John Lennox: Full Q&A from 'Cosmic Chemistry: Do Science and Christianity Mix?'

[@Dennis53]

I have been a, Christian for over 40 years, listened to 10000s of hours of teachers, apologist, preachers but John has unique way of making simple arguments in a penetrating way, God bless him.

[@francescoc9976]

God is a good Father... only a good father accepts his children without their own merits. Thank you Lord for your love!

[@gibsonmbuthia7902]

That was beautiful christianity is about a relationship and acceptance is at the beginning thank you Lord for your finished works and for filling such men with your wisdom that they may get to share it.I will carry this with me til the day i die

[@dennyhutcherson7252]

Me too! I'm sure thankful for beleivers-children of God our Creator like John Lennox. Thru our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ there is a handful of those men and women who are literally life-savers. Thank and Praise to Him!!!

[@francescoc9976]

Well dear brother, don't forget the love for Jesus which is manifested by obedience to his Word (John 14:15)...God bless you!

[@ptrronatlosig]

It’s the relationship thing that mattered the most for me

[@Moviefan2k4]

I'd never heard of John Lennox before, but he's very smart and easy to listen to. Thanks for sharing this; I truly enjoyed it.

[@PrettyCoolFriend]

I love this guy! Thank you.

[@markreeves6521]

A wonderful teacher

[@jeff3741]

In the multiverse where there are an infinite number of universes existing in every possible or seemingly impossible configuration - in at least one of those universes the reality for that universe is that there are no other universes (no multiverse). If a "no multiverse" universe HAS TO EXIST (because all possible scenarios MUST exist in a multiverse) then there can be no multiverse. .

[@OmegasMusic]

In that case there is a universe where there is no universe at all and is a contradiction in itself. It cancels itself out, therefore it does not exist. If that is the case that means it was not possible that it could exist. So the very logic of the situation solves itself

[@Haylash8]

I don't think that works that way, because all universe in multiverse are meant to be placed in one "bubble" that connects them all. They are each independent universes, but in the same time they are connected.

[@jeff3741]

@@Haylash8 Isn't it curious how someone claims to "know how something works" when that thing is dredged up from someone's imagination.

[@Haylash8]

@@jeff3741 U mean me? I didnt say that I know how something works, neither does you or anybody. I just used "I dont think" which is simply, "in my opinion" or "it may be" Reality is still a mystery, but it's fun thing to imagine how it can work.

[@rythmhtyr1w2e89]

John lennox is amazing

[@peterbeaumont7619]

Brain washed in catholicism.easy to talk in riddles but can't prove God esist.

[@hiwaabdulrahmanofficial-ar6608]

Loved it 🤗🥰 amazing illustrations and explanations 🤩

[@ChaplaincyPlus]

Thank you so much

[@jayk6343]

So a Relationship with something that can neither be proved nor disproved that it exists well done Professor

[@zanenzeller4885]

ignorant. But you're here for a reason,. I hope you find out that you can't disprove or prove God just like you cant prove that there is not life after death, or that you have a purpose for life, that your ethics do not just come from your culture, and that it is relatively wrong to gas a group of people for their beliefs. There are so many things that science cannot explain. Study science, believe in God. Don't listen to the atheistic scientists that have an agenda away from God. Don't focus on Christians, they're hypocrites, focus on Jesus Christ.

[@derhafi]

@@zanenzeller4885 " There are so many things that science cannot explain" Religion has never explained anything. Bold assertions with no demonstrable correlation with reality. You are making a mistake if you think “God” is in any way an explanation. A magical being for which we have no demonstrable correlation with reality did it…is not exactly explaining anything. That is the attempt to solve one mystery by appealing to another. Any given God is not competing with any given scientific explanation, Gods are competing with goblins and unicorns for sheer existence.

[@zanenzeller4885]

@@derhafi magical? What’s magical is not just life on earth, but beings that are conscious and self-reflective. That’s magical. There’s no naturalistic explanation that presupposes how dead matter can spawn a conscious, self-reflective being. Your life itself is magical. If God isn’t compelling with any science, why did a leading atheist write a book about the phenomenon of the book of Genesis describing abiogenesis of creation? He was compelled to the point that He had to believe the Bible. Maybe you could too

[@derhafi]

@@zanenzeller4885 „What’s magical is not just life on earth, but beings that are conscious and self-reflective.” I’d call that mundane. A completely naturalistic fact, in no need of any supposed supernatural entity. “There’s no naturalistic explanation that presupposes how dead matter can spawn a conscious, self-reflective being” You are right, there is not one but several. We have an entire field of science devoted to that subject. You’d know that if you’d care for an explanation instead of attempting to justify your delusion of some imaginary deity. “why did a leading atheist write a book about the phenomenon of the book of Genesis describing abiogenesis of creation?” What the heck is a “leading atheist” supposed to be? Your epistemology is in dire need for improvement if you think that because someone wrote a book about something, adds credibility to fantastic claims. Well, if your epistemology would up to the task, you would not be a member of a faith based cult.

[@zanenzeller4885]

@@derhafi “an entire field of science” sorry. These people in this field are already presupposing a sense of reason that can only be explained by science and math. You can’t prove reason is correct by math, to do that you’d have to prove science is also correct by math, but sadly science presupposes math so one would be arguing in a circle to prove ones point. And if you could provide the several naturalistic explanations that prove how dead matter can spawn a conscious being, I am all ears. I’ll wait gladly. I know 100% that you not I were there when this occurred, so neither of us are 100% correct when trying to PROVE, but I can give you evidence that there is a God, and that all natural laws have to have a supernatural lawgiver. I wouldn’t try insulting me whilst arguing your position, it doesn’t deem intellectually honest.

[@teamONEpercent]

I don't know anything about religion and i don't worry if GOD exist or not. But one thing is sure that human have real physical problem on earth. Science and scientist solve our real life problem. They make our life easy. I see religion focus more on soul and life after death. Light bulb solve our darkness problem. Telephone solve our communication problem. Bike Car solve our transport problem. Medicine solve our health problems. So i Support Science.

[@gamingsociety3684]

5:36 Galileo and Copernicus? lol

[@junevandermark952]

Both sides were certain that they knew spiritual truth. From the book “Infidel,” by Ayaan Hirsi Ali … Sister Aziza told us it was our duty to convert our Christian classmates. She told us it was the only way to spare our friends the pain of Hell. The charismatic Christians were no less aggressive than the fundamentalist Muslims in those days.

[@junevandermark952]

We are all programmed from birth to either accept our programming as truth, or to ask questions of the programming, and change our programming to other programs. My father, a disgruntled Catholic, left that programming, to later choose the programming of a different group, known as The Rosicrucian Order, where they fed him the programming of reincarnation. My mother was programmed from birth into strict Lutheranism, and worried about going to hell. Needless to say, I made up my own version of what I believed was "spiritual truth," and decided that God was pure divine love, and that hell and a devil did not exist. After 70 years of confusion about why suffering of all forms of life exists, I became an Atheist, and programmed my own brain to believe as did Stephen Hawking (before he died) ... that the universe always existed ... no creator ever involved. Had John Lennox as a child been programmed to believe that Muhammad, or Buddha was the real spiritual deal, his sermons would not be about the divinity of Jesus ... unless, of course, he later chose to change his own childhood programming for what he was certain was indeed "spiritual truth." Thankfully, non-human animals don't suffer from such egotistical mental blights.

[@davidplummer2619]

So all worldviews are programming. Is the idea that all worldviews are programming also programming? Doesn't this all then mean that nothing is true? And how is that not the ultimate mental blight?

[@junevandermark952]

@@davidplummer2619 Yes, all world views are programming. Even when we think we have a new idea that is true, we have "simply" programmed our own brains to think those thoughts. It's not a comforting feeling, but it's the way it is. For instance ... if from birth, we never had any human contact ... and were raised with dogs, we would only know dog language. They would be all we would know.

[@catherine8326]

Book: ‘The Genesis enigma’

[@goodmorning6827]

god exists only in the imagination

[@WintersWar]

11:04 Genesis the greatest progressive rock group.

[@mcmanustony]

Is there any video anywhere of John Lennox talking about mathematics? Group theory? Algebra in general? His apologetics is a series of weak talking points that would bore a hole in your head.

[@Beeeeeeeeee.Z]

It didnt bore one in my head.

[@mcmanustony]

@@Beeeeeeeeee.Z I'd find him talking about algebra infinitely more interesting.

[@zanenzeller4885]

He's a world=class mathematician, that's his job. He doesn't want to talk about something that he clearly knows is not ultimately valuable. "Weak talking points" when talking to famous apologists is a sign I see out of every atheist or struggling Christian, so since you're here, you may as well explain your own worldview before trying to dissemble another's.

[@mcmanustony]

@@zanenzeller4885 Lennox hasn't published anything in mathematics for decades it seems. He's an emeritus professor meaning he's retired- so it isn't his job. He was a serious scholar in mathematics- unlike fellow traveller creationist David Berlinski who merely pretends to be a mathematician. I find his arguments weak and unconvincing. What else would you like me to explain.

[@zanenzeller4885]

@@mcmanustony whether his arguments are weak or not, you have to prove to me that your arguments are better. My argument is that life cannot come from non-life and consciousness from unconsciousness.

[@MartenFerret]

:3

[@rhinorawkjocktorderky3006]

Thank your parents for embedding the one true religion in your head, 1/4000 is pretty lucky. Or thank their parents for embedding them because their own parents embedded it in them and so on... Before you know it you're thanking a completely uneducated peasant for deciding which ghost story you're gonna live your life by. Lol Y'all are perplexing, but I love you anyway

[@zanenzeller4885]

How about your parents? were they believers?

[@olufemiadeleye9462]

It would be patronising to think peasants are irrational. Every adult with mental capacity will question their religion at some point in life and take responsibility for what they believe.