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FROM D. JAMES KENNEDY MINISTRIES
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THIS IS KENNEDY CLASSICS
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♪
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WELCOME TO KENNEDY CLASSICS
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HELLO, I’M FRANK WRIGHT, PRESIDENT OF
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D. JAMES KENNEDY MINISTRIES WHERE WE ARE STANDING FOR
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TRUTH AND DEFENDING YOUR FREEDOM.
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“HOW DO WE KNOW FOR CERTAIN…”
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IS A QUESTION THAT MAN HAS ASKED FOR A MYRIAD OF
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THINGS THROUGHOUT TIME.
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“HOW DO I KNOW MY PURPOSE IN LIFE?”
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OR “HOW DO I KNOW WHAT COMES AFTER DEATH?”
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OR MOST IMPORTANTLY “HOW DO I KNOW THERE IS A GOD?”
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A QUESTION LIKE THAT IS SO INTRICATE AND IN-DEPTH,
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HOW DO YOU EVEN BEGIN TO ANSWER IT?
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CS LEWIS COMMENTS ON THIS IMPORTANT QUESTION SAYING,
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“MY ARGUMENT AGAINST GOD WAS THAT THE UNIVERSE
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SEEMED SO CRUEL AND UNJUST.
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BUT HOW HAD I GOT THIS IDEA OF JUST AND UNJUST?
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A MAN DOES NOT CALL A LINE CROOKED UNLESS HE HAS SOME
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IDEA OF A STRAIGHT LINE.”
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SIMPLY PUT, IF THERE WASN’T A GOD, THEN HOW
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WOULD WE KNOW THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN GOOD
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AND EVIL, RIGHT AND WRONG?
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DR. KENNEDY POSES THIS VERY QUESTION AND ANSWERS
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WITH STRONG REASONING IN HIS SERMON, “HOW I KNOW
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THERE IS A GOD.”
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MAY WE HEAR NOW THE WORD OF GOD AS IT’S FOUND IN
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THE 14TH PSALM.
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PSALM 14, VERSE 1.
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MAY WE HEAR THE INSPIRED WORD OF THE LIVING GOD.
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AND MAY GOD SPEAK TO US TODAY THROUGH THIS PORTION
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OF HIS HOLY WORD, AND MAY HIS NAME EVER BE PRAISED.
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AMEN.
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THERE IS NO MORE PROFOUND QUESTION THAT YOU CAN ASK
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THAN THIS: IS THERE A GOD?
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MORTIMER ADLER, THE FAMOUS SCHOLAR AND EDUCATOR,
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EDITOR OF THE GREAT BOOKS OF WESTERN CIVILIZATION,
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SAYS IN HIS GREAT IDEAS SYNTOPICON, WHICH IS THE
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TOPICAL INDEX FOR THE GREAT BOOKS, HE SAYS THAT
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ALMOST EVERY WRITER IN WESTERN CIVILIZATION HAS
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WRITTEN ON THE SUBJECT OF GOD WITH THE EXCEPTION OF
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A FEW PURE MATHEMATICIANS.
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THE CHAPTER ON GOD IS THE LARGEST IN THESE VOLUMES.
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“THE REASON FOR THAT,” HE SAYS, “IS OBVIOUS.”
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THAT IS THAT MORE CONSEQUENCES FOR THOUGHT
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AND ACTION RESULT FROM THE AFFIRMATION OR DENIAL OF
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GOD THAN FROM ANY OTHER BASIC QUESTION.”
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INDEED, THE ENTIRE TENOR OF OUR LIVES WILL BE
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COMPLETELY AFFECTED BY THE ANSWER THAT WE GIVE.
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TODAY, I WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK TO YOU ON WHAT MAY
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SEEM TO SOME TO BE AN AUDACIOUS SUBJECT, AND
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THAT IS, HOW I KNOW THAT THERE IS A GOD.
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NOW, IN AN AGE WHEN MANY PEOPLE FEEL THAT YOU CAN’T
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KNOW ANYTHING, TO SAY THAT I KNOW THAT THERE IS A
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GOD, OF ALL THINGS, WOULD SEEM TO THEM TO BE UTTERLY
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PREPOSTEROUS, BUT I BELIEVE THAT IT IS NOT.
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I THINK THAT THE SCRIPTURE VERY CLEARLY TELLS US THAT
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WE CAN KNOW GOD.
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IN FACT, IT SAYS THIS IS ETERNAL LIFE THAT YOU MAY
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KNOW GOD, THE ONLY TRUE GOD IN JESUS CHRIST WHOM
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HE HATH SENT.
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SO, HOW DO I KNOW THERE IS A GOD?
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LET ME SET FORTH SEVERAL CLASSIC ARGUMENTS FOR THE
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EXISTENCE OF GOD BROUGHT UP TO DATE IN LIGHT OF
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SOME MODERN SCIENTIFIC FINDINGS THAT CERTAINLY
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HAVE AN IMPACT UPON THEM.
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ONE OF THE OLDEST, OF COURSE GOING ALL THE WAY
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BACK TO ARISTOTLE, IS CALLED THE COSMOLOGICAL
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ARGUMENT.
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THE COSMOLOGICAL ARGUMENT IS BASICALLY AN ARGUMENT
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THAT SAYS THAT FOR EVERY EFFECT THERE MUST BE AN
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ADEQUATE CAUSE.
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YOU CAN REMEMBER THE COSMOLOGICAL ARGUMENT IS
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AN ARGUMENT FROM CAUSE.
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IT MIGHT HELP YOU TO REMEMBER THAT THEY BOTH
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BEGIN WITH “C”- CAUSE AND COSMOLOGICAL: COSMOLOGICAL
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SIMPLY MEANS THE STUDY OF THE COSMOS, THE UNIVERSE.
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IF WE ARE LOOKING FOR ARGUMENTS OR PROOFS FOR
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THE EXISTENCE OF GOD, THEN WE DON’T HAVE TO LOOK
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UNDER A TABLE OR IN A CORNER SOMEWHERE.
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ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS LOOK ABOUT YOU.
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THE UNIVERSE IS THE BIGGEST THING THAT THERE
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IS, PHYSICALLY, AND IN ITSELF IS THE GREATEST
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PROOF FOR THE EXISTENCE OF GOD.
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THIS HAS BEEN RECOGNIZED FROM THE VERY BEGINNING
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OF THINKING MEN.
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THE UNIVERSE IS THE GREATEST, LARGEST ARGUMENT
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FOR GOD.
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NOTICE, IF THE UNIVERSE EXISTS, AND WE ALL AGREE
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THAT IT DOES, THEN THERE ARE ONLY THREE
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EXPLANATIONS FOR IT.
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ONE, IT IS ETERNAL.
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NOW, THERE WAS A TIME WHEN THERE WERE MEN THAT
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BELIEVED THAT, BUT WITH MODERN SCIENTIFIC
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DISCOVERIES, IT IS NO LONGER POSSIBLE TO BELIEVE
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THAT.
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SCIENTISTS, FOR THE LAST 150 YEARS HAVE BEEN
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SCURRYING AROUND TRYING TO AVOID THE PLAIN
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IMPLICATIONS OF THE MODERN LAWS THAT THEY HAVE
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DISCOVERED THAT CLEARLY INDICATE THE UNIVERSE IS
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NOT ETERNAL.
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THE GREAT LAW, WHICH IS THE MOST THOROUGHLY
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DOCUMENTED OF ALL OF THE LAWS OF SCIENCE,
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THE SECOND LAW OF THERMODYNAMICS, THE LAW OF
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ENTROPY, WHICH SAYS THAT EVERYTHING IS RUNNING
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DOWN.
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EVERYTHING IS LOSING ENERGY.
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EVERYTHING IS WEARING OUT- GROWING OLD.
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SO, IT IS VERY CLEAR THAT IF THE UNIVERSE WERE
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ETERNAL, IT WOULD ALREADY HAVE RUN DOWN.
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THE UNIVERSE AND EVERYTHING HAS A TENDENCY
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TO DISTRIBUTE ITS HEAT EQUALLY INTO ALL PARTS OF
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THE UNIVERSE.
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THE UNIVERSE RIGHT NOW IS TRYING TO MAKE EVERY
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SQUARE FOOT OF THE UNIVERSE THE SAME
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TEMPERATURE, SO THE SUNS ARE GETTING COOLER AND THE
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SPACE IS GRADUALLY RECEIVING MORE AND MORE
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ENERGY.
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AS IF, IF YOU WERE TO SET A GLASS OF HOT WATER AND A
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GLASS OF FREEZING COLD WATER DOWN ON A TABLE AND
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COME BACK IN A DAY, YOU WOULD FIND THAT THEY WOULD
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BOTH BE THE SAME TEMPERATURE.
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AND SO IT WILL BE ULTIMATELY, IF THE
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UNIVERSE CONTINUES LONG ENOUGH.
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THE ENTIRE UNIVERSE WOULD BE THE SAME TEPID
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TEMPERATURE.
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THERE WOULD BE NO FREEZING SPACE, THERE WOULD BE NO
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BLAZING SUN.
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YET, THE UNIVERSE HAS NOT RUN DOWN, THEREFORE, IT IS
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NOT ETERNAL.
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EFFORTS RECENTLY TO HAVE AN OSCILLATING UNIVERSE TO
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AVOID THIS HAVE ALL FALLEN AFOUL OF RECENT SCIENTIFIC
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DISCOVERIES WHICH MAKE IT ABSOLUTELY CERTAIN THAT
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THE UNIVERSE CANNOT BE ETERNAL.
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SECOND POSSIBILITY- IF IT’S NOT ETERNAL, MAYBE IT
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IS SELF-CREATED- THAT IT CREATED ITSELF OUT OF
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NOTHING.
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WELL, THERE IS ANOTHER SCIENTIFIC LAW, SOMETIMES
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EXPRESSED IN THIS WAY, “EX NIHILO, NIHIL FIT,” WHICH
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MEANS, “OUT OF NOTHING, NOTHING COMES.”
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NOTHING PRODUCES NOTHING, AND THE UNIVERSE CANNOT
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HAVE PRODUCED ITSELF OUT OF NOTHING.
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IN FACT, THAT FLIES INTO THE FACE OF THE FIRST LAW
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OF THERMODYNAMICS WHICH SAYS PRECISELY THAT-
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THAT NOTHING PRODUCES NOTHING.
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A THIRD POSSIBILITY IS THAT IT WAS CREATED BY
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SOMEONE WHO IS HIMSELF ETERNAL, AND THAT IS THE
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FIRST STATEMENT OF THE BIBLE THAT “IN THE
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BEGINNING, GOD CREATED THE HEAVENS AND THE EARTH.”
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THAT IS THE MOST SCIENTIFIC STATEMENT THAT
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HAS EVER BEEN MADE ABOUT THE ORIGIN OF THE
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UNIVERSE.
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SO IN LIGHT OF ALL OF THE MODERN DISCOVERIES ABOUT
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THE UNIVERSE, IT IS BECOMING INCREASINGLY
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CLEAR THAT THE UNIVERSE ITSELF IS A GREAT ARGUMENT
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FOR THE EXISTENCE OF GOD.
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EVEN DR. ROBERT JASTROW, ONE OF THE LEADING SPACE
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SCIENTISTS IN THE WORLD, THE HEAD OF THE US
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INSTITUTE FOR SPACE STUDIES, THE FOUNDER AND
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HEAD OF THE GODDARD SPACE INSTITUTE FOR NASA, I HAVE
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HAD DINNER WITH DR. JASTROW AND WE HAVE
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DISCUSSED THESE THINGS, AND HE HAS SAID IN HIS
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WRITINGS, THAT MODERN SCIENTIFIC DISCOVERIES
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MAKE IT EASIER AND EASIER FOR THE SCIENTIST TO
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BELIEVE THAT HERE IS A GOD- IN FACT, MAKE IT
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HARDER AND HARDER FOR ANYONE TO BELIEVE THAT
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THERE IS NOT.
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SECONDLY, AND BEYOND THE UNIVERSE, THERE IS THE
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PRESENCE OF LIFE ITSELF.
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STILL, FROM A COSMOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVE, AS THE CAUSE
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OF LIFE, WHERE DID THIS LIFE COME FROM?
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THE WORLD TEEMS WITH LIFE.
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THIS SANCTUARY IS PACKED WITH LIVING CREATURES.
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WHERE DID THEY COME FROM?
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WELL, IT USED TO BE HELD THAT LIFE AROSE BY
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SPONTANEOUS GENERATION- FLIES, MAGGOTS COMING INTO
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EXISTENCE ON PUTRID MEAT, AND FROGS COMING OUT OF
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THE SLIME OF BOGS.
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WELL, THAT WAS PROVED TO BE FALSE BY PASTEUR AND
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REDDI.
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AND SO THAT WAS ABANDONED- THAT LIFE WAS NOT COMING
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INTO EXISTENCE FROM NON-LIFE TODAY AND SO THEY
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RETREATED TO THE DIM PAST.
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AND THEY SAID THAT THOUGH LIFE IS NOT SPONTANEOUSLY
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COMING INTO EXISTENCE TODAY, IT DID DO SO
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MILLIONS OF YEARS AGO- IN FACT, 2 BILLION YEARS AGO,
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THEY LIKE TO SAY.
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VERY INTERESTINGLY, THE DISCOVERIES THAT HAVE
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TAKEN PLACE IN THE LAST DECADE OR SO HAVE SHOWN
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THE IMPOSSIBILITY OF THAT HAPPENING.
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FOR EXAMPLE, PROTEIN WHICH NOT TOO MANY YEARS AGO WAS
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THE MOST COMPLEX SUBSTANCE KNOWN TO MAN, PROTEIN
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MOLECULES BY THE HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS GO TO MAKE UP
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A CELL.
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AND THEY THEMSELVES ARE SO COMPLEX- SO DIFFERENT FROM
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THE WORLD OF CHARLES DARWIN, 150 YEARS 25 OR 30
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YEARS AGO, WHO FREQUENTLY TALKED ABOUT A SIMPLE
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SINGLE CELL.
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WE KNOW NOW THAT THE COMPLEXITY OF THE PROTEIN
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MOLECULE ITSELF IS SUCH THAT LECOMPTE DUNOUY, A
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FRENCH NOBEL PRIZE WINNING MATHEMATICIAN AND ONE OF
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THE WORLD’S GREAT EXPERTS IN PROBABILITY STUDIES,
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SAID THAT THE PROBABILITIES OF EVEN ONE
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PROTEIN MOLECULE, ONE OF THE THOUSANDS OF BUILDING
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BLOCKS OF THE CELL COMING INTO EXISTENCE, IT WOULD
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TAKE 10 TO THE 234 BILLION YEARS TO PRODUCE ONE
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PROTEIN MOLECULE.
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SOME OF YOU, I AM SURE, DON’T APPRECIATE WHAT THAT
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MEANS.
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PROBABILITY EXPERTS HAVE SAID THAT IF THE
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PROBABILITIES OF ANYTHING COMING INTO EXISTENCE ARE
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GREATER THAN 10 TO THE 50TH POWER, IT WILL NEVER
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HAPPEN ANYWHERE IN THE UNIVERSE, REGARDLESS OF
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HOW MUCH TIME IN THE ENTIRE HISTORY OF THE
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UNIVERSE, 10 TO THE 50TH.
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TO SIMPLY GET ONE PROTEIN MOLECULE, 10 TO THE 234TH
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POWER- NOT 234 BILLION, BUT 234 ZEROS BILLIONS
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OF YEARS.
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WELL, THEN THEY DISCOVERED SOMETHING EVEN MORE
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COMPLEX- DNA.
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DRS. WATSON AND CRICK DISCOVERED THE KEY, THE
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CENTRAL BRAIN OF LIFE IN THE NUCLEUS OF A CELL, THE
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DNA MOLECULE.
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EVERY NUCLEUS OF EVERY CELL HAS THIS COMPLEX
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DOUBLE HELIX, DOUBLE CIRCULAR STAIR TYPE OF
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MOLECULE WHICH IS FILLED WITH THE MOST COMPLEX
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THINGS.
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IT IS SO COMPLEX THAT IF YOU TOOK EACH ONE OF
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THOSE DNA MOLECULES OUT OF YOUR CELL AND STRETCHED
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THEM OUT AND LINKED THEM TOGETHER, YOUR BODY HAS
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ENOUGH DNA TO REACH FROM HERE TO THE SUN AND BACK
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400 TIMES.
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THAT IS SO COMPLEX THAT FRANCIS CRICK, WHO
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DISCOVERED IT AND WHO IS AN ATHEIST, SAID THERE IS
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NO POSSIBLE WAY THAT EVEN THE DNA MOLECULE COULD
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EVER HAVE ARISEN IN THIS WORLD BY CHANCE IN EVEN
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5 BILLION YEARS.
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SO, HE SAID, IT MUST HAVE COME FROM SOME ADVANCED
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BEINGS LIVING IN SOME OTHER PART OF THE GALAXY.
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WHERE THOSE BEINGS CAME FROM, HE DIDN’T SAY.
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THAT’S SIMPLY EXTENDING THE SHADOW, AN INFINITE
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REGRESS IN LOGIC WHICH WILL NOT WORK.
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MEANWHILE, SIR FRED HOYLE, ONE OF THE WORLD’S TWO
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GREATEST MATHEMATICIANS AND ASTRONOMERS FROM
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CAMBRIDGE, MADE A STUDY OF THE POSSIBILITY OF A CELL
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COMING INTO EXISTENCE ANYWHERE IN THE ENTIRE
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UNIVERSE IN THE WHOLE HISTORY OF THE UNIVERSE,
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AND HE DISCOVERED THAT THE CHANCES WERE ZILCH.
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10 TO THE 40,000TH POWER YEARS TO PRODUCE A CELL.
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TEN WITH 40,000 ZEROES AFTER IT- IT WOULD TAKE
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THAT MANY YEARS TO PRODUCE ONE CELL.
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CONCLUSION: SAID ATHEIST SIR FRED HOYLE, “THE ONLY
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WAY THAT LIFE CAN POSSIBLY EXIST IS THAT IT WAS
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CREATED BY AN INFINITE INTELLIGENCE WHOM YOU MAY
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WISH TO CALL GOD.”
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SO ATHEIST FRED HOYLE WAS FORCED TO BECOME A
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BELIEVER IN GOD BY THE CONTINUING ADVANCE OF
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MODERN SCIENCE.
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THIRDLY, LET ME MENTION WHAT IS CALLED
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TELEOLOGICAL ARGUMENT.
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TELOS IN GREEK MEANS “THE END.”
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THIS IS THE ARGUMENT FROM ENDS OR PURPOSES OR
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DESIGN- THE ARGUMENT FROM DESIGN, WHICH SAYS THAT
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ALL THROUGHOUT THE UNIVERSE WE SEE EVIDENCE
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OF DESIGN.
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YOU LOOK AT A COMPLEX MACHINE AND YOU CONCLUDE
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THAT IT HAS A DESIGNER.
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THAT IS THE OLD WATCHMAKER ARGUMENT BROUGHT UP TO DATE.
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EVEN IN THE DAYS OF THE GREAT ASTRONOMER KEPLER,
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WHO HAD AN ACQUAINTANCE WHO WAS AN ATHEIST WITH
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WHOM HE HAD ARGUED MANY A TIME, AND KEPLER DECIDED
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TO HAVE BUILT FOR HIMSELF A COMPLEX WORKING MODEL OF
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THE SOLAR SYSTEM.
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WHICH HAD THE SUN, ALL OF THE PLANETS ROTATING ABOUT
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IT, WITH THE MOONS OR SATELLITES GOING AROUND
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THE DIFFERENT PLANETS.
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IT WAS A WONDER TO BEHOLD.
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ONE DAY HIS ATHEIST FRIEND CAME INTO HIS STUDY, HE
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SAID, “IT’S BEAUTIFUL! WHO MADE THIS?”
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KEPLER SAID, “NO ONE.
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IT JUST MADE ITSELF.
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GATHER TOGETHER THE DUST AND THINGS FROM THIS END
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OF THE STUDY- THERE MUST HAVE BEEN A DRAFT COMING
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IN THE DOOR.
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I JUST CAME IN ONE MORNING AND THERE IT WAS.”
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HIS FRIEND SAID “YOU DON’T EXPECT ME TO BELIEVE THAT?”
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HE SAID “NO, I DON’T, BUT YOU BELIEVE THAT THE REAL
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SOLAR SYSTEM WHICH IS VASTLY MORE COMPLEX THAN
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THIS SIMPLE MODEL JUST MADE ITSELF.
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THAT IS EVEN MORE PALPABLY ABSURD.”
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WE SEE ALSO, IN THE SAME MANNER OF DESIGN IN
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SOMETHING LIKE THE CELL, THAT THERE IS NO
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POSSIBILITY THAT THIS JUST HAPPENED.
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WHEN YOU STOP TO THINK THAT NOT ONLY IS A CELL
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INCREDIBLY COMPLEX, BUT IT IS MORE COMPLEX THAN ANY
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MACHINE THAT MAN HAS EVER MADE.
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YOU TAKE THE LARGEST SUPER COMPUTER THAT EXISTS ON
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THIS PLANET TODAY.
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IT IS A VERITABLE TOY COMPARED TO THE ENORMOUS
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COMPLEXITY OF EVERY ONE OF THE HUNDRED TRILLION CELLS
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IN YOUR BODY, AND YET WOULD ANYONE BELIEVE THAT
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THE LARGEST COMPUTER IN THE WORLD JUST HAPPENED
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TO MAKE ITSELF BY CHANCE?
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IN FACT, ONE SCIENTIST SAID THAT THE CELL IS MORE
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COMPLEX THAN THE MOST COMPLEX COMPUTER EVER MADE
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BY MAN, OR THE MOST COMPLEX MACHINE THAT HAS
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EVER EVEN BEEN DREAMT OF BY MAN.
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THE INCREDIBLE COMPLEXITY OF THE EYE GAVE DARWIN,
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HE SAID, A HEADACHE.
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AND WELL IT SHOULD HAVE WITH ITS 7 MILLION CONES
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THAT SEE THE VARIOUS COLORS AND ITS 100 MILLION
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RODS AND ALL OF THE INCREDIBLE COMPLEXITIES OF
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THIS WONDERFUL CAMERA, AND YET DARWIN HIMSELF SAID
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THAT TO BELIEVE THAT THIS HAPPENED MERELY BY NATURAL
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SELECTION IS ABSURD IN THE HIGHEST DEGREE.
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WHEN YOU CONSIDER THE FACT THAT THE CARE THAT HAS
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BEEN SHOWN IN THE CREATION OF OUR HABITAT.
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IF THE EARTH WERE 10% CLOSER TO THE SUN,
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WE WOULD BURN UP.
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10% FURTHER, ALL LIFE WOULD FREEZE AND DIE.
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AND THEN THERE IS THE EVIDENCE OF CONVERSION-
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THE TRANSFORMATION OF THE HUMAN SOUL WHICH IS SO
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MONUMENTAL AS TO DEFY EXPLANATION.
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THOUSANDS OF PAGES HAVE BEEN WRITTEN TRYING TO
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EXPLAIN AWAY THE CONVERSION OF THE APOSTLE
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PAUL ALONE.
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WHAT TRANSFORMED THIS MAN FROM THE BITTER AND
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HOSTILE CRITIC AND ADVERSARY OF CHRIST INTO
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HIS MOST LOYAL DEVOTEE?
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WHAT CHANGED THAT VOLATILE AND VACILLATING FISHERMAN
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PETER INTO THE ROCK THAT GAVE GREAT STRENGTH TO THE
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EARLY CHURCH?
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WHAT CHANGED AUGUSTINE, THE GREATEST INTELLECT OF
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THE FIRST 1,000 YEARS OF THIS AGE, FROM A
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PROFLIGATE AND DISSOLUTE PHILOSOPHER INTO THE GREAT
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INTELLECTUAL CHAMPION OF CHRISTIANITY?
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JOHN CALVIN, PERHAPS THE GREATEST MIND OF THE LAST
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THOUSAND YEARS, SAID, “I WAS SUDDENLY CONVERTED
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UNTO GOD.”
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MARTIN LUTHER, WHO CHANGED THE FACE OF EUROPE, CAME
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FACE TO FACE WITH THE GOD WHO CHANGED HIS LIFE.
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JOHN BUNYAN, THAT SINFUL TINKER OF BEDFORD, WHO MET
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THE LIVING GOD AND WAS CHANGED INTO A GREAT
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PASTOR AND AUTHOR OF PILGRIM’S PROGRESS.
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JOHN WESLEY, JOHN KNOX, OR MORE RECENTLY, CS LEWIS,
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THE ATHEIST OF OXFORD AND CAMBRIDGE, WHO WROTE HIS
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TESTIMONY IN HIS BOOK SURPRISED BY JOY AS HE
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CAME FACE TO FACE IN THE PRESENCE OF THAT ONE WHOSE
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EXISTENCE HE HAD ALWAYS DENIED.
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OR PERHAPS THE GREATEST LITERARY MAN OF THE 20TH
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CENTURY, THE DOSTOYEVSKY OF OUR CENTURY IS NO DOUBT
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THE GREAT ALEXANDER SOLZHENITSYN, WHO CAME TO
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MEET GOD WHILE HE WAS IN THE RED BELLY OF THE
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DRAGON IN THE GULAG ARCHIPELAGO.
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A BILLY GRAHAM, WHO AS A YOUNG FRIVOLOUS TEENAGER,
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MET THE LIVING GOD IN JESUS CHRIST.
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HIS LIFE WAS TRANSFORMED AND TENS OF MILLIONS HAVE
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BEEN CHANGED AS WELL.
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WHO IS GOING TO EXPLAIN THESE AND HUNDREDS AND
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HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS OF CONVERSIONS OF OTHERS WHO
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HAVE LED THEM ACROSS THE WIDEST OCEANS, UP THE
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HIGHEST MOUNTAINS, THROUGH THE DENSEST JUNGLES TO
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PROCLAIM THE GOSPEL OF JESUS CHRIST TO CANNIBALS,
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AND HEADHUNTERS, AND TRIBESMEN OF EVERY SORT.
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GOD HAS USED THEM AND THEIR SACRIFICES TO ATTEST
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TO THE FACT THAT THERE IS A LIVING GOD WHO CHANGES
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HUMAN SOULS AND MAKES THEM NEW CREATURES IN CHRIST.
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BUT ALL OF THIS WILL STILL BE BUT THEORY UNTIL YOU
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COME AT LAST TO THAT GREAT EXPERIMENT, WHERE IN THE
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LABORATORY OF YOUR OWN SOUL, YOU MEET WITH THE
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ULTIMATE PROOF.
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HOW DO I ULTIMATELY KNOW THAT THERE IS A GOD?
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BECAUSE, MY FRIENDS, ONE DAY 35 YEARS AGO I MET HIM
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FACE TO FACE, PERSON TO PERSON, IN MY OWN
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APARTMENT, WHEN HE CAME TO A YOUNG MAN WHO SOUGHT HIM
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NOT AND LAID HIS HAND UPON MY SHOULDER AND TURNED ME
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AROUND.
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HE TRANSFORMED MY HEART, GAVE ME TOTALLY DIFFERENT
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REASONS FOR LIVING AND FOR 35 YEARS HE HAS KEPT ME
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GOING IN A COMPLETELY DIFFERENT WAY.
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I KNOW THERE IS A GOD, BECAUSE EVERY DAY I MEET
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HIM AND TALK WITH HIM.
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I KNOW THERE IS A GOD BECAUSE HE HAS CHANGED
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MY LIFE.
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AND HE CAN CHANGE YOURS, TOO.
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WHEN YOU COME TO SEE HIM IN ALL OF HIS GRACE, WHEN
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YOU COME TO SEE HIM IN THE FACE OF JESUS CHRIST
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HANGING UPON A CROSS, WHEN YOU SEE HIS WONDROUS LOVE
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AS HE GAVE HIMSELF FOR US IN CHRIST, WHEN YOU SEE
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HIS MATCHLESS GRACE, WHEN HE IS WILLING TO FORGIVE
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YOU FOR ALL OF YOUR SINS AND TO ACCEPT YOU JUST AS
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YOU ARE AND FREELY FORGIVE YOU, AND GRATUITOUSLY
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GRANT UNTO YOU THE GIFT OF EVERLASTING LIFE, WHEN
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HE’S WILLING TO GIVE YOU THE GIFT OF HEAVEN, PAID
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FOR BY HIM AT INFINITE COST, AT THE SWEAT AND
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BLOOD AND AGONY OF THE CROSS, THE WRATH OF HIS
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FATHER, THE PAYMENT OF HELL.
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WHEN YOU COME TO SEE A LOVE LIKE THAT, THEN MY
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FRIEND, YOU WILL KNOW THAT THERE IS A GOD- WHEN YOU
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KNOW THAT GOD AS THE LORD AND SAVIOR OF YOUR HEART.
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MAY WE PRAY: FATHER, THERE ARE SOME HERE THAT DO NOT
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KNOW THEE, AND I WOULD ASK THAT RIGHT NOW YOUR SPIRIT
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WILL REACH DOWN AND TOUCH THEIR LIVES.
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OPEN THEIR BLIND EYES THAT THEY MAY SEE IN THE FACE
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OF CHRIST, THE LIVING GOD, AND THEY MAY SURRENDER
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THEIR LIVES TO HIM, REPENTING OF THEIR SINS
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AND INVITING HIM TO TAKE HIS PLACE UPON THE THRONE
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OF THEIR HEARTS, PLACING THEIR HOPES OF ETERNAL
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LIFE IN HIS ATONING DEATH.
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I PRAY IT IN HIS MOST MATCHLESS NAME.
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AMEN.
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