Why Are We Here? God, Life, and the Pursuit of Happiness | John Lennox at Brown

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[@saltlightwithmattwiggall7146]

Prof John Lennox is the modern day C.S Lewis. We would all be very wise to listen to him. Great session.

[@gknight4719]

Yes, the pursuit of happiness, go tell that to the 15,000 innocent children who die every day under the watch of this so-called loving god?? I suspect if there is a god, it is a total psychopath.

[@ramonfabular1022]

@@gknight4719 Jesus bless you✝️🙏✌

[@Bible-Lore]

@@gknight4719 the innocent children are welcomed into paradise where there is no pain and suffering

[@MrAmmofreak]

Great session! Only if you believe in fantasies...yeap...it is great that John promigates the illusion of cosmic intervention...my question...what drugs are you on John?

[@AnnaLe-cc9cl]

I fully agree with Dr. Lennox that a close relationship with God, our creator, gives you the utmost happiness, it provides you a life of peace under any circumstance that occurs in life.

[@abelgovender4115]

John Lennox has a brilliant mind!

[@rodkerr8752]

Because God wanted me here...that says it all.

[@bobwilkinson2008]

Yes, dillusional

[@grumpyunclenick205]

Ngl, Lennox is probably one of the few people I could listen to for hours... ironically the rest are also scientists, but still

[@perrytrowbridge8427]

I’ve been watching Dr.Ravi and Dr.Lennox for only three months now, and I cannot understand why I didn’t know of them much earlier. I’ve been a Christian for many years now and I must say that I love hearing the message that they give through our Lord Jesus Christ. Bless you both, in Christ’s name.

[@wel8856]

Watch some good Christian Apologist also like Dr. William Lane Craig kzbin.info and Dr. Kent Hovind kzbin.info/www/bejne/hqKrmKWLqpmNjck

[@bippitybopitybooty4208]

@@wel8856 I was just about to reply about Craig, he's also amazing but goes way over my head

[@immunetou2]

@Perry, here I am making the same statement you did two years ago. I only came across Dr. Lennox two days ago and cannot get enough of this guy. I have been saved since I was old enough to understand what it meant when I was 6 years old and this guy presents answers to some hard questions I have had since that age. Not so much things I didn't know, but his perspective make so much clear sense; far better explained than any of my previous pastors or influences. (Note: I had a typo originally that I was 5 when I was saved, I was 6)

[@ProfYaffle]

@@wel8856 WLC yes. Kent Hovind - I listened once. Lacked integrity

[@michaelbee2165]

@@immunetou2 Thank you for your testimony. However a 5 year old cannot understand the Crucifixion or the gospel at that age, and God, above all, understands this.

[@nyctreeman]

There's something about this guy that just makes me love him as a fatherly or older brotherly figure :D

[@nyctreeman]

Crane Zilla If you really think that, then you are a sick in the head idiot.

[@AtamMardes]

+nadoeloiskat How can you prove you were not delusional?

[@hubertfitts5030]

Maybe with the same proof that you will use to prove that you ....

[@AtamMardes]

+Hubert Fitts Do you agree with these 2 comments? Why do you agree/disagree? 1- The Bible approves eating meat and even suggests what animals to eat. This proves apes evolving into hypocrite confused delusional humans tried to establish laws of the land by pretending to represent a moral imaginary God. Do you agree that It is pure hypocrisy to claim a God created precious life and also thank God for creating cows, lamb, and chicken for us to take their precious life away and eat them? 2- Do you agree that you thanking an invisible God for choosing you to have good health while hundreds of handicapped babies were ignored by God, the very same minute you were born, is the show of your utmost narcissism and ignorance which make you believe you are special in your delusional mind?

[@hubertfitts5030]

Thank you for responding. I observe that you have the God-gift of reasoning. Part of the evidence for the existence of a god is in natural selection. Like science, accept Christ's love, reason together, have faith in The Truth

[@bjn7242]

I think it is beautiful to see John, how you make yourself available for our Father to encourage us in our faith! I need it for one. I will thank Him for you. Love from a brother in Christ in Amsterdam.

[@crystalsparktolife]

The attraction in this wise man is the reflection you see in him from God.

[@sunray2953]

Before we were created and before we were born God knew us and was delighted and loved us to the end.

[@TheMusicofKathleenVick]

The LORD Jesus Christ reveals truth to whom He will.

[@TheMusicofKathleenVick]

Remember, He said, "I AM the way the truth and the life. No man comes to the Father, unless the Father draws him". And He said, "I and the Father are one". God, Life and Happiness is in Him, in the Person of Christ Jesus the LORD.

[@Doriesep6622]

sacredmusic101 John was written many many years after Christ by many men not eye witnesses to solidify dogma. Jesus spoke in parables, and it is hard to believe he would brag on himself and say something like this. It doesn't sound like him at all.

[@TheMusicofKathleenVick]

Dorie, Are you one of the Nephilim?

[@Doriesep6622]

sacredmusic101 Would you seriously ask if I were a leprechaun?

[@WaterspoutsOfTheDeep]

The Music of Kathleen Vick And clearly from scriptures we see he wills all mankind to have that truth revealed to them. The bible makes clear Jesus is truth, the scriptures are truth, the Holy Spirit was given and his promise is to reveal Jesus to us. So that means truth. The bible also states several times God is not a respecter of persons which is such a wonderful statement. That means God uses us based on how much we surrender our lives to him.

[@JoanKentBible]

I am so grateful to Dr John Lennox for encouraging me in my faith.

[@AnnaSzabo]

Me too

[@budahbaba7856]

I would love to here John Lennox & Jordan Peterson have a discussion. O that would be sweet! :)

[@cryptfire3158]

Yeah. I admire both thinkers a lot. I don't think Peterson is a Christian (i could be wrong), which is surprising since he has such a great deal of Christian type wisdom.

[@zosia8308]

John Lennox thank you and thank God that we have you.

[@drmontague6475]

Thank god for drowning babies and children in his flood!

[@paulwilson1121]

I love listening to Professor Lenox. His knowledge of Science and most of all of Jesus, his Saviour.

[@markkeetley2225]

We worship Jesus but we need to follow Paul and his ( God's ) work of Grace 1 Cor 11:1 & Phil 3:17.

[@schmetterling4477]

@@markkeetley2225 In other words, you worship Paul. That's blasphemy, Dear. They would have burned you on the stake for that not so long ago.

[@markkeetley2225]

@@schmetterling4477 Didn't you read what I said? Read also KJV ROM 15:8 - 16. Do you read the King James Version?

[@schmetterling4477]

@@markkeetley2225 Yes, I understand that you are worshipping Paul and I merely said that some time ago that would not have been tolerated. :-)

[@drmontague6475]

Because he is a nutty professor.

[@monicavirginiasheltonroman8213]

Your one of the best speakers and you fill me with hope .

[@greenvalley5843]

There is a goodness that comes from this man. God speaks his word through him.

[@mandalorian957]

Which god theres 3 thousand man mad gods

[@drmontague6475]

He is deluded, the nutty professor

[@immanuel829]

@@mandalorian957 Creation points to an immaterial spaceless timeless powerful intelligence. Buddhism and Hinduism don't try to explain creation, they assume the material universe is eternal (which is debunked by cosmology). Plus, buddhism cannot explain love since it claims the self is an illusion (if that were true we couldn't know it). Hinduism claims you and I are gods, too. That would mean that evil people are gods, that doesn't make a lot of sense since there are objective moral values... "All matter originates and exists only by virtue of a force... We must assume behind this force the existence of a conscious and intelligent Mind." Max Planck The evidence is: the beginning of the universe, the striking harmony between math and nature, DNA (is a digital code, like software), consciousness and free will. Finally, there is strong historical evidence that Jesus Christus rose from the dead. The first Christians were all Jews and Jews would never worship a human as God, let alone a crucified one. The crucifixion was regarded as utter defeat and humiliation, even as curse. Something extraordinary must have happened. And Jesus was worshipped as God right from the start, as we know from Paul's letters. Infact, nobody would make up a God who became human and WASHED THE FEET OF HIS DISCIPLES. You cannot oppress anyone if you take Jesus' words seriously. Archaeology is very fascinating, too. It has confirmed lots of things mentioned in the New Testament, like the historicity of Pontius Pilate, the highpriest Caiaphas, the pool Bethesda etc. You are not an accident but a masterpiece. Loved more than you can imagine.

[@devanishant]

@@immanuel829 Would evil exist if there were no people? If humanity became extinct, would there still exist such things as good and evil? Can animals be evil?

[@papahajek5383]

Not wanting to interrupt. However being that it is just a short time before the day we who live because of Christ, commemorate His terrible death at the hands of sinners like ourselves, as well as the celebrate of His resurrection, I feel I must ask fellow Christians to take time to pray for the lost, just as someone did for us. He died for all. The least we can do is ask that He strengthen us in the battle for the deceived . Thank you

[@megalopolis2015]

Amen, Papa H.

[@silasmurphy4886]

I resent that you would say that Christ was murdered by Sinners Like ourselves, not only have I never murdered anyone, but I would never take part in the murder of someone trying to do something good for others

[@emmettgriffin547]

@@silasmurphy4886 if you are not completely perfect and have sinned just once, then yes you and I are part of the reason Jesus died for the sin of the world.

[@espi371]

@@emmettgriffin547 Exactly

[@delicheres]

I like that guy , he looks healthy ,wise and friendly . moreover he is intelligent .

[@frankirfourfingers]

I would like to give you ten likes for that comment

[@pianosenzanima1]

Furthermore, he is wise. Intelligence is nothing without wisdom AND intellectual honesty. There are lots of intelligent and wise people, but they will not be honest.

[@sharonhoffman3514]

Thank you John Lennox. You make perfect sense of the big questions.

[@drmontague6475]

He is the nutty professor.

[@ramonfabular1022]

@@drmontague6475 Jesus Christ bless you ✝️🙏✌

[@Bible-Lore]

@@drmontague6475 what exactly did he say that you found nutty?

[@sonicboombeatbox5715]

I love John Lennoxs commentary on God 🙏🏻😊

[@rolfme5499]

Which god? .

[@noneofyourbusinessna740]

@@rolfme5499 the true God presented in the bible the creator of the heavens and the earth

[@Hammerslapper83]

Lennox is the man..truly genuine

[@Rexfordkrampa1]

I was crying when john Lennox was answering the question on suffering

[@quranurdu4562]

www.academia.edu/37700057/Ap_ki_Amanat_Ap_ki_Sewa_mein_English_by_Maulana_Kaleem_Siddiqui

[@kccox8516]

Thanks be to God our Lord and savior. He sends his shinning light into our darkness. We are deeply loved ! 😎🎤🎺 love

[@debragrider8357]

I agree with this man. Praise God

[@seekeroftruth399]

Suffering purifies the soul. Once this is revealed to you, what you normally would have experienced as suffering, you now will experience as joy in that you will know you are developing spiritually.

[@theparadigmshift74]

Very true

[@averayugen7802]

but when the pure (children and animals for instance) suffer, we are chastised, hopefully to enable us to develop spiritually.

[@seekeroftruth399]

@@averayugen7802 I believe we've all lived many lifetimes, so nobody is actually "pure" -- just young again.

[@rolfme5499]

@Seeker of Truth There are no souls! Suffering purifies nothing! You produce meaningless gibberish! .

[@AnnaSzabo]

John Lennox is the best apologetic minister to intellectuals like me. I gave my life to Christ in 2014 and have been growing in my faith, serving God, and advancing His kingdom. However, God ordained a lot of suffering in my life, and I’m suffering a great deal right now. So, I’ve been questioning so much! John Lennox helped answers my difficult questions after I’ve watched hours of his lectures today. Thank God for this brilliant apologetic and intellectual!

[@clifflong1203]

I am SO delighted to have found Dr Lennox! As a Christian for most of my life men such as he never fail to excite the spirit of hope within me!🙏💪❤️

[@mortenkalland]

a good teacher of philosophy

[@myopenmind527]

..... But profoundly wrong about all he says.

[@lealeandre1063]

My OpenMind, maybe you should enlighten the world with your wisdom. Go ahead have a news conference and make sure you answer all the questions in a manner that satisfies every person on this planet. The world awaits. Hurry.

[@ramigilneas9274]

Those questions have all been answered in a naturalistic way... but some people simply refuse to accept the truth because they dont like the answers.

[@McRingil]

@@ramigilneas9274 pls give some papers on it I'm gonna crash them

[@ramigilneas9274]

@@McRingil You wouldnt be able to crash anything. But I can crash every theistic argument, especially when they are as piss poor as the ones of Lennox. 😁

[@edwardwicks304]

John Lennox is brilliant!!!

[@monicavirginiasheltonroman8213]

How can we make more like you and I. Talk people and god up and simple love with kindness?

[@hwd71]

Thank you Lord Jesus for godly men like Professor John Lennox. ❤✝️🙏✝️⚓✝️

[@hmbseesaw]

Beautiful man of such high intellect

[@zico739]

"I and my Father are one." John 10: 30

[@kathypileggi7650]

A wise man John Lennox. His statement on happiness is sound. Human beings are made in the image of God and have the power given to us by God to fulfill our purpose here for His glory

[@monicavirginiasheltonroman8213]

Your truly filling what you speak about .I thank God for you .continue talking to our young people .mae be it will spread. Good is much more powerful and worth all the money and hate combined

[@dog3croom]

Beautiful thoughts

[@questioneverything1961]

Seems to me the speaker is the voice of GOD in a meaningful and understandable manner or at best the image of the GOD-mindset ,no doubt . The ways his words flow w/little or no hesitation when he answers direct questions is a sign that truth is in there as the lie stumbles on it's own words and dances w/them as if they were partners in crime and in IN-perfect steps never realizing nether can dance at all w/o playing the fool . Human's like this make one proud to be human as well and give representation of all humanity a big plus in his own way , he carries himself . He is critical thinking in action via THE word !!! This is the level of knowledge that that I call wisdom , based on the way the words were wielded w/the same intellect and thought as one who chooses to do w/them , just the opposite....... w/evil intent Thank GOD for these minds !!!!!

[@matthewstokes1608]

Awesome comment! :)

[@bobwilkinson2008]

Excellent apeaker but he never actually says anything that makes sense.

[@drmontague6475]

You are DELUDED

[@bobwilkinson2008]

@@drmontague6475 Hmmm. Just one example please.

[@drmontague6475]

@@bobwilkinson2008 I think i might have sent a comment to you by mistake. I was texting to half a dozen people at the time. My apologies.

[@ROSEMARY1925]

What a marvelous gathering this was I pray that the students at that time 10 years ago really appreciate it and really took to heart every word this gentleman said what an intelligent is and witty man so knowledgeable. I love to see his speeches and interviews I for one ever went to college boy do I always search for documentaries that aren’t going to be broadening my horizons, and my views and my thoughts.🙏🏻🥰🙏🏻

[@RationalTheist4]

Love Dr. Lennox!

[@MrNoelJMIS]

I love this guy. :)

[@donbut3056]

Only an Irish mathematician could be this loose, cool and at the same time grounded.

[@MyVitros]

Don But why

[@monicavirginiasheltonroman8213]

I love you John Lennox you are my kind .keep shinning sir.

[@as-xb6gv]

What a great brilliant man. Thank you Professor for helping me understand more these difficult questions.

[@skygurung13]

This guy is genius :)

[@mandalorian957]

No just a lair and retards believe him

[@BulkanHibokhibok]

45:10 If Christians are too quick to draw a sword and cut the ear of somebody, it takes Jesus to put it back for that person to listen again. Peter did this, so patience and tactfulness is necessary even in responding to the unbelievers in this video. Jesus is spreading forgiveness that while we were yet sinners he died for us and redeemed us from damnation.

[@roger55es]

Great example of a clear mind ,straight from the consciousness mind .John is so clear on his beliefs but sharing them with us give a inside personal view of our creator

[@edwinlemus8530]

Why I am here; we are here to celebrate life, we are a celebration of life.

[@michaelshults7675]

Its great to hear an itellectiual person speak and believe in God. Most highly intelligent people feel their minds are above God.

[@HomicideHenry]

A noted writer, Charles Krauthammer, once said that God was necessary in life because "The nations that believe in NOTHING, are capable of ANYTHING", and historically this seems to be very true. Whether it be Lenin, Mao, Castro, and even Hitler (who once said "Christianity is a sickness"), it never ceases to astound me how the atheist or agnostic could ever find moral highgrounds in saying that a universe that consists of nothing, and everything amounts to zero; even if it were the case, to insist that it is so and that all human feeling, emotion, sentiment, etc is nothing more than chemicals and DNA and hormones, its a slippery slope to go down. Have we NOT learned from the turn of the 20th century when Neo-Darwinian attitudes brought forth eugenics? Have we NOT learned from those dark eras of our recent past where tens of millions were imprisoned, enslaved, murdered, sterilized, etc because they were deemed "mentally defective" for believing in religion? Have we NOT learned from the Holocaust, when Darwinist ideals insisted that certain people of certain stock with certain conditions and attributes was a drain on the progression of mankind and evolution as a whole? As C.S. Lewis stated so beautifully and eloquently, "If the universe has no meaning, we should have NEVER found out that it has no meaning: just as if there were no light in the universe and therefore no creatures with eyes, we should never know it was dark. Dark would be without meaning." Of course an atheist will say to me "Too bad, just because you want it to not be true doesn't make it not true!", but the same applies in the reverse.... Because even if one found out that life could come from inaminate matter, and that particles could seemingly come from nowhere, it still doesn't take away the God question because the question of WHERE did it slip from nothingness to somethingness still applies.... It still doesnt answer the question as to where INFORMATION and INTELLIGENCE and CONSCIOUSNESS came from, because even the most skilled biologist and neurologist and chemist cannot answer by physical means how it comes about....Neither does it answer the fine tuning of the universe being so perfectly in order, and neither does it answer how come our universe has any sort of rational inteligibility to it (the fact we can measure it, find order within it, etc) because the fact remains you CANNOT find structure and order within chance chaos; and we have found that even in "apparent chaos", the further back you move to see the big picture, the more we find order and patterns. What I find odd is how people can say "I dont believe in God, but I do believe in aliens brought life here to this planet," when that in no way, shape or form answers the question of WHERE the aliens came from, how they came about, or how the universe came about. I find it odd people can say, "I don't believe in God, but I believe in the Multiverse", when really its the equivilant of religion because the Multiverse says those universes are unobservable to us because they are traveling at a speed beyond lightspeed---- which is our only means to observe the stars, galaxies, etc. so if it can NEVER be seen, therefore is it NOT in the same realm as religion and God (as the atheists insists, because it cannot be observed?), and further still, if there were an infinite number of universes with all these infinite probabilities and outcomes and laws, then SOMEWHERE exists a universe where an all knowing, all powerful God does exist---- and because He is all powerful and all knowing, He's aware of this universe of ours anyways, so He's God over all of them. So what is the point in arguing the Multiverse? You just gave ammunition for God's existence without realizing it. Our understanding of the universe, and all things within it (life, etc) is so limited that it absolutely astounds me that people are so quick to declare "I KNOW THERE IS NO GOD", when in reality we are not really all that removed from the likes of Newton, Galileo, etc. in the intelligence department. Where have we really advanced? Newton already said it was possible to send satellites into orbit in his own time. All we have done is proven it by doing it. Some medical advances here and there, but hell even in the stone age they performed brain and heart surgeries (don't believe me, read up on the Mayans and Aztecs, this did indeed occur). The point is, how high and mighty can we really be? We're no closer to answers than we were centuries or even millenia ago in the grand scheme of things. So, lets get down to brass tax..... Atheists have no more answers than the Theists on the issue.... and atheists have no real moral highground in their belief that everything matters to nothing: no good, no evil, we all just dance to our DNA and nothing more. So how can an atheist be philosophical? You can't. So how can an atheist be spiritual? You can't. So how can an atheist be loving, caring, sincere, committed, etc? You can't. Not if you really do believe you are NOTHING but the product of an accident, and nothing really matters, and it all boils down to materialism. There is no such thing as love, no such thing as hate, no such thing as ideals and morals and ethics, etc. And because they profess this all is true.... then they cannot use moral, emotional arguments against God or anyone else for that matter, so they have to resort to their science for answers.... and as I already pointed out, there is no answers. What a hopeless, piss poor, sad, pathetic existence when you really think about it. No answers to anything, no purpose to anything but to fuck and die.... Who would want to live in such a world as senseless, careless, fruitless, as that?

[@megalopolis2015]

HH: You had me right until the last paragraph, where for whatever reason you decided on profanity and insults. *SIGH*. Oh well. Just know that I read the whole thing and agree completely. I think you might have been tapping similar resources that I have been studying. Blessings.

[@martinsekreta7767]

@@megalopolis2015 me

[@evelynapplewhite7340]

Well done. I read all of what you had to say.

[@christophersleight19]

All the people who you mention were Master Masons, satanists. Following the Hegalian Dialectic Right Left Paradigm. They work directly for the father of lies, as most people in the public arena today. Entertainers Musicians Politicians Judges Corporate Entities Artists (who make it) pope jesuits CIA (with all other intelligence agencies) this is the where just about all people's focus is, all followers of Alistair Crowley who referred to himself as the beast. "Do not love the world or anything in the world." People ask if there is a god, how can these people exist? Because they are satanists, and this place is his domain. Yeshua said he was here, by allowing satan to temp Him. "fall down and worship me and all this can be yours..." 02-24-2022 John 14:6 Acts 4:12 Psalm 2 Psalm 146:3&4

[@godeeper6894]

Can hit the like-button on Prof Lennox-vids even bevore have seen them. Flabbergasting.

[@edwinlemus8530]

"The purpose of the purpose is the purpose itself." That a creator loving God wants to manifest his goodness and love to you and through you to the whole universe and on.

[@bluegtturbo]

It always strikes me how Dr Lennox is so down to earth , affable and approachable , and above all , humble, in contrast to the arrogance of the likes of Dawkins and Hitchens who tend to sneer at people for believing that there's a reason for our existence and believing that we and the universe were created. And I say this as an agnostic.

[@homegrownpatriot1310]

God help the host and the students there see the Truth! Open their eyes Father!

[@MM-eq7sw]

I appreciate every minute Mr. John Lennox speaks. Why, because it’s obvious that he walks, obeys and loves God!! I love people who sacrifice to love other people because they love God!! Thank you Lord for John Lennox, bless him and his family!!

[@petiadavis5122]

Prof Lennox is a Legend.

[@hermanhalici1]

John Lennox is a true man of God and Scientist. Lennox basically saying without God, universe is a dark place. Therefore *****Atheism is a Dark Road and ..... “Once you start down the dark path, forever will it dominate your destiny, consume you it will.” **** How Can I end this misery and get saved?*** *** "Repent and accept the Gospel of Christ". You will have eternal life.** **Please Say this Simple prayer for salvation...."God, I recognize that I have not lived my life for You up until now. I have been living for myself and that is wrong. I need You in my life; I want You in my life. I acknowledge the completed work of Your Son Jesus Christ in giving His life for me on the cross at Calvary, and I long to receive the forgiveness you have made freely available to me through this sacrifice. Come into my life now, Lord. Take up residence in my heart and be my king, my Lord, and my Savior. From this day forward, I will no longer be controlled by sin, or the desire to please myself, but I will follow You all the days of my life. Those days are in Your hands. I ask this in Jesus' precious and holy name. Amen.** God Bless.

[@deanbrunson259]

+Herman Halici Herman, I just have to say it. You are crazy. You call life misery? There are some people who do have an after life. It is the life they live after they realize that they have only one. Get God off your back. It is liberating!

[@hermanhalici1]

Dean Brunson Can you get rid of gravity? IF you can get rid of gravity, then I will get rid of God. Deal, but no cheating.

[@deanbrunson259]

+Herman Halici How silly can you get?? How about, Are there any circumstances where it might be good to get rid of love? I care not whether you have the God Dream or not. Where is your other universe? With God between your ears. Without God I am free to be a human being. I don't have the burden that you carry, trying to be a good Christian. Give it all you've got. Life can be a happy journey. Amen

[@hermanhalici1]

Crane Zilla You guys talk about God as if he is a monster? Is He?

[@cranezilla1016]

+Herman Halici "Can you get rid of gravity? IF you can get rid of gravity, then I will get rid of God. Deal, but no cheating." My response: I already have gotten rid of god. I do not believe that a god exists therefor god does not exist. Can you make me believe god exists? No you can not. Can I make you believe gravity exists? Yes I can. Jump off the top of the building. You can not eliminate gravity by not believing in gravity. The only proof you have that god exists is your belief in god and a silly bronze age fairytale book, stop believing in god, poof, god disappears like a magicians trick in a puff of knowledge. I do not believe that god exists, therefor be god a monster or a hamster, it is irrelevant to me. It is you fairytale bible that paints your god as a monster. Read it and you will see. Gravity can be proved now prove your god, be he monster or hamster.

[@jamesmarsh8167]

This man is a blessing

[@schmetterling4477]

He is certainly blessing his own pockets with your money. :-)

[@123456stronzo]

right on 4477 the sheep are a easy target too scared to face reality

[@michaelthompson1379]

Thank you for sharing!

[@JamesRichardWiley]

I am here to have a good time.

[@KATAERO1]

"There is one body and one Spirit, just as you were called in one hope of your calling; one Lord, one faith, one baptism; one God and Father of all, who is above all, and through all, and in you all." (Ephesians 4:4-6) I think you have trouble wrapping your finite mind around the mind of an infinite God, whose divine nature is transcending. (con)

[@KATAERO1]

"When He had been baptized, Jesus came up immediately from the water; and behold, the heavens were opened to Him, and He saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove and alighting upon Him. And suddenly a voice came from heaven, saying, 'This is My beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased." (Matt 3:16-17) You may notice that I never said anything about "trinity." However, in these passages, God in all 3 "persons" together, revealed Himself for the 2nd time after Genesis 1:1-3). Your call?

[@straightup937]

God has given our generation a great man to help us.... he has done this fur all generations. if you haven't figured it out yet God wants you to succeed in a righteous relationship with him and others....PTL....

[@marionwilson2521]

Absolutely. Is so beautiful.

[@samuraisteve2775]

Most of the students were arrogant and wanted to try and make their point when they were supposed to simply ask a question. I would have interrupted the girl who made the "coping mechanism" comment before she finished and told her to sit down. In the end she realized she never asked a question and twisted her arrogant comment into one. He was very polite.

[@ThefrenchFranz]

Had to pause after his comment on Genesis to meditate it. How brilliant the reading and understanding! this does make me a richer man and deepens my love for my creator. Thanks so much for uploading this video! Blessings from France.

[@ZlatanZizou]

I've watched countess of lectures of John Lennox, and he is astounding! A brilliant mind sharing his God, amazing indeed. However everytime it comes to the question of suffering it feels evasive, because it the question just boils down to do you want to believe in (true/false) hope or not? Intrugining to see if anyone else would might respond to this comment :p

[@psychelink]

Is there anyone who can really give a definitive answer to the question of suffering?

[@JosiahFickinger]

True Faith happens through suffering - Christians True Love occurs through self-sacrifice - Jesus!!

[@tsfullerton]

The Creator of the Universe? Mocked, stabbed, spit on, flogged, laughed at, nailed to a tree and left to die... for me?

[@siredwrd]

yes.

[@matthewfrank6962]

Thank you Lord!

[@superapex2128]

The irony is that Atheists ask for extraordinary proof that Christ was the Son of God and yet when we present them with one - the Resurrection - suddenly they claim it's too incredible to believe.

[@SamIAm-kz4hg]

superapex21 "the Resurrection" The proof for "the resurrection" is the same as that for Spiderman. I don't need to believe HIGHLY UNSUBSTANTIATED CLAIMS in an old book. I think you really don't understand what we mean by "extraordinary proof". A note from your mom might be fine to show that you were at the dentist, but to use something similar to prove your god, is pretty laughable. "suddenly they claim it's too incredible to believe" There is nothing sudden about it. It comes the fact that other religions ALSO try to bring in notes from their mom. Are you aware that the vast majority of civilizations in the world make similar claims? We call them mythologies. BTW, the Bible also contains stories like Noah and the Ark. Do you know that we have "extraordinary proof" that entire civilizations and all sorts of life on earth simply seemed to go on as if there was no flood? Are you ALSO aware of the logistical impossibilities that arise in this story? "too incredible" No. It is too incredible to take seriously. Only really ignorant people are able to not see this, and are capable of believing. What a pile of nonsense. And John Lennox is one of the worst offenders. He spends the vast majority of his time making cute analogies and telling stories. His arguments are bad ones. The fact that he's a mathematician keeps getting spewed as if it means something. It doesn't. He has NEVER used his math training for any arguments I have ever seen him make. Just like I don't parade around that I am a great trumpet player. It makes no difference to the argument. I also find it funny that "comments are disabled" for a great may of his videos. If you can't see what that means, then I understand why you believe in laughable nonsense. We need this older generation of idiots to die out.

[@superapex2128]

There is ample proof out there to convince anyone endowed with reason that God not only created the universe but also redeemed us and is ASSISTING WHOEVER CALLS UPON HIM TO DO GOOD. All of your 'arguments' have been addressed over and over again throughout history - there is nothing new under the sun. You do not believe primarily because you do not wish to believe and you do not wish to believe because you feel unworthy of God and incapable of being good. But there is no reason for this: you see, God's mercy is infinite and so is the help he gives us to do good through the Holy Ghost. Understand? The help the Holy Ghost will provide us to do good is INFINITE. Which is why God really IS good and whoever does not follow his commands is... well in a hard spot morally speaking.

[@SamIAm-kz4hg]

superapex21 "All of your 'arguments' have been addressed over and over again throughout history.": This does not constitute an argument. Please try again and make a valid case for god, and then for YOUR god. So far your "argument" is a failure. "You do not believe primarily because you do not wish to believe" Please lay out your reasoning for coming to this conclusion. Without reasoning I can claim that you simply shit that idea out of your ass. This kind of claim (which I've heard before) is something I commonly call arrogant stupidity. Please feel free to disprove me. So far you are 0 for 2. By the way, the same could be said of you regarding all of the gods you DON'T believe in. You don't believe in Zeus because you don't want to believe. "you do not wish to believe because you feel unworthy of God and incapable of being good" You haven't even told me what god YOU believe in. Which one of the hundreds and hundreds is your favorite? The reason I don't believe in any god is because no one has ever been able to show that there is A god or that THEIR god is real. I invite you again to tell me about your god. No matter what, at most only about 30% of the people in the world agree with you. "God's mercy is infinite and so is the help he gives us to do good through the Holy Ghost. Understand?" This conversation, as I suspected, is going down the toilet. The question is not about understanding. The question is why should I believe a claim you make? Understand? "The help the Holy Ghost will provide us to do good is INFINITE." No evidence or reasoning given. "Which is why God really IS good and whoever does not follow his commands is... well in a hard spot morally speaking." This is called a logical fallacy. One statement does not lead to the next one. And when it comes to morals, it is actually religious people who are "in a hard spot". And I will do something now called "giving proof" which seems to be a new concept to you. Religious people are OVER represented in prisons. And countries that are less religious tend to be better in almost all measurable ways. They tend to have better education, less crime, lower infant mortality, better social programs... These are things you can go look up. We might want to part ways here. You seem incapable of even the most basic of logical reasoning. And I will likely be frustrated by your simple claims, and lack of understanding regarding how reasoning works. So far you have been everything I expected. You make simplistic claims and you give no reasoning for anything. We teach students in grade nine that they need to give reasoning. Surely you're past grade nine. Yes? Did you want to resubmit your post and this time provide me with reasoning for every claim you make? I will not simply take your word for things, because EVERY religion says their god is the right one. And there are HUNDREDS of gods. Is this clear to you?

[@superapex2128]

I don't have time for this - which does NOT make you right.

[@SamIAm-kz4hg]

superapex21 "I don't have time for this - which does NOT make you right." Then why are you here? If you want to spew, be aware that some of us will question your spewing. You should be prepared to back up what you believe, even if it is only in your own head. You don't seem to have done so, and appear to randomly believe something without a shred of reasoning. If you had any, you would have provided some. You gave none. In the time it took you to write your second last post, you could have provided reasoning. So I call bullshit on "I don't have time for this." That is called being intellectually lazy. And you mean to tell me that you use religion as a guiding force in your life, yet you don't have the time to think through whether it is right or not? Really? I've spent time on this because to me it IS important to know what is truthful or not. If you don't have time for this, then you fit in with all of the other smart but intellectually lazy people I know. It is disgraceful. Have you at least read the Bible?

[@jerryupchurch1131]

God did make the world differently all the suffering, evil, sin, etc. was chosen by man in the garden.

[@Kenjiro5775]

Because we're here. Roll the bones. RIP Mr. Peart.

[@KATAERO1]

(con) So, tell me what Jesus meant when He said, "I am the resurrection and the life. He who believes in Me, though he may die, he shall live. And whoever lives and believes in Me shall never die. Do you believe this?" (John 11:25-26 NKJV) And He backed that up when He raised Lazarus after being dead for 4 days, didn't He? (con)

[@storytime6263]

Evidence? You have seen the complexity of life right? The very fact you can reason is evidence. You don't want evidence you want to stop all doubt which you cannot without faith. Look what God did for his childern to get out of Egypt and they still didn't have faith in God fully. 40 years in a desert is what it took to convince them. God wore them out and out lasted them which was ironic for them.

[@quranurdu4562]

@Pybro just spreading love,,No,definitely I am not,just trying to return your trust.plz read this book..

[@ericjohnson6665]

I agree, our biggest relationship of all, is with our Divine Father-friend! What most people don't quite get yet, is that God is not the one who judges us, (that would be the Ancients of Days), so all fears of God "judging us" are poorly founded. They do not indicate how much our Divine Father-friend really loves us. What I wish everyone would understand (admittedly a tall order), is that our Father's love for us is infinite. It is so strong, it destroys our sins. Our Father craves a close, intimate, loving, relationship with us, as his children. Calling him "Dad" is in the direction we need to go.

[@johnmcdonagh1193]

I was only 2 minutes listening to the conversation, and knew immediately when I heard, ''it's very like who shot J.R'' and thought I didn't want to listen any further. Life had thought me about individuals like this.

[@AtamMardes]

If made up religious fairy tales can fool someone like Dr. Lennox, imagine what it could do to ordinary folks.

[@AtamMardes]

@@jirehmasalon4124 If Jesus had Godly powers, he would still be alive today living on earth for people to visit. Resurrection & ascendance to a heaven is a hoax that conveniently occurs in the past and easily fools the gullible folks.

[@SamIAm-kz4hg]

@@AtamMardes "Dr." Lennox is a mathematician. I have no reason to care what he thinks unless he can reason. I also don't care what a gynaecologist (also a doctor) has to say. The Jesus story makes zero sense. You're right on.

[@farmex100]

You’re sad

[@AtamMardes]

@@farmex100 Religion says thank God for giving life to you & also for giving life to animals for you to take their lives away & eat them. Religion says thank God for choosing you out of many patients to recover from illness as many ignored by God die. *QUESTION:* Are you not sad when the religion delusion fools the gullible folks to believe in an imaginary God by exploiting their hypocrisy, narcissism, ignorance & arrogance?

[@zionbound5801]

" Let us hear the conclusion of the whole matter: Fear God, and keep his commandments: for this is the whole duty of man. For God shall bring every work into judgment, with every secret thing, whether it be good, or whether it be evil."..... Eccles. 12:13-14

[@Doriesep6622]

God is love. Screw all that you just wrote. That was written by men.

[@zionbound5801]

Are you alright ?

[@nathannocchi4463]

Zion Bound He's implying that love does not correct wrongdoing.

[@Touchthesky412]

Yamakazoo, you still have a great deal of homework to do. That you're here is a great start.

[@dereksamueldani7336]

Of all the worldviews that one countenances around the world ,Christianity stands out . And it is not because of its grand theological trajectory in relation to the others , but because of its simplest imperative message that God loves you regardless of who you are, and He wants to restore His image in you because you were created divine . You are infinitely divine .Meaning of life remains incomplete and illusive unless one has that experience of being created divine. Every age has its St Paul to clear the smokescreen of intellectual confusion . Last century saw CS Lewis ,and this century we have John Lennox.

[@SamIAm-kz4hg]

"its simplest imperative message that God loves you regardless of who you are" Except those people he gets mad at and drowns. And babies who are born with preexisting conditions, who he never cures. I could go on.

[@michaelatkin9649]

Why does your audio always suck on your videos??

[@strongreasontruth6174]

ATHEISM needs a new name try FATHEISM it's filled with hope and faith

[@peterrenner5427]

+STRONG REASON TRUTH delusion much?

[@megalopolis2015]

SRT: I wouldn't say "hope", really, with atheism. After death, nothing is not a source of hope, even to most believers of atheism.

[@glenview8]

Amen.

[@beefking69er]

love me some lennox

[@Hichamstudio]

“Different authors have different points of view. You can't just say, 'I believe in the Bible.” __ Bart D. Ehrman

[@terrigreen100]

Can you imagine a serious discussion debating the existence of Santa Claus?

[@GhostRider659]

Terri Green We have a natural explanation of where the presents under the tree show up. We lack a natural explanation of why, even though all the laws that science has found should say otherwise, we perceive ourselves as conscious agents acting on our own free will. And for many, many other things. We're not talking about gaps here, what we need is a framework.

[@WaterspoutsOfTheDeep]

Terri Green Can you imagine a world where there is no forum for differing points of view to be discussed? You want use such qualities and gifts the foundation of Christianity has established for your world view then deny it for the very people who gave it to you. There are quite a few choice words that could be used there to describe such people but I think you get the point Terri Green.

[@djcfield93]

+Terri Green Been there, done that. I think I was 11. Now onto the good stuff

[@gigisonishvili5281]

you are christian now:D:D:D i checked your profile

[@flimsyjimnz]

Can you imagine a serious discussion debating evolving from apes?

[@KATAERO1]

"And suddenly there was with the angel a multitude of the heavenly host praising God and saying: 'Glory to God in the highest, And on earth peace, goodwill toward men!" (Luke 2:13-14) And do you still think Baby Jesus isn't God-the Son? If not, who else can He be? "And when He said this, He breathed on them, and said to them, 'Receive the Holy Spirit." (John 20:22) So, who do you think it is whose breath is the Holy Spirt Himself? I rest my case!

[@J.Mulleno]

In several scriptures Jesus makes it clear.. "The Father is greater than I am".. "Pray to the Father" (vs Jesus saying to pray to him)......When a man approaches Jesus and addrresses him with "Good teacher".. Jesus reply is this, "Why do you call me good, and that only the Father is good".. When Jesus was on earth, he prays to the Father..(why would he pray to himself?).. Before Jesus raised Lazarus by the Father, hecprays outloud, so they all could hear him pray to the Father.. These are as few that come to mind at random but makes the point.. When you study by reading more than once or twice, but committing to developing an understanding over all you will learn much, and following Jesus life, you will kbow the difference between Father and Son... Why not read, When one goes to college or specialized learning, people make a commitment to not only take note but to really learn something. . Same with the scriptures. Remember the "bonuses", of this being "The living Bible" which God's Spirit is involved.. This read is one of a kind. 🖖

[@TheLeftRbabieskillers]

What a jovial man.

[@stevesmith2257]

This man never presents evidence. He regularly asserts that he is convinced by evidence but never presents it!

[@lealeandre1063]

+Steve Smith Maybe it's time for you to stop depending on him for evidence and start searching for the evidence yourself.

[@djcfield93]

+Steve Smith Yes he does. What sort of evidence are you looking for?

[@hubertfitts5030]

We all have the same evidence. All of our senses and brains operate in about the same way. It is the interpretation of the evidence is where we can vastly differ. The battle is between worldviews. Christianity, Darwinian, naturalism. lots of _____isms. We all can look at a fossil and know that it is a fossil. It is our putting out stories about the fossil that we dispute about.

[@stevesmith2257]

you have a keen eye for the obvious

[@hubertfitts5030]

Steve Smith: Understanding the obvious is not so obvious.

[@AtamMardes]

Just curious, what do you think the moral God means when God says woman should keep quiet? 1 Timothy 2:12 I do not permit a woman to teach or to assume authority over a man; she must be quiet. Are those the words of a moral God? Or are those the words of barbaric primitive delusional people who were intellectually comparable to today's Afghan warlords?

[@michelleflavour2287]

Timothy, Paul's scribe and friend was writing to the church in Corinth. What must be remembered in this letter and this passage is the context. Corinth was a part of the world at that time that had a fertility goddess. Specific women ran the churches of this goddess and were basically ruling over everyone in this community. What Timothy and Paul are advising is not the subjugation of women but rather the equal in value of the sexes. Many times Paul has been made out to be a sexist he is not,mostly through picking half of a passage and not continuing. That wives should submit to their husbands. Of course, the very next line is "And husbands submit to your wives."

[@AtamMardes]

Michelle Frazer Just curious, why would a moral God order the slaughter of innocent infants, children and animals? 1 Samuel 15:3 3 Now go, attack the Amalekites and totally destroy all that belongs to them. Do not spare them; put to death men and women, children and infants, cattle and sheep, camels and donkeys.

[@michelleflavour2287]

If your highest imaginable good is longevity, then I can definitely see how this would be problematic. Of course, if you had watched Dr. Lennox or read anything except the "skeptics verses" of the Bible, you would see that , we believe that longevity is not the highest good but rather being in relationship with God. In the Christian belief system those children would immediately be in the presence of God and they would be saved a fate worse than a short life. A life completely and utterly separated from the only thing that makes their existence worthwhile and fulfilled in an eternal sense. Now it seems to me that you don't really wish to have a serious discussion,but rather you would like to bring up all the internet mumbo jumbo half truths and half read passages of the Bible. Is there anything I could say to convince you otherwise? I highly doubt it. And having read and studied the Book extensively over many years, it is highly unlikely that you could convince me otherwise either. I respect your viewpoint and thank you for your time. Have a great day!

[@AtamMardes]

Michelle Frazer Just curious; 1- Why would a moral God order to kill non-virgin brides? 2- Only the virginity of women is the issue, is God sexist? Deuteronomy 22:20-21 If, however, the charge is true and no proof of the young woman’s virginity can be found, she shall be brought to the door of her father’s house and there the men of her town shall stone her to death. She has done an outrageous thing in Israel by being promiscuous while still in her father’s house. You must purge the evil from among you.

[@tyowongndeso]

atam mardes that was Paul's talking.

[@monicavirginiasheltonroman8213]

It's heart over mind .love and your soul outweighs the corruptible and tricked mind everyday

[@tatie7604]

The book of Job is the oldest book in the Bible. The message really is that it is better not to have been born. All you end up doing is suffering and dying in the end with not much else in between. Hope for heaven. That's about all.

[@frednelson3556]

its a act a practiced show all to show god how great he is

[@KATAERO1]

Yes, you're absolutely correct. They believed with their lips but not with their hearts, since they're yet to be given the Holy Spirit when Jesus breathed on them after the resurrection. The word "Holy Spirit" in the original Greek Bible is "Dunamis," which is became "Dynamite" in English. It's "Kaboom" in reverse. "For by grace you have been saved through faith, and that not of yourselves; it is the gift of God, not of works, lest anyone should boast." (Ephesians 2:8-9) (con)

[@DavidBeach8811]

For me he feels more like a Grandfather

[@KATAERO1]

If you have never before accepted Jesus Christ as your Savior, the Holy Spirit is with you. He is the One who draws you to God and convicts you of sin. If you have accepted Jesus, then the Holy Spirit is inside you. But He wants to come upon you, as well, to give you the power to live the Christian life, and to serve Him in a fruitful way. Don't stop short of all that God has for you. Ask for the power of the Spirit to come upon you and to stay upon you. God bless...

[@benitaalmond3991]

Me too!

[@ContemporaryCompendium]

The captions are hilarious! Christopher Hitchens was changed to Chris His Skin Kitchen 😂😂

[@megalopolis2015]

Oh man. :0)

[@bobwilkinson2008]

At least Hitchens talked sense

[@slinkymalinki1001]

To me, it's not whether there is a God or not, it is the definition of God. I believe that God is that silent presence in deep sleep.

[@John-bv2ft]

Wise man