Oxford Mathematician DESTROYS Atheism (15 Minute Brilliancy!)
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 13 ส.ค. 2023
- John Lennox delivers a powerful presentation on the existence of God and the absurdity of Atheism. Best of all, he brings the topic right down to the place where the shadow of the cross falls on an empty tomb. To the mystery of mysteries & the Hope of Glory!
Original media from Oxford Press can be found here: • Professor John Lennox ...
I just want you to know that your channel and specifically this video may have just led to me getting saved. I’ve had a lot of personal revelations happen over the past year or two. It’s way too long to type, but I eventually ended up here watching your videos for the past month. This video just rocked me. Haha
Glory Be To God!! He loves you so much ❤️
Romans 10:9 - "...that if you confess with your mouth the Lord Jesus and believe in your heart that God has raised Him from the dead, you WILL be saved."
Godhead
The first article of faith of The Church of JESUS CHRIST of Latter-day Saints states, “We believe in God, the Eternal Father, and in His Son, Jesus Christ, and in the Holy Ghost.” These three beings make up the Godhead. They preside over this world and all other creations of our Father in Heaven. Latter-day Saints view the members of the Godhead in a manner that corresponds in a number of ways with the views of others in the Christian world, but with significant differences. Latter-day Saints pray to God the Father in the name of Jesus Christ. They acknowledge the Father as the ultimate object of their worship, the Son as Lord and Redeemer, and the Holy Spirit as the messenger and revealer of the Father and the Son. But where Latter-day Saints differ from other Christian religions is in their belief that God and Jesus Christ are glorified, physical beings and that each member of the Godhead is a separate being. The true doctrine of the Godhead was lost in the apostasy that followed the Savior’s mortal ministry and the deaths of His Apostles. This doctrine began to be restored when 14-year-old Joseph Smith received his First Vision (see Joseph Smith-History 1:17). From the Prophet’s account of the First Vision and from his other teachings, we know that the members of the Godhead are three separate beings. The Father and the Son have tangible bodies of flesh and bones, and the Holy Ghost is a personage of spirit (see Doctrine and Covenants 130:22). Although the members of the Godhead are distinct beings with distinct roles, they are one in purpose and doctrine. They are perfectly united in bringing to pass Heavenly Father’s divine plan of salvation.
@@user-yr9lt7dz8k You just ruined this reply with your demonic religion.
WELCOME TO THE FAMILY OF GOD .IF YOU WANT TO KEEP YOUR FAITH PRAY READ THE WORD.EVERY DAY.FIND A CHURCH WITH PEOPLE THAT BELIEVE IN THE BIBLE TO BE THE WORD OF GOD.GOD BLESS YOU.
I'm struggling with life at this moment but what keeps me going is GOD.
Amen, May God continue to give you strength and guidance. 🙏🏼
What really helped me bro is accepting that I can only control things that are within my control, and things that are outside my control, are within God’s control.
We all struggle with life at some point, what is important to remember God will only allow struggles in our lives so far, and only for a season.
Stay strong in The Lord my brother, His redemption draws near.
" the fear keeps me moving but my heart beats so slow"
Which one?
amen
My grandfather was a physicist who didn’t believe in God. He seemingly had a rational scientific explanation for everything. As he got older he shared with me that the more he tried to disprove the existence of God the more evident it became to him that God exists. In his final days he took solace in the fact that through his younger years of trying to disprove or explain away the devine God he actually proved his existence. Once he retired sometimes I would see him sitting for hours upon hours reading and studying the Bible when I would go visit him and my grandmother. He wanted to learn all he could about his creator. He would try to read anything he could get his hands on pertaining to Jesus Christ. His prayers were very important to him.
He was always a kind and funny person, but I noticed over the years after he found God he had this spark of life in him and he appreciated the nuances of life more. The man went to his grave baptized and a firm believer in God and his only begotten son. His life's journey had taken him home back to our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. All praise be to God the Almighty, through him all things are possible.
I love this ❤
I really like what you wrote, so much so that I felt obliged to say "thank you" and that it pleases me to know that you obviously have learned from your grandfather.
This is such a beautiful expression of a life lived well.
This is an amazing testimony!! Your grandfather and your family (including you) was and is very blessed, God is truly great.
My his soul rest in peace
Jon just did a sermon and none of them realize it. Beautiful and well played. He preached the truth. Amen.
Truth isn't preached, it's explained. He preached misinformation
as an atheist, sorry, but it's likely that everyone noticed
It's Oxford University of all places to find Bible believing Christian, Prof Lenox. God is truly wonderful.
What do you mean, ‘of all places’? I went to Oxford, and it was crawling with god-believing nutters. They clogged up the pavement every Sunday.
Oxford University was founded by the Catholic Church. The modern university is a Catholic invention.
As St Thomas Aquinas said: ‘Those who believe in God, no explanation is necessary. Those who do not believe in God, no explanation is possible’!
See my earlier comment - I was not aware of this quote but it is spot on. My question therefore is ‘why do so many believers, the speaker in this video included, feel the need to convince non-believers that their deity exists?’
The first part of Aquinas’ statement would imply that believers who do that measure the validity of their religion by the standards of non-believers. The fact that non-believers do not believe in a deity simply should not matter to believers. Period.
And if you think the second part of the statement is true, recurrent attempts by believers to convince non-believers to abandon their world view is even more confounding…
@@ralphhebgen7067 IT ISNT THAT I DONT BELIEVE THAT THERE VERY WELL MIGHT BE A GOD TYPE ENTITY -- BUT ALL THE CONCEPTS OF MODERN RELIGION FALL APART FOR ME WHEN I READ THE HISTORY BOOKS ABOUT TREBLINKA -- GOD HAS A PLAN ? CHELMNO - SOBIBOR - AUSCHWITZ-BIRKENAU -- KINDA TURNS TO MUSHY BULLSH1T FOR ME -- I CANT HELP IT -- IT JUST DOES -- WHERE WAS JESUS ? HEAVENLY REWARD ? SIMPLY TURNS TO UTTER HOGWASH IN MY HEAD -- I'D LOVE TO BELIEVE BUT I SIMPLY CANNOT -- I DONT CALL MYSELF AN ATHEIST -- I'M A FREE AGENT -- OH WELL - I HONESTLY DONT WORRY ABOUT IT AT ALL
Why is your imaginary god a CNUT!
@@ralphhebgen7067it is not the will of God that anyone should perish but that all men should be reconciled back to Him. That is why Jesus Christ, by the end of His physical sojourn on earth, instructed that believers should go preach the gospel to the entire world. Please see Mark 16:15-16
Shalom!
@@afiblossom5590 sure, Christianity is a proselytising religion. I know. But how does Mark 16:15-16 square with the second part of Aquinas’ statement? If non-believers cannot be taught, why try?
This is what a University should be! The open and unabashed exchange of ideas! This is how we learn and grow as a Peoples!
This is religion and not science. Universities deal with science and not with beliefs and superstitions.
@@giuseppe5397 universities were started by the Catholic Church in the West. The first discoveries in science were done by religious scholars and priest. The BigBang theory was developed by a Catholic priest. Harvard was started as a seminary and religious school. Oxford too!
Your silly superstitious nonsense in no way belongs in the classroom. School is for education, not faith and fables.
@@ShirleyTimple schools in modern times is to indoctrinate children into the liberal atheist mindset. It would be better that they were taught both actual science and Faith. They aren’t incompatible. Science and faith both come from God. Just because you are angry at God and don’t want to come to terms with your sin and be judged for it shouldn’t be the basis for schools.
@@Believer1in3 If you really like the history of science, you should know that every scientist who dared to deny the dogmas of the church through science was persecuted and tortured by the holy enquiry. I'll give you an example, Galileo with the heliocentrism theory
Thank you for sharing this dear brother in Christ! That testimony brought me to tears. The Complete Gospel in 16 min.
The gospel IS the power of God unto salvation, for Jew first then for Greek. For all the world, Jews and Gentiles. Hallelujah! ❤😊🤗
1 kor 2:2
For I was determined that I would know nothing among you except Jesus Christ and Him crucified.
We died with Him and rose again with Him.
Wow, truly amazed by the level of rationality and logic of Prof. Lennox's words. He makes a strong case for God, beginning with logic and reason and ending it on a personal note.
I just love that while this is (inexplicably) a contentious subject, this room of gentlemen allowed him respectfully to say his piece without interruption. The world has overwhelmingly lost this gift.
I suppose the contentiousness is derived from people living side by sude evrry day fundementally disagreeing on how the universe came into being. Further disagreements include those of what laws should apply. I, quite honestly, aleays fail to take true believers seriously as the notion that God should have come into being spontaniously is no more likely than that the universe did. Furthermore that His principles have not stood the test of time (gender roles for example) must surely disproves his omnipitence, as he must surely have been aware those millenia ago that the world wood change. But the bible does not account for this.
Equally, you might argue this to be a point of contwntion with the church not God, to which i would reply that, if everyone is worshiping god wrong for fault of the church's misinterperetation, then even devoted christians must be doomed for hell.
Idk tho.
Your world.
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I suspect that the room privately believed in what he was saying! Why the 'c' word - Christianity - has now become unmentionable is one of the most stupidly dangerous and destructive beliefs in the modern world. As if mankind had all the answers and had no need of God. Well just take a look at the world around you and see what happens when you leave mankind in charge!
The others are waiting their turn, you should them all.
I was an atheist, what brought me to now be a christian is being a professional software engineer and AI researcher. I realized that humans have tried to make AI in their own image, just as God created us in his image. That our universe was created, the same as I created universes containing AI. It's the same paradigm, and unless I reveal myself to the AI, they have no idea I am here and that I crafted their universe.
I just got goosebumps reading this
Wow
Well explained
This is beautifully said❤
You're crazy as a loon!
I no longer have a problem with God, I now have a problem with Me! I feel like I know the truth but are struggling with my sinful nature
Stop it if you believe you will.
God loves you and all sinners. Look at john 4 parable on the Samaritan woman who were a a pagan and an adulterer. Jesus offered her a drink AND asked her for a drink. This drink represents prayer, the spiritual water that lead us to eternal life. Holy Spirit is the master of prayer and He is often symbolized as a water. He invites you to pray! He literally thirsts for your soul, just like when He was on the cross saying "I thirst"
Don’t believe the lie that we are capable to struggle with our sinful nature and prevail.
We need Christ because by his righteousness we are granted access to God’s presence once more but also it is his victory on the cross that destroys the sinful nature in our life.
Our faith in Christ doesn’t mean we wont struggle with sin as we still live in a world corrupted by sin, but because of our new nature in Christ we can be empowered by the presence of God (Holy Spirit) to overcome, we must find peace in him.
We remain on this earth after coming to know the truth by the very same mercy of God.
It is by his mercy that he withholds judgement of the world to give all an opportunity to come to Him.
He is unwilling that any would be lost.
As Paul says it is our honor to suffer for the glory of God that in following the command of Christ we as the body can do our part in bringing the lost to know hope in him.
I say these things with love!
I struggled many years with what you are describing.
There is hope, don’t stop pursuing God’s presence and truth, he will be made known to you in the depth of your being.
Once that occurs nothing can rock you or remove you from his presence, only by his will and strength not your own.
Don’t beat yourself up, we are all in the same boat.
I pray for you today to see, hear, and feel the Holy Spirit and get in the Book and study it. I pray for your salvation and look forward to meeting you in heaven.
Believing is what remains after knowledge has gone.
Well I amass knowledge so I must be getting further from all the gods.
Clever but wrong.
Do you believe that?
Hi there. He didn’t destroy them. He gave them his perspective of his faith in an intellectual way.
and it was pretty weak in my opinion too.
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Nah it was pretty great.
He did not deal with any of the philosophical quandaries or the hidden aspects of God. Or the problem of evil with a tri-omni God. @gustavodelamora3676
Sadly true. Nothing new added in this; all of it has been said before. Calling it "evidence" is dishonest. There is nothing wrong or "bad" in this man's faith, but nothing here should ever be characterized as anything more than the expression of his personal testimony.
Matthew 13:14 Hearing you will hear and not understand, And seeing you will see and not perceive
I really appreciate it when (educated) people like this stand up and talk about how Christianity and science go hand in hand; that they are not in opposition to each other. Brilliant explanations.
The world that John Lennox considered to be something, Jesus Christ considered to be nothing.
"Judge not by appearance but judge by righteous judgment."
Was Jesus educated enough for you?
Science is the polar opposite of Christianity. Science is based on testable evidence, Christianity is based on invented myths. Lennox is a Catholic; even most Christian (the other thousand of Christian sects) disagree with him.
Recombinant DNA- anytime a host cell is attached by another cell it dies. It’s a death program every time!
The atomic weights table with all of the elements, and some of them would explode apart when put together ! How did this & the South American dart frog, whose skin is 200 times stronger than morphine at times, evolve without killing itself & everything around it?
At the current rate of erosion the continents would have eroded flat in 14 million years! how come we have Rocks 300 times older than that still above sea level ?
Atoms and molecules are 99.99% empty space with electrons circling the nucleus constantly. Thus Making solid objects impossible without God setting the laws of physics. Electromagnetic fields, or the four forces would interfere with each other! without God, you have no stabilizing force. The strongest destructive force controlled by man is tearing apart one of God’s smallest building blocks. Forcefully changing unstable atoms can destroy a city, forcefully changing more unstable atoms will destroy a small country.
Concerning atoms and the things that are made, Jesus holds them all together so they don’t explode apart!
Colossians 1: 16 For by Jesus were all things created, that are in heaven, and that are in earth, visible and invisible, whether they be thrones, or dominions, or principalities, or powers: all things were created by him, and for him!
The sun loses 5,000,000 tons of mass per second so it couldn’t be bigger or heavier, Its gravity would suck all the planets in.
There are no transitional fossils between monkey and man, so evolutionists have changed their theory on that! Lying Evolutionary atheists fabricated, Nebraska man, Piltdown man, and Lucy, and they were found out to be fake skeletons!
First law of thermodynamics and DNA need a creator. They both do not auto encrypt, nor were they capable of making themselves according to their own definitions.
We’ve never seen evolution happen in real time in a laboratory, even up to this year, so why do you still believe in lies?
@@maylingng4107 "science" just means knowledge you mistake the methodology to gather knowledge for knowledge itself.
@@zacksmith4509
No so Zach
*The methodology of science is very clear:* Find (observe/detect) data--> test the data----> form a hypothesis----> rigorously test that hypothesis ----> when all tests confirm the findings and none refute it, submit it to peer-review -----> more testing ----> form a scientific theory. But even then the theory is provisional.
*The methodology for creationist claims (the type made by John Lennox) is also very clear:* Make claims with no evidence (about god(s), Christianity or "Salvation") ----> proselytize and preach those creationist claims ----> reject all evidence to the contrary ----> continue to preach ---> fight to the death for those fake beliefs.
Awesome speech. Loved it. And he nailed it with the personal connection. What's the point of worshipping a God that doesn't answer? We have a literal personal relationship with our Father in heaven and our Savior Jesus Christ and the Holy Spirit, the great comforter.
You can do this in your closet. Behind closed doors, where nobody can see you. .
The leap of faith it takes to go to your knees and humbly and sincerely request from Christ, is the most important step you will ever take. Ask him honestly to reveal himself to you. If you are sincere, you will be heard and answered.
I love the line about, "He joined us in that suffering, He is apart of that history of our human suffering." It's something I have known about Jesus but had never put it together like that
And the Bible helps us understand that the real believer identifies with Christ’s crucifixion and His resurrection.
"God has not remain distant from our human suffering but has become part of it." Amazingly powerful observation.
Shouldn't God end our suffering instead? Why become part of it so that it continues?
@@SimonBarsinister As long as there is free will and humans will do what they see fit in their own wisdom, there will be suffering.
@@SimonBarsinister God is the most useful being to believe in(not just merely useful but also active and intelligent) as when you merit belief through true effort (not some carrot and stick like many atheists and agnostics criticize religions for which I do as well) so for merely suffering 80-90 odd years we get maximum access to God's love, sleep, life, etc. Hence it is called "heaven" thus rendering any capacity of suffering on us to help our fellow man and woman out through God..
@@SimonBarsinistersee Bernardo Castrup..
Pretty interesting guy....he isn't a Traditional Christian or Bible Basher..
Hes a computer Scientist and philosopher actually and his views on suffering are actually pretty interesting..
He sees the genesis account as a birth of META cognition in humans over instinct......and we are in the dimension/matrix simulation of good and evil..
And when we have the correct balance of meta cognition with instinct, THEN we will be truly "worthy"..
See Jung To Live By channel..in particular their videos on the INDIVIDUATION process and bio-psycho-social model
@@sycopupy Oppressing everyone into an authoritarian fascist ideology won't solve anything in the long term either, fascist regimes always fall apart in the end because they require too much energy to keep the deceit going, the future and the truth always has a liberal bias.
My husband really liked that piece he heard me listening and wanted to know can he see it and there it is… although he is a Believer, as am I, we are always in love with the word of God pushing through and bend our ear towards it. So keep it coming Brandon!!
Thank you for this video. I have followed Dr Lennox for several years. He is a powerful contributor to keeping me strong in unfaltering belief in God and Creator of us and all we see, knowledge we acquire. In fact we belong to God. Much love ❤❤
"Agency does not compete with mechanism and law" is the sentence I've been looking for for years. Bless this man and his message.
Powerful message; and my conclusion is after a long and hard life of studying mechanism and law the inevitable conclusion is that Agency has clear intent...
You mistake 4 Billions years of Evolution for "Agency". I see no divine creation, there is only a web of interactions driving change. Our Universe could be one of infinite Universes, all different from each other, with different governing laws, some having life, some not, none of which has any requirement to have been "created". We can just as easily be an accident, and you have absolutely no proof otherwise. This man and his message have no foundational proof. Actually intelligent critical thinking people can see right through the BS.
where did he say that again exactly?
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I was an atheist before I hit a car with a motorcycle on September 11, 2002. There was no logical reason I am currently alive today. They called me a miracle. I went into a six week coma as one person and awoke as someone totally different. In the last 22 years I have experienced God in so many different ways. To keep this short, I will tell of the most significant experience. I had been on a long drive, and about 20 miles from home, I had a deep feeling someone else was in the truck I was driving. The feeling cannot be described using the American language as it was far too intense to do so. It was so pure and yet so raw, a love which permeated every cell of my body. I cried as one would expect, and I never wanted this drive to end. If I could bottle this feeling and just give you a small sample, there would be no such thing as an atheist. I am now a speaker on this subject and would love to share my story. If ever you wonder what heaven will feel like, I know. Give God a chance.
That is an old story told a million times.
Paul of Tarsus talked about his hallucinations in the same way on the road to Damascus.
The fact you believe there is an American language is enough to make me doubt your beliefs.
@@mrdeafa25 facts of history are not a "belief".
there are no facts here pal just beliefs and delusions. there is no god.@@maylingng4107
@@maylingng4107why be an asshole.? You're speaking to a human, with emotions. He shared his story, not to convince you, or anybody, but to share the happiness and love he felt. I can't think of any good reason to ridicule him, even if you didn't believe him, other than you're a sadistic psychopathic pos. Would you speak to your mother or child that way? It gives him joy, and has no negative affect on you, so why not let him have his moment of happiness? Why must you knock someone down the moment they rise, or seem happier, or better than you? You need to take a good long look in the mirror buddy! You must be very miserable, to get off pulling others back down.
Thank you so much too for sharing with me the truth. Really I say God is everything to mankind. I remember when the year 2022 things turned against me and I thought I would workout my own salvation. All my plans failed. Having no where to go, no one to talk to. But when I remembered that God exists and I prayed one night telling God my problems. He really heard my prayer and the next morning things changed completely till now. He gave me a Purpose in this life. From Uganda - kampala
It looks like that not much education is provided in Uganda; religion has you totally brainwashed.
Thank God that I have finally returned to The Church and people like this reassure me that I have made the correct decision.
incorrect*
hold up, isn't that how echo chambers work?
Please read the Quran at least one time in your whole life as soon as possible,,,,i think you Wii be able to receive more and more information about universe,,,also about Jesu (Isha alaihis sala) and his mother marium
One of the things that strikes me most about this video is that THIS is a proper debate. There's no room full of spoiled children yelling out because they took one or two classes on something at the university, there's no slander or foul behavior attacks on the speaker, etc. It's just a room of educated individuals sharing their knowledge and why they believe what they do. AMAZING
It’s a lecture not debate
Except that this video only presents one side.
@@tannhaeuserx464 There were 5 other speakers also, 3 of them contradicting everything Lennox claimed. These other speakers were deceitfully deleted from this video.
@@maylingng4107 Oh really? I couldn't tell because I cannot do the most simplest of task of SEARCHING for the full session! How terrible! Whatever should I do!
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Here are two of them:
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I hit rock bottom when I failed out of school for chemical engineering. I went to the Marine Corps without looking back and constantly prayed to God to be with me. God put a good Christian woman in my life and I'm here 6 years later, I restarted and finished school, have a good job and taking care of my wife thanks to Jesus. I hope I have a son soon
God has a plan and mission just for you. Many Blessings on Christ.
Jesus had nothing to do with it just your hard work and living to an ideal and example that is present in your religion.
Go away dummy.@@williamnicholson8133
Jesus loves you and please read His word. Also speak to Jesus and ask for His grace and to always be with you.
God bless you brother! Jesus is always with us ! Wishing you the best!
Marvellous speech. This is what should be shared on the internet and to the whole wide world, for us to be inspired and toughen our faith in the One Who has always been and Is, the Eternal One, the Source of Love Creation, Love & Justice. Humanity is degrading not by chance , but because most of us have forgotten the wonderful relationship we can have with the One Who created us and everything. It is the only way to find peace, joy, love and fullfillment. To live by God, to walk with Him as good as we can. There has never been, there isn't and there will never be another way.
I have absolutely no doubts of the existence of God. I do not have faith, I have certainty. I see the Light within me: indestructible, eternal, invincible, personal, blissful, loving, rapturous, marvelous, transforming, omnipresent, all Knowing, all giving, absolutely incredible. God is within me.
Took me all my life to get here. Actually I had nothing to do with it. If it had been by my own efforts, I would still be debating. Nothing like that. The light found me. There is no other way. It lead me to It.
I have no need for more books, no need for more teachers, no need for more gurus. The light within me suffices.
It was incredibly painful at times. The spiritual path is fraught with obstacles. That rose surely has thorns. But the light found me and I am a witness of its existence. I feel the Light is writing this.
In my case, the Light comes with christian symbols. It is a cross of Light, it is also a dove with its wings fully extended forming a cross of light with its whole body. I can see Jesus surrounded by Light. Light comes out of his stretched hands and has an aura of light all around his body.
The light has no form or shape of its own. Different people from different cultures would give the light different forms. But the Light’s essential qualities remain across the cultures: perfection, beauty, bliss, love, compassion, independence, indestructibility, goodness, the Truth, etc.
I have studied many religions through the years. I have had different visions of the light with different symbols. The christian light is to me the most beautiful and the one I prefer. When I say, “christian light” I refer to the fact that it comes through Jesus and the Holy Spirit. That is just my personal choice. The christian light to me is like no other.
Thank you for giving me a chance to talk about my experience on this forum. Be well.
How sad for you.
@@KlavierKannNichtMehr indeed, sad..
@@KlavierKannNichtMehr So uh, is everything subjective and inevitably pointless compared to the mass infinite cosmos then? Life and Existence came to reality out of illogical mistake? Is Sky Daddy but a path for those in power to gain more control? Is the nihilistic and atheistic belief the true way for people to cling to in other to break away from the logically illogical ineffable void? And are coffee better than Tea?
My late father was an atheist and astronomer. He studied the Bible to prove it was a bunch of crap. At the same time, he also conducted astronomical observations at Palomar, California. There was then, in the 1960s, the largest optical telescope in the world. The effect was that he came to the conclusion that not only does the Bible make sense, not only that the universe could not have come into existence by itself, but also that there is no contradiction between religion and science, both fields complement each other.
More BS
You should start to read the Bible^^ 😑
What a load of nonsense.
common sense
that will be you🤣🤣@@sarkeybastard8020
that will be you 🤣🤣🤣
“God does not remain distant from our human suffering, but has become part of it” 😭
God ís the origin of a lot of the Human suffering. Imagine no religion!
Proving the Creator to a Scientist in less than 10 Minutes
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@@maartenhappel9014humans chose evil with all it's (stated) consequences and still blame God lol 😂😂
@@maartenhappel9014 God is also the origin of your existence, now imagine that...
lol, so "He" is a sadist!
My father was a Christian mathician engineer farmer❤ His deep faith has always helped me too see
I saw this a long time ago and have thought back to it many times. It is brilliant indeed.
"God has not remained distant from our human suffering but has become part of it" 🙏🏼✝️❤️
Or is the cause of it.
@@sandponics IF He IS the 'cause' of it; it is ONLY because #1. Our SINS; including our unbelief and rebellion against Him have BROUGHT these things to us; because God says, "A curse WITHOUT CAUSE will NOT alight", or #2. We are going through something that; IF we go through it with a RIGHT and not SNOTTY attitude; we will find...maybe not right away...that there WAS or IS a purpose in it. ATTITUDE will determine MUCH of what we go through. WE can make this EASIER (Not easy; but easier); OR; we can make things unnecessarily MUCH HARDER. The choice is OURS. God is holy; He CANNOT do wrong; we are sinners; and can do very little BUT sin. The balance, or INBALANCE; between us...whose hearts are FILLED with anger; lust; perversion; addictions; murder; etc.. and a just, good; and holy God; who has no sin, couldn't be any clearer.
Let's not TRY HARDER to do and BE wrong; but to do and be more right. The FIRST step is NOT rebelling against God. God loves you; He truly does; but if you treat Him as though He's bad or wrong; then THAT WILL BE what you EXPERIENCE. It's not what really is; but it's what you will create for yourself....what WE all create for ourselves.
@@sandponicsAmen. 😃
@@sandponics Agreed. God is irresponsible. He is not a part of any solution.
The cause are we ourselves
Me and a friend have recently returned back to our faith after a 10 year hiatus. This is amazing to watch ❤
Praying! There will be trials but don’t give up! Read John 16:33
So awesome!
People always turn to religion when they become poor and their world falls apart.
@@sandponics Always? Really?
GOOD timing
Absolutely awesome 👌 Glory the Lord Jesus Christ!!!
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@@RobertWilletts-yk1yv are emojis supposed to be an intellectual response? Or are those your pre-emptive way to mentally harass the strangers in hopes of making up your day? Pardon me but if that's the way it is then your comment in itself bears no meaning as well, considering because morality and meaning as a whole are subjective and are but a individual opinion for your certainty in relying for a supposedly "logical" belief don't you think?
I love objective clinical findings from a mathematician! I'm on board with you Sir.. hands down!
John Lennox is an embodiment of humility, wisdom and logic! You just gotta love this man! Christianity is rational!❤
Unfortunately for Lennox, the Jesus belief system has been debunked. Plenty of people have also discovered evidence that he's a dishonest charlatan
Type this into your YT video searchbar
Richard Dawkins: John Lennox is a scientist who believes Jesus turned water into wine!
No... Its not. Thats why it requires faith.
There's NOTHING rational about a belief system based on faith. The irony is beyond you!
@@jaredbrooker Atheism is irrational, and it's also based on faith!!
@@stevenswitzer5154 Everyone has faith. So sad that Atheism has wiped away your ability to think. I thought it was a logical belief
As a Catholic, it is awesome listening to John Lennox evangelizing to Athiest thru maths and science and how they work hand in hand. What a humble man he is and a faithful son to his faith... 🙏🙏
Is he Roman Catholic?
@@dnzswithwombats no he's not, but me as a Catholic likes the way he's evangelizing.
Explaining how someone died and then came back to life three days later..... *can't WAIT for that scientific explanation!!*
@@thedude0000 you can ask the man himself when you are at Judgment with the rest of us.
@@wendyjansen2272 I beg you to please in all due respect to please tell me where in the Bible it tells you to pray to Mary and saints to intercede on your behalf?
Beautiful ❤🙏 Thank God for this man and this wonderful speech ♥ Jesus Christ is my Lord and Savior 🙏
Its weird how christian "arguments" videos have the same kind of titles that far right videos have
Underrated comment if you ask me…
The left has always been the life blood of atheism. You need atheism to make it easy for Stalin and others to do their work.
Wow I’m from Nigeria and I’ve been privileged to travel a little round the world and have interacted with so many people of earth who didn’t believe in God but hearing this from a renowned scientist God is moving and he is still in the business to heal and restore our relationship. If many others would follow this world will be saved. I’m proud of you sir
he honestly didnt prove anything
@@cheat123 certainly he did not. but I don't think science will be able to win over religion as easily as many textbooks scientists think, even though science and religion are really not at odds. science can only disprove CLAIMS of God, angels but God, God cannot be proven or disproven.
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@@cheat123 He doesn't need to prove anything. He doesn't owe you that. Believe whatever you want. Nobody cares. When you die, you would know the real truth. Until then, suit yourself.
For those who do not believe in God, you were just added to one of my proof that our ancestors ate that fruit of the tree that gives knowledge of what is good and what is bad, you have the "free will" and for that I thank you! You are another piece of evidence to me that there is God and don't worry we all have a chance of or for salvation. Jesus Christ came to being and resurrect. Which means he will be with us and continue showing us mercy through others means we might always ignore.
For those who do believe in God and of the same, please just continue this Civil discussion and respect each other's claim.
This is from Willy L. of the land now called the Philippines, and we behold, Child Jesus returns to this Garden where the first man, created out of soil was put to dwell. We all know on the sixth days of Creation that human being was created "male and female" right away, according to text, God or Gods mentioned "... and now we will make human beings; they will be like US and resemble US" (proof to me of all the races we have in this very planet), but our ancestors were created first then a Garden of Eden was made for them. Just sad they were disobedient as we are today.
May God bless this professor .Let his generation be a city on hills.
Amen.
The planet earth will be blown in to million of pieces very soon, The war and chaos is going to struck us, not peace or anything beautiful.
Let's see what god thinks of thousands of Nuclear weapons launched up on the earth. The end or maybe he has a new home for our souls when life here is over.
If god is so good and loves everyone, we don't need to believe in him, He will understand and forgive anything we do in life, this is why people rape, kill start wars and creates chaos.
God loves every soul no matter what he does, God is sitting next to hitler and having a blast laughing living in peace right now, soon we will join them. Have fun.
What, like San Fransisco, ms schwall ? zzz
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About that state .I heard of it that people are drug users and witches running around .If people hear the word of God that State would have been paradise on earth .Man shall not live by Bread alone but every word from God's mouth ...From EU
There is no person as God. God has been created in human mind
Thank you for shining the Light !! May the Lord Christ bless you !! 🙏🙏🙏
What a presentation. All I can add is that the Word states that if you are ashamed to confess the Lord in public then He will not be in a position to confess your name in front of God, (my words). Prof Lennox is blessed to be in a position to reveal these scientific "things" that every thing is created by our Creator God, to unbelievers.
I have been a Christian most of my life. I have just recently heard and fallen in love with John Lennox.
Such a brilliant ambassador for the Kingdom of God. Such a magnificent speech! Thank you for your commitment to apologetics and spreading the gospel! Gods bless you my friend. ✝️🙏 16:11
Proving the Creator to a Scientist in less than 10 Minutes
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This verse struck me in the morning John 1:3-4 "Through him all things were made and without him nothing was made that has been made. In him was life, and that life was the light of all mankind! "
Jesus is a fictional figure; no evidence that it ever existed.
Yes
Amen
so go created evil, god create rape,, murder, sin and war... well done.
Define “all things”. This alone can be stupidly shown as false.
I don’t think you can “destroy” another’s belief by saying you believe to the contrary, in place of “I know to the contrary”.
I have two grown children, 23 and 21 years old, and they are firmly atheist. I've been struggling with doubts because of some of the things they would say, supposedly scientific. Thank you so much for this video. It put my heart and mind right and now my faith is stronger
so instead of seeking challenging information you decide to watch a video with no opposition?
@@tonyisnotdead No, instead, she chooses to watch a video that presents counter arguments itself but that has reasonable arguments regarding God's existence, considering that nowadays people, especially young people, take science as a religion and think that it explains everything that exists. Also, the thing about being a Christian is that we get to experience God, not only discuss Him as an academic topic, so it's comprehensible that she'll want to watch videos of fellow Christians that probably have been through the same doubts that she's going through.
@@nayarahonorato3190 that's fine and all, but she admitted to watching this only because she was losing her faith and needed reinforcement. she's not considering other viewpoints to find the truth, she automatically thinks of any dissenting, naturalistic alternatives to god as unscientific and false and does not critically approach any of the arguments presented in the video like she very cynically does for natural arguments.
the arguments in the video, from what i remember, aren't good at all. they are sophistically presented in a way which can only be convincing to a religious person. there's literally not a single thing he says which wasn't just... assumptions or his opinions. this is why a lot of arguments for god include unfalsifiable assumptions about things science hasn't explained yet or things all humans take for granted
@@tonyisnotdead I'm sorry, how do you know she doesn't think about the arguments in a critical way? Also, don't you - I'm assuming you're an atheist - seek videos that are of your interest to supoort your views? I bet you do. Do some research and find the atheist channels and read the comments. The vast majority of them will be of people who are also atheists, agreeing with the content.
The key point and the difference with John Lennox's lecture is that the possibility of God's existence in the scientific field is not very discussed, because in the academic realm, people that are believers are usually automatically considered to have their thoughts invalidated. So yes, it is important for a Christian to see the other side of the coin, which is: SCIENTISTS do believe and talk about God and yes, His existence is not invalidated by arguments simply regarding what is in front of our eyes or not.
Also, the entire discussion regarding God's existence will become invalid if you take Popper's approach to Scientific discussion. It is unfalsifiable to say that there's no life that can emerge from nothing, but it is also unfalsifiable to say that YES, at some point the universe emerged out of nowhere. It is rather a philosophical discussion. Can you falsify the claim that "there's no God"?
I suggest you to try to bring another view to the claims that Lennox stated in this video and see where you can get. It is a good exercise to take notes and think about it! Do you think this mathematician would be up there giving his lecture at Oxford if his ideas weren't worth listening to?
“We have forgotten God” true words and every head shall bow.
We should forget god so we can get on with making a better world for ourselves. Take the good teachings from the bible, leave the rest.
We will show them Our signs in the universe and within themselves until it becomes clear to them that this ˹Quran˺ is the truth. Is it not enough that your Lord is a Witness over all things?
@@dustman96 "Take the good teachings from the bible, leave the rest." Got a problem there..... I don't like cherry-picking. There is so much wrong in the bible. There are not so many good teachings....
This video captured my attention because I found out that John Lennox is Kristyn Getty’s uncle. Kristyn and her husband are phenomenal hymn writers, one of the hymns being “In Christ Alone.” Thank you, Jesus for those who are not ashamed of your gospel ❤
Really? Cool
Awesome! I didn't know this before
The reason science works is that it is done by brains that evolved in interaction with the world and therefore reflect it to a certain degree. And we actually can be amazed how well it seems to work, but would doubt that our capacity for understanding is infinite.
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Great wisdom, indeed! I have studied the Bible as a pastor for over 50 years. This was great wisdom for a personal God!
"If your daughter gets raped, sell her to her attacker" (Deut 22: 28-29). Yep, great wisdom from a personal God.
AMEN
Wowza that was incredible
We are truly lucky to be loved by god so much
Have you ever _directly observed_ this 'personal God'?
The Resurrection is the proof . . . . but the Bible says that on that day the graves "gave up their dead" - - there were hundreds, at least, of resurrected people walking around Jerusalem. These hundreds of people would need food, a place to sleep, jobs, a change of clothes . . . . there's no real mention of what happened to the hundreds, if not thousands of newly homeless people walking around Jerusalem.
I hope in those 50 years you've learned how to use faith to help people. You don't need to pick up that idiot argument that your faith is the truth when there is no evidence that it is. Faith doesn't have to be true to be helpful.
I'd rather have unanswered questions than have answers that can't be questioned. I instead ask first what's going to eat than eat and ask nothing.
You started out well. Rephrase your comment so that it makes sense.
yep, id rather confess i dont know something than to convince myslef i knoe
Brains are designed to continually learn forever. God's thoughts & ways are above man's. Humankind will always be learning of our Creator as we study what Christ Jesus has already made & develops. His creation is a lesson book given to us -- never to be self-absorbed & bored.
Faith has no rationality. If it had, it would be science. And that is why I am an atheist. God said that and Jesus was there, until you look for them and find thin air.
@@Panagiotis_Vlachosthe study of the Bible is called theology, and it is a science. People asked questions about the Bible and its accuracy, so it was studied to get answers. Answers found to be facts can be questioned, but that doesn’t change if they’re true or not. The Bible is a historical document that covers real events that actually happened, and it is studied as such by many Bible scholars who read the oldest found versions of the Bible in Hebrew and Greek to understand the original meaning. The Bible can be studied as a science, and it is, because people take the faith seriously. The whole “answers that can’t be questioned” thing is invalid in my opinion. If I ask the color of the sky and you say blue, I can question if it’s actually blue all day long but that doesn’t change the fact that it’s blue. Science gives us answers that can’t be questioned, like how it’s just objectively true that the circumference of a circle is 2pir. I can question that all day long but that doesn’t change the fact that it’s real. With God, what He says is true because He says it. He created the world with His words, if He said the sky is purple, it would be purple. His word can be questioned, but nothing comes of it. What He says is just what reality becomes, His promises are woven into creation. They can be questioned, as you are clearly questioning them, but you don’t gain anything. You act as though questions that can’t be answered are better, but it isn’t just black and white. That’s like saying, if you saw someone get resurrected instantly before your eyes, that “well just cause I can’t explain what happened doesn’t mean God is real. Id rather have questions that can’t be answered than answers that can’t be questioned!” Would you watch the laws of physics be broken right in front of you and still say there’s nothing supernatural and no creator? Normally you hear “well if God showed himself to me I would believe him” but you admit that you don’t know how the universe created itself from nothing, then you’ve seen his miracle with your own eyes. What’s more unbelievable, the whole world being created on its own with perfect conditions for life and conscious beings, or one man rising from the dead? The creation of the universe breaks the laws of conservation of energy and the of conservation of mass, so I’d say the universe being created is more unbelievable, but I’m sure if you saw a dead man walk you would believe in God. You see the result of a much bigger miracle every day. You are living in a bigger miracle than the one you’re looking for.
He put a lot of thought into that talk.. well done Mr Lennox
we need to take notice of these very wise words
I am so grateful that I came to know Him and surrendered my life at a young age (late teen). I am 60 years old next month and I can't imagine how I would have made it without the comfort of knowing Him. The only thing that kept me sane was to know that He was with me.
Almost the same to me 🙏🙏🙏🙏
Me, too; I'm 63, and as far back as I can remember as a little kid. It wasn't 'upbringing', or 'culture', either; I knew I was among God's elect in that same wordless voice that tell you when you need a specific salad, or that someone you meet is bad company. Before I ever started reading the Instruction Book, or getting exposed to scientism ~or~ the actual Laws of Physics.....
I can't imagine not having been one of God's; I think 'athiesm' rationalizes 'psychopathy' to anyone who wants a Rationale for consequence-free 'nihilism'. We're just pilgrims in this land, kids......
@@hippiekarl7 Each 1 of us, has a load of things to do. Including our immediate responsibilities.
But, in the end, we can only be an overcomer, if we have Jesus with us.
He is our comforter, for He laid His life for us. Such love.
We receive God's Grace and Mercies to strengthen us, if we Trust and have Faith in His plan.
SAME HERE !!! KNOWING GOD FROM AN EARLY AGE HAS SURE MADE LIFE MUCH EASIER TO MARCH THROUGH ....
You should have left your childish beliefs in your childhood, when you grew you should have put away childish things, however, when you're dead it won't matter what you believed in life.
Ask yourself why every religion ever invented is/was called a "Faith"?
What a blessing Mr. Lennox's defense of the Faith is!
Why do you want your faith defended ?
@@rolandhawken6628 Because it is regularly under attack, misrepresentation and marginalization.
@@dannettepeters1507 So what do you care if you believe ? The thing is you are like a gang member who feels the group is threatened . Now who is misrepresenting the teachings of Christ .
@@rolandhawken6628 Because if you don't preach the truth then lies take its place. The world ends because people don't praise God, instead they praise the embodiment of deception, the antichrist.
@@rolandhawken6628Jesus doesn't need any defense. People need Jesus tho and they're gonna perish without Him. That's why the faith needs to be contested. The real question is what are YOU fighting for??
Thanks for posting this
"It's extremely dense!"
Indeed. The unintended comedy is hilarious.
Yeeee tell me about it. Shakespeare countryUK
Loved that, he is fighting the good fight. Bless him
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No one is fighting. Either you believe or you don’t. It only seems to be evangelicals that need to force it down everyone’s throat
Dude you’re not alone....we are not promised perfection, we are promised redemption! We are all struggling, I believe we will see the return of our Lord! 🙏✝️❤️
We have perfection. Our star the sun is perfection. We were not promised anything. Read more non-fiction. Religion is mythology. Belief is acceptance without knowledge. Knowledge is where we find facts. For example, we are our star. The star is day. What is your age? What do you know?
Be perfect as your father in heaven is perfect!
Mathew 5:48
There’s so much to unpack in this video, I don’t know where to start.
Restart😅
@@sofly7634 🤣👍 I did exactly that, overwhelmed again and again…
Thanks Iwana much appreciated we hope you both are feeling better God Bless have a great day.
Thank you tremendously Professor John Lennox!!
This Mathematician whom I place on equal terms as Scientists and the likes, makes God proud and makes Science proud! He glorifies God in such a delightful way! May God bless him always. Glory to the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit!!
Well yes I have little issue with religious empathy towards others I just have my tools to understand the universe a like better than simple faith. If you had the time and where with all to grasp the maths on the speed of light . This would take you r faith to a new level. The speed of light actually gives those who understand it a measure of gods realm “ a measure of its enormity? A realisation that earthly religions actually reduce god to something less. God bless you!
@@johnfellows689 Good gracious, are you indeed who I think you are?!
It’s not that technical really’ we start with 186,000 miles per second. , that’s 25 times around the earth in 1 seconds. Traveling at that speed for 1 year is referred to as 1 light years,the nearest star to earth other than our sun is 4 light years away. Science can now determine that there are over more than a million light years across this galaxy. No that is all gods realm. We can see from this just how futile earthly religions are.
The bible was scribed by men steeped in myth and legend, afraid of the unknown! That is not a good place to be when scribing a record of history without distortion. God bless
@@johnfellows689 pardon me, I was wondering if indeed are you Dr John Lennox, the person who has replied my comments?
John 6:44 No man can come to me, except the Father which hath sent me draw him: and I will raise him up at the last day.
I hope some were brought closer to faith in our Lord by this man's lecture. It was interesting to see the reactions on the faces in the audience: especially Dawkins.
Most people here forget there's a difference between "Yahweh" (the Abrahamic God) and "the Creator". Proving the existence of one, doesn't prove the other. Assuming they're the same would be a fallacy
Love this. I'm no scientist but i do enjoy science, it always brought me back to God.
Science always bring me back to Nature.
@@kos-mos1127 Look at my post, please. Answer all my questions about how the Universe - which you call ''nature'', 'just did' emerge... without reference to any theory which you, a lover of Science, must admit you cannot replicate, reproduce nor falsify.
Too bad math isn't really science then in the sense that it doesn't do any real testing of its ideas against reality. Just saying because I am a physicist and I understand what I am talking about. There is no god.
@@kos-mos1127 Nature with no mind and consciousness bring to reality mind and consciousness to know and understand Nature. It's an illogical belief my naturalistic friend.
Science only brings you to a better description of how or universe works. No "why", no "god".
Finally telling the truth as it is and putting God and science in their right places. He really has a healthy mind and heart thanks for sharing
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Agreed.
You contribute NOTHING to understanding with this comment.
Seeing the massive number of downvotes saddens me. Until we turn back to God, this world is LOST!
What century are we in again?
What does that have to do with it??
@@user-ot3oz4le1i We are still arguing about whether there is a supernatural creator who watches over us? Seriously? That is not of this century! Or rather, it shouldn't be! That Oxford don needs to take a basic course in biology to inform himself and try to catch up before he gives another one of his embarrassing talks!
@@yelnats8509 You are telling on yourself.
Indeed I am!
Wow! What a message. Powerful. True. Life changing.
he is lying the whole time. he is not an idiot, he knows he is lying, but he knows his audience is idiots.
It was a weak and pathetic
Some will never accept any amount of evidence no matter how strong or reasonable. Men don’t want to be accountable to anyone but themselves.
So we should all be a deist?
@@djarmstrong23Only if you care about the truth. The search for truth is something that many people care about, but many others manage to live great lives without thinking about these big questions, but if Christianity is true, avoiding these truths will have dire consequences after death.
You're obviously not married.
No… it’s because their isn’t any evidence 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
There is actually a lot of evidence. In reality, honest inquiry into our reality points to the logical necessity of not just a metaphysical reality, but the necessity of a being who is the Creator.
What amazing speech of John!!! Yeah that's how it's, more the people want to prove
God's inexistence ,more the God prove it in different ways and forms.
This post is very powerful .❤
My value is not based on what i csn do but of what i am made of...whew life changer right there. Thank you, sir, well done😊
He shared the gospel!!! ❤ In the most academic slant I've ever heard. ❤
God bless you joung lady 💙💙💙
Academic, sure, but it's still just so much hot air.
If this is the most academic slant you’ve ever heard, you probably didn’t study a STEM subject 😅
let's see, choose between god and science?? it sure looks like science works just fine,
here I am on a laptop! now for an imaginary psychopath, the "god of the bible"
why would you choose such a spitful monster to worship?
As a fellow northern Irish countryman I cannot express my absolute pride in this man and this heartfelt speech he delivered. Transfixed from start to finish.
Norn Irish pride world wide. As Rev Ian Paisley said to Martin McGuinness, "Let's show them Londoners what a Northern man can do"
Some people have such low standards.
@@markiobook8639 Let's just stick to CS Lewis - and Valley of the Angels. Paisley was a bigot and Martin, MI something. NI is gorgeous, and the people are lovely, and John Lennox is excellent. But no surprise at his eloquence - many of the monasteries and universities in Scotland, England - probably also Oxford - Switzerland, Europe were found by monks rowing across the arctic/north sea from a beautiful area of Co Down once know as the "Valley of the Angels."
This mans speech hold no water - puffery and conflation. Emotions aside - it poor evidence.
@@wayno5655it holds just as much water (more in my opinion, all the water, really) than arrogant scientists claiming the universe came from nothing all by itself. That's utter foolishness. God is the answer.
This mathematician does a better job leading people to God than 99% of preachers I’ve ever heard
i am an athiest and i have never claimed that the world created its self from nothing. The truth is, I dont how the world was created, and im oK with that.
And THAT is how you do it! That is how you speak for God putting in action the gift of intelligence he blessed this man with. Nobody can claim this gentleman is ignorant, uneducated or hallucinating as they call many believers nowadays. The Truth is the only thing that will set us all free. Question is are we willing to face it?!
I heard nothing but childish arguments.
If he is actually a scientist, he should be ashamed.
Genuine question (I am completely uneducated on Christianity):
God created the universe. His explanation is that the universe couldn't have created the universe because that just doesn't make sense (correct me if I'm wrong), so it must have been some higher entity, aka God.
But did something create God? Was there something before God? Why was God there? Why is God here?
Can someone educated please answer these questions for me? Like I said, I am genuinely curious to know if there is an answer for this.
The biggest question all atheists typically ask is this: who created God? The simple answer is: God was not created, simply because God is the Creator not the creation and he is out of time-space continuum. It is like looking for Leonardo da Vinci in the Mona Lisa painting. You can admire his painting and understand his genius through his painting strokes but cannot look for the painter in the painting itself. So is with God. He created the Universe to perfection. We can admire it, study it through sciences but we cannot look for God in the Universe. All we can see is his strokes. He is out of it and out of time and space dimensions and the laws of Universe which he created in order for the Universe to run in equilibrium. @@machammer7454
And that is proof that people hear only what they want to hear unfortunately. So if you came to watch this debate only for the fun of it but without intention to learning something new than you have wasted your time and I am not surprised you have not learnt anything. I can say from personal experience that Jesus Christ is alive and has revealed himself to me through miracles that are tangible and non-disputable. Yet I know for sure that even that will not be enough and you will still not believe me. So do not waste your time if your modus operandi is to simply mock believers and call them childish. They may see you as childish too even though they at least have the delicacy to not say it to your face. Have you thought about that?! Hope one day you will realize how wrong you are. Probably not today...but someday when you need God in your life. @@salserokorsou
@@machammer7454My 2cents. Nobody created God. He is self existent and self sufficient . He created time, space, and matter. So He cannot be limited and confined by time, space, and matter. He is therefore eternal (outside time), has no beginning or the end. He is omnipresent (not limited by space, He is everywhere at one time). He is Spirit (and not matter).
I can confess I was a John Lennox person as a child learning about science with a Christian upbringing before I ever discovered this man! I felt so out of place trying to explain myself in my beliefs in my own circles until I learned of this man, oh how reassuring it is to hear of a man of such education to reaffirm my own beliefs!!
Darwin was a Christian. His discoveries relating to evolution were a constant wight he bore for the rest of his life as he realised Christianity was just a false as all the other religions are.
We rejoice that God rose up men like mr Lennox so that we who struggle with words can use his words to confirm our faith!!❤
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But he lied to do so. So that’s an issue. Unless you are okay with that.
Mathematicians are not scientists. Lol
He quoted Chesterton, I'll be back.❤️
God bless Prof. Lennox ❤
we need more people like him, he is an inspiration
all glory to Jesus Christ ❤
So encouraging to hear an Oxford Professor standing up for his belief in God, Jesus, & the Holy Spirit! 🙏💜
John Lennox has written many books on apologetics. There are also many lectures & talks of his on YT. Shalom
AMEN And AMEN 🙏🏼
Why?
Why do you not believe in god? You need a 'professor' to make god work? You suckers are so shallow.
Pity that an Oxford professor couldn’t do a better job.
Yet he is wrong (unfortunately)!
Listening to Scientist can just be mind blowing, I am impressed.
I sure appreciated this brilliant video! This brilliant man speaking truth in such a clear and articulate manner!
I’m not sure why I had to have a small screen with a man watching the video and sipping a water bottle and randomly speaking?? Very distracting.
As a disaffected Anglican, I wish Justin Welby, Stephen Cottrell et al could speak with such passion and belief in the good Lord. They are collectively destroying my beloved Church.
As well as the paedophile ones like Peter Ball and others. That Catholic scandal in Boston uncovered by Spotlight was a disgraceful unearthing, and desperately fought by the Catholic Church too!
I think it's a sign of the end times, that many churches are growing cold. Many churches are getting away from biblical teachings and the truth. They just teach what people want to hear and truth means nothing to them.
@@FortescueGimlet You should say, "All believers are on the way to heaven." Now that is a good thing.
The counter to a disaffected Anglian is a Bible believing Christian. I am also an Anglican and despair at our leadership being unbelievers but leaving is not an option so I will stay and know that when I am at Church He is with me in spite of Welby et al.
Lennox is great. Always total class, fire, and brilliance. His humility is ultimately humbling. His joy is evident.
Couldn't agree more! He corrects my faltering steps for which I am extremely grateful, and I love him for that.
In the faith is joy - otherwise I would spit even more on worldwide corruption 😂😆
Yup. The joy of knowing (without a shadow of doubt) that we have someone who cares about us.
He lied. Promoted fallacies. I see you celebrate those.
@@kajsorensen1207 sweetie, how many times should anyone ask you to specify where exactly there was a fallacy ? are you firing in the air or do you have a point to make ? if you hav ea point to make, please quote Lennox and your point. are you afraid of debates ?
Then why don't you finally give God a telephone so that he can get in touch again after more than 2000 years.
He does get in touch. God is everywhere, and if you have the will to see it you will. Not to mention all the visions and miracles that STILL happen to this day. I recommend looking at some stories of 21st century saints, specifically the miracle of the sun in Portugal with the Fatima children. If you really truly want to know the truth, I know you’ll find it with God.
All the visions and miracles that STILL happen to this day? God would do better to bring order to the world he has created. You have to actively look after your creations so that they don't fall into disrepair. Every homeowner knows that.@@luciatomas3920
Dear Professor, you nailed it. I have some friends of Asian & 1 an English man studied in Cambridge University. I have had a hard time explaining to them why l choose ro be a Christian & why l refused to go out lunch or even donner with them. Sad 6 of them later on l found out, died of Covid. One had Aids, he hid it from me. But l found out from face book he too died of covid. None believe in God. To them church is a place to drain their salary due to 3 types of offerings . One of which is a MUST. 10%. Their argument is God is not poor. The other two told me, Christians should meet in homes & break bread. No building funds. 10% is no issue. It's that kind of conversation professional should be made to under stand.
Truly, when God through the Holy Spirit gives you utterance. A high level intellectual speech, preaching the Gospel in its totally under 20 minutes. 👏
Use God’s Word is sufficient and final. God has spoken.
All Scripture is breathed out by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for training in righteousness, that the man of God may be complete, equipped for every good work.
2 Timothy 3:16-17
Hebrews 4:12
12 For the word of God is living and active, sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing to the division of soul and of spirit, of joints and of marrow, and discerning the thoughts and intentions of the heart.
He is literally preaching the gospel amongst the elders❤❤❤
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Real science knows why the rainbows have that shape. Real science acknowledges planets are wandering sonoluminescent stars. Real science knows there's a firmament above holding the upper waters.
Praise the Lord in Christ Jesus 🙏
All things are created through Christ Jesus🙏
He didn't destroy anything. He just explained how he personally was able to keep together science and belief.
And even after all of those words, there is still no proof of the existence of the Christian God.
Your denial does not equal a rebuttal. I find proof of God’s existence in the freedom of choice he gives us. I further find proof of His existence in the way he makes the abundance of nature available to both believers and nonbelievers.
@@dontwanttorent I'm not trying to rebut anything. I'm just saying, he only explained how he was able to put together science and god, which only works for him. In any case he didn't destroy atheism as the title says.
@@dontwanttorentAre you a child? Is that a serious arguement? Would those choices not exist if God didn't exist? grow up.
Imagine an experienced homicide Detective seeing multiple dead bodies face down, bound, and gagged, and there is a man standing with a smoking gun in his hand, yet this Detective concludes that these people died from suicide. Any rational thinking person would immediately recognize the absurdity of such a conclusion. Yet, atheists are just like this "experienced" Detective so-called. In fact, atheists deny, and ignore, far more compelling evidence than this Detective. Bottom line is this: "Whose report will you believe?" John Lennox sees and proclaims the truth of God based on material evidence while using logic, and scientific reasoning. Where is the evidence that NOTHING ever produced ANYTHING, much less the cosmos, and everything in it?
A most wonderful honest and pretty frank testament to the truth of God and science. The two cannot be separated.
Proving the Creator to a Scientist in less than 10 Minutes
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LOL. They really can seeing as 95% of Genesis 1 can be proven as made-up nonsense with little effort.
Intellectual pride was one of my greatest barriers to God. Yet when He called me, He called me by my heart. I fell instantly in love with God, when He revealed Himself to me. I’m only more and more IN love with Him each day. His perfect love has transformed my whole life, and could transform the whole world, if we would only let Him in. I’m so grateful to know the loving God, father, son and Holy Spirit, versus the cold uncaring nihilistic “universe.” This truth healed my whole life.
It didn't create itself, IT'S ALWAYS BEEN HERE, when you realise that then you can find God.
Wow. Wish my college professors had all been as engaging as this gentleman.
If my college professors in math class where going on about this I'd hope he got thrown out.
You seem easily pleased, easily swayed. No wonder you fall for this god business.
@@HKDW-1 I simply fall for the most convincing argument. The reason atheism hasn't swayed me is because it doesn't explain the world around us in a satisfactory manner. At the same time, I'll be the first to admit that both atheism and creationism require faith, and not everything can be completely understood. I'm willing to change my mind, given solid evidence.
@@MarisaHoare errrrr......nope!
@kentslocum What faith is required to reject claims of creatures from mythology like pixies goblins fairy's thor Allah odin the flying spaghetti monster tapdancing elephants on the moon or your god?
Can't explain the world around you? Well that's nothing to do with atheism is it? Atheism isn't MEANT to explain that. And while Christianity RIDICULOUSLY CLAIMS to explain the world around us it doesn't actually explain ANYTHING, it just makes absurd unjustified and unsubstantiated claims!
It seems you're dealing with a strawman version of atheism. Atheism is a personal position on a single claim. We reject childish claims of a god due to a TOTAL lack of credible evidence. (Just like ALL creatures from mythology).
As its a personal position, it is 100% true and accurate.
Whilst neither you, nor any other of the 2 billion Christians on the planet serm capable of presenting 0.00000001% credible evidence of your god due to a total lack of credible evidence?
Hence atheism is the INFINATELY superior and more supported position!
What an extraordinary speech by a very intelligent person who was given the gifts of both reason and faith.
It's pedestrian. Here are all the fallacies he manages to fit into just 10 minutes: implicit ad hominem (‘serious thinkers’); straw man (‘choose between God and science’); argument by assertion (‘God is the answer to that question’); straw man (‘universe created itself from nothing); petitio principii (in the formulation ‘x created y’); argument from incredulity (Chesterton’s ‘unthinkable’); ad ignorantiam (point about validity of atheism); false dichotomy (positing creator god as only other explanation); straw man (origins of rationality and morality inexplicable); ad ignorantiam (inexplicable, ergo God); ad ignorantiam (‘science is limited’); argument by assertion (leap to Bible and Christianity rather than another sacred text or religion); argument by assertion (‘God become human’); ignoratio elenchi (if rising from the dead is possible, that doesn’t mean there’s a creator god, just that rising from the dead is possible); argumentum ad passiones (atheism being without hope).
idk kinda sucked if u used rationality and evidence.
Mr. Lenox exercised his faith that God gave him. God gives us all a measure of faith but many fail to exercise it and grow it, and strengthen it.
It is sad that people believe in imaginary gods. This man is superstitious and has nothing to offer people seeking the truth.
@@TC-eb4wu What do you have to offer people? Nothing but a whole lot of “who shot John” .