Is there any way to objectively test the idea
that humanity was created by God?
Is there anything that we can look at that might show us
a "signature" of God upon mankind?
This is where the "Anthropological Argument for God's existence" comes in. In this first instalment, we will be examining the acronym I.M.A.G.E. and the 5 areas that give strong and plausible evidence that mankind was indeed fashioned by a Creator, and "made in the image of God."
Over the course of this mini-series, we will be examining mankind's capacities/properties:
1. Intellectually - Humanity's impressive mental abilities.
2. Morally - Mankind's hunger for justice and perceptions of moral values and duties.
3. Artistically - Humanity's ability to create and appreciate beauty.
4. God-hungry - Mankind's hunger for the transcendent, including famous atheists.
5. Empirically - The evidence empirically that our bodies have been intelligently engineered.
I hope you will join us for the duration of the series!
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- Pastor J.
Good lecture. Just a suggestion, Pastor, you might want to verbally appeal to, address, name, call out, and specifically identify those people on the fence, who are listening. You have a tendency to always mention those hardcore disbelievers among us, by labeling them as they should be labeled: naturalists, secularists, humanists, and so on. Please realize that there is a large subset of those who are trying to decide, want to lean toward Christian believe, are on the fence, undecided, and thus reachable.
ReplyDeleteI think by not addressing them specifically, as mentioned, they might think they are being left out of the discussion. Perhaps yes, perhaps no, but, at the very least, I think you should acknowledge them directly. I'm sure you know the idea I'm driving at.
As it is, in my opinion, you are limiting your appeal - in purely intellectual terms - to those Paul mentions in 1 Corinthians, Chapter two. Please give this point some consideration, if you will. It will only take a minor adjustment in your word selection.