Professor John Lennox addresses "Points of Origin" at All Saints Church Belfast on Sunday 19th October 2014. johnlennox.org/ ascbelfast.com/ video by petermackeyphotography.com/
The best thing about being smarter than your audience is, that you can fool them very easily. Exactly for this reason Voltaire wrote: "La religion a commencé le jour où le premier fripon a rencontré le premier imbécile." However, if you believe what you say, you are even stupider than your audience.
I am curious why you listened to this presentation? What is your defense of not being ‘fooled’ by John Lennox? Perhaps look at the time in history in which Voltaire lived for him to have written a cynical assertion based on what philosophical merit?
Professor John Lennox is such an exceptional man. Glory to Jesus Christ our Lord and Saviour for giving us such a wonderful and amazing person in Christ. God bless you keep up the good work in Christ🙏
@@HarryNicNicholaswhere is the base evidence of your dillusion and when was the last time you have a good look at your face in the mirror? Do you remember?
May the Lord keep you safe and healthy and strong for his Glory so the teaching can continue to change the lives of people who do not believe in Jesus Christ 🙏👍
My favorite public Christian and my favorite apologist. He never fails to provoke thought. He never fails to present the gospel. I loo, forward to meeting him in the new creation.
I think that eventually you will find yourself in the same condition as every other being on this earth. You'll be totally dead. Otherwise a life before death would be totally senseless. The best thing about being smarter than your audience is, that you can fool them very easily. Exactly for this reason Voltaire wrote: "La religion a commencé le jour où le premier fripon a rencontré le premier imbécile." However, if you believe what you say, you are even stupider than your audience.
Praise you God almighty. Thank you Dr. John C. Lennox for the intellectual lecture. Truly enjoyed this! My faith grows more and more as I watch your lectures and discussions on the truth of our God.
Why isn't this man preaching at the White House and other places where the masses of everyone will hear him... I'm afraid I know the answer! Praying for our country and our world! I won't be here much longer but people I love will be and people you love also
Mark Fanjoy, There are no new truths, only old truths that need to be discovered. The Bible os deeper than the ocean and while John Lennox is a great teacher, it takes multiple listens for the truth to sink in.
Believers of Jesus must never forget that GOD is real and this demands we build a relationship with GOD. Knowing GOD is real does us no good if we do not have that relationship with HIM. Believers of Jesus must never forget that GOD is good and this demands we trust GOD totally. Knowing GOD is good does us no benefit if we do not have that child-like trust in HIM. We know GOD is real and GOD is good; we, as HIS children, praise and worship HIM.
@penglim224 So far no one succeeded in providing evidence for the existence of any god! Jesus never existed! The fictional god of the bible is pure evil! Obviously you never read the bible! .
As real a the Flying Spagetti Monster. The best thing about being smarter than your audience is, that you can fool them very easily. Exactly for this reason Voltaire wrote: "La religion a commencé le jour où le premier fripon a rencontré le premier imbécile." However, if you believe what you say, you are even stupider than your audience.
@@marculatour6229perhaps, when you are ready, you too may come to know Christ. Then again you may not. But to insult people because of their belief is very unkind. Perhaps think on this. Also, what makes you believe that he is speaking to a dumb audience? An assumption?
Professor Lennox is himself the most powerful argument for the compatibility of biblical religion and science, him being a profoundly committed Christian and, at the same time, a very able scientist.
As “ a very able scientist“ you should know that there is no solid reason to believe in anything Supernatural, including all Gods mankind ever invented. Faith is …”fine”. It does not qualify as a good reason to take something for real. Would you agree?
@@michaelbrickley2443So, you use one unproven, multiple times plagiarized myth, in the form of the “resurrection” as an “argument” for an even bigger unproven myth, God. Your reasoning is sound and strong, hallelujah!
Rob Davis, all you’re doing is make yourself look foolish but then, atheists are famous for thinking they have some special knowledge and superiority in the intellect department.
@@michaelbrickley2443It is the religious, of various and contradictive faith based belief systems, who claim to know for a fact that there are things like: divine beings, a soul, hell…. and so on, they further claim that they know how the universe came to be and what happens after death, despite having no way to know such things. Contrary to what faith based cult subscribers do on a daily basis, distributing ones convictions on empirical evidence is not a plead for “special knowledge. Given how low you set the bar for intellectuality, is almost impossible for me not to come across as superior to you.
Our Father, who art in heaven, hallowed be thy Name, thy kingdom come, thy will be done, on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread. And forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive those who trespass against us. And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil. For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, for ever and ever. Amen.
The best thing about being smarter than your audience is, that you can fool them very easily. Exactly for this reason Voltaire wrote: "La religion a commencé le jour où le premier fripon a rencontré le premier imbécile." However, if you believe what you say, you are even stupider than your audience.
The best thing about being smarter than your audience is, that you can fool them very easily. Exactly for this reason Voltaire wrote: "La religion a commencé le jour où le premier fripon a rencontré le premier imbécile." However, if you believe what you say, you are even stupider than your audience.
Suppose the creation of the Universe is due to a fundamental singularity (t1) that occurs in the future (t0). These two singularities will then be one and the same thing. That is why the Universe, since that moment (t1) tends towards the singularity (t0), inexorably.
As a math professor, if God is Love would it be correct to say Love is God? I like to feel that I feel God's presence when I feel Love and when I share Love I share God. Is that okay?
Gary, the letters of John near the end of the Bible speak about this. This is where you find that "God is love" statement. I would read them in full. He writes about whoever loves having known God and those not doing so not knowing Him. You could conclude that whenever you act in love, you are working with God, and sharing something of Him. However, the word is used very loosely today, and it's easy to kid ourselves that we are doing something in love, when it might be something else- ego, or whatever, so good to make sure God remains in the centre. Mathematically, I would want to explore what it is saying, and not try to make language work as if it is maths. After all, 16 is a square number, but a square number is not necessarily 16. Can we switch the God is love statement around like that? I'm not sure it works like that. The Bible makes clear that God is a person, not a principle or a force, so my guess would be that love is his overriding characteristic, that he is its source, and that he is the perfect example of it. I hope that helps 🙂
The word that describes the love of God used most often in scripture is agape. Agape is a type of sacrificial love, or in other words action. This type of love can be given to even people you do not like, it is a choice.
@@therealtech833 God is not just love, he hates too. And the agape thing is a joke, search the scriptures and you'll find out that agape is used in many instances where is clearly does not mean what you are saying it means.
Remember When created man he took the earth material to form a man. So creation is organising chaotic materials. 2 ,we the humans are spirit and earthly materials But The spirit is a literal son and daughter of God. There is nothing like nothing, all things are materials seen and not things. Prof. There your erring at that point.
The best thing about being smarter than your audience is, that you can fool them very easily. Exactly for this reason Voltaire wrote: "La religion a commencé le jour où le premier fripon a rencontré le premier imbécile." However, if you believe what you say, you are even stupider than your audience.
Pretty big mistake John made there around minute 38 with claiming the bible doesn't say anything about the age of the earth, and that there might be billions of years between genesis 1:1 and the rest of the creation. Exodus 20:11 clearly states that the 6 days of creation included the creation of heavens and the earth, end of story, the eath is youngh, anyone teaching otherwise is ignorant of the scriptures.
The Brothers Grimm also wrote a great book about fairy tales. The best thing about being smarter than your audience is, that you can fool them very easily. Exactly for this reason Voltaire wrote: "La religion a commencé le jour où le premier fripon a rencontré le premier imbécile." However, if you believe what you say, you are even stupider than your audience.
Just think of all the Atheist Dr. Lennox debated and the many that came before him that have already died and gone out into Eternity, only now they realize what a fool they've been. there are no Atheist in Hell, because now that they are there, they are now believers, but it's now everlastingly too late. but it's not too late for you my dear friend, open your heart to Christ today, don't be fool and in Hell to stay. His love is calling you now. John 3:16-17
The Bible says...God separated the waters from the water....did he take the Hydrogen and create the Sun. And the remaining Oxygen and createvthe atmospher
In the Q&A section, Lennox puts significant blame on the lukewarm individual Christianity that scoffers use to represent the Body. I disagree with Lennox. I think that this is the EXCUSE, and an almost IMPENETRABLE EXCUSE, almost impossible to expose, that scoffers use to justify their unbelief and put their consciences to rest and harden themselves in unbelief. It is impenetrable because it is a true accusation but it is false because yhat is not the reason they do not believe. The nation prides itself on skepticism, individualism, and free choice. The soffers and skeptics question everything - everything they disagree with and too little of what conveniently fits in their pocket. If the Bible did not undeniably teach the eternal consequence of immorality and rebellion against God, there would hardly be a person who didn't laud it. Jesus exposes the world as sinful. Rebels against God use false science and hypocritical moral judgment to hide their unbelief behind. But by the Bible, they are exposed.
Believers who know the word of God aught to know " we wrestle not against flesh and blood" Ephesians 6. And that is for John as well. We as believers are to preach the gospel to the lost, not with intellectual display of our flesh. Fine sounding speeches saves no one. Christ died for our sins, was buried and rose again. 1 Corinthians 15:3,4. I have not yet heard John Lennox preach this gospel Christ gave to Paul.
@@dsbiddle Your "god' has NO evidence of existence. The jesus story is ONLY a story, there is NO contemporary evidence from his supposed time that he ever existed. The "gospel" writers were anonymous. Why? They set the story 45 years previous to their time. Why? Because they neither wanted to be questioned or investigated, and they didn't want people from jesus' supposed time to contradict them as to what they said happened. They figured in 45 years all witnesses would be dead. Lifespan back then averaged 48 years. ALL the 30+ Greek and Roman scholars studying hebrew cults in Jerusalem around 25-35 CE NEVER even mentioned jesus' name! Josephus jesus passage was forged two centuries later. All others who mentioned jesus were recording hearsay after 100 CE from chrstians. The entire bible has been totally debunked.
Jesus Christ may have been the humanistic god man ever created but the fact is he was created out wanting imagination by the people who wanted a god such as that. Peaceful loving and compassionate to the human experience, that's why this god is still believed and worshiped to this day.
@billjones261 The fictional god of the bible is a psychopathic mass murderer with a massive inferiority complex who hates humans! The fictional Jesus is evil und hates humans! .
The Deceit of Religious Belief The only people who listen to this nonsense have no standards to exclude nonsense. And we are still dealing with this "think not I come with peace" nonsense. The religious are ludicrous, avoided like the old women with too many cats. Freud wrote the antidote to Christianity is literacy. Nothing fails like prayers in a children's hospital. Who sends their children to prophet trade-school? If there were a god, then would there be any demand for scripture interpretations by various podium-jockeys using fantasyland vocabulary? These are the religious, the wolves in sheep's clothing. Even Jesus says faith is worthless or you could order mountains to move about. The scam works with faith & prayers, suggesting we all should travel with one foot in their fantasyland. Theologians acquire grand titles without certification from a deity, & project certainty using fantasyland vocabulary in an academic setting to compensate for lack of reason. We really should address the social acceptance of large numbers of people speaking a fantasyland vocabulary & openly indulging in the deceit of religious belief as a tool of fascism. It was secular law & order ending the inquisitions & witch-killings. The Christians slapped their books on the Old Testament, & the Mormons glued theirs on to them both, thus proving Christians lack quality-control. As if God does not have a perfect record of doing nothing, as if we had no reason for the saying: God helps those helping themselves.
If you’re a truly honest and good student of the Bible, you know that the author’s of the Bible said that if you can do miracles, like those described in the Bible for example, your understanding of the Bible is certifiably true and if others can do miracles also, then their understanding and yours will be exactly the same no matter how your culture and languages may differ! If you can’t do such miracles, it serves as proof positive that you don’t know what you’re talking about and that at the very least people would be wise to ignore you. So, if someone tells you that God says such and such, ask them to certify it by doing a legitimate miracle while you watch. Don’t think it’s true because it seems to say so in their book. Books, just like proponents who claim their divine origin, can lie or be mistaken too!
I love how Lennox thinks he has defeated real scientists light years ahead of him trained in subjects that he has no concept of understanding such as evolutionary biology and astrophysics by simply saying that they are poisoning science by deliberately lying and trying to teach people that God is not real! This is not an argument i would expect from a professor. This is an argument i would expect from an ignorant creationist! Clearly, Lennox cannot defeat these real scientists with science as he would have provided scientific evidence to show why he is right!
@@phild249 Yet it agrees with literalyy all emperical data there is. Gods only exist in the mnds of those who believe in them...they are not in competition with any given naturalistic explanation for anything in nature....…if anything, all "Gods" are in competition with goblins, pixies, bigfoot and such fantastical man-made fantasies, for their sheer existence. The label “real” can be pinned on them after there is a demonstrable correlation with reality, not before.
Michael Gallagher "When is the lovely honest John going to tell us all about the millions he's made from the God thing come on honest John spit it out" Shots fired. I'm still waiting for anything from him except his proposition that there is a god that lives outside of time and space who created everything. Does he ever say anything else?
Lennox simply uses the God of the Gaps in an authoritarian manner meant to subdue those who already believe. It is the opposite of reason. It is not a sound argument.
