A colleague once asked me if I buy Lotto tickets--I said I contribute to the pool at work, not because of any hope of winning, but more because if the pool happens to win I don't want to be the guy still at work. He laughed at me, saying that I, like everybody else in the office, was delusional--did I know that the odds of winning were one in about 34 million? I know he's a strong evolutionist, so I asked him what were good odds--to which he just laughed. I asked him whether the odds of one in ten to the power of a hundred were good. At this point I got a frown--and had the concept of odds explained to me. I listened to his explanation and then asked, "So I guess the odds of one in ten to the forty thousandth power aren't good either?" He stared at me. Hadn't I heard anything he'd said? "It's just because the British astronomer Sir Fred Hoyle calculated that the random chance of the universe being fine-tuned to the extent that it is, and so support life, is one in ten to the forty thousandth power," I said. "And you, being a staunch evolutionist, seem to be quite happy with those odds." He now avoids me.
The most important issue in the entire universe is the fact that there is a Creator and that each and every human being will meet Him one day. Everything else is irrelevant.
I understand the sentiment, but you're off just a little. Not irrelevant, but all relevance is in relation to that fact. How we live and what we believe isn't irrelevant, it's specifically relevant to how it affects our relationship with our creator.
I attended an Arts/Music College in the '80s. While speaking with other "newbies" from various fields, we reached a consensus that our professors were encouraging us to throw out and challenge whatever we had learned about our chosen instrument or art focus. The assumption was, of course, creativity is the ultimate goal. For the arts, that idea may be a decent goal. But unfortunately and apparently this has transitioned into the culture as an underlying maxim, "Whatever is new is good! Whatever is old is bad!" [As if 'old ideas' about truth have an expiration date, after which they will begin to stink]. For example, homosexual sexual relations: "Um...yuck? But different! And therefore, new, and therefore good!" 'Traditional marriage' = Okay, but--old! Old is bad! Therefore, yuck! As Eric pointed out--some of these ideas are very unlivable when thought through--but whatever! We're onto the 'next new thing!' How fascinating that our hearts as humans desire something 'new'; and how God will ultimately answer this desire: "Behold, I am making all things new!", says the Lord.
Yeah man, I’m upset as well. The mainstream dumbing down is one thing… but education following the naivety of the day, that’s realy sad. Materialism is a poor philosophy, the evidence against it is strong, but it has become a dogma commonly accepted without question.
The Book of God's word is the Book of Consciousness..God is an intelligent designer who is reponsible for human beings, the earth and the universe (heaven)..Praise God Almighty our Creator king in the person of Lord Jesus Christ our Savior..
A new scientific truth does not triumph by convincing its opponents and making them see the light, but rather because its opponents eventually die, and a new generation grows up that is familiar with it.~~Max Planck
Hallelujah, Peace be with you, Good Lenten Journey, Happy Palm Sunday; Thank you & your supporters for all Your good works, God bless you… ✝🙀😇🙏 God bless America, in Jesus name, amen.
The Samoans are not 'free love' proponents. For anyone who's been there, we are very religious and conservative for the most part. Most attend church on Sundays. Not long ago we sent more Christian missionaries than any other country php. Margaret Mahy was wrong on more than a few points, it seems.
"Miracles" has been on my list to buy for ages but I have been waiting for it to be released on Audible. Wondering if this will happen any time soon? Loved Bonhoeffer and Amazing Grace. Two excellent reads!
Man, Bill Nye has gone off the deep end. Every time I see him talk he is SO ANGRY. Any acknowledgment of the Creator is a huge trigger. I pray for him. For a man like him to convert, his influence would lead to so many saved souls.
Rev 4v11 You are worthy Jehovah our God to receive the glory and the honour and the praise because you created ALL things and because of your will they existed and were created.
Science proves there is a Maker of the universe because any power requires greater and greater power and energy cannot make or order itself according to science. Mindless matter cannot make or direct itself. It is directed by the Maker of the universe.
From Saint Thomas Aquinas, "Fides quaerens intellectum." Some translate this as the mind of the faithful person seeks the truth. Fair enough...but not enough. I prefer the interpretation of Peter Kreeft (I hope I am faithful to his thought): Faith Informs The Intellect. It is a quantum theory of epistemology that proposes that the mind must be predisposed to absorb the truth: without such predisposition, the information is not absorbed.
Romans 1:20 ESV For his invisible attributes, namely, his eternal power and divine nature, have been clearly perceived, ever since the creation of the world, in the things that have been made. So they are without excuse.
Librarians (especially the most effective) are generalists. We don't necessarily the answer, but we know how to find answers. My career was as a music librarian, and even in a field like music, it helps to be a music generalist. We get things done. we look past excessively limited categories.
What a gifted communicator this man is! Praise God! So engaging besides. I pray for him daily. Let's all pray for men/women like this whom God has raised to teach us, to keep us on the path of Truth, and boldly defend the Truth about God, Yahweh!
God tells us about the "cultural shift": "... after their own lusts shall they heap to themselves teachers, having itching ears; And they shall turn away their ears from the truth, and shall be turned unto fables." 2 Timothy 4:3,4
Great video. I just wish to interject, that although Earth is designed for life as we know it, that doesn't mean that life on other worlds could not be made under a different design. After all, if God can create as He sees fit, He can produce life under very different conditions, should He desire to do so, and since there are virtually millions of planetoids in the Universe. Loved the presentation, I hope it gets millions of views.
Exceptional. His book on Bonhoeffer is also exceptional. A real truth seeker. Willing to call out the truth and facts and absorb the hits from our cultural dictators. BTW, check out the last 90 days of Bonhoeffer’s life when just before the Gestapo killed him, he went from a theologian to knowing Christ. Extraordinary life.
It’s just so sad how this country has changed and become wicked. Our schools are teaching kids stuff that’s not true. And denying God is the saddest part. I’m trying so hard to have my kids homeschooled.
2011 I boldly went to the throne of grace the spirit of the Lord fell upon me I began speaking in an unknown tongue as the spirit gave the utterance the Lord of all creation spoke to my very being with absolute authority and power he said: "I created everything,everything created, I created---hills." Fortunately I was taught the scriptures from my youth the Torah, Psalms and the Prophets that testify of Yahshua. If you have accepted the Lord as your personal savior there is more go back to the book of Acts and get what they have. Please read Acts 2:38 covenant repent and be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins and you shall receive the gift of the Holy Spirit for this is the promise of the Father to you to your children to those that are far off even as many as the Lord our Elohim shall call.
When people say there could be multiple universes ( infinite number ) First I say that’s the weak way out.... and if it was true.... then how do you know that this one isn’t the one where the Bible is 100% true..!!!
Have you considered how many things in nature are here by replication … things that derive from a similar ‘parent’ source? Trees, plants, birds, mammals, stars even. It was only 100 years ago we deduced there was more than one galaxy! Why is it so incredulous to you that the universe could be similar to, say, a great maize plant … that started out as a tiny seed, contained within which was all the means to produce the cob. I would say that the possibility of our universe being just one in a field of many is very much higher on the list of candidates than that of a immaterial ‘god’ thing impregnating a peasant girl such that another ‘god’ thing was forced down a human birth canal, to subsequently pop out and walk on water, send things into pigs and ultimately to walk through a closed door without it opening and eat fish on the other side. You have to think about these things and ask yourself how likely that is. 😊
Aside from the funny Eric, you are a lot smarter than I thought. Each time I have seen you, you were tolerated by getting to your guest speaker. Now we know, thank you.
Oh so true Eric! I am reminded in Romans 1 of the following: Rom 1:18 For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men, who by their unrighteousness suppress the truth. Rom 1:19 For what can be known about God is plain to them, because God has shown it to them. Rom 1:20 For his invisible attributes, namely, his eternal power and divine nature, have been clearly perceived, ever since the creation of the world, in the things that have been made. So they are without excuse.
Eric may or may not be happy to know that Jehovah's Witnesses were knocking on everybody's doors sharing this very latest research...starting 1985 we were offering it for a pittance in a book called "Life- How Did It Get Here? By Evolution or Creation?" That book revolutionized my ability to talk to people in science class. Then in 1998 a more technical book was offered called "Is There a Creator Who Cares About You?" that featured the research on the fine tuning of the universe in detail. These days when most people are less likely to read an entire book, from 2010 the brochures "The Origin of Life-Five Questions Worth Asking" (informing on the DNA research known by then) and "Was Life Created?" were freely distributed by hand by millions of Christian JWs in multiple languages worldwide, trying to find people who wanted the truth. These campaigns prove that there actually was a grassroots force out there trying to spread knowledge of the most recent research on intelligent design in creation. We got your back, guys...
I am a theist who enjoyed Carl Sagan & Neil DeGrasse's shows and I still agree that we are made of the same 'star stuff', but it gets simpler, as God would want it. The basis of physics is the magnet. If we look at magnets, we can see it has a trinity of it's own. That trinity is positive (+) neutral (n) and negative (-). We cannot see the negative or positive forces because they are invisible. When the two combine, they become neutral. In other words, we do not see the + and - parts of the magnet without the neutral to hold them together. Similarly, all things we call neutral includes all matter, whether it's trees, people, rock, oxygen and everything else. They may have small or large electrical + & - charges, but for all practical purposes it's neutral. All neutral things form where + and - intersect. We as neutrals are caught squarely between the + & -, in theology good (+) and evil (-).
I don't think that is the aim of the atheist to disprove the existence of a deity, rather, it is up to the one who makes the assertion to prove said assertion. There is this example of a cosmic teapot for example floating in space… You can say you believe in it but of course you've never seen it because it's so small but you *know* and you *feel* that it's out there. I cannot disprove its existence because it would require infinite knowledge that i don't possess. You're making the claim that it does exist so you need to back up that claim.
Eric confusing two things "there is a God" and "The bible is the word of God".... all the evidence pointing to a God, and not the The God of the bible... Great video, Great speech... we need to bring forth, and shade light on it
I am definitely a theist, but I cannot help but reject the anthropic principal as evidence of God. My thought process goes like this, in a simplified manner: a) Our universe seems to have hundreds, thousands, or even millions of constants, laws, distances, forces, and other variables set precisely for the success of life. b) Earth, in particular, seems to possess everything necessary for a multiplicity of life, including that of Homo sapiens. c) A random process managing to get all of the countless variables precisely right at just the right time to allow human life to thrive seems about as close to impossible for our human brains to comprehend. d) No matter how unlikely, the chance of the universe ending up with exactly the prerequisites for long-term advanced life would never have reached null. e) As we are here to discuss this fascinating issue, we must fall into the set of “just right” variables that support complex life. No matter how vanishingly rare a set of initial circumstances, life will find it.
Well, based upon your acceptance of the evidence that you have listed (a - e), my question is: If the being with the capabilities to create the evidence, is not God, then who or what did all of that?
For years and years studying physics, astronomy, biology, etc I would come across facts that would make me go, hmmm. I'm talking about everything from the strength of the force of gravity all the way down to the strength of the weak and strong (yes that is what they are called) nuclear forces that hold protons and neutrons together. If any of these was even slightly different all matter would radioactively decay, or stars would burn out super fast, or not burn at all, etc. On and on. By some divine coincidence these are all just right for stars to not only form but go supernova creating every element on the periodic table and scattering them through the galaxy in the process. So that by some even greater diving miracle all these elements wind up on this one particular star that just happens to be massive enough to last long enough for us to come along, but also burns just hot enough and at the right distance.... miracle upon miracle until eventually it is kind of hard not to think what Metaxas is thinking. This is the first I heard of someone putting all these fascinating facts of science together into one book. Bravo!
And all this shows is how someone can interpret things to a specific conclusion but can’t verify it. I don’t care people believe, but when they say it’s a fact of reality? And that it’s the only explanation? Or when people lie Eric cherry pick and misrepresent things to suit their arguments? That I take issue with.
@@therick363 "14 So we should no longer be children, tossed about as by waves and carried here and there by every wind of teaching by means of the trickery of men, by means of cunning in deceptive schemes." Eric is only stating the glaringly obvious for those who know the facts. You might ask yourself what makes you dither on this subject.
Dear Mr. Eric Metaxas thank you so much for the efforts you put out there I learned a lot and still learning from you, and you are so freken funny I prefer watching you than Bill Bur, I know you probably won't read this but never the less am gonna write it maybe someone will read it and know the absolute truth. I agree with most of what you said, but you said at the min 20:29 that god said "|God said whatever is TRUE I want you to go with that even if it was uncomfortable, right" It sounded odd, to be honest. (God)Jesus Crist said "I am the Way, TRUTH, and Life" nobody comes to the Father except through me, who have the sun have the life, don't you think that we should include him of what gives meaning to life for all dispersed people that listen to who have the WORD. Jesus is the Bible and the Bible is Jesus and he is the good news. the only one who pleases God and the only one that could possibly be a sheep, a whole sacrifice to our sin's, we love and are sinners but he "A bruised reed shall he not break, and smoking flax shall he not quench, till he sends forth judgment unto victory." that's why only "through Jesus Crist believe in God the creator" we will be justified and that's why he came to this world and not because we can belive of unexperienced GOD the unseen, and save ourselves, but the Church's and Catholic church at the head of them forged the word of God and made it that through our beliefs we can be saved and we are back to Cane and Able, my work can please you god but not your solution Jesus Crist, and they removed Jesus Christ from the equation and they mention him occasionally with all the Saints and Righteous. there is no righteous but GOD JESUS said. 1-0
Eric, you r absolutely right about everything u said, except that Jesus is Yahweh. Jesus is The Son of God, not God. It's all over the Greek scriptures. I love your discourses n logic. Please correct the idea as well. Please. Love your lectures immensely n your logic about creation. No one or very few explains so magnificently well. Felicitaciones.
i totally disagree with you that the fine tuning of the universe is in any way a rebuttal to an atheistic position. the very fact that atheists say life came about by chance means they would include the fine tuning view point as just another element of that chance. to the non-believer, the earth just happened to be in a finely tuned position and life took advantage of that, and, as luck would have it, flourished. now, don't get me wrong here. as a believer i agree that our position etc. in the universe is as a result of the most spectacular miracle ever. as we discover more of the fine tuning that is required for us to live and flourish here, our appreciation of how phenomenal God is expands further and further beyond our comprehension.
The question is why nobody ever said anything? Why people shied away from knowing the truth? It could be because the truth might have required their lives to stay within boundaries like no casual sex ??
The reason the truth is hidden is that the Bible reveals that God's enemy Satan is controlling the entire world since the rebellion in Eden... Barring a special stint of rulership the Creator involved himself in with the ancient nation called Israel. He did that so he could fulfill a promise he made to provide a Messiah. Anyway if you read Luke 4:6 and parallel accounts, it is evident that Satan controls the governments and all the accouterments of human society, including media, commerce and even religion. Is that ringing any bells for you?
You are correct... Jesus himself took personal time to pray to this Greatest God, who calls himself Yehova, or in English, Jehovah. Psalm 83:18, John 17:6
I loved how he opened with the admission he is not a scientist. Now if we could only get Bill Nye to admit the same thing.
I fell into the science trap and partially deconstructed my faith. I realize I was wrong. God is everything. Thank you for the presentation.
A colleague once asked me if I buy Lotto tickets--I said I contribute to the pool at work, not because of any hope of winning, but more because if the pool happens to win I don't want to be the guy still at work. He laughed at me, saying that I, like everybody else in the office, was delusional--did I know that the odds of winning were one in about 34 million? I know he's a strong evolutionist, so I asked him what were good odds--to which he just laughed. I asked him whether the odds of one in ten to the power of a hundred were good. At this point I got a frown--and had the concept of odds explained to me. I listened to his explanation and then asked, "So I guess the odds of one in ten to the forty thousandth power aren't good either?" He stared at me. Hadn't I heard anything he'd said? "It's just because the British astronomer Sir Fred Hoyle calculated that the random chance of the universe being fine-tuned to the extent that it is, and so support life, is one in ten to the forty thousandth power," I said. "And you, being a staunch evolutionist, seem to be quite happy with those odds." He now avoids me.
The most important issue in the entire universe is the fact that there is a Creator and that each and every human being will meet Him one day. Everything else is irrelevant.
I understand the sentiment, but you're off just a little. Not irrelevant, but all relevance is in relation to that fact. How we live and what we believe isn't irrelevant, it's specifically relevant to how it affects our relationship with our creator.
"The Creator has signed his work, and you're it."
So much good stuff in this talk, and the humor is icing.
I am a former athiest. After decades of analyzing the cosmos i am infinitely convinced "God exist". The clue is simple, "The infinite cosmos,".
"There is a hunger in the world for this kind of information!"
Truth is everything. Truth came in a person through Christ.
It is very encouraging that someone like Metaxas is on the side of Logos. He seems to be a beast of Truth.
How I wish Eric to host the Oscars! Love from India 🇮🇳
I attended an Arts/Music College in the '80s. While speaking with other "newbies" from various fields, we reached a consensus that our professors were encouraging us to throw out and challenge whatever we had learned about our chosen instrument or art focus. The assumption was, of course, creativity is the ultimate goal.
For the arts, that idea may be a decent goal. But unfortunately and apparently this has transitioned into the culture as an underlying maxim, "Whatever is new is good! Whatever is old is bad!" [As if 'old ideas' about truth have an expiration date, after which they will begin to stink].
For example, homosexual sexual relations: "Um...yuck? But different! And therefore, new, and therefore good!"
'Traditional marriage' = Okay, but--old! Old is bad! Therefore, yuck!
As Eric pointed out--some of these ideas are very unlivable when thought through--but whatever! We're onto the 'next new thing!'
How fascinating that our hearts as humans desire something 'new'; and how God will ultimately answer this desire:
"Behold, I am making all things new!", says the Lord.
Keep talking (and writing), Eric Metaxas. Love hearing what you have to say! I had to listen to this post twice, it was so good!
I am not perfect, i commit mistakes very often, but to say there is no God is just simply lame.
we need much more of this videos , i'm muslim and the professor is so good i hope my University professors talk and behave like that
Yeah man, I’m upset as well. The mainstream dumbing down is one thing… but education following the naivety of the day, that’s realy sad. Materialism is a poor philosophy, the evidence against it is strong, but it has become a dogma commonly accepted without question.
This guy is so honest. I'm gonna read Hugh Ross and John Lennox, now
The Book of God's word is the Book of Consciousness..God is an intelligent designer who is reponsible for human beings, the earth and the universe (heaven)..Praise God Almighty our Creator king in the person of Lord Jesus Christ our Savior..
I stumbled onto Eric's piece on the Wall Street Journal and it is fantastic.
A new scientific truth does not triumph by convincing its opponents and making them see the light, but rather because its opponents eventually die, and a new generation grows up that is familiar with it.~~Max Planck
All fact. It's time to spread the truth. Please share this video to all your friends. God bless everyone. Maranatha.
I wish there is a two-thumbs up button!!
Hallelujah, Peace be with you, Good Lenten Journey, Happy Palm Sunday; Thank you & your supporters for all Your good works, God bless you… ✝🙀😇🙏 God bless America, in Jesus name, amen.
The Samoans are not 'free love' proponents. For anyone who's been there, we are very religious and conservative for the most part. Most attend church on Sundays. Not long ago we sent more Christian missionaries than any other country php. Margaret Mahy was wrong on more than a few points, it seems.
"Miracles" has been on my list to buy for ages but I have been waiting for it to be released on Audible. Wondering if this will happen any time soon? Loved Bonhoeffer and Amazing Grace. Two excellent reads!
Man, Bill Nye has gone off the deep end. Every time I see him talk he is SO ANGRY. Any acknowledgment of the Creator is a huge trigger. I pray for him. For a man like him to convert, his influence would lead to so many saved souls.
Why would God want a bitter old man that denied truth all his life?
@@marieindia8116He wants all of us!
Thankyou Bless You Discovery Institute, such Great Work" Love it
Rev 4v11 You are worthy Jehovah our God to receive the glory and the honour and the praise because you created ALL things and because of your will they existed and were created.
Science proves there is a Maker of the universe because any power requires greater and greater power and energy cannot make or order itself according to science. Mindless matter cannot make or direct itself. It is directed by the Maker of the universe.
Thank you for what you do. I love you. I love God Almighty.
From Saint Thomas Aquinas, "Fides quaerens intellectum." Some translate this as the mind of the faithful person seeks the truth. Fair enough...but not enough. I prefer the interpretation of Peter Kreeft (I hope I am faithful to his thought): Faith Informs The Intellect. It is a quantum theory of epistemology that proposes that the mind must be predisposed to absorb the truth: without such predisposition, the information is not absorbed.
"I'm sorry to bring it up, but it looks like there's a God."😂
Love his humor.
Pitch perfect and so funny! Thank you!
Super. You had me glued to your next word. Well done and thanks from Oregon where we need the learning.
Well done Eric, very thoughtful, interesting and useful speech!!
Romans 1:20 ESV
For his invisible attributes, namely, his eternal power and divine nature, have been clearly perceived, ever since the creation of the world, in the things that have been made. So they are without excuse.
Welcome To The Counter-Culture .
Librarians (especially the most effective) are generalists. We don't necessarily the answer, but we know how to find answers. My career was as a music librarian, and even in a field like music, it helps to be a music generalist. We get things done. we look past excessively limited categories.
Great speech. Thank You.
What a gifted communicator this man is! Praise God! So engaging besides. I pray for him daily. Let's all pray for men/women like this whom God has raised to teach us, to keep us on the path of Truth, and boldly defend the Truth about God, Yahweh!
Can't help chuckling when Eric gets going. He's so funny.
“Groovin’ on the rubble of confused culture...”
Totally relate to what he said about Carl Sagan. Bless
God tells us about the "cultural shift":
"... after their own lusts shall they heap to themselves teachers, having itching ears; And they shall turn away their ears from the truth, and shall be turned unto fables."
2 Timothy 4:3,4
the miracle is not the universe but that there is life in it...
Great video. I just wish to interject, that although Earth is designed for life as we know it, that doesn't mean that life on other worlds could not be made under a different design. After all, if God can create as He sees fit, He can produce life under very different conditions, should He desire to do so, and since there are virtually millions of planetoids in the Universe.
Loved the presentation, I hope it gets millions of views.
Exceptional. His book on Bonhoeffer is also exceptional. A real truth seeker. Willing to call out the truth and facts and absorb the hits from our cultural dictators. BTW, check out the last 90 days of Bonhoeffer’s life when just before the Gestapo killed him, he went from a theologian to knowing Christ. Extraordinary life.
It’s just so sad how this country has changed and become wicked. Our schools are teaching kids stuff that’s not true. And denying God is the saddest part. I’m trying so hard to have my kids homeschooled.
He reminds me of Tony Stark... he has a similar kind of charisma to how RDJ plays him.
More and more what's coming out of the science community is unsupportable nonsense.
Hard hitting. Good stuff.
Science corrupted by ideology.
Blind men can't build watches.
Period.
And Sagan is wrong.
The Universe isn't mediocre.
2011 I boldly went to the throne of grace the spirit of the Lord fell upon me I began speaking in an unknown tongue as the spirit gave the utterance the Lord of all creation spoke to my very being with absolute authority and power he said:
"I created everything,everything created, I created---hills."
Fortunately I was taught the scriptures from my youth the Torah, Psalms and the Prophets that testify of Yahshua.
If you have accepted the Lord as your personal savior there is more go back to the book of Acts and get what they have.
Please read Acts 2:38 covenant repent and be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins and you shall receive the gift of the Holy Spirit for this is the promise of the Father to you to your children to those that are far off even as many as the Lord our Elohim shall call.
Extremely enjoyable listening to Mr Eric in every second of lecture , my goal now to find all his vids and enjoy listening to a
remarkable man
God is one God and God is the living Universe.
Excellent presentation. I learnt a lot.
Love it!!! Enjoyed your delivery...really made it digestible!! ♥
When people say there could be multiple universes ( infinite number )
First I say that’s the weak way out.... and if it was true.... then how do you know that this one isn’t the one where the Bible is 100% true..!!!
Have you considered how many things in nature are here by replication … things that derive from a similar ‘parent’ source?
Trees, plants, birds, mammals, stars even. It was only 100 years ago we deduced there was more than one galaxy!
Why is it so incredulous to you that the universe could be similar to, say, a great maize plant … that started out as a tiny seed, contained within which was all the means to produce the cob.
I would say that the possibility of our universe being just one in a field of many is very much higher on the list of candidates than that of a immaterial ‘god’ thing impregnating a peasant girl such that another ‘god’ thing was forced down a human birth canal, to subsequently pop out and walk on water, send things into pigs and ultimately to walk through a closed door without it opening and eat fish on the other side.
You have to think about these things and ask yourself how likely that is. 😊
wow! that was big! thank you!
Great explanation, thanks for sharing.
This is the greatest speech ever lol
Amazing.
I love Eric metaxas he is so exceptional, may God bless him always ❤
I need this book
Everyone needs to digest this speech. Especially kids entering high school and college!
Really enjoyed your talk Eric thank you
Aside from the funny Eric, you are a lot smarter than I thought. Each time I have seen you, you were tolerated by getting to your guest speaker. Now we know, thank you.
That was wOooooooowwww!!!! 42:40 no need to be defensive
Oh so true Eric! I am reminded in Romans 1 of the following:
Rom 1:18 For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men, who by their unrighteousness suppress the truth.
Rom 1:19 For what can be known about God is plain to them, because God has shown it to them.
Rom 1:20 For his invisible attributes, namely, his eternal power and divine nature, have been clearly perceived, ever since the creation of the world, in the things that have been made. So they are without excuse.
So funny!!! Love it!
Eric may or may not be happy to know that Jehovah's Witnesses were knocking on everybody's doors sharing this very latest research...starting 1985 we were offering it for a pittance in a book called "Life- How Did It Get Here? By Evolution or Creation?" That book revolutionized my ability to talk to people in science class. Then in 1998 a more technical book was offered called "Is There a Creator Who Cares About You?" that featured the research on the fine tuning of the universe in detail. These days when most people are less likely to read an entire book, from 2010 the brochures "The Origin of Life-Five Questions Worth Asking" (informing on the DNA research known by then) and "Was Life Created?" were freely distributed by hand by millions of Christian JWs in multiple languages worldwide, trying to find people who wanted the truth. These campaigns prove that there actually was a grassroots force out there trying to spread knowledge of the most recent research on intelligent design in creation. We got your back, guys...
Just do a little research on where the phrase "Do what thou wilt" comes from, and you will begin too see why this idea is pushed and by whom.
Grass through concrete.
I am a theist who enjoyed Carl Sagan & Neil DeGrasse's shows and I still agree that we are made of the same 'star stuff', but it gets simpler, as God would want it. The basis of physics is the magnet. If we look at magnets, we can see it has a trinity of it's own. That trinity is positive (+) neutral (n) and negative (-). We cannot see the negative or positive forces because they are invisible. When the two combine, they become neutral. In other words, we do not see the + and - parts of the magnet without the neutral to hold them together.
Similarly, all things we call neutral includes all matter, whether it's trees, people, rock, oxygen and everything else. They may have small or large electrical + & - charges, but for all practical purposes it's neutral. All neutral things form where + and - intersect.
We as neutrals are caught squarely between the + & -, in theology good (+) and evil (-).
Why do people laugh at Creationists?
I'm buying this book
Lots of people have written about fine tuning of the Uni.. The idea that "science" tries to cover this up is ridiculous. Hawking, say, referred to it.
God Bless you for doing this
Who do the experts know what they know for? If others cannot discuss it, it's dead.
I don't think that is the aim of the atheist to disprove the existence of a deity, rather, it is up to the one who makes the assertion to prove said assertion. There is this example of a cosmic teapot for example floating in space… You can say you believe in it but of course you've never seen it because it's so small but you *know* and you *feel* that it's out there. I cannot disprove its existence because it would require infinite knowledge that i don't possess. You're making the claim that it does exist so you need to back up that claim.
Refreshing.....
God bless
Excellent commentary!
Eric confusing two things "there is a God" and "The bible is the word of God".... all the evidence pointing to a God, and not the The God of the bible...
Great video, Great speech... we need to bring forth, and shade light on it
Great talk, Eric!
Eric has a talent even if he is not a scientist
I am definitely a theist, but I cannot help but reject the anthropic principal as evidence of God. My thought process goes like this, in a simplified manner: a) Our universe seems to have hundreds, thousands, or even millions of constants, laws, distances, forces, and other variables set precisely for the success of life. b) Earth, in particular, seems to possess everything necessary for a multiplicity of life, including that of Homo sapiens. c) A random process managing to get all of the countless variables precisely right at just the right time to allow human life to thrive seems about as close to impossible for our human brains to comprehend. d) No matter how unlikely, the chance of the universe ending up with exactly the prerequisites for long-term advanced life would never have reached null. e) As we are here to discuss this fascinating issue, we must fall into the set of “just right” variables that support complex life. No matter how vanishingly rare a set of initial circumstances, life will find it.
Well, based upon your acceptance of the evidence that you have listed (a - e), my question is: If the being with the capabilities to create the evidence, is not God, then who or what did all of that?
For years and years studying physics, astronomy, biology, etc I would come across facts that would make me go, hmmm. I'm talking about everything from the strength of the force of gravity all the way down to the strength of the weak and strong (yes that is what they are called) nuclear forces that hold protons and neutrons together. If any of these was even slightly different all matter would radioactively decay, or stars would burn out super fast, or not burn at all, etc. On and on. By some divine coincidence these are all just right for stars to not only form but go supernova creating every element on the periodic table and scattering them through the galaxy in the process. So that by some even greater diving miracle all these elements wind up on this one particular star that just happens to be massive enough to last long enough for us to come along, but also burns just hot enough and at the right distance.... miracle upon miracle until eventually it is kind of hard not to think what Metaxas is thinking. This is the first I heard of someone putting all these fascinating facts of science together into one book. Bravo!
And all this shows is how someone can interpret things to a specific conclusion but can’t verify it. I don’t care people believe, but when they say it’s a fact of reality? And that it’s the only explanation? Or when people lie Eric cherry pick and misrepresent things to suit their arguments? That I take issue with.
@@therick363 "14 So we should no longer be children, tossed about as by waves and carried here and there by every wind of teaching by means of the trickery of men, by means of cunning in deceptive schemes." Eric is only stating the glaringly obvious for those who know the facts. You might ask yourself what makes you dither on this subject.
'The emperor's (invisible) new clothes' [evolutionary atheism], is pretended by academia, not only to exist, but to be even incredibly beautiful !
What is worse is theistic evolutionists who say God used evolution instead of doing it the way He SAID He did it!
I have discovered that any 'intellect' that does not believe in a creator God is not really that intellectual.
Science advances one funeral at a time.
Where are the negative comments...?
Dear Mr. Eric Metaxas thank you so much for the efforts you put out there I learned a lot and still learning from you, and you are so freken funny I prefer watching you than Bill Bur, I know you probably won't read this but never the less am gonna write it maybe someone will read it and know the absolute truth.
I agree with most of what you said, but you said at the min 20:29 that god said "|God said whatever is TRUE I want you to go with that even if it was uncomfortable, right" It sounded odd, to be honest.
(God)Jesus Crist said "I am the Way, TRUTH, and Life" nobody comes to the Father except through me, who have the sun have the life, don't you think that we should include him of what gives meaning to life for all dispersed people that listen to who have the WORD.
Jesus is the Bible and the Bible is Jesus and he is the good news. the only one who pleases God and the only one that could possibly be a sheep, a whole sacrifice to our sin's, we love and are sinners but he "A bruised reed shall he not break, and smoking flax shall he not quench, till he sends forth judgment unto victory." that's why only "through Jesus Crist believe in God the creator" we will be justified and that's why he came to this world and not because we can belive of unexperienced GOD the unseen, and save ourselves, but the Church's and Catholic church at the head of them forged the word of God and made it that through our beliefs we can be saved and we are back to Cane and Able, my work can please you god but not your solution Jesus Crist, and they removed Jesus Christ from the equation and they mention him occasionally with all the Saints and Righteous. there is no righteous but GOD JESUS said. 1-0
Eric, you r absolutely right about everything u said, except that Jesus is Yahweh. Jesus is The Son of God, not God. It's all over the Greek scriptures. I love your discourses n logic. Please correct the idea as well. Please. Love your lectures immensely n your logic about creation. No one or very few explains so magnificently well. Felicitaciones.
i totally disagree with you
that the fine tuning of the universe
is in any way a rebuttal
to an atheistic position.
the very fact that atheists
say life came about by chance
means they would include
the fine tuning view point
as just another element
of that chance.
to the non-believer,
the earth just happened to be
in a finely tuned position
and life took advantage of that, and,
as luck would have it, flourished.
now, don't get me wrong here.
as a believer i agree that our position etc.
in the universe is as a result
of the most spectacular miracle ever.
as we discover more of the fine tuning
that is required for us to live and flourish here,
our appreciation of how phenomenal God is
expands further and further
beyond our comprehension.
Everyone is a scientist a good one will admit when hes wrong
A bad one wont
Some think there is no wrong
Lunar landing was not a hoax? Wow.
Genesis 1:1❤❤❤
WOW!!!! :)
17m in, great monologue so far
The question is why nobody ever said anything? Why people shied away from knowing the truth? It could be because the truth might have required their lives to stay within boundaries like no casual sex ??
What? What “truth” ?? What’s wrong with casual sex? What’s does that have to do with anything?
@@therick363 another weak relativist, I see
The reason the truth is hidden is that the Bible reveals that God's enemy Satan is controlling the entire world since the rebellion in Eden... Barring a special stint of rulership the Creator involved himself in with the ancient nation called Israel. He did that so he could fulfill a promise he made to provide a Messiah. Anyway if you read Luke 4:6 and parallel accounts, it is evident that Satan controls the governments and all the accouterments of human society, including media, commerce and even religion. Is that ringing any bells for you?
Your argument is like see there are scientific evidence for God. Hence we prove holy cow is god. No The god is greater than Jesus.
You are correct... Jesus himself took personal time to pray to this Greatest God, who calls himself Yehova, or in English, Jehovah. Psalm 83:18, John 17:6