Oxford Mathematician DESTROYS Atheism In Less Than 15 Minutes (BRILLIANT!)

John Lennox very easily dismantles Atheism with pure logic.
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[@mikeandvaleriestephens5549]

He does not attack atheists or even atheism but rather gives a solid basis for his faith as a scientist. I appreciate the respectful but unapologetic approach.

[@BlackSun3Tube]

It's not a solid base. Just confirmation bias. Faith = ignorance sacralization.

[@circusserpent9466]

So, God made himself from nothing, then made something, and everything originated from nothing. If you believe God as the most powerful and intelligent being came from nothing, then you believe in evolution.

[@mariogreco729]

@@circusserpent9466 Must God come from something?

[@circusserpent9466]

@@mariogreco729 If God comes from nothing, he IS Nothing

[@peterripson]

He provides no basis and no evidence. He asserts that A, he sees a question that no one can answer (what came before the big bang) and then B, he inserts God as the answer. That's not evidence but like most people of faith, he states that Atheists believe "something came from nothing" is an obtuse mischaracterization that apologists foolishly use as some kind of "proof".

[@roberthoward8578]

It's easier to defend the truth than to defend a lie

[@holycat8312]

Noooooo.

[@donjindra]

Exactly. And that's why this man's speech fails.

[@krookedarrow9869]

Seems as though he's defending the truth pretty easily...!

[@aptwo916]

@@krookedarrow9869 What truth? lol

[@paulmartin8100]

@@krookedarrow9869sure he gives us a tour of how he views his chosen ideology but he doesn’t defend it, go into any depth, deal with any contrary views. It’s just a list of claims. Claims which need evidence. It’s not at all compelling or persuasive.

[@jeangatti9384]

When asked if he believed in God, Einstein answered : "tell me what is your idea of God, then I'll tell you if I believe that" 😊

[@bartholomewlyons]

And what is the idea of god?

[@jeangatti9384]

@@bartholomewlyons well I guess everyone has his own idea ... some have no idea at all When asked if he believed in God, Carl Jung answered; "I do not believe, I know" I would rather agree with Jung, though I would not say "I know" because it is rather arrogant, and it is not exactly a "knowledge". I would rather say "I witness His presence"

[@tcrown3333]

@@jeangatti9384 It certainly sounds grander!

[@kandiitewa4972]

​@@jeangatti9384 wow👌

[@SMMore-bf4yi]

Einstein, exactly

[@squib311]

If beliefs were automatically facts, everybody would be golden.

[@isabelhartt4669]

This man is an angel. If one single soul is saved, and becomes a believer; then it is more worthy than all the science in the world. Also, can you explain love? You can’t see it, you can’t touch it, you can’t smell it; but you can only feel it and so does God. Science can’t explain God, but in despite of “feeling Him and experiencing Him” in thousands of ways, scientists deny Him and His existence. Well, how is it does He exist? Let’s say a scientist says I’m so sick, and lonely,where is God? Easy, God responds: “The nurse that care for you, the doctor that was assigned to you, the warm chicken soup that you eat today. That was me taking care of you”. Glory to God for all eternity. Amen!

[@elektrosvijet]

Yes I can explain love. And no you can't explain invisible wizard in the sky that loves people when 10.000 children die of hunger every day and Hitler killed 6 million of gods disciples and then he died whenever he wanted by commiting suicide. God is a fairytale.

[@lizadowning4389]

Science can explain whatever deity. Never heard of psychology, sociology, antropology ...? We can measure and detect neural activities and production of chemicals in the body that are related to what we call "love", just as we can with other elusive 'conditions' like sorrow, etcetera.

[@lauraduncan3411]

My first class day in a liberal college by an astronomy professor...he stated first out of his mouth, " There Is A God and He IS a Mathematician!" Everything he said in creation has the same design showing a designer and He said there be few astronomers who are atheist.

[@urosmarjanovic663]

"There Is A God" just means: I don't and will never know about this subject enough to be absolutely positive. In the end, entire religion-philosophy-science is a zero-sum game. And every single thing in that game is just human construct.

[@Zman546]

That sounds like it's very possibly true, but there's a huge leap between acknowledging a Creator universal Force that had a hand in intelligent design ,and a King like throne sitter who Not only doles out eternal reward and punishment , but is also deeply involved in every human beings life .

[@TheAnogio]

Ah, the old "intelligent design" argument. It's an easy trap to fall into. Newton himself ascribed things he did not understand to God. But here is the thing: We know that our universe is around 14Bn years old, and we understand some of the mathematics that "rule" this universe. But that hypothesis does not include what happened before our universe began, nor what will happen after our universe experiences heat death(because our universe is not actually stable, it is decaying very VERY slowly). It is possible that multiple universes have been born and died as a result of different cosmological constants, due to quantum fluctuations. They just faded away because they may have been even less stable than ours. And this may have happened billions of times. In short, we experience this universe, because it is the universe which came into being via random chance, and by equally random chance it had just the right cosmological constant values for suns and planets, and eventually, life to form. This hypothesis does not require the existence of "God", and if such a being existed, and indeed demanded the worship of billions, then "he" would be evil, but our own current moral standards, and if he not evil, then he would be appalled by our behaviour (war, greed etc).

[@MC-ot7xl]

@@TheAnogioWhat you are stating is utter ignorance. You are assigning creation to random ex nihilum creation and multiverse existence based on quantum fluctuations that is without begining or end. You see the problem with no brgining and no end breaks 2nd law of thermodynamics, which means there is more to it than meets the eye. Multiverse is Universe and each of those Universes has to start somewhere. Big Bang theory. that is the theory that everything came from one endlessly dance spot (again dealing with terms like endless or eternity) is more irrational thing yo believe in than saying there eternal intelligent being that created all universes

[@lizadowning4389]

@@MC-ot7xl Thermodynamics are only applicable to a closed system. Even if we were to consider this Universe to be a closed system, there's no warrant to extrapolate it to whatever was/is beyond or 'before' this Universe. Universes don't have to start. Quantum fluctuations are in essence undetermined in regard to causality (A can cause B while simultaneously B can cause A). Time is an emergent property of our expanding Universe so it also doesn't apply to anything beyond this Universe. It might even be that in our Universe (at the quantum level) time is an illusion, just 'real' for its observers. This has nothing to do with irrationality. It is rather counter intuitive instead of unlogical. What is irrational, is presupposing the existence of an eternal intelligent being without any verifiable, testable data. A being no less that seems to excell at "divine hiddenness". Such presupposition is not based on logic and reason rather on a giant leap into believing whatever crap unknown ancient superstitious men wrote down in trying to make 'sense' of their surrounding world.

[@debbiedean3165]

"God has not remained distant from our human suffering but has become part of it..." ✝️🙏🥰❤️ Thank You and Praise You Lord, words fail us God, help us to live lives worthy of Your love and sacrifice 🙏, in Jesus Name Amen

[@dr.kenmahood4917]

How radical yet authentic to hear an Oxford mathematician stand up for what I myself have come to accept as the truth, that Christ is not only Saviour, but also judge, yet presented without threat, without guile--- I can only add my Amen!

[@jesushuerta1852]

Atheism is a position, it isn’t an organization or a movement and does not have tenets. The position is; you say there is a god, then prove it.

[@artwiz1971]

Atheism is not a disbelief or denial of gods; it is a lack of belief in gods.

[@artwiz1971]

Hebrews 3:4 - For every house is built by someone, but God is the builder of everything.

[@rwo5402]

@@artwiz1971 Is that proof of the existence of god?

[@RoelandJansen]

​@@rwo5402of course not

[@emeralddesigners1738]

Same goes for an atheist: You say there is no God, prove it.

[@berniegarcia717]

THE TRUTH SHALL SET US FREE!!!

[@blueduck5589]

Free from what?

[@billiswillis8293]

@@blueduck5589 From the one and only enslaving factor: Stolidity.

[@Mcfreddo]

And that is through science and knowledge gained. Evolution through natural selection. ('Knowledge' doesn't have faith anywhere near it; not even at far distance. How could it? Faith is the dark. The dark is the absence of light. The dark is not a thing of existence.

[@billiswillis8293]

@@Mcfreddo Faith, from Latin fides "trust, confidence". Some people have faith in amulets, many people have faith in science.

[@peterbrown2882]

@@billiswillis8293 The true meaning of "faith" is "belief", so stop using it in the name of religion. One has to believe in something, no matter what that something might be. And this has nothing to do with religion.

[@HalLeath]

Now to Him who is able to do exceedingly abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that works in us, to Him be glory in the church by Christ Jesus to all generations, forever and ever. Amen. Ephesians <a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="200">3:20</a>-21

[@simonvaughannikon]

Eh?

[@davewalters8661]

@@simonvaughannikon He's quoting bullshit, in order to prove bullshit. They do this a lot, then they forgive you, well obviously not YOU, you know, and then there something about bread and wine. Or fish, could be bread and fish, I wasn't paying attention by then.

[@markodern789]

His whole argument is basically if the world makes you sad, you should believe in God because then you have hope to end up in a better place. So it's an emotional, not logical reason. Why he needed 15 minutes to say that is the question that will never be answered.

[@NORPRAISES2024]

Come now, and let us REASON together, saith the Lord: though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they be red like crimson, they shall be as wool. (Isaiah <a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="78">1:18</a>)

[@dannotary951]

God said that or was it Isaiah or some authors who attributed those words to Isaiah ? God never wrote anything but humans did

[@dannotary951]

It’s easy and obvious for scholars to identify human writings , but gods writings have never been found .

[@dannotary951]

It’s easy and obvious for scholars to identify human writings , but gods writings have never been found .

[@dannotary951]

His argument is old if there is a god outside ourselves we would have been aware of it , not just a few people but everyone. You might make a better argument for nature being god . But how would you pray to nature ? In a sense we do when we pray to Jesus who was a part of nature according to stories written about him

[@sidneysetati3960]

1M views in just seven days. I'm so happy. This man preached to the most difficult people on earth in 15 minutes and he was convincing.

[@rellikinvictus1057]

No, he wasn't. Not in the slightest.

[@marziaball5089]

I wish he have read the Quran first , he is right there is God but that God is no Jesus Christ peace be up on hime

[@AGiantTalkingLizard]

@@marziaball5089 I think he’d be disturbed by the women’s rights issues and Muhammad’s lust problem… But I do agree that God is real.

[@Old_Man_Bridge]

It’s only convincing if you already believe.

[@sidneysetati3960]

@@rellikinvictus1057 People like you require a Damascus experience like Saul of Tarsus in order to believe in Jesus Christ

[@rhiannonwilliams2521]

The speaker tries to be politically correct in referring to humans as 'she and her' but consistently refers to God as 'he and him'!!!!!

[@Robo1-g7g]

That is why I love Science because it reveals to me the wondrous power of my Creator.

[@eposz2]

What about the creator(s) of hindus, eskimos, sioux-es, etc?

[@jjevans1693]

Delusional

[@leojagawaga6481]

How Wonderful To Hear this Man Speak Truth

[@tcrown3333]

What on earth does, 'Speak Truth' even mean?

[@colins2]

What 'truth' is he speaking? He is only talking of his beliefs, which he is fully entitled to, but they do not constitute the 'truth' - whatever that is. Why is his version of the truth correct and a devout Buddhist's wrong, or any other ancient culture, for that matter?

[@ThisDonut]

My favorite part is where they dont show the atheist response

[@Shyguy71588]

Is that really your favourite part? Otherwise you're simply complaining. There are millions of videos about atheism go watch those, that may satisfy you

[@zackwild2556]

@@Shyguy71588 It's much easier to claim victory in a debate setting when you only get to hear the side of the argument you agree with. It's a classic start, and that's why it's my favourite part as well!

[@deomons]

The title should be, "arguing against atheism in a lecture."

[@haydenwalton2766]

​@@zackwild2556theists wouldn't do that, surely ?!

[@Shyguy71588]

@@zackwild2556 Lennox has already debated with most the atheists in that room already. It would be redundant.

[@GinetteNyota]

God bless you Dr. Lennox! BEAUTIFUL, BEAUTIFUL, POWERFUL POWERFUL presentation. Amen and amen

[@TotalSkeptic]

I’ve watched this video a few times, and while John Lennox makes some interesting points, I don’t think the title matches what’s in the video. He doesn’t actually "destroy" atheism or prove that God exists. Instead, Lennox talks about why he believes in God and argues that faith can go hand-in-hand with science. The title seems like it’s just there to grab attention. If you’re expecting solid proof against atheism, you might not find it here. But the video is still worth watching if you want to hear a thoughtful take on how science and belief in God can work together.

[@GitauSimon]

I hate it but have to understand why they titled the video like that. Works great for the algorithm despite being somewhat BS

[@TotalSkeptic]

@@GitauSimon LOL, I think 'clickbait' is the word we're looking for.

[@robertrlkatz6890]

God destoys Atheist, anyone with common sense can see that everything was created because something has never come from nothing. Give me evidence that you have seen something in your lifetime that came from nothing. Want evidence of creation look at anything you can see and it had to be made because it had a beginning.

[@TotalSkeptic]

@@robertrlkatz6890 I see where you’re coming from, but sometimes “common sense” can miss the bigger picture. The idea that “something has never come from nothing” is a longstanding philosophical debate, but it’s important to remember that just because we don’t fully understand the origins of the universe, that doesn’t automatically prove the existence of a divine creator. This is an example of an argument from ignorance-concluding that God must exist simply because we lack a complete explanation for how the universe began. Also, when you say “God destroys atheism,” it’s worth asking-how exactly is that happening? As an atheist, I’m still here in the discussion, so it seems like the “destruction” hasn’t exactly taken place. My main point was just that the video’s title doesn’t match what John Lennox actually talks about. I think it’s valuable for all of us to stay open to different perspectives and not just rely on what seems obvious at first glance.

[@shabbyroadscholar]

The proof is rational deduction not empirical evidence. Life the MBR that he mentioned. That demands an explanation. As Aquinas and Al Ghazali pointed out... Everything that begins has a beginner.

[@lionelbradley4394]

2 Corinthians <a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="244">4:4</a> KJV - In whom the god of this world hath blinded the minds of them which believe not, lest the light of the glorious gospel of Christ, who is the image of God, should shine unto them. Psalm <a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="1984">33:4</a> KJV - For the word of the LORD is right; and all his works are done in truth.

[@maxrobespierre9176]

@@lionelbradley4394 Please don’t suppose to quote anything from the Tanakh as butchered in the KJV and expect anyone with biblical knowledge to agree with you. You do know that King James was gay, right?

[@krookedarrow9869]

All that was quoted is still a part of my Bible, and I believe ALL of the Bible to be TRUE...and I don't really care what others may think, or what 'flavor of the month' put ink to paper... ...but...I do care about the condition of a non-believers soul. And I do pray that non-believers will come to see and understand that this life is just a fleeting vapor, and, after that, their souls will be in the 'best' of two places, because a person can only make that choice here on earth BEFORE the last breath is taken, and none of us know when that will be... And...if a person waits too long, they will end up in the place where they definitely don't want to be ~ for all of eternity...and eternity is a real...real...long...time . . . like f o r e v e r !!!

[@tomcooper6108]

Written by MAN. Well, I'm a MAN. So your biblical tales are just that....tales without evidence.

[@Willxmnm]

@@krookedarrow9869 I'll bet you know of at least one person who will burn in hell for not believing. And you know that this life means nothing to you because you'll have everlasting life in heaven. Yet...you don't spend every waking minute trying to save that poor soul. What kind of Christian would that make you? You don't REALLY believe, or else you'd spend your life saving others. My guess is you just want comfort, to belong in a group, to feel pious and superior, and to not fear that stark reality of life and death.

[@krookedarrow9869]

​@@Willxmnm...you don't really know me...

[@user-wc8ti5qg6g]

If someone destroyed atheism how come I'm still an atheist.

[@user-nr3oh3fu8j]

Explain mental illness or witchcraft

[@wednesdayschild3627]

As pope benedict once said, a Christian doubts God exists, an atheist doubts his doubts. Both require faith because we do not have certainty. You still doubt your doubts and do not have certainty.

[@user-nr3oh3fu8j]

@@wednesdayschild3627 me as a true Christian believes in GOD , JESUS CHRIST of Nazareth and The Holy Spirit ( period) just read your HOLY BIBLE.All the answers are in it

[@davidmitchell6117]

Psst, there are at least 2 of us who weren't destroyed 😄

[@davidmitchell6117]

@@wednesdayschild3627 so what thet Pope Benedict said anything. Do you even know what faith means? Neither doubts nor ruth require faith, show your belief in your or any God to be true

[@vta-berlin]

For heaven's sake, this is not a refutation of atheism! Even clever people can succumb to the childish belief in God. God must have controlled all evolutionary steps for around 13 billion years, including the DNA make-up of millions of species. And why did he let so many species die out? Were they not to his liking? And why did he take so long with homo sapiens? Questions upon questions that theists cannot answer.

[@ritchiedockery3147]

Nothing from Nothing leaves Nothing. Something from Something leads to Everthing!

[@jjevans1693]

Who says everything was created from nothing? lol

[@billyjoejimbob75]

That sounds like "An answer that answers everything answers nothing."

[@davep3014]

​@@jjevans1693where did everything come from? Wanna do quantum physics?

[@jjevans1693]

@@davep3014 Nobody knows exactly how everything came into being. That's the point. I would rather not pretend to know things that humanity simply doesn't yet know.

[@ianrobinson6788]

‘Nonsense remains nonsense even if high powered scientists’ (and mathematicians) ‘utter it’ .

[@hezkyden]

Or even when nonentities with an over-developed ego utter it.

[@maxxmabemwe4859]

Nonsense remains nonsense even if supernatural gibberish proclaims it to be true.

[@awakentruth1116]

Not everything Dawkins says is nonsense. The man is extremely knowledgeable in the ways of the world. Sadly he's been blinded by the same entity that blinded the eyes of the first Adam. And because he refuses to humble himself before God, Dawkins will pay for his sin himself. We are all allowed the same choice.

[@user-uh7ch5bm5l]

And truth remains truth even if every person rejects it. You have not really made any kind of point beyond the very most basic: Whatever is, is.

[@phvaessen]

"We are not humans having a spiritual experience, but spiritual beings living a human experience." - Theilard de Chardin In other words, we have chosen our human life experiences-both the joy and the suffering-to grow and learn. After death, we return to our true existence and prepare for our next journey. We are a fractal of God, there is no separation. He is me, and I am Him.

[@Romans--bo7br]

He, is Not you... and you, sir.... are definitely NOT Him.

[@phvaessen]

@@Romans--bo7br We are an invividuated portion of a larger fractal pattern that constitutes ALL THAT IS, GOD is not something else. We are part of GOD

[@wolfbbq6076]

I cannot understand why people still believe in these religious cults , magic and mythical creatures.

[@harrybego9257]

In logic, from falsehood anything follows. That's what enables this man to go on and on, and on...

[@user-uh7ch5bm5l]

Sure. And a guy who's that poor at logic was invited to and respectfully received at Oxford. Seriously?

[@harrybego9257]

@@user-uh7ch5bm5l Indeed. It's called group think.

[@AAdave88]

The only way to "destroy atheism" is PROVE there is a God. It still has not been proven.

[@dominicorodriguez8584]

Both science and Holy Bible is correct. For Instance, If we calculate the aged of the earth from creation based on the Bible we found the Earth aged is more or less 6 thousand years but the science would not believed it because the aged some of the stones and other things existing in this Earth is more than 6 Million years or hundred Million years? So they thought Science and Bible is conflict! For me its a big NO! Why? When God created things in this world through his word, When He says come out Mountains! tree's!, All stones! then, it happened! and the aged of that things was already hundred thousands of years or Billions of years it is not came from the start, its already thousand or Billions of years when he spoke to come out during creation. That's why Science is right and likewise Bible is right too! Just like also you believe there is air but you cannot see but you felt it...

[@sue2019]

Faith is what guides us. There is never enough proof for all people. As far as science goes, it always is behind in giant spans of time. Start watching some archeologist documentaries from the places in the Bible, in the middle east. As our time goes by, more & more actual physical "proof" of the events in the Bible.

[@robst247]

@@sue2019 Some historical events described in The Bible - yes, there is compelling archaeological evidence that they actually happened. That is hardly surprising. But there is no evidence of the existence of any god or demi-god. Faith in the sense that you use the word is therefore just wishful thinking,

[@lenarrigo8713]

The proof that there is a God is creation itself. The universe was created out of nothing. The only explanation for that is a higher being. Can you explain how the universe exists without God?

[@robst247]

@@lenarrigo8713 There is no way of knowing whether anything existed prior to 13.8 billion years ago. Lack of information does not constitute proof of the existence of a deity. The universe that we can detect and measure may be just part of a much larger continuum or multiverse. We can never know, because information cannot be transmitted faster than the speed of light in a vacuum. Religion is wishful thinking; there is no evidence of the existence of any deity. 'God' is a concept invented by humans to 'explain' certain phenomena and to reduce fear of death by giving hope of afterlife. All religious explanations, however, are irrational, and there is no evidence of afterlife.

[@serberious]

The problem is....belief in something is not nor ever has been nor ever will be taken as proof or evidence. One may believe what one chooses but believing is NOT proof !

[@silverlining1613]

All those who must have tangible proof but wont accept anything even if its offered. It just means that person wont believe no matter what. Im always curious as to why those people hang out in these types of videos.

[@rccgkingdombreeds]

Okay Sir/Ma Someday, you'll get a proof, and I hope it won't get too late!

[@edgan1]

Romans 9 provides one answer, but most are not prepared to face that truth. If your view is restricted to just one subspace, there is no way to see the whole space no matter how hard you try.

[@MiNd-_-sAp-_-1O1]

Yes, a belief does not have to be true to be effective.

[@MiNd-_-sAp-_-1O1]

I agree! At last count, I 'believe', there are approximately 4,200 worldwide religions to choose, or not to choose, from...and each with, or without, its own higher authority(ies). A thought to ponder: put 100 scientists to work on a problem, and yes they may all start out with different hypotheses and discover, interpret, and reinterpret facts in different ways along the way, but they eventually come to a consensus on an answer, and the answer will be one that we can effectively use - because of the evidence that they can test and verify themselves. Put 100 theologians to work on a question by using faith, and although they may all start out from the same religious perspective, you will end up with at least 100 denominations, factions (a blend of fact and fiction), and even new religions (all with their own denominations and factions), and there will be no objective, reliable way to decide between them. That, more or less, leaves us, with or without, two more choices; Science's evidence without certainty, and/or religion's certainty without evidence! Peace...

[@EdithRomans]

Enjoy watching your videos, very helpful, I was reading Larry Burkett's book on "Giving and Tithing" And it drew me closer to God and helped my spirituality. 2020 was a year I literally lived it. I cashed in my life savings and gave it all away. My total giving amounted to 40,000 dollars. Everyone thought I was delusional. Today, I receive 85,000 dollars every two months. I have a property in Calabasas, CA, and travel a lot. God has promoted me more than once and opened doors for me to live beyond my dreams. God kept to his promises to and for me

[@ThomasJacob-i2t]

There's wonder working power in following Kingdom principles on giving and tithing. Hallelujah!

[@ThomasJacob-i2t]

But then, how do you get all that in that period of time? What is it you do please, mind sharing?

[@EdithRomans]

It is the digital market. That's been the secret to this wealth transfer. A lot of folks in the US and abroad are getting so much from it, God has been good to my household Thank you Jesus

[@EdithRomans]

And thanks to my co-worker (Michael) who suggested Mrs Daisy Clara

[@ThomasJacob-i2t]

How can I start this digital market, any guidelines and how can I reach out to her?

[@tomsie2000]

Atheism is nonsense..... it spurs hopelessness

[@AlejandroAdria]

It's the main source of fuel satanism has

[@andreamorgan3813]

Wow, wow, wow!! Just wow! Beautifully said

[@edhanson8214]

No amount of belief makes something a fact…

[@bobbygene8274]

No amount of disbelief would make something less true.

[@Tony-uq8tn]

​@@bobbygene8274So if every body believed in unicorns it means they exist? Difference in believing and knowing. You believe he is real, I know he is not and can prove it. In fact it gets proven every day.

[@InExcelsisDeo24]

@@Tony-uq8tn You are constantly misusing the terms ‘proven’ and ‘proof’. It’s torturous.

[@davidgray557]

The mental gymnastics is amazing. Being sentient and aware of one's own mortality.

[@LiftUpYourEyes]

The reason you didn't hear him is because you are reprobate concerning the truth. You fight God at every corner and you refuse to listen to him. For this cause God has given you over to a reprobate mind. I'm sorry for you friend. There's no coming back from this.

[@RJ-rn3uv]

@@LiftUpYourEyes David, I challenge you to read the Bible, starting with the New Testament. After reading the entire Bible, I believe you will change your belief. I challenge you to start with a prayer asking Gid to reveal Himself to you, He will. You must be serious not flippant. God will open your eyes to whom He really is, "The Great I Am." Praying you do so.

[@repealthepatriotact]

@@LiftUpYourEyes So....God is talking to you? How do you know it's him, and not just voices in your head, like all the other people in the mental hospital?

[@123lowp]

​@@LiftUpYourEyes there is no god to fight. Are you hallucinating?

[@123lowp]

​@@RJ-rn3uv the great "I AM" is better understood through eastern religions than christianity.

[@atoznrs0to9]

This doesn't dismantle atheism at all; the man is using reverse causation (the universe is following logic, we discovered that thus it's there to suit us) and is making a lot of assumptions that is filled with the unscientific principle of faith. It's an extreme weak story that John is telling. The one thing I do admire is that he's telling it from his heart.

[@plainsman]

The logical position toward an extraordinary, supernatural claim is skepticism until proof is offered, and so far none of the dozens of gods that have been claimed to exist throughout history have lifted a finger to prove themselves. In fact, most believers grasp this for themselves; they automatically disbelieve all religious claims except their own, barring actual proof that never produces itself.

[@marknagy4779]

Jesus was God manifested in the flesh .

[@kevincharles1]

This is a good point.

[@martingrof1685]

Christianity is the only religion in which its God literally embodies as a human, and lived a perfect life, and thus offers perfect justice. Shiva and those others arent the same, those are just other godly forms.

[@pentachronic]

Look at all the posts here that prove that people can’t handle logic and the truth. They are unable to accept other’s thoughts and deny that others must be wrong. This is the most arrogant view I have ever heard. Closed minded cultists with a myopic view who live in the dark ages and can’t accept science.

[@Aditya-dw4kz]

Jesus Christ rose from the dead, there can't be any bigger proof. Well atleast till his second coming, it will be too late by then.

[@denkoi1475]

One billion words and yet not a single evidence presented. Typical.

[@hezkyden]

I know this is going to be a mistake to ask but, 'What would you regard as 'evidence''

[@JJ-kj4dy]

same like a blind man asking to SEE a written example of something

[@hoffa3090]

​@@hezkyden Something like a burning bush talking or something like that so the whole world to see, or god split the sky show himself and say " who wants Gaza strip..I will cut it in half like that bible child story " why no more stories now , a new bible did the battery of humans walk talky's with god depleted "

[@Deathadder90]

​@@hezkydenSomething that can be empirically and repeatedly tested.

[@77willnot]

If god exists, who created god? Because using his argument, god couldn't be made from nothing.

[@rwo5402]

For a mathematician his logical argument, assuming there was one beyond endlessly quoting others, was kind of not there.

[@lucafrancescodelucca738]

Bereshit bara' Elohim .... In principio separò Dio ... Non creo' dal nulla. Separò da se stesso. Noi siamo fatti a sua immagine e somiglianza: l'uomo si separa da una parte di sé per essere accolto nel ventre della donna. Per pro creare una nuova vita. Rende l'idea?

[@pearsemurphy3399]

@@lucafrancescodelucca738 excellent observation

[@danielskelton1145]

God does not require a maker because he is eternal. If God did require a creator then he would not be God but simply another part of the universe (creation). This was touched on in the video - if the universe is X, then a created God would be part of X. If the existence of X relies on the creative agency of X, then that is a paradox and a contradiction. Thus, God is not merely eternal but must be eternal in order to be God.

[@avestictradition]

@@lucafrancescodelucca738Doesn’t explain anything. God separated from himself, but the part it separated from, whence did it come?

[@leole4126]

I love Prof Lennox. God bless him more and more. He is very humble, therefore he can speak to his colleagues at famous university in UK. Thank you for sharing.

[@willyarcilla1595]

If there is no God, there is no atheist.

[@bluecce]

so if there is no santa then there is no disbeliever in santa? if there is no mermaids then there are no disbelievers in mermaids? If there is no allah, there is no atheist? If there is no odin, there is no atheist? There does not need to be a thing for people to not believe. there only has to be a claim of a thing for people to not believe. Just as there only has to be a claim of a thing for people to believe.

[@subramanyakarthik5843]

If there is no God there is Athiest don't change the words

[@jakedark3506]

If perfection existed there would simply be nothing at all.

[@user-js2dr9gv1u]

If there is no God, the atheist is right.

[@aldekker9056]

@@user-js2dr9gv1u ….around 5000 gods currently worshipped around the globe So we’re all atheists in someone else’s eyes All nonsense,this belief system begins in the mind If you read psychology,you’ll know

[@rosalindearp8806]

🎂The cake maker knows why they made the cake.

[@naimeaeava5334]

Only aunty Mathilda knows why she made the cake

[@MarcusCicero1]

Does a machine know why it made the cake ?

[@subbasslines]

Does the cake maker need ingredients to make a cake?

[@leongkhengneoh6581]

the cake maker then blames the cakes when he made the bad cakes

[@JelenaO-y2f]

Exactly! He create this world in his infinite wisdom and for his own glory. To create is proper to a Diety. Thus God proves himself to be the true God and distinguishes himself from idols.

[@jayakarvelpula1444]

AMEN AMEN AMEN GLORY TO GOD ALONE

[@mirali3405]

European science started in the16th century. Islamic science was there during the Golden Age of Islam in the Middle Ages. European scientists stood on the shoulders of the Muslim scientists. This is the truth.

[@williamchacon3979]

He is the wisest man in the room 🙏🧐💯. Jesus Christ The Son of The Living God Almighty is Lord 🙏🥰💯.

[@arunapeeters4262]

Amen, Amen and Amen!! There is such a problem in this world : the ungodliness and therefore lawlessness. Thank you you Pastor Daniel. God bless you abundantly.

[@BRETTCORMIER-yr2jm]

Their are only moral absolutes and secular moral relativism does not exist. That is feeble man justifying his existence.

[@DonjaIngard]

I feel so optimistic listening to John

[@Steve52344]

He can talk and talk and talk...but it doesn't change reality.

[@immanuel829]

Same :)❤

[@immanuel829]

​@@Steve52344 Reality is: your free will alone shows: the self that is looking through your marvellous eyes cannot be reduced to physics and chemistry. You are most likely not a cosmic accident but a masterpiece. And loved, more than you can imagine.

[@Steve52344]

@@immanuel829 Sorry fella, but every single sentence in your comment certifies you as being successfully brainwashed by religion. You're in fantasyland and don't know it.

[@Steve52344]

It's feel-good stuff, isn't it? That's its purpose.

[@GaryEdwardswiz]

Our Words From Jesus were LOVE that Cures all Only The Christian religion Teaches Love All

[@marvinc9994]

Contrast with Islam - which teaches permanent _jihad_ against ALL Unbelievers - until the WHOLE world has been conquered, at which point 'peace' will reign - under the 'Religion of Peace' (an expression whose significance silly people simply fail to understand!).

[@maxxmabemwe4859]

Christ is a title, not a surname. Yeshua was claimed to be the Christ by his followers. None of his apostles had surnames, Peter, Luke, Mathew, Mark, Thomas, etc.

[@icesculpting4you]

Delusional

[@marvinc9994]

@@icesculpting4you "Delusional" So you BELIEVE (or hope)! But you don't actually KNOW, do you - as a psychiatrist would, when faced with a _genuinely_ delusional subject? And to be frank, your single-word response hardly contributes to what _should_ be a rather interesting debate, does it? So - why did you even bother?

[@AlejandroGarcia-tw9oj]

Reason, logic, and faith are all interconnected and give rise to one another. Eloquence, like this professor's, shows us clearly their relationship. ❤

[@kenlogsdon7095]

One little problem. Your "gAwD" is WAAAAY too small for my universe.

[@awakeamericanow]

If a man is made in God's image, why would God need an alimentary canal?

[@Andre_XX]

So god could shit?

[@Philipnormanbradley19]

From Australia: Then I beheld all the work of God, that a man cannot find out the work that is done under the sun: because though a man labour to seek it out, yet he shall not find it; yea further; though a wise man think to know it, yet shall he not be able to find it. Ecclesiastes <a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="497">8:17</a>. People, save your billions, God promises you He will never let you know how He did it. John the Baptist said, A man can receive nothing, exccept it be given him from heaven. John <a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="207">3:27</a>

[@thomasfisher5742]

mmmm is that like pen & teller FOOL US

[@davidwright5008]

@@Philipnormanbradley19 rubbish

[@gansonlewela5724]

According to britanicca, atheism, in general, the critique and denial of metaphysical beliefs in God or spiritual beings. The discussion here is about whether God exists or not. Personally I don't believe you can destroy a thought in someone's mind and faith is not science where theories have to be proven through formulae and experiments. Matters of faith do not require much convincing but it requires one to understand in their mind what and why they believe in and follow. I believe in Almighty God who gave his only son to die and resurrect to bring us back to His fellowship according to his word that the soul that sins must die (curse). Jesus had to die for us to remove our sins and remove that curse. But there is a catch - God has given us freedom to choose between believing in Jesus Christ or not and He does not force us to choose Him. In the new testament is where he gave us this freedom to choose eternal life or eternal death. I made my choice to believ in Christ Jesus. Everyone should make their too. If you need to be convinced, then read the bible and make your choice. Darkness will never have power over light ever. When you read the Bible then you will be empowered make an informed decision.

[@youhannes9391]

He doesn't destroy anything. After watching that video, I still comfortably am an atheist.

[@davidmitchell6117]

He should stick t maths I think. Thank God I am an atheist.😜

[@colins2]

@@davidmitchell6117 Do you think he's any better at maths?

[@phyllischaffin4052]

May God have mercy on all of you.

[@gingebrien2408]

I was hoping he would show me how mathematically it is improbable that our world came out of nothing but demands in a greater power.

[@mariafewster4127]

If you watch the movie. "God's not dead" it's a great explainer.

[@malakai0076]

@@gingebrien2408 Someone once calculated ( need to dig this up ) that for ALL the millions of ‘things’ that had to align to create life, from the temporal positions of the earth to the perfect distance of the earth from the sun, the probability of all these aligning is, as you understand, incredibly small. So small that from the mathematical perspective, it’s ZERO.

[@albertlevert2988]

@@malakai0076if God chose such a complex way of creating us, going through the pain of creating many galaxies, and within each many planetary systems, and within one of them, the perfect conditions for life to emerge, but then needing a few billion years to reach the creation of mankind, and having this mankind being such a group of fools never respecting what god wants, then God was at least very incompetent, or simply just foolish. If he was omnipotent why create such a mess ? And then why let humans risk destroying themselves ?

[@malakai0076]

@@albertlevert2988 Yes have had such questions by so many. If you are genuinely ready to listen then I will do my best to explain. First of all God created time. To God time is but a line. God is at the beginning of time as well as at the end of time. He is above time. So the billions of years to God is not even a millisecond. Many in mankind are fools that have refused to believe in the One who created them. But many have and do. There is no mess. There are issues but those issues are caused by mankind. If God wanted to intervene He can and sometimes He has. However He has let mankind deal with the issue by themselves hopefully thru His laws ( that are defined to. avoid the mess ). Whether we do or we dont, He will judge not now but on the Day of Judgement which he has warned mankind of. Now my close friend Hans says "If God wanted to he could have easily feed those dying in Africa" and the likes. OK lets follow this line. So God intervenes to help the starving Africans. Wow,wait. If God can help them, God can also help me find a good job rather than sweeping the floor. God finds me a good job. Wow, if God can help me find a good job, God can also make me win the lottery. ......it will go on until there is NO REASON for God to have created us in the first place. in the Quran Allah (SWT) says "We created man and jinns to worship Him"(Q) while in another place it says "And Allah is not in need of ANY of His creation...He is free of all needs"(Q). Hope this make some sense. I am scientist and I also believe in God. Just take DNA....how complex it is....the blue print of life. No software, not even AI based models can come anywhere near the complexity of DNA.

[@PieterAdriaanvanderWalt]

@@albertlevert2988 A Creator of universes and realities, incompetent. Wow. Okay.

[@meditationambientinstrumen150]

The Christian religion has been persistently built up around the fact of the death of Christ instead of around the truth of his life. The world should be more concerned with his happy and God-revealing life than with his tragic and sorrowful death.

[@davidgrinter1559]

As a fully paid-up atheist I was eagerly awaiting how it was DESTROYED in 15 minutes flat. What we got was a scientist basically saying "we can't explain things so that means god must have created it". I'd like to have heard Richard Dawkins' reaction.

[@robertmaguire-kg5rh]

Same here! 15 minutes of pure conjecture backed up by no evidence of anything. Kind of embarrassing.

[@RaySanders-vp2ql]

@@robertmaguire-kg5rh The god of the gaps. Science is quickly filing in those gaps. Evolution proves that organism didn't need god to create them.

[@fredbrackely]

If there is no god, then we live in a simulation.

[@RaySanders-vp2ql]

@@fredbrackely There is no god or gods. We live in the universe.

[@thomeilearn]

The Professor already had a long "conversation" with this privileged, half-hearted Christian with a "mathematician" disguise a long time ago. As usual, a biologist talked about all those realistic stuff, while the other one went on and on about how beautiful his God is, aka showing the shallowness of his belief. We expect nothing less from a middle class, out of touch with reality kind of ppl.

[@haydenmark4662]

Guilt is the evidence of God. 🙏🏽

[@noshejustdidnot1923]

...or it could be that guilt comes from compassion (a natural trait among many animals), and is exploited by indoctrination or someone trying to control you for their own purposes. People can also feel guilt about something they didn't even do. What about people who do wrong who feel no guilt? I appreciate your faith but your comment is not proof.

[@brianrichards3119]

@@haydenmark4662 Why? Why do I need the existence of a god to feel guilt?

[@creative-renaissance]

The only thing he destroyed is his own critical thinking and perception of reality!

[@hsjosephlee8746]

Yes, only full of personal declarations of his own thinking and belief, nothing to convince atheism is groundless.

[@marvinc9994]

"his own critical thinking and perception of reality!" First, in his attempt to 'prove' the Unprovable (in the legal-forensic - not the scientific sense) I think he marshalled his arguments pretty well. That, at least, is MY opinion. Second, however, perhaps you may care to explain your BIZARRE 'perception of reality' remark. What on earth does THAT mean? To put it another way, HOW is YOUR perception of 'reality' more acute than his?

[@julianhowarth1075]

Youre in denial Mr Spock !

[@Logosfede]

Check saints and how its declared a thing a miracle for church. There’s scientists in commission

[@robertmaguire-kg5rh]

3 hours on a cross to make up for all human evil, then followed by another 2,000 years of human evil. Doesn't that bother anyone?

[@marvinc9994]

I am what you may describe as a Believer, but the problem with the more simple-minded 'Christians' is that they fail to realise that many of the tenets of the Christian Church date back to the Council of Nicaea in 325 AD, when Constantine summoned all the Christian leaders to a convocation in order to hammer out a set of DOGMAS which henceforth EVERYONE would follow (those who didn't becoming 'heretics'). That was the first 'ecumenical' council, and others would follow. Thus it is that Christians blindly recite certain formulae - such as "Jesus died for our sins" WITHOUT - as you suggest - even questioning what the heck that MEANS! And the kind of 'God' who would "sacrifice His only begotten son etc etc" (WHY?) sounds more like the 'jealous' (PROVE you love me) Jehovah of the OT than the God of Love introduced to us by Jesus. Quite ridiculous! Many of the undoubted absurdities of 'Christianity' derive from that original Faustian pact made between a nascent Church and the State - to say nothing of the subsequent ATROCITIES, blasphemously committed in the NAME of the Prince of Peace! All that said, one should not allow the many Truths (ethical and spiritual) contained within the teachings of Jesus to be tainted by ASSOCIATION with the subsequent distortions, idiocies, and crimes of the Church. IMHO!

[@noelschweitzer3620]

You should be so lucky that God bothered at all to visit us thru Jesus!

[@colins2]

@@marvinc9994 So to put matters more simply, Constantine made up this 'religion' in 325 AD then? Somehow I can't help thinking of one Joseph Smith creating Mormonism in 1830 - where's the difference?

[@marvinc9994]

@@colins2 "Constantine made up this 'religion' in 325 AD then?" If you'll forgive what might seem somewhat like casuistry on my part - the answer is both 'Yes' and 'No'! The Ethical/Metaphysical system of belief(s) which Jesus introduced to the World certainly constituted what you may call a 'religion', although He had no intention - as far as we can tell -,of constructing an organised 'church' around it, with priests, dogma, paraphenalia, punishments for heresy and apostasy etc. In fact, I suspect He would have found such a thing as repugnant as it was unnecessary: "Where two or three are gatherd in my name, THERE shall I be". Unfortunately, three centuries later, with 'Christianity' having split into various factions (as it were), the unity of belief and practise had been lost - UNTIL the recently-Christianised Constantine had the brilliant idea of convoking all the 'authorities' (bishops, vicars etc etc) from throughout Christendom, banging their heads together in order to achieve a UNIFIED set of dogmas and credes, and offering them the solid backing of the State (and vice-versa). It was a Faustian pact, and the 'Christians' fell for it. Nicaea in 325 AD was the first of seven of these 'ecumenical' councils - and each both added to and subtracted from the current body of Christian belief. Thus it was, for example, that REINCARNATION was declared _anathema_ (thanks to the entreaties of Justinian's young wife Theodora) at the Second Council of Constinople in 553 AD. Given that many, if not most, early Christians believed in reincarnation, (a philosophy which, unfortunately for the Priesthood, made the INDIVIDUAL the Architect of his own destiny - as opposed to the VICTIM of an arbitrary Fate, or a malign and 'jealous' Deity.), this was quite a blow! How anyone can believe that the early pioneers of Christianity underwent all that suffering and degradation, just for the freedom of being able to sit around a camp fire sometime later, like a group of boy scouts, and sing _Kumbaya_ is QUITE beyond me; there HAD to be more to it than that. As you will have gathered after all this tedium - THIS is the 'Yes' part of the answer! Sadly, there are as many well-meaning but intellectually-dim Christians as there are atheists. For myself (a Believer in Jesus, but not the 'Church'), I have more time for the open-minded-but-intelligent Atheist than I do for the close-minded and dogmatically-rigid 'Christian' (of the Orthodox - as opposed to the Gnostic, variety). Phew - sorry about all that! But you DID ask a VERY important and a VERY interesting question - and I simply felt that it merited a decent reply. LUCEAT LUX VESTRA!

[@rozied2415]

God's existence does not depends on whether we believe in him or not, he's God the created of the heavens and the earth regardless 🌎🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾

[@maranathashalom9402]

Sharpest of minds. May God bless his soul, loved ones, descendents and listeners!

[@nnamsookon9949]

What I love is that he did not mention any author, chapter, and verses of the Bible. And he made his point.

[@paulmartin8100]

What he didn't mention, was anything of substance to prove his claims. He is a capable orator yes, but this address is nothing but a dance through claims, no proofs, no evidences, nothing to compel anyone to believe it. And FAR from 'DESTROYING' anything or bothering a listening Dawkins.

[@BRETTCORMIER-yr2jm]

He's right on point. He must be able to rationalize objective moral absolutes. That can only come from God❤

[@RHope7]

That means homosexuality loses its tendancy only by reflective adherence and not by identity glamour. Two must become one, but only in God's eyes. Dark force exploits not remedies.

[@arielreina8552]

So, to be short this whole video is: I can't explain it, so God

[@Hans-qq7jd]

Same as always

[@PaulusN-p3m]

@@arielreina8552 That's exactly the origin of gods. Everything people couldn't explain would certainly be the works of gods.

[@user-uh7ch5bm5l]

Not sure you absorbed any of that if that's your takeaway. Perhaps give it another go?

[@epona6]

Mankind invented god, not the other way around.

[@JohnSmendrovac]

No God created mankind

[@epona6]

@@JohnSmendrovac ….hmmm… in that case, which one of all the gods we are supposed to have and had?

[@gijsmeeusen2335]

Why are people so afraid to say, 'I don't know what caused this.' May it be life, suffering, happiness, fairness, unhappiness. In the chain of possible answers to the question why they are what they are, there is always a last why-question, to which the answer is 'We don't know'. Religion tries to close that line with the belief in God as an ultimate answer. Christians do not know that there is a God; they believe it. Atheists do not know that there is nothing after death; they believe it. I embrace the thought that the fact that you can ask a question does not mean there is an answer.

[@LouGheeTrebuchetLaunch]

.. SO .. ''NARFLE THE GARTHOK'' .. ''M'KAY'' ?

[@HerbertRatidzaiMaambira]

I am a Christian and I know there is God. Not from reading but from an encounter

[@RaySanders-vp2ql]

@@HerbertRatidzaiMaambira Would you introduce me to your god. That would make me believe especially if your god then made all amputees regrow their limbs.

[@jobloggs8021]

​@@HerbertRatidzaiMaambira. Did you ask god why is there so much suffering in the world?

[@garrymontgomery2033]

Only because it's easier to attribute anything they don't understand to being the work of a supernatural entity. They look in awe at the Universe and gasp, "God must have made all of this." Yet they cannot conceive that the Biblical God was created by Man to keep other men in check; that God needed to be a fiece God so the preist could shout, "Behave or God will come for you!" and when there was thunder and lighning, he could shout, "God is angry with you!" The god they worship so fervently is actually the Nature they so mindlessly destroy.

[@briansmith8950]

I am incapable of believing in something for which there is no evidence. Faith is not fact. The more science has revealed, the greater the certainty that we are a product of the infinite diversity of a universe we will never fully comprehend. The nature and source of the elements of which we are made are known to us. The aeons of time it took for the process of life to begin and to develop are understood. Given all that we know exists and our tiny part in it, I'm inclined to believe that human existence is not a miracle but rather an inevitability. Life in all its diversity arose from a single source on this planet, and we, for all our cleverness, are just one more in a passing parade of lifeforms to have inhabited this world only to disappear in time. Our turn will come in time, be that long or short, and all our notions of an all-knowing God will pass away with us. Only human conceit could deny the fact that the universe does not care about us or our concerns. Life is a privilege, brief, and full of trouble and joy, but nothing supports the notion that it can ever be eternal.

[@filborarroyo7942]

Lies ended when confronted with "TRUTH".

[@mbc4240]

Which of the two you consider a lie and which one you consider as truth?

[@edkudray2060]

Wise words indeed Science and faith have always been linked. But they don't want you to make that connection today. Today they want you to believe science and faith are separate. Can't believe in one without the other. For nothing has ever been created from nothing

[@ronkempke6673]

I guess you're ignorant of the big bang singularity.

[@k7jeb]

Yeah, science has acquired these bad habits of insisting on self-consistency, repeatability, falsifiability and logical directness (among others). If God appeared to a scientist, he or she would probably want him to come back the next day for a urine sample and a DNA swab.

[@mysticjen379]

@@ronkempke6673That apparently came from nothing…

[@edkudray2060]

@@ronkempke6673 no I'm not last I checked it's still a theory....you know what a theory is right...

[@gssr1]

@@edkudray2060 Science and faith are not linked. Science is the systematic study of the structure and behavior of the physical and natural world through observation, experimentation, and the testing of theories against the evidence obtained. Faith requires no study or testing of evidence. As for the nothing argument; there is nothing about atheism that expresses any view point on that issue. And the big bang does not presume that something came from nothing; only that our known universe came from a singularity. It does not presume to know what may or may not have existed prior to that moment. Lastly, you appear to want to use the grade school definition of 'theory,' as opposed to how that term is used in science.

[@donnaintexas4406]

Brilliantly stated...In today's university atmosphere, I pray, Emeritus Professor Lennox, was able to change a few closed minds. It's so sad that atheism has slowly crept into the minds of such impressionable children. May God open their minds.

[@jackfetter]

You insisting atheists' have closed minds and are somehow less than, is the very reason most atheists can't have a productive conversation about religion. I could very well say the same about you, refusing to accept your beliefs may simply be be based on a fictional story, but that's not what atheism is about; to each their own, respect the ability of others to self-determine...

[@donnaintexas4406]

@@jackfetter. Oh, they can have all kinds of conversations… but, why? They believe as they do and Christians believe in what you insultingly refer to … as fairy tales. Doesn’t matter….better than thinking we all came from monkeys. Enjoy your evening?😊

[@magpie7154]

It's called maturing.

[@mooshnz]

You are correct that children are impressionable. All children are born without knowledge or beliefs. They are indoctrinated by their parents and the society around them as they develop. That is why people from different cultural backgrounds have different religions and different gods. Some people need a God because they are unable to navigate or make sense of life without one. That is their choice, and it is also a choice not to believe. Do not be sad that someone has no belief in god, for they have found the strength and purpose within themselves to live only this one mortal life on earth knowing that is all they will ever get.

[@warren2010]

Scientists are allowed to be non-scientific. That's what he is doing here. Adopting a non-scientific approach and believing in an ancient middle-eastern religion.

[@matparker3729]

Alternative take: Oxford mathematician argues for, but fails to prove the existence of God.

[@sandrajarboe7542]

There is ZERO proof against His existence. BUT thousands of proof He DOES. Your mere existence and everything in life hinges on God. For the unbelieving there will be a time you will KNOW what it really is to be without God. For now He is offering grace. Today IS the day to give Him the glory DUE His Name ❤❤❤

[@1tw33t]

@@sandrajarboe7542 you dont belive in, lets say 2000 known Gods. some dont belive in 2000 PLUS ONE God. you have the right one? say that to the rest of modern Gods... also biggest sin is not beliveing? but for other sins you just ask forgivness, and all is ok? what God with ego problems cares about disbeliveif? he is omnipotent, and cares if i belive in him. funny.

[@ianfong1000]

​@@sandrajarboe7542 prove that fairies don't exist

[@sandrajarboe7542]

@@1tw33t yes I Absolutely have THE ONE

[@sandrajarboe7542]

@@ianfong1000 straw man argument for sure...

[@Yambolic]

Indesputable logic from John Lennox! "I believe in a god so it must be true". Lennox is a pompous, arrogant believer in fairies. He couldn't dismantle a wet paper bag let alone atheism. A long, long time ago there was a chap called God. God was an amateur chemist and had a laboratory in his shed at the bottom of his garden. He'd go to his shed in the evenings to get somepeace from his nagging wife and in the shed he'd mix a bit of this and a bit of that to see what happens. One day, after a bit of severe nagging from his wife, he went to his shed and started playing with some chemicals. A bit of this, a bit of that and a bit of something else. In an instant the was a very, very Big Bang. There is no God but there is a universe. Here endeth the lesson.

[@colins2]

🙂

[@josephnash2081]

Preach the word! Brother! Our ancestors were not fools, they believed in things they experienced. The words "experience" and "experiment" have a common root. The experiment is the leap of faith into a life of prayer. One cannot see anything, even the sun, if you turn away from it and refuse to look it. Turning to God and opening your heart to him will result in you having a faith strong enough to face torture and death. (See Revelation <a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="200">3:20</a>) Do the experiment, believe and be saved for infinite joy.

[@brentdempster6212]

No they were more easily brainwashed into believing this 2000 y/o fairytale

[@77willnot]

Which god are you talking about? There have been 3000 different gods that people have believed in throughout history.

[@2Corinthians12verse10]

@@77willnotwhy are you pretending to be oblivious its clear that this video is talking about Yahweh and the comment you replied to quotes Revelation feel free to voice your opinion and ask genuine questions but don’t intentionally be disrespectful to people by asking insincere questions

[@user-io4vi7lq6p]

​@@77willnot'Thou shalt have no other gods before me" -God.

[@77willnot]

@@user-io4vi7lq6p Ah, so god said that, Brahma, the creator. But I get what you are referring to, that was written down by medieval goat herders who lived in the middle east. They were trying to explain what they couldn't comprehend with their limited knowledge. Why is it what they wrote down is correct, but something different that was written down in India 3500-4000 years ago wrong?

[@PhilipTan-h8w]

The Bible (the Old and New Testament) is a Jewish creation meant only for the Jews. The Old Testament is the Torah of Judaism while the New Testament is a rival doctrine to Judaism, created by fellow Jews imbibed in Judaism and believed in Jesus as the promised Messiah. It is Jewish folklore at best. Lennox confuses his reason with faith (emotion), embellishes his pro-God argument with other rational intellectuals to justify his faith and accepts the Bible at face value as truth without inquiring its dubious provenance as an honest-to-goodness scientist should.

[@grumpyfishes]

Apart from Paul who spread it about somewhat, then Romans brought it to Britain, then from there to America. Most of the world never heard of it until nearly 2000 years later.

[@PhilipTan-h8w]

@@grumpyfishes You are in the right path. Study history of Christianity. From there, you will find out the truth. It is a quirk of history that Christianity was accepted by non-Jews in Europe before evangelization through colonization brought it to the Americas. Napoleon said it best: "Knowledge (scientia in Latin) and history are the enemies of religion."

[@pauld5737]

That was excellent, inspiring, and gives some hope that there is still sanity to be found on college campuses. Truth is indeed a person and that person is Jesus Christ, Lord, & Savior. Thanks Pastor Dan for sharing.

[@JeffRyman69]

You can neither prove nor disprove the existence of God by logical argument or by observation of the world. You either believe or you don't.

[@raass233]

Circumstantial evidence is evidence.

[@BUNCHAPUNCHISTAKEN]

You cannot DISPROVE something that has never been proven. No god has ever been proven to date. Arguments are not evidence.

[@novakaya]

Yet the evidence is so all ever present and obvious in our own existence and the intricate grandeur and design of the observable world that we are inseparably woven into it can seem non-existence That we exist is literally the only and greatest proof of God available and you are afloat in it and sustained by it with every breath you take

[@BUNCHAPUNCHISTAKEN]

@@novakaya How do our existence prove your particular god? Could be Zeus, or the great spider of Nigerian creation myth, or the ancient mother of native American legends. How us existing and all the wonders whatever is the result of your specific god?

[@JeffRyman69]

@@novakaya The existence of the universe is not evidence for a Creator. You are predisposed to believe in a Creator so that makes sense to you. There are physics hypotheses to explain the universe coming into existence from nothing. That doesn't mean those hypotheses are correct either. So far there is no way to look back before the moment of the big bang to find evidence for either a Creator or the physics hypotheses.

[@shanegriffin2215]

If you do not believe in our risen Savior, then you will not believe what this man is saying. For 39 years I did not. Then cancer came calling. My world and my families world came to a screeching halt. Like hitting a wall at 100 mph. Now, 19 years later I am still here because I chose to believe that there was evidence for God, His risen Son and the Holy Spirit. The important thing is that God could have said no to the physical healing He bestowed on me, but that He always says yes to the spiritual healing! So my eternal salvation is secured. Everyone must die at some point, but to be in heaven with Him forever and our loved ones is what matters. Praise Jesus!

[@Deathadder90]

Not thr first person to convert when faced with their mortality. Speaks more of your fear of death.

[@blastypowpow]

God didn’t heal you. A doctor healed you.

[@hahaokaywhatever865]

Pastor guy DESTROYS ATHEISM and the SECRET is putting TITLE words in ALL CAPS

[@The_Blessed_Cowboy]

What was there before there was something? If something came from nothing, then even nothing was something!

[@olivertulabing7547]

There was God before something.

[@The_Blessed_Cowboy]

@@olivertulabing7547 exactly!

[@Nutterbutter123]

@@The_Blessed_Cowboy I forgot who it was that asked “what does a rock think of? Nothing… and that’s what atheists believe began everything”

[@The_Blessed_Cowboy]

@@Nutterbutter123 it's a hard thing for most people to wrap their heads around when they think what was there before creation? Obviously God! It still drives me a bit crazy trying to even think about it. I try and approach it with child like faith. Perhaps one day God will reveal it to all His people.

[@Nutterbutter123]

@@The_Blessed_Cowboy well, take into account some people who don’t believe in God justify their views with what they perceive as logical reasoning- like they’ve never experienced personal evidence or they can’t wrap their head around what the Bible speaks of or they only go by what’s in front of their eyes. Then there’s those with personal grievance or place their own morals against the very Author such as anger towards a church or church goers, or they cant understand why God allows evil and therefore summarize because He can’t exist, or that science is the only explanation and what it can’t explain now it will one day with enough data, or that they’ve experience horrible things and have anger towards Him. People have their reasons and don’t put the effort in beginning a relationship with Him. And if they do believe in a creator, they have an idea of what a creator is to them and sometimes they don’t like a God that would pour His wrath on His Son, not understanding the necessity of it. Or sometimes it’s as simple as they can’t decide which church is “right”, so they don’t go at all and don’t attempt anything It’s a hard thing for some to grasp, because it would mean a very deep and profound change in lifestyle, drastically for most. Submission requires a lot for the stubborn and stiff-necked. We got to have empathy for them, and when we come across a non believer in love, it’s important to talk to them humbly and question in sincerity why they justify either a disinterest or an anger towards Him. And then work in that direction.

[@josephwells8699]

"We have also a more sure word of prophecy; whereunto ye do well that ye take heed, as unto a light that shineth in a dark place, until the day dawn, and the day star arise in your hearts". 2 Peter <a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="79">1:19</a>

[@Known-unknowns]

Speak properly. You sound like you’re trying to impress me ? You’re not.

[@dareese6778]

Quotes have zero to do with actualities; just guys from a long time ago expressing their agendas.

[@josephwells8699]

@@Known-unknowns I am not trying to impress you, I am just quoting a Bible verse. Prophecy is very important, it authenticates the Bible.

[@berniethebolt3007]

Yes, you are. But please don't. It's enormously insulting to human intelligence. But I guess you know that. That's why you do it.

[@josephwells8699]

@@berniethebolt3007 All I am trying to do is spread the truth of God's word, because it is the only REAL truth available. Evolution is enormously insulting to human intelligence. I am guessing that you are an evolutionist. What is happening in this world today, and it is going to get much worse, the Bible prophesied. We are on the verge of eternity and Jesus is coming back for His people, those who have accepted His death on their behalf. Those who reject Christ will not survive, if the sacrifice of Jesus on the cross does not move people, nothing will. I wish you well.

[@jameshawthorn9274]

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="126">2:06</a> , “That’s like asking people to choose between Henry Ford and Engineering as an explanation of the motor car.”

[@ploppysonofploppy6066]

No. It's not like that at all. To say that is to fail to understand atheism

[@mauriceharting5877]

@@ploppysonofploppy6066 Atheism in all its forms and views is fatalistic and hopeless.

[@RossHartleyAC]

@@mauriceharting5877Or realistic.

[@lorenzoskyhawk]

These posts show how little knowledge humanity has, many cannot accept that their beliefs are being challenged as the world collapses without a saviour to come to the rescue... as long as man uses his brain extinction by his own hand is inevitable. Perhaps if division is removed then perhaps then perhaps.... I'm going to listen to The Dark Side of the Moon 🙏

[@robertsparling]

@@mauriceharting5877 I imagine you write that because you do not understand atheism.

[@sagarvarsani7367]

There's no point in betting your life on atheism, it's the more illogical thing you can do

[@kathleennakatoblair496]

Glory to God for He is real! It was excellent to hear my brother in .Christ speak succinctly and with love to those who do not believe. Perhaps through his apologetics he planted a seed to someone in that room to open the Bible and hear God speak to us through His Word. Hallelujah!

[@leaalabastrolea4951]

BRAVO.

[@elbertjohn3711]

Love his explanation. For me what is one's lost in believing GOD? Nothing. Celebrate life like nature does.

[@MattCrawley_Music]

Depends on which God. If its a God that watches all your thoughts and sends people to eternal torture for making mistakes, you have a lot to lose

[@sarahjames505]

All the religious wars of the past, crusades, colonial slaughter encouraged by the pope and other religious leaders, Cromwell's invasion of Ireland, the wars in the middle east, the wars in Africa, antisemitism of Germany having roots going back to Luther (On the Jews and Their Lies) leading the holocaust, slaughter of Cathars by the RC church, burning of so called witches, the Salem witch trials, Jewish genocides commanded by God including the slaughter of women, children, infants, the curse of original sin invented by St. Augustine, but not part of the Eastern Orthodox church since they split before his time, the downgrading of women, the theocracy of the middle ages similar to modern day Iran, but worse, the Spanish inquisition and to boot the greatest slaughter of all out doing Stalin and Hitler, the flood, if the bible, is to be believed. So looks to me believing in god can be quiet dangerous, but so cannot!

[@InExcelsisDeo24]

@@MattCrawley_MusicPeople send themselves to hell, not God

[@MattCrawley_Music]

@@InExcelsisDeo24 God is all powerful. He can stop that.

[@InExcelsisDeo24]

@@MattCrawley_Music Do not put the Lord your God to the test. We all have free will, that’s the kicker. We are allowed to make choices. If we choose to do evil things and shun God, we’ve brought ourselves there, nobody else has. God doesn’t force anyone to follow him, we have to choose. But if you don’t believe at all, well then none of that matters now, does it?

[@niklar55]

Atheism doesn't deny ''hope'' it just denies that there is a god! .

[@Maz-o1m]

There is no hope in atheism. We live, with varying degrees of suffering and grief. We then die. Why bother? Knowledge has not improved humanity. It might allow us to live a bit longer, own more things, but it doesn't make us happier ultimately. The reason people commit suicide is because they have no hope. But with Jesus, we have a marvellous and unspeakably joyous hope, both in this life and the next.

[@niklar55]

@@Maz-o1m Religion is a delusion! You are in a virtual holographic universe! Everything you see is an illusion, including yourself! It's a virtual reality correction facility. Everything you experience is sent to you for you to learn from, and improve yourself. You will return over and over, until you reach the required goal. Hence, reincarnation! .

[@marlonobando341]

Beautiful work, thank you Jesus !!!

[@andrewturner5706]

Great work in the middle east too. Thank you god.

[@martinphilpott1566]

Rambling waste of time. Glad that I didn't have to sit through that.

[@danpanderson]

You’ll have all of eternity to rethink your position.

[@lizsalt1610]

His comments are often summaries or pointers into the thinking of some of our most respected scientists. Perhaps reading them would help you unpack his comments and therefore give you a richer understanding. Just a thought, from a Christian and a scientist. Have a good day. Liz

[@pieterduvenage3647]

Wow! And I am glad I could hear this glorious speech - it makes so much more sense than defending the ridiculous notion of evolution from nothing to soup to bacteria to the wonderful diversity of life!

[@robst247]

@@danpanderson Can you produce any compelling evidence to substantiate your bold claim?

[@jamesheuer5139]

Aaaarrrrgggghhh! Behold the wonders of the Flying Spaghetti Monster!! Ra’men!👍👍😂

[@annebalderston2520]

?

[@seamusbyrne7820]

Well if you're offering, I'd like it hot, please, with a beef ragout and extra grated cheese.

[@mrblackadder9286]

Not even the same thing. You not engaging with the arguments, just making dumb jokes. Is this the great atheist logic?

[@seamusbyrne7820]

@@mrblackadder9286 If you mean me, then I have every right to joke as I please and if I choose to make light of pastaman's comment, then your disapproval means nothing to me. Ironically, in your own comment, you contribute absolutely nothing to the serious debate that you claim to want, so... removing planks from eyes, anyone?

[@monwell250]

the last Amazon tribes don't know Jesus but yet they exist!

[@olivenethomas4042]

Through their efforts to fulfill the Great Commission there are missionaries and evangelists who will reach them with the Good News sooner rather than later.

[@rhiannonwilliams2521]

They have their own gods. Each group or tribe of people have different concepts of what a god is. I believe that God is the energy that powers the Universe and that humans make God in their own image not the other way around!!!

[@philipcarpenter7270]

You realize that you are only validating his point. All "unreached" tribes still exist in Stone age cultures and have practices such as witchcraft, superstition, cannibalism, and human sacrifice. Yes they exist, but do they truly live? Our western culture and the worlds predominant cultures as mentioned are a result of the Judeo-Christian of faith, morals, and love. It brought about peace, justice, hope, and development. If you don't believe me look at PNG history. Tribes incorporated into society via a missionary often still exist today and have become more developed areas and bigger than ever population. Tribes incorporated by necessity or by governmental annex are mostly non-existent and are often worse than before. God is not only real but needed for any growth be it spiritual, physical, or mental.

[@Princessmmviii]

I believe because the CREATOR gave me the power to think and make a CHOICE...i do not have to Believe...I choose to.

[@thomasina1041]

@@Princessmmviii The fact that you actually think there is a CREATOR who gave you the power to make a choice is a non sequitur. You already believe that….you didn’t choose to believe it. Real choice is not about belief it is about tangible things: eg. you choose an apple instead of a pear. Beliefs are different: you listen to the arguments…then you either believe it or not; You don’t choose.

[@Lingchow1]

In God or Jesus? God is real. Jesus is fiction. Jews made uo a story. They were basically the first to write, so everyone believed. It's all crap except God. If their wasn't a God, we wouldn't make sense. We would have no reasoning power to even have this discussion. We would just eat and reproduce and never move let alone forward.

[@RohitRaj-ve7ly]

You didn't even choose your language u have been brought up 😊😊

[@anisemarsh274]

God told us the truth, in the beginning. I am always in awe that He wanted us.

[@jamey55lee]

On the contrary, he simply spends around fifteen minutes outlining the absurdity of his religious belief.

[@brianrichards3119]

Well said

[@davewalters8661]

So, he basically says "I believe in God, because I believe in God, and I believe God exists, because I believe God exists", several times, and then the video ends? All it will take to "dismantle" atheism, is one piece of verifiable evidence. One. Put up, or shut up.

[@nyashatamayi4972]

Amen. Glory be unto our lord and savior Jesus Christ; who was , who is and who is to come the Almighty. Thank God I don't only believe He is God but I also know He is God Almighty.

[@ic5761]

Ummm. Maybe you should be a bit more politically correct here. Jesus may be your savior but not our Savior. It's just a matter of you understanding that a lot of the world does not believe what you believe. It's just a matter of You may be realizing an educating yourself a little bit more. We don't fault you, you haven't done your due diligence, as follows: Dr. Jeffrey Long has studied 4,000 NDEs, and not everybody sees Jesus when they go to the after life, to be greeted. There are billions of people on this planet that have a different belief system. So they see somebody different up there that greets them. For example some of these Amazon Tribes, Aborigines . . . what they see are not buildings like the western civilization sees, but rather trees and a path (for example), and they don't have somebody that looks like Jesus greeting them, something or somebody that looks completely different greets them. The Aborigines, may, for example, worship Baiame, known as the Creator God, which played a significant role in Aboriginal Australian mythology. The entity or individual that greets people is typically someone that they are familiar with, it gives them a comfort level. So you're not going to have an image of Jesus greeting an Amazonian tribal member. Ahhh you didn't think about this one did you?

[@freigekauft]

Whenever you have the chance to share the Gospel, do it like him and never miss to mention that Jesus died and raised from the dead. because that is the power of God to save. 

[@m.a.p.g.]

@@freigekauft Why would God the Almighty need anyone to intervene or help Him? God created us all just like He can destroy what needs cleansing. Jesus was noteworthy, but don’t pray to Jesus, pray to God. That’s all I’m saying about Jesus so I don’t offend you.

[@freigekauft]

​​@@m.a.p.g.let me answer you with the words of the Apostel Paul: I tell you again, brothers and sisters, that I preached the gospel to you, which you have accepted and are standing by. If you hold it firmly and do not deviate from it, you will be saved. Otherwise, you would have faith that has no effect. I preached to you first of all what I also received: that Christ died for our sins, as the Scriptures said. He was buried and raised on the third day, as the Scriptures said.

[@m.a.p.g.]

@@freigekauft Thank you. What I see when I read Paul are his affiliations and political motives. The New Testament also says “ slaves, obey your masters “. Does that sound Godly or political to you?

[@freigekauft]

​@@m.a.p.g.I believe that God is all-powerful and rules and dominates every detail in the universe. We humans often cannot understand this because his thoughts are higher than those of humans. The most important thing we need to know about him today was revealed to us by his son Jesus Christ. He is the way, the truth and the life and only through him will we one day be able to stand before God and receive answers to all of our questions that cannot be understood here on earth with our limited minds. But believe, yes, that is what God's word calls us to. God is credible through everything he has created and calls to us, where are you!

[@m.a.p.g.]

@@freigekauft I’m with God. I worship God every day of my life. Where are you?

[@cygnusustus]

Saying "I believe in God" does not "destroy" atheism, kids. Lennox has no evidence for his beliefs. He is lying when he says his beliefs are based on evidence.

[@marvinc9994]

"Lennox has no evidence for his beliefs" Yes he does - but 'evidence' is not proof. So, please tell me - WHAT kind of 'evidence' would it take to convince YOU of the existence of a Divine Power?

[@cygnusustus]

@@marvinc9994 "Yes he does" Great! Uhm.....what is it? "WHAT kind of 'evidence' would it take to convince YOU of the existence of a Divine Power?" Well, start with that Divine Power manifesting itself. That would be nice. Why don't you have any evidence?

[@marvinc9994]

@@cygnusustus "Uhm.....what is it?" Spoken in the tone of a newly-minted undergraduate, propping up the student bar! The 'evidence' he adduces is in his presentation or - to put it in simpler terms for YOUR benefit - the REASONS for his BELIEF are. Why do you PERSIST in confusing _evidence_ with _proof_ ? It's both intellectually lazy and disingenuous. As for your somewhat evasive: "start with that Divine Power manifesting itself" In WHAT way? Give me some examples! Isn't Creation ENOUGH for little ol' you? Obviously not: I'll try and arrange an appearance on _The Graham Norton Show_ . Stay tuned! I suggest (even though I'm probably wasting my time) that you at least MEDITATE on one of Jesus' most powerful statements (you'll have to see PAST the antique language): “The kingdom of God does NOT come with OBSERVATION nor will they say, ‘See here!’ or ‘See there!’ For indeed, the kingdom of God is WITHIN you”. Belief will NOT get you across the road safely - but WITHOUT it, you'd never make that brief 'journey' in the first place. Your Life - your Choice!

[@cygnusustus]

@@marvinc9994 "Spoken in the tone of a newly-minted undergraduate..." ...to a five year old who has just made a finger painting. "The 'evidence' he adduces is in his presentation' Ok then, child. What was it? "Why do you PERSIST in confusing evidence with proof ?" Why do Christians keep lying about having evidence? "Isn't Creation ENOUGH for little ol' you?" Ok then, child. Where is your evidence that the universe was created? Come on, buddy. Chop chop! Present your evidence?

[@Hagiazo]

Thank you for sharing this without interruption or commentary during his presentation.

[@janislohman8125]

Enjoyed this ty,from seattle, GO JESUS GO GET TIGHT WITH CHRIST 💪💕🔥