have fun with my brains!
I am sorry for your suffering, the world can be a cold hard place. On thing to consider is donating to charities like Doctors Without Borders. Effective Altruism is a big thing today and there are sites that help with gaging how effective charities are. Also consider listening to podcasts that talk about the good things going on out there and don’t watch the news all the time, it can be overwhelming. Best
Where did the heavier elements come from in our soler system? Also where did they come in the near star system? If the stars still didn't go supernova and we do not have any neutron stars nearby, where did the material for planets and moons and comets come from?
There are no physics associated with evil.
It's 100% human nature. It's identifiable. It's predictable. And it can be dealt with. Thanks to the flawless word of God.
Evil is bigger than humanity! The Nacash (serpent) rebelled/sinned, and caused Adam and Eve to fall…
Ephesians 6:12
For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the RULERS of the DARKNESS of this WORLD, against SPIRITUAL WICKEDNESS in HIGH PLACES
2 Corinthians 10:3-5
For though we walk in the flesh, we do NOT WAR AFTER THE FLESH:
4 (For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal, but mighty through God to the pulling down of STRONGHOLDS;)
5 CASTING DOWN of IMAGINATIONS, and every high thing that exalts itself against the knowledge of God, and BRINGING INTO CAPTIVITY EVERY THOUGHT TO THE OBEDIENCE OF CHRIST
2 Corinthians 4:2-4
But have renounced the hidden things of dishonesty, not walking in craftiness, nor handling the word of God deceitfully; but by manifestation of the truth commending ourselves to every man's conscience in the sight of God.
3 But if our gospel be hid, it is hid to them that are lost: in WHOM THE GOD OF THIS WORLD HAS BLINDED THE MINDS OF THEM WHICH BELIEVE NOT, lest the light of the glorious gospel of Christ, who is the image of God, should shine unto them.
5 FOR WE PREACH NOT OURSELVES, BUT CHRIST JESUS THE LORD; and ourselves your servants for Jesus' sake.
6 For God, who commanded the light to shine out of darkness, hath shined in our hearts, to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.
Ephesians 2:1-3
And you hath he quickened, who were dead in trespasses and sins;Wherein in time past ye walked according to the course of this world, according to the PRINCE OF THE POWER OF THE AIR, the spirit that now worketh in the children of disobedience:
3 Among whom also we all had our conversation in times past in the lusts of our flesh, fulfilling the desires of the flesh and of the mind; and were by nature the children of WRATH, even as others.
Ephesians 4:17-19
This I say therefore, and testify in the Lord, that ye henceforth walk not as other Gentiles walk, in the vanity of their mind,
Having the understanding darkened, BEING ALIENATED from the LIFE OF GOD THROUGH THE IGNORANCE THAT IS IN THEM, BECAUSE OF THE BLINDNESS OF THEIR HEART:
19 WHO BEING PAST FEELING, have given themselves over unto lasciviousness, to work all uncleanness with greediness.
2 Timothy 2:22-26
Flee also youthful lusts: but follow righteousness, faith, love, peace, with them that call on the Lord out of a pure heart.
23 But foolish and unlearned questions avoid, knowing that they do gender strifes.the servant of the Lord must not strive; but be gentle unto all men, apt to teach, patient,
25 In meekness instructing those that oppose themselves; if God peradventure will give them repentance to the acknowledging of the truth;
26 AND THAT THEY MAY RECOVER THEMSELVES OUT OF THE SNARE OF THE DEVIL, WHO ARE TAKEN CAPTIVE BY HIM AT HIS WILL
The physics of evil is the exact opposite to the physics of good. Good attracts good, evil attracts evil. Good soothes evil, whilst evil attacks good. In the spirit world there is only spiritual physics, and that is based on thought. You think your location and you think your everyday activities. The entire spirit world is made of such thinking, mainly from The Lord but also from his angels. But, everything in the spirit world is good, so if you drop a hammer it will never bust your toe! That would be physically impossible there. But in Hell it will always create damage!
@@richardleigh4003 2 Corinthians 10:3-5
For though we walk in the flesh, we do NOT WAR AFTER THE FLESH:
4 (For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal, but mighty through God to the pulling down of STRONGHOLDS;)
5 CASTING DOWN of IMAGINATIONS, and every high thing that exalts itself against the knowledge of God, and BRINGING INTO CAPTIVITY EVERY THOUGHT TO THE OBEDIENCE OF CHRIST
Ephesians 6:10-19
Finally, my brethren, be strong in the Lord, and in the power of his might.
11 Put on the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to STAND against the wiles of the devil.
12 For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the RULERS of the DARKNESS of this WORLD, against SPIRITUAL WICKEDNESS in HIGH PLACES
13 Wherefore take unto you the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to WITHSTAND in the evil day, and having done all, to STAND.
14 STAND therefore, having your LOINS GIRT ABOUT WITH THE TRUTH, and having on the BREASTPLATE OF RIGHTEOUSNESS;
15 Having YOUR FEET SHOD with the PREPARATION of the GOSPEL of PEACE;
Above all, taking the SHIELD OF FAITH, wherewith ye shall be able to quench all the fiery darts of the wicked.
And take the HELMET of SALVATION, and the SWORD of the SPIRIT, WHICH is THE WORD of GOD:
18 praying with all prayer and supplication in the spirit, and watching thereunto with all PERSEVERANCE and supplication for all saints.
19 And for me, that utterance may be given unto me, that I may OPEN MY MOUTH BOLDLY, to MAKE KNOWN the MYSTERY of the GOSPEL
Hebrews 4:12
For the word of God is quick, and powerful, and sharper than any twoedged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart
1 Corinthians 2:12-14
Now we have received, NOT the SPIRIT of the WORLD, but the SPIRIT which is of GOD, that we might know the things that are freely given to us of God.
13 Which things also we speak, not in the words which man's wisdom teacheth, but which the Holy Ghost teacheth; comparing spiritual things with spiritual.
14 But the NATURAL MAN RECEIVES NOT the THINGS of the SPIRIT OF GOD: for they are foolishness unto him: neither can he know them, because they are SPIRITUALLY DISCERNED
@@richardleigh4003What do you base this off of?
So we are in hell? Because I have busted my toe before
There were no less than 8 times during this video where I stood-up out of my chair and gave a loud, Ric Flair-style "woooooooo!"🙏🏽✝
Oh my!!! That's the very opposite of the feeling of being only dust in the wind. Best advice in theological and teleological speculation: never ever belittle God. If it is truly good, He will do it.
Love this but the Septuagint was around in the BC (BCE) says Dr. John Lennox of Cambridge when debating neo-atheist, Christopher Hitchens, there 72 books, not just 66 dear genius scientist. Glorifying God and giving thanksgiving for your lecture.
Brilliant. Thank you!😃
Awesome!
This shows we are living in a universe that is both artificial (created) and real (not simulated). If it were simulated there would be no reason to deal with all the fine tuning, the just right enormous mass and narrow time window for civilization to exist with ability to observe the beginning and so on. For God so loved the world, more than we can ever imagine.
25:03 Red dwarf stars can support life on a plant sufficiently close and do not have "stability" problems that create flairs.
Has anyone ever read the Ethiopian cannon of scripture? It's 88 books, and it has so much more context. It explains and expounds so much on scripture, it's amazing!! Most Ethiopian jews are Christians. The Ethiopian cannon is the oldest cannon of scripture the world has. God bless ❤
No i am wondering the same
It’s the oldest canon it’s one of the oldest canons
Is it part of the oldest cannon's?
@Xzplizit yes, it's amazing!! It goes into so much detail into things that we are dying to know and are so confused from. It explains the origins of demons, what aliens are, judgments of God from the past, and in depth of Noah's arc. It just opens up so much understanding. They have the same 66 books we do. They just have 22 books that expand the stories, and that are of hebraic origin.
Careful not to impose western thinking on eastern traditions. The east (including Ethiopian orthodox) don't actually have a cannon in the same way protestants and Catholics do. They hold "Holy tradition" as equal to scripture and place less emphasis on scripture since it's ultimately their church that interprets everything and says how to apply it. Therefore in a practical sense it is liturgy and priests not scripture that hold the rule of faith and say what binds the conscience. Because of this we can not look at their canon as having the same infallible truth as our canon. There are good reasons they rest of Christianity has a smaller canon.
We have eternity to explore and enjoy all those other galaxies. Just get through this brief blip of space-time 3D reality safely....entrusting your soul to the only One who can get you through to enjoy the wonders of His creation : God Most High who made a way for us to get there through the incarnation, death and resurrection of Jesus, the Messiah, God in the flesh, God in this hell hole of our reality. Grace. Hallelujah. 🙏💜✝️
Amen
WoW I am enjoying every word!
Life and intelligence come from life and intelligence. It is impossible to have them come from a rock or thin air.
A lot of people want to blame God for evil, sickness and so on. But it is my belief God did not cause sickness, pain, evil and so on. It is us humans that has caused sickness pain and one could even argue evil. Stop blaming God for our shortcomings and start blaming man for it. Blaming God will only get you to an eternity in hell. Believe in God and love him before it’s too late for you. Once you are in hell there will be no escaping.
Brother, really sin, evil and pain are in God's wisdom the path to perfection of man. Life can only come from death. Weeping endures for a night but joy comes in the morning. God is perfect and doeth no evil. His ways are perfect and all His ways are just, God of faithfulness without injustice. It is man's refusal to trust, yield, submit to this loving perfect God that he remains in sin, evil and pains.
No God did not cause suffering and death, he just created the world to do that because he knew that we were bad. Why the judge analogy if God really is love? Why not the doctor or healer? Because the religion comes from the ancient world when despots were venerated for survival‘s sake. Why the infatuation with spilled blood and burning animal fur making a sweet smell in his nose? It’s kinda weird no?