Not a Chance: God, Science, and the Revolt against Reason
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Book
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ISBN 10
0801016215
ISBN 13
9780801016219
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Doctrine - Apologetics
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Publication Year
2014
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Pages
256
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"Can (both) faith in God and science coexist? Does one contradict the other? Many opponents of Christianity attempt to use science to show that a god does not and cannot exist. Along with this, many believe that the supernatural does not exist...
Opponents of believing in God often claim that 'chance' plays an integral part in the world. This is where 'Not a Chance' makes its plea... from the back cover: 'Despite claiming unbelief in God or any higher power that may have designed or created the world, modern scientists often write and speak of chance as some kind of being or force that can actually cause things to happen.' ... '(it) shows secularism to be what it now is: a desperate faith.'
... Sproul and Mathison 'call the scientific world to employ logic and clarity in their discourse, to leave the word chance as an abstract concept to describe mathematical possibilities rather than an ontological entity that can cause change.' ...
They accomplish their goal by presenting compelling and logical arguments that demand to be answered. 'Not a Chance' touches on everything from chaos to reason, magic, contradictions, quantum physics and logic. This book is a great read for someone wanting to stretch their brain and learn more about how God and science cannot just coexist, but actually strengthen an individual’s faith.
... quotes from the book:
'Chance is their magic wand to make not only rabbits but entire universes appear out of nothing' ... 'However, even in our wildest dreams, chance, which is nothing, cannot do something' (p. 24).
'I do not allow for uncaused effects because uncaused effects represent a contradiction in terms' (p. 58).
'To be free of causality is to be free of logic, and license is given for making nonsense statements with impunity' (p. 61).
... 'For something to come from nothing it must, in effect, create itself' ... '(but) For something to create itself it must be before it is. This is impossible' (p. 26).
... And that is why a book like this is so important for Christians to read as it will educate us all with how to respond to arguments against the existence of a supreme being, (the only self-existent being) God Himself.
... 'Gravity is not nothing. Space is not nothing. A multiverse is not nothing. Scientists may be able to show mathematically consistent ways in which the existence of any of these somethings could lead to other somethings. But what are the odds that something can come from absolutely nothing? There is not a chance.' (p. 223)
How could something come from absolutely nothing? That is a huge question that unfortunately science has never nor will ever be able to answer. Why? Because when science tries to make something out of nothing, in their very experiments they are using something. So they are not reproducing and reenacting the very beginning of the universe they claim to be trying to prove.
... If you are just looking for light reading, keep looking as this book will leave you with a headache." Amazon review
Opponents of believing in God often claim that 'chance' plays an integral part in the world. This is where 'Not a Chance' makes its plea... from the back cover: 'Despite claiming unbelief in God or any higher power that may have designed or created the world, modern scientists often write and speak of chance as some kind of being or force that can actually cause things to happen.' ... '(it) shows secularism to be what it now is: a desperate faith.'
... Sproul and Mathison 'call the scientific world to employ logic and clarity in their discourse, to leave the word chance as an abstract concept to describe mathematical possibilities rather than an ontological entity that can cause change.' ...
They accomplish their goal by presenting compelling and logical arguments that demand to be answered. 'Not a Chance' touches on everything from chaos to reason, magic, contradictions, quantum physics and logic. This book is a great read for someone wanting to stretch their brain and learn more about how God and science cannot just coexist, but actually strengthen an individual’s faith.
... quotes from the book:
'Chance is their magic wand to make not only rabbits but entire universes appear out of nothing' ... 'However, even in our wildest dreams, chance, which is nothing, cannot do something' (p. 24).
'I do not allow for uncaused effects because uncaused effects represent a contradiction in terms' (p. 58).
'To be free of causality is to be free of logic, and license is given for making nonsense statements with impunity' (p. 61).
... 'For something to come from nothing it must, in effect, create itself' ... '(but) For something to create itself it must be before it is. This is impossible' (p. 26).
... And that is why a book like this is so important for Christians to read as it will educate us all with how to respond to arguments against the existence of a supreme being, (the only self-existent being) God Himself.
... 'Gravity is not nothing. Space is not nothing. A multiverse is not nothing. Scientists may be able to show mathematically consistent ways in which the existence of any of these somethings could lead to other somethings. But what are the odds that something can come from absolutely nothing? There is not a chance.' (p. 223)
How could something come from absolutely nothing? That is a huge question that unfortunately science has never nor will ever be able to answer. Why? Because when science tries to make something out of nothing, in their very experiments they are using something. So they are not reproducing and reenacting the very beginning of the universe they claim to be trying to prove.
... If you are just looking for light reading, keep looking as this book will leave you with a headache." Amazon review
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