Question: Can the existance of God be proven without the Bible? A principle that is universally apparent: The law of cause and effect. Every effect must have an adequate cause. 1. The existance of this universe. Only three plausible explanations for the existance of the universe. That it is eternal. Or that somehow or another it mysteriously possessed the power to create itself. Created by a being both anterior to and superior to itself. a. Eternal. 1) Has been traditionally held by atheists. Rejected by most scientists. Jastrow (Until the Sun Dies, 1977). Founder and directer of NASA's Institute for Space Studies. Author of the most widely used space textbooks. Looked on as most prominent space writer. See quotes: Violates the 2nd law of thermodynamics: "energy available for useful work in a functioning system tends to dcrease, even though the total energy remains constant." b. Self-created. i.e. the Big Bang Theory. Dr. George E. Davis, a prominent physicist declares, "No material thing can create itself." No material thing contains the intrensic ability to create itself. Car/suit of clothes. c. Created by a being both anterior to and superior to itself. 2. What atheism offers is a deification of nature. Seen on most nature specials. "Nature" equipped this plant or animal. "Nature" designed this. What if instead we said Mother Goose, or Father Accident was responsible? That would be as scientific as attributing all things to "nature." 3. Evidence from design. a. House b. Watch--->watchmaker c. Ill. Isaac Newton. d. Human brain: 3 lbs. 12 bil. cells. Each of of which is connected to 10,000 other brain cells. 120 tril. brain connections. Receive signals from eyes, ears, sensory; Signals are transmited at the speed of 270 mph to brain. Who invented the brain? Dr. Gerheart Gerts holds 50 patents on IBM computer. Came up with most of his inventions by studying human brain. Said if we could come up with computer which would duplicate all that the brain could do, it would take a building the size of the empire State Building to house it. If we understand that a mind to invent a computer does it not stand to reason that it took a mind to create the mind that invented the computer. e. Sense of morals. Why do human beings have a moral sensitivity a tree/dog/ape doesn't. Why do human beings, if just a bundle of evolved matter. 4. Anthropic Principle. (Source: Wayne Jackson)