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 Good morning, everyone.

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 There's probably no God, so now stop worrying and enjoy your life.

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 That's a statement that was a slogan that was put across as an advertising.

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 A number of years ago now, on the side of buses all through London,

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 mostly funded by the atheist Richard Dawkins.

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 Not to be outdone, German atheists did a similar thing,

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 where they put a similar statement, except they went one step further and said,

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 there is no God, therefore stop worrying and enjoy your life.

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 They rented their own bus, toured the country with it.

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 They also had a statement there of fulfilled life.

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 And as that bus toured throughout Germany,

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 German Christians got their own bus and put on the side of it,

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 what if he does exist?

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 The thing was that they toured together throughout Germany,

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 and often these buses were parked up overnight beside one another.

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 And so it was a great delight to the media in Germany to be able to take photos of this.

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 It went throughout social media.

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 The two opposing buses living side by side.

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 But from that moment, our culture has been fed the message that Christianity,

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 it's irrational and in some cases it's even immoral.

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 They're the underlying currents of a secular society that we are in at the moment.

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 Things we watch on TV, read online, even hear about over coffee at work or university

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 or those sorts of things, cause us to reject the faith,

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 or cause many people in fact to reject the faith that they've never understood in the first place.

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 They pick up little statements that are plausible.

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 And so then they reject what they don't even know in the first place.

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 That such is the power of the new atheist movement and its popularity

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 with little statements that are implausible in and of themselves,

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 but have a significant influence.

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 In fact, these messages are so strong and frequent

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 that many Christians, people who declare themselves to be Christian,

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 but who have not actually thought deeply about the faith that they have,

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 the Christian faith that they held is becoming less and less real for them

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 in their life, in their minds, their hearts,

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 as it appears that what they once held to is implausible.

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 It's not acceptable.

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 It's not even good in our day and age.

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 The prominent atheist Richard Dawkins,

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 his own view is that faith is an evil precisely because

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 it requires no justification and Brooks'

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 words, to be a person of faith means that you don't think.

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 That's his view.

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 Now, our vision series this year is about helping us see

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 that Christianity, that faith in Jesus Christ is...

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 It is good and it is, in fact, desirable.

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 And so, if you are a sceptic sitting here amongst us

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 or you're a sceptic tuning online in this series,

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 I welcome you in this series.

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 If you have not...

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 ...the atheistic bus,

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 you might want to actually ask,

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 what kind of God is it

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 whose existence is deemed improbable?

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 That is, what kind of...

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 Have you thought deep enough about that?

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 The British bus campaign proudly informed us

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 that the Christian God, particularly,

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 is a God who's...

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 ...associated with worry

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 and a lack of enjoyment in life.

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 What is ironic about that

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 is that one of Dawkins' own pin-up boys himself,

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 the atheist...

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 ...probably the most prominent atheist of all time,

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 once said that atheism is a long, hard, cruel business.

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 Whereas the God of the Bible is about life.

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 Joy in life.

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 See, this vision series that we're doing this year,

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 it flows out of who we are as a church

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 and what we seek to achieve as a church here at St. Paul's.

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 We treasure Jesus together for the joy of all people.

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 That is, joy in Christ

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 is what we want for our neighbourhood

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 and that is to grow in God confidence.

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 That is totally reasonable to be a person of faith,

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 even in this day and age.

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 And so today I want to...

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 ...that issue of whether it is reasonable to be Christian in this day and age,

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 whether it's reasonable to be a person of faith in this day and age.

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 And I'm going to tackle that by first addressing whether it's faith is reasonable,

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 God is reasonable,

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 and finally, is it reasonable to have faith in Jesus Christ?

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 So if you've got the St. Paul's app,

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 you can take some notes on there if you like

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 and follow along.

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 So is faith reasonable?

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 The St. Paul's app,

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 discovered that there was in fact a God.

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 You know, you die, you discover that God exists,

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 and you're fronted with God, what would you do?

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 And Dr. Russell's reply was very fast,

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 quite hubris.

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 He said,

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 God,

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 not enough evidence for you.

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 And at the other end of the spectrum,

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 you've got people like Elizabeth Anscombe,

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 possibly the greatest female philosopher ever,

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 and the greatest female philosopher that no one's ever heard of.

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 She looked at the...

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 ...from atheism to Christianity.

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 And frankly,

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 you can come up with your own list of people,

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 you know,

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 the deconversion stories,

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 and all that sort of...

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 You can come up with your own list of people

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 who have gone in two different directions

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 by looking at the same information.

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 How do you account for the difference?

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 The common argument that's used in our society at the moment,

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 amongst our culture,

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 you solve that problem by saying

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 that religious people...

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 ...on faith,

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 but secular people ground their life in fact,

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 logic, rationality, science.

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 Religious people have faith,

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 they have a bias towards...

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 ...in some way,

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 have a bias towards religion,

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 they have an emotional need

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 to believe that there's something else in this world,

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 whereas secular people are just...

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 They've removed all of that tradition and culture.

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 ...people are just unbiased.

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 Secular people are just looking at the world objectively

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 and looking at life rationally,

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 and they have no need to believe.

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 Now, the main thing I want to say about that view...

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 ...is it's so untrue.

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 It's so untrue.

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 In his book, A Secular Age,

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 Charles Taylor calls this view

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 the subtraction story.

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 This is where a person might say,

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 well, you're not the supernatural,

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 but because of science and because of reason,

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 I've just subtracted God.

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 I don't need God.

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 And now I just see the world as it actually is.

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 Now,

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 what happens as a shock

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 to most non-believers

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 is the fact that

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 to move from belief to unbelief

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 is simply a shift from one...

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 ...set of beliefs.

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 It's not a move from belief to unbelief.

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 It's a move from this set of beliefs

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 to this set of beliefs.

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 And one of the very first sets of beliefs

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 is what is called exclusive rationality.

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 It's the belief

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 that science is the only arbiter

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 of what is real

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 and factual

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 and that nothing should be believed

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 unless it's proven

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 with evidence and observation.

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 Now, I think science is fantastic.

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 I mean, I'm a type 1 diabetic.

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 50 years ago, that was a death sentence.

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 But because of science,

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 it's not anymore.

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 And so,

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 you look at a statement like that

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 and you go,

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 it sounds reasonable.

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 And yet it's a statement

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 that can't meet its own standards.

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 In other words,

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 what is the observed proof

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 that science is the only arbiter

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 of what is real and factual?

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 You can only use a circular argument.

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 You can only use science to prove science.

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 You can't go beyond it.

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 And so, it's a circular argument.

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 There's no other proof to it,

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 to that statement.

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 So, in other words,

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 it can't even stand up

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 to its own definition.

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 It's a long and complex.

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 But even reason and proof

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 must start with faith.

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 It must start with faith in reason

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 and belief in some concept of proof.

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 For example,

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 for the reason,

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 rationality,

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 depends on the faith

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 that our senses,

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 our ears,

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 our eyes,

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 our minds,

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 our memories,

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 are not actually tricking us.

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 test that

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 without using

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 and assuming

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 their reliability

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 in the first place.

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 Observation and scientific evidence

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 can neither prove

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 that there is a God

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 or prove

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 that there is a God.

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 All varieties

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 of secularism

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 are a set of beliefs.

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 It's a belief system.

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 It is not simply

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 the absence of faith.

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 Interviewed between comedian

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 Ricky Gervais

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 and US comedian

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 and talk show host

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 Stephen Colbert.

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 Gervais is a

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 agnostic

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 atheist,

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 which means he's not sure

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 whether he knows

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 he is or not.

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 Colbert

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 is a confused Catholic.

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 And Gervais was explaining

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 how in his life

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 he's not a person of faith,

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 he has no need for religion,

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 no need for faith whatsoever.

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 His whole life

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 is based on science,

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 on evidence,

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 on faith,

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 for the explanation

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 of all things

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 in the world.

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 He made it very clear

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 that he had no faith

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 whatsoever.

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 He then

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 made a comment

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 about how the universe,

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 he was just talking about

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 how the universe,

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 Colbert asked him,

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 so where's it all from?

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 He says,

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 well,

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 it's very simple.

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 It all started

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 from this freakish,

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 minuscule burst of light,

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 you know,

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 what we call the Big Bang.

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 It's this tiny,

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 minuscule thing,

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 this energy

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 just boom.

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 And Colbert,

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 rightly so,

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 very quickly

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 jumped in there

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 and said,

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 you can't prove that though.

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 There's no proof for that.

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 You are relying,

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 very rightly so,

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 you are relying

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 on the theory

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 of Stephen Hawking.

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 And

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 he then added

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 that particular view

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 that that's where

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 it all started

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 is a step of faith.

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 And Gervais

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 beautiful moment.

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 There was this

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 immediate tension.

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 It was all very humorous

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 and they were all like

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 engaging and friendly

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 and lovely with one another.

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 And there was this tension

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 where he's like,

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 yeah,

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 but,

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 and then Colbert

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 rescued him,

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 come in and

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 changed the subject

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 and moved on.

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 He had to acknowledge

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 at that point

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 he was a person of faith.

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 That his whole

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 system of belief

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 was faith.

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 The starting point

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 is faith

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 in something

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 that he can't

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 and then they moved

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 on to something else.

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 You see,

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 theism,

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 the existence of God,

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 the belief in the existence

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 of God,

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 and atheism,

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 the belief in the

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 non-existence of God,

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 cannot be 100%

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 proven by data.

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 systems of thinking

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 and believing

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 that need to be

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 compared

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 and contrasted

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 to determine

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 which makes

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 the most sense.

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 And so,

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 I say again,

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 if you're a skeptic

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 in the room

00:15:02.759 --> 00:15:03.479
 or online,

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 don't go down

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 the line

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 and be projecting

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 something that you

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 don't know.

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 Compare and contrast.

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 which makes

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 the most sense

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 of our experience

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 of things

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 that we know

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 and things

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 that we need

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 to explain.

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 Which one makes

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 the most sense

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 of our social experience

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 of the problems

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 that we face

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 in living together

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 and the world

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 in which we live

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 and which is

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 most cohesively,

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 logically consistent.

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 So that brings me

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 to my next point.

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 Is faith

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 in a God?

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 If all people

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 exercise faith

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 to some degree,

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 the Ricky Gervaises

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 and the Stephen Hawkins

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 and everyone

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 in this world

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 and myself,

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 if we all exercise

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 faith in this degree,

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 is it therefore

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 reasonable to believe

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 in God?

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 To have faith

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 in God?

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 Believers in God

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 have argued,

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 this is not just

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 Christians,

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 this is believers

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 in God

00:16:02.840 --> 00:16:03.620
 have argued

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 that God's existence

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 cannot be proven

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 empirically

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 as if he

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 as if this God

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 were a physical object

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 within the world

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 that you can

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 investigate.

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 Most religious

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 philosophers

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 have argued

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 that God's existence

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 can be logically

00:16:24.180 --> 00:16:25.420
 inferred.

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 Logically inferred.

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 Which is exactly

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 what

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 he's logically

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 inferring

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 that this is

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 most likely

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 the start

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 of the universe.

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 It's an inference,

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 that's all it is.

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 Many scientific theories,

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 especially those

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 have to do with

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 established

00:16:49.399 --> 00:16:51.000
 on inference,

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 not fact,

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 inference.

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 Theory X

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 is more reasonable

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 than theory Y

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 if it explains

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 the data

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 better than theory Y.

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 It's that kind

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 of an idea.

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 This is not

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 proof

00:17:06.620 --> 00:17:07.680
 of the kind

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 that can be

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 concluded

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 in a laboratory.

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 But believers

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 suggest

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 that there are

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 very significant

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 clues

00:17:17.120 --> 00:17:18.099
 that point

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 to the existence

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 of God.

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 In fact,

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 the Bible

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 tells us

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 that God

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 has put his

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 fingerprints

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 right through

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 the universe.

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 The heavens

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 declare the glory

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 of God,

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 the skies

00:17:29.120 --> 00:17:29.779
 proclaim

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 the work

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 of his

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 hands.

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 Day after

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 day,

00:17:32.200 --> 00:17:32.640
 they pour

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 forth speech.

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 Night after

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 night,

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 they reveal

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 knowledge.

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 They use

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 no words,

00:17:42.400 --> 00:17:43.240
 no sound

00:17:43.240 --> 00:17:44.160
 is heard

00:17:44.160 --> 00:17:45.059
 from these

00:17:45.059 --> 00:17:45.819
 fingerprints.

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 And yet,

00:17:47.940 --> 00:17:48.640
 their voice

00:17:48.640 --> 00:17:49.140
 goes out

00:17:49.140 --> 00:17:50.000
 to all the

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 earth,

00:17:51.380 --> 00:17:52.059
 their words

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 to the ends

00:17:52.720 --> 00:17:53.360
 of the world.

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 right

00:17:56.659 --> 00:17:57.099
 throughout

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 creation,

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 revealing

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 something of

00:18:00.439 --> 00:18:00.919
 who God

00:18:00.919 --> 00:18:01.339
 is or

00:18:01.339 --> 00:18:01.579
 that there

00:18:01.579 --> 00:18:01.859
 is a

00:18:01.859 --> 00:18:02.179
 God.

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 And the

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 clues are

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 many.

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 I'm going

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 to mention

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 just a

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 couple.

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 And again,

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 really

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 shortened

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 version of

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 these.

00:18:14.259 --> 00:18:14.939
 There's

00:18:14.939 --> 00:18:15.419
 the cosmic

00:18:15.419 --> 00:18:15.939
 wonder

00:18:15.939 --> 00:18:16.439
 clue.

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 There is

00:18:18.539 --> 00:18:18.979
 agreement

00:18:18.979 --> 00:18:19.479
 that modern

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 science is

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 completely

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 insufficient

00:18:21.480 --> 00:18:23.319
 to explain

00:18:23.319 --> 00:18:24.099
 the existence

00:18:24.099 --> 00:18:25.259
 of the

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 world.

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 Whatever

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 brought it

00:18:27.279 --> 00:18:27.839
 about,

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 whatever

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 brought it

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 about,

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 must have

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 been

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 something

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 extra

00:18:33.240 --> 00:18:33.700
 natural,

00:18:34.079 --> 00:18:34.960
 outside of

00:18:34.960 --> 00:18:35.319
 nature,

00:18:35.519 --> 00:18:36.319
 supernatural.

00:18:37.380 --> 00:18:37.579
 The

00:18:37.579 --> 00:18:38.220
 existence of

00:18:38.220 --> 00:18:38.880
 God is

00:18:38.880 --> 00:18:40.059
 inferred

00:18:40.059 --> 00:18:40.599
 from

00:18:40.599 --> 00:18:41.160
 existence

00:18:41.160 --> 00:18:41.860
 itself.

00:18:44.200 --> 00:18:44.779
 Nothing

00:18:44.779 --> 00:18:46.319
 is

00:18:46.319 --> 00:18:47.279
 something.

00:18:49.220 --> 00:18:50.059
 Everything

00:18:50.059 --> 00:18:50.839
 must come

00:18:50.839 --> 00:18:51.619
 from something

00:18:51.619 --> 00:18:53.079
 that already

00:18:53.079 --> 00:18:54.159
 has a

00:18:54.159 --> 00:18:54.779
 being.

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 This

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 means that

00:18:58.159 --> 00:18:58.539
 there must

00:18:58.539 --> 00:18:59.039
 be some

00:18:59.039 --> 00:18:59.639
 unique

00:18:59.639 --> 00:19:00.819
 being that

00:19:00.819 --> 00:19:01.599
 exists

00:19:01.599 --> 00:19:05.240
 and is

00:19:05.240 --> 00:19:05.699
 the source

00:19:05.699 --> 00:19:06.119
 of everything

00:19:06.119 --> 00:19:06.539
 else.

00:19:07.859 --> 00:19:08.500
 In his

00:19:08.500 --> 00:19:08.819
 book,

00:19:09.099 --> 00:19:09.599
 The Language

00:19:09.599 --> 00:19:10.039
 of God,

00:19:10.159 --> 00:19:10.480
 scientist

00:19:10.480 --> 00:19:11.279
 Richard Collins

00:19:11.279 --> 00:19:11.699
 puts it

00:19:11.699 --> 00:19:12.259
 like this.

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 We have

00:19:13.339 --> 00:19:13.859
 this very

00:19:13.859 --> 00:19:14.299
 solid

00:19:14.299 --> 00:19:14.899
 conclusion

00:19:14.899 --> 00:19:15.299
 that the

00:19:15.299 --> 00:19:15.699
 universe

00:19:15.699 --> 00:19:16.099
 had an

00:19:16.099 --> 00:19:16.419
 origin,

00:19:16.539 --> 00:19:16.799
 the Big

00:19:16.799 --> 00:19:17.119
 Bang.

00:19:17.119 --> 00:19:18.299
 15

00:19:18.299 --> 00:19:18.559
 bits

00:19:18.559 --> 00:19:20.259
 began

00:19:20.259 --> 00:19:20.939
 with an

00:19:20.939 --> 00:19:21.759
 unimaginably

00:19:21.759 --> 00:19:22.739
 bright flash

00:19:22.739 --> 00:19:23.379
 of energy

00:19:23.379 --> 00:19:24.239
 from an

00:19:24.239 --> 00:19:24.699
 infinitely

00:19:24.699 --> 00:19:25.339
 small

00:19:25.339 --> 00:19:25.859
 point.

00:19:26.759 --> 00:19:27.259
 That

00:19:27.259 --> 00:19:28.079
 implies

00:19:28.079 --> 00:19:29.639
 that before

00:19:29.639 --> 00:19:30.219
 that,

00:19:30.719 --> 00:19:31.099
 there was

00:19:31.099 --> 00:19:31.519
 nothing.

00:19:32.979 --> 00:19:33.619
 I cannot

00:19:33.619 --> 00:19:34.359
 imagine

00:19:34.359 --> 00:19:35.439
 how in

00:19:35.439 --> 00:19:37.399
 this case

00:19:37.399 --> 00:19:38.279
 the universe

00:19:38.279 --> 00:19:39.559
 could have

00:19:39.559 --> 00:19:40.099
 created

00:19:40.099 --> 00:19:40.859
 itself.

00:19:40.859 --> 00:19:42.619
 and the

00:19:42.619 --> 00:19:43.240
 very fact

00:19:43.240 --> 00:19:43.519
 that the

00:19:43.519 --> 00:19:43.859
 universe

00:19:43.859 --> 00:19:44.639
 had a

00:19:44.639 --> 00:19:45.159
 beginning

00:19:45.159 --> 00:19:46.279
 implies

00:19:46.279 --> 00:19:47.639
 that someone

00:19:47.639 --> 00:19:48.639
 was able

00:19:48.639 --> 00:19:49.240
 to begin

00:19:49.240 --> 00:19:49.539
 it.

00:19:50.099 --> 00:19:50.639
 It seems

00:19:50.639 --> 00:19:51.039
 to me

00:19:51.039 --> 00:19:51.839
 that had

00:19:51.839 --> 00:19:52.119
 to be

00:19:52.119 --> 00:19:52.859
 a

00:19:52.859 --> 00:19:53.259
 beginning.

00:19:55.819 --> 00:19:56.459
 Now,

00:19:56.579 --> 00:19:57.179
 that particular

00:19:57.179 --> 00:19:57.719
 argument,

00:19:58.319 --> 00:19:58.740
 the cosmic

00:19:58.740 --> 00:19:59.119
 wonder

00:19:59.119 --> 00:19:59.500
 argument,

00:19:59.619 --> 00:20:00.000
 the beginning

00:20:00.000 --> 00:20:00.679
 of everything,

00:20:01.519 --> 00:20:01.959
 is an

00:20:01.959 --> 00:20:02.839
 argument that

00:20:02.839 --> 00:20:04.079
 has drawn

00:20:04.079 --> 00:20:06.519
 atheists in

00:20:06.519 --> 00:20:07.619
 to try

00:20:07.619 --> 00:20:08.480
 and explain

00:20:08.480 --> 00:20:08.740
 it.

00:20:10.079 --> 00:20:11.159
 People like

00:20:11.159 --> 00:20:12.059
 Stephen Hawkins,

00:20:12.159 --> 00:20:12.399
 you're left

00:20:12.399 --> 00:20:12.699
 with people

00:20:12.699 --> 00:20:13.199
 like Richard

00:20:13.199 --> 00:20:13.599
 Dawkins

00:20:13.599 --> 00:20:14.319
 and others

00:20:14.319 --> 00:20:15.099
 who have

00:20:15.099 --> 00:20:15.480
 come up

00:20:15.480 --> 00:20:15.799
 with this

00:20:15.799 --> 00:20:16.779
 concept

00:20:16.779 --> 00:20:17.599
 of the

00:20:17.599 --> 00:20:18.259
 multiple

00:20:18.259 --> 00:20:19.059
 universes.

00:20:20.639 --> 00:20:21.119
 In other

00:20:21.119 --> 00:20:21.439
 words,

00:20:21.799 --> 00:20:22.759
 to explain

00:20:22.759 --> 00:20:23.299
 God

00:20:23.299 --> 00:20:24.179
 away,

00:20:25.699 --> 00:20:28.159
 they've

00:20:28.159 --> 00:20:28.599
 come up

00:20:28.599 --> 00:20:29.019
 with a

00:20:29.019 --> 00:20:29.899
 theory that

00:20:29.899 --> 00:20:30.259
 has got

00:20:30.259 --> 00:20:31.399
 no evidence

00:20:31.399 --> 00:20:31.879
 or proof

00:20:31.879 --> 00:20:32.259
 to it

00:20:32.259 --> 00:20:33.460
 at all.

00:20:34.079 --> 00:20:36.099
 massive

00:20:36.099 --> 00:20:36.899
 step of

00:20:36.899 --> 00:20:37.319
 faith.

00:20:40.639 --> 00:20:41.319
 And they

00:20:41.319 --> 00:20:41.720
 think they're

00:20:41.720 --> 00:20:42.259
 not biased

00:20:42.259 --> 00:20:42.539
 in it.

00:20:48.279 --> 00:20:48.919
 Of course,

00:20:48.980 --> 00:20:49.379
 the cosmic

00:20:49.379 --> 00:20:50.119
 wonder

00:20:50.119 --> 00:20:50.939
 argument is

00:20:50.939 --> 00:20:51.759
 not conclusive

00:20:51.759 --> 00:20:52.379
 proof for

00:20:52.379 --> 00:20:52.679
 God,

00:20:53.339 --> 00:20:54.079
 but it is

00:20:54.079 --> 00:20:54.480
 a strong

00:20:54.480 --> 00:20:55.000
 case that

00:20:55.000 --> 00:20:55.339
 something

00:20:55.339 --> 00:20:55.960
 beyond the

00:20:55.960 --> 00:20:56.339
 natural

00:20:56.339 --> 00:20:56.919
 world

00:20:56.919 --> 00:20:58.419
 has brought

00:20:58.419 --> 00:20:58.839
 this world

00:20:58.839 --> 00:20:59.379
 into existence

00:20:59.379 --> 00:21:01.240
 and which

00:21:01.240 --> 00:21:03.980
 even now

00:21:03.980 --> 00:21:05.799
 upholds

00:21:05.799 --> 00:21:05.940
 that

00:21:05.940 --> 00:21:06.480
 existence.

00:21:08.220 --> 00:21:08.640
 Another

00:21:08.640 --> 00:21:09.180
 clue for

00:21:09.180 --> 00:21:09.539
 God's

00:21:09.539 --> 00:21:09.900
 existence

00:21:09.900 --> 00:21:10.279
 has to

00:21:10.279 --> 00:21:10.579
 do with

00:21:10.579 --> 00:21:11.799
 the design,

00:21:12.019 --> 00:21:12.360
 the fine

00:21:12.360 --> 00:21:12.759
 tuned

00:21:12.759 --> 00:21:13.240
 design

00:21:13.240 --> 00:21:14.380
 of the

00:21:14.380 --> 00:21:14.720
 world.

00:21:15.319 --> 00:21:15.599
 You can

00:21:15.599 --> 00:21:15.920
 think of

00:21:15.920 --> 00:21:16.079
 this,

00:21:17.819 --> 00:21:18.799
 imagine a

00:21:18.799 --> 00:21:19.180
 bunch of

00:21:19.180 --> 00:21:20.140
 dials that

00:21:20.140 --> 00:21:20.680
 are all

00:21:20.680 --> 00:21:22.880
 set at

00:21:22.880 --> 00:21:23.740
 exactly the

00:21:23.740 --> 00:21:24.079
 point it

00:21:24.079 --> 00:21:24.460
 needs to

00:21:24.460 --> 00:21:24.720
 be,

00:21:24.799 --> 00:21:25.480
 all randomly,

00:21:25.839 --> 00:21:26.299
 not connected

00:21:26.299 --> 00:21:26.559
 to one

00:21:26.559 --> 00:21:26.920
 another at

00:21:26.920 --> 00:21:27.140
 all.

00:21:27.299 --> 00:21:27.500
 This is

00:21:27.500 --> 00:21:27.839
 not all

00:21:27.839 --> 00:21:28.460
 on a

00:21:28.460 --> 00:21:29.240
 big long

00:21:29.240 --> 00:21:29.500
 dial

00:21:29.500 --> 00:21:29.960
 platform,

00:21:30.079 --> 00:21:30.180
 they're

00:21:30.180 --> 00:21:30.400
 all

00:21:30.400 --> 00:21:31.019
 randomly,

00:21:31.700 --> 00:21:31.940
 not

00:21:31.940 --> 00:21:32.220
 connected

00:21:32.220 --> 00:21:32.440
 to one

00:21:32.440 --> 00:21:32.660
 another,

00:21:32.779 --> 00:21:33.700
 but all

00:21:33.980 --> 00:21:34.759
 the

00:21:34.759 --> 00:21:35.120
 right

00:21:35.120 --> 00:21:36.319
 point in

00:21:36.319 --> 00:21:36.880
 order for

00:21:36.880 --> 00:21:37.579
 life to

00:21:37.579 --> 00:21:38.180
 exist.

00:21:39.039 --> 00:21:39.480
 One of

00:21:39.480 --> 00:21:39.700
 those

00:21:39.700 --> 00:21:40.259
 dials is

00:21:40.259 --> 00:21:40.799
 gravitational

00:21:40.799 --> 00:21:41.339
 pull,

00:21:41.539 --> 00:21:42.279
 not related

00:21:42.279 --> 00:21:42.579
 to any

00:21:42.579 --> 00:21:42.740
 of the

00:21:42.740 --> 00:21:42.940
 other

00:21:42.940 --> 00:21:43.559
 dials,

00:21:43.779 --> 00:21:44.279
 but they're

00:21:44.279 --> 00:21:44.680
 all at

00:21:44.680 --> 00:21:45.519
 exactly the

00:21:45.519 --> 00:21:46.079
 right point.

00:21:46.700 --> 00:21:47.059
 And the

00:21:47.059 --> 00:21:47.720
 possibility

00:21:47.720 --> 00:21:48.839
 of those

00:21:48.839 --> 00:21:49.720
 dials

00:21:49.720 --> 00:21:51.940
 set at

00:21:51.940 --> 00:21:52.900
 exactly the

00:21:52.900 --> 00:21:53.660
 right spot

00:21:53.660 --> 00:21:55.339
 without a

00:21:55.339 --> 00:21:56.440
 purpose or

00:21:56.440 --> 00:21:57.059
 without a

00:21:57.059 --> 00:21:58.759
 cause is a

00:21:58.759 --> 00:22:00.079
 massive leap

00:22:00.079 --> 00:22:00.680
 of faith,

00:22:01.720 --> 00:22:02.539
 massive leap

00:22:02.539 --> 00:22:03.039
 of faith.

00:22:03.039 --> 00:22:05.539
 especially

00:22:05.539 --> 00:22:05.980
 for a

00:22:05.980 --> 00:22:06.299
 scientist

00:22:06.299 --> 00:22:08.359
 who works

00:22:08.359 --> 00:22:08.619
 on the

00:22:08.619 --> 00:22:09.240
 principle,

00:22:09.980 --> 00:22:10.440
 foundational

00:22:10.440 --> 00:22:11.119
 principle of

00:22:11.119 --> 00:22:11.559
 a scientist

00:22:11.559 --> 00:22:12.379
 is the

00:22:12.379 --> 00:22:13.059
 world is

00:22:13.059 --> 00:22:13.659
 orderly.

00:22:15.740 --> 00:22:16.559
 It can

00:22:16.559 --> 00:22:17.259
 be observed

00:22:17.259 --> 00:22:18.519
 and yet

00:22:18.519 --> 00:22:19.119
 their starting

00:22:19.119 --> 00:22:19.960
 principle is

00:22:19.960 --> 00:22:20.779
 randomness.

00:22:22.599 --> 00:22:23.039
 The secular

00:22:23.039 --> 00:22:23.299
 science.

00:22:26.379 --> 00:22:27.799
 So here's a

00:22:27.799 --> 00:22:28.379
 way to maybe

00:22:28.379 --> 00:22:29.059
 illustrate that.

00:22:29.059 --> 00:22:31.220
 imagine that

00:22:31.220 --> 00:22:32.259
 a man is

00:22:32.259 --> 00:22:32.740
 before a

00:22:32.740 --> 00:22:33.579
 firing squad,

00:22:34.079 --> 00:22:34.799
 poor person,

00:22:35.240 --> 00:22:36.399
 10 crack

00:22:36.399 --> 00:22:36.980
 marksmen,

00:22:38.119 --> 00:22:38.859
 brilliant

00:22:38.859 --> 00:22:39.940
 marksmen,

00:22:40.359 --> 00:22:42.159
 to doom

00:22:42.159 --> 00:22:42.599
 this poor

00:22:42.599 --> 00:22:42.980
 prisoner,

00:22:43.319 --> 00:22:44.059
 and they're

00:22:44.059 --> 00:22:44.819
 all standing

00:22:44.819 --> 00:22:45.940
 10 metres

00:22:45.940 --> 00:22:46.319
 away.

00:22:47.000 --> 00:22:47.639
 These guys

00:22:47.639 --> 00:22:47.919
 are that

00:22:47.919 --> 00:22:48.159
 good,

00:22:48.220 --> 00:22:48.480
 they can

00:22:48.480 --> 00:22:48.659
 shoot

00:22:48.659 --> 00:22:48.919
 something

00:22:48.919 --> 00:22:49.480
 a kilometre

00:22:49.480 --> 00:22:49.639
 away,

00:22:49.700 --> 00:22:49.879
 but they're

00:22:49.879 --> 00:22:50.220
 all standing

00:22:50.220 --> 00:22:50.940
 10 metres

00:22:50.940 --> 00:22:51.339
 away.

00:22:52.779 --> 00:22:53.059
 And

00:22:53.059 --> 00:22:53.619
 countdown

00:22:53.619 --> 00:22:54.139
 happens,

00:22:54.299 --> 00:22:54.700
 bang,

00:22:54.700 --> 00:22:56.000
 every single

00:22:56.000 --> 00:22:56.299
 one of

00:22:56.299 --> 00:22:56.700
 the misses.

00:22:58.480 --> 00:22:59.019
 He's still

00:22:59.019 --> 00:22:59.380
 alive,

00:22:59.440 --> 00:22:59.620
 he's like,

00:22:59.680 --> 00:22:59.880
 wow.

00:23:04.880 --> 00:23:05.440
 Could that

00:23:05.440 --> 00:23:05.880
 have been an

00:23:05.880 --> 00:23:06.240
 accident?

00:23:07.720 --> 00:23:08.140
 Well, I

00:23:08.140 --> 00:23:08.860
 mean, on one

00:23:08.860 --> 00:23:09.380
 level, you can

00:23:09.380 --> 00:23:09.980
 take each one

00:23:09.980 --> 00:23:10.440
 of the guys

00:23:10.440 --> 00:23:10.700
 and you

00:23:10.700 --> 00:23:11.440
 separate them

00:23:11.440 --> 00:23:11.779
 and you go,

00:23:11.880 --> 00:23:12.100
 well, this

00:23:12.100 --> 00:23:13.220
 guy coughed

00:23:13.220 --> 00:23:13.580
 at the wrong

00:23:13.580 --> 00:23:13.880
 time,

00:23:15.160 --> 00:23:16.240
 all at

00:23:16.240 --> 00:23:16.799
 exactly the

00:23:16.799 --> 00:23:17.259
 same time,

00:23:17.299 --> 00:23:17.580
 this guy

00:23:17.580 --> 00:23:18.039
 was completely

00:23:18.039 --> 00:23:18.500
 drunk,

00:23:18.819 --> 00:23:19.160
 this guy

00:23:19.160 --> 00:23:19.779
 momentarily

00:23:19.779 --> 00:23:20.340
 blind,

00:23:20.680 --> 00:23:20.799
 you know,

00:23:20.860 --> 00:23:21.000
 blah,

00:23:21.039 --> 00:23:21.100
 blah,

00:23:21.140 --> 00:23:21.240
 blah,

00:23:21.420 --> 00:23:21.640
 you know,

00:23:21.680 --> 00:23:21.940
 like you

00:23:21.940 --> 00:23:23.059
 could get

00:23:23.059 --> 00:23:23.660
 all 10 of

00:23:23.660 --> 00:23:23.960
 them and

00:23:23.960 --> 00:23:24.180
 go,

00:23:24.180 --> 00:23:24.740
 well,

00:23:24.820 --> 00:23:25.100
 there's a

00:23:25.100 --> 00:23:25.380
 logical

00:23:25.380 --> 00:23:25.880
 explanation

00:23:25.880 --> 00:23:26.279
 for all

00:23:26.279 --> 00:23:26.640
 10,

00:23:27.039 --> 00:23:27.740
 or you

00:23:27.740 --> 00:23:28.160
 could sit

00:23:28.160 --> 00:23:28.620
 back and

00:23:28.620 --> 00:23:28.840
 you could

00:23:28.840 --> 00:23:29.080
 look at

00:23:29.080 --> 00:23:29.299
 that and

00:23:29.299 --> 00:23:29.480
 go,

00:23:29.560 --> 00:23:29.779
 hang on

00:23:29.779 --> 00:23:30.080
 a bit,

00:23:30.259 --> 00:23:30.539
 something's

00:23:30.539 --> 00:23:33.740
 there is

00:23:33.740 --> 00:23:34.740
 someone back

00:23:34.740 --> 00:23:36.880
 here behind

00:23:36.880 --> 00:23:37.680
 these 10

00:23:37.680 --> 00:23:39.160
 people influencing

00:23:39.160 --> 00:23:39.880
 this decision

00:23:39.880 --> 00:23:40.299
 because they

00:23:40.299 --> 00:23:40.680
 don't want

00:23:40.680 --> 00:23:41.060
 that guy

00:23:41.060 --> 00:23:41.320
 shot.

00:23:45.460 --> 00:23:46.060
 There's a

00:23:46.060 --> 00:23:46.660
 conspiracy.

00:23:51.560 --> 00:23:52.039
 Believers

00:23:52.039 --> 00:23:52.440
 in God

00:23:52.440 --> 00:23:53.180
 suggest that

00:23:53.180 --> 00:23:53.560
 the fine

00:23:53.559 --> 00:23:54.099
 tuning of

00:23:54.099 --> 00:23:55.279
 physics makes

00:23:55.279 --> 00:23:55.899
 much more

00:23:55.899 --> 00:23:56.539
 sense in

00:23:56.539 --> 00:23:57.319
 a universe

00:23:57.319 --> 00:23:58.159
 in which

00:23:58.159 --> 00:23:58.539
 there is a

00:23:58.539 --> 00:23:59.059
 creator and

00:23:59.059 --> 00:23:59.619
 designer

00:23:59.619 --> 00:24:01.319
 standing behind

00:24:01.319 --> 00:24:01.639
 it all.

00:24:05.000 --> 00:24:05.599
 It's

00:24:05.599 --> 00:24:06.480
 improbable that

00:24:06.480 --> 00:24:07.000
 all the

00:24:07.000 --> 00:24:07.679
 physical

00:24:07.679 --> 00:24:09.819
 constants of

00:24:09.819 --> 00:24:10.460
 the universe

00:24:10.460 --> 00:24:11.399
 just happen

00:24:11.399 --> 00:24:12.299
 to be

00:24:12.299 --> 00:24:12.859
 perfectly

00:24:12.859 --> 00:24:14.000
 tuned for

00:24:14.000 --> 00:24:14.659
 life on

00:24:14.659 --> 00:24:15.240
 their own.

00:24:15.720 --> 00:24:16.339
 To quote

00:24:16.339 --> 00:24:16.779
 the scientist

00:24:16.779 --> 00:24:17.639
 Collins again,

00:24:17.640 --> 00:24:18.640
 if any one

00:24:18.640 --> 00:24:18.980
 of these

00:24:18.980 --> 00:24:19.740
 constants was

00:24:19.740 --> 00:24:20.440
 off by even

00:24:20.440 --> 00:24:21.360
 one part in

00:24:21.360 --> 00:24:24.759
 a million

00:24:24.759 --> 00:24:25.160
 million,

00:24:25.640 --> 00:24:26.360
 the universe

00:24:26.360 --> 00:24:26.980
 could not

00:24:26.980 --> 00:24:27.500
 have come to

00:24:27.500 --> 00:24:27.980
 the point

00:24:27.980 --> 00:24:28.460
 where we

00:24:28.460 --> 00:24:28.920
 see it.

00:24:29.360 --> 00:24:30.020
 Matter would

00:24:30.020 --> 00:24:30.460
 not have been

00:24:30.460 --> 00:24:30.940
 able to

00:24:30.940 --> 00:24:31.600
 coalesce,

00:24:31.900 --> 00:24:32.120
 there would

00:24:32.120 --> 00:24:33.520
 have been no

00:24:33.520 --> 00:24:34.000
 galaxy,

00:24:34.300 --> 00:24:34.660
 stars,

00:24:34.840 --> 00:24:35.200
 planets,

00:24:35.200 --> 00:24:36.320
 or people.

00:24:36.319 --> 00:24:40.359
 to conclude

00:24:40.359 --> 00:24:41.200
 it was

00:24:41.200 --> 00:24:41.919
 something

00:24:41.919 --> 00:24:43.000
 intended and

00:24:43.000 --> 00:24:43.419
 something

00:24:43.419 --> 00:24:44.139
 designed.

00:24:45.079 --> 00:24:45.579
 Is that

00:24:45.579 --> 00:24:46.019
 conclusive

00:24:46.019 --> 00:24:46.359
 proof?

00:24:46.439 --> 00:24:46.740
 No, it's

00:24:46.740 --> 00:24:47.059
 not.

00:24:47.859 --> 00:24:48.439
 Because it

00:24:48.439 --> 00:24:48.939
 suggests

00:24:48.939 --> 00:24:50.980
 that it's

00:24:50.980 --> 00:24:51.700
 more likely

00:24:51.700 --> 00:24:53.439
 that a

00:24:53.439 --> 00:24:53.779
 God,

00:24:53.859 --> 00:24:54.079
 then there

00:24:54.079 --> 00:24:54.339
 is not

00:24:54.339 --> 00:24:54.679
 a God,

00:24:54.680 --> 00:24:56.900
 it can't

00:24:56.900 --> 00:24:57.600
 be dismissed.

00:24:58.740 --> 00:24:59.500
 Because there's

00:24:59.500 --> 00:24:59.900
 not just

00:24:59.900 --> 00:25:00.519
 ten guys

00:25:00.519 --> 00:25:01.039
 lining up

00:25:01.039 --> 00:25:01.320
 here.

00:25:03.279 --> 00:25:03.539
 The

00:25:03.539 --> 00:25:06.200
 philosopher

00:25:06.200 --> 00:25:06.960
 Alvin

00:25:06.960 --> 00:25:07.759
 Plantinga

00:25:07.759 --> 00:25:08.880
 says that

00:25:08.880 --> 00:25:09.519
 there are

00:25:09.519 --> 00:25:10.320
 at least

00:25:10.320 --> 00:25:11.019
 thirty

00:25:11.019 --> 00:25:13.960
 very strong

00:25:13.960 --> 00:25:14.580
 similar

00:25:14.580 --> 00:25:15.259
 arguments

00:25:15.259 --> 00:25:16.019
 for the

00:25:16.019 --> 00:25:16.400
 existence

00:25:16.400 --> 00:25:17.019
 of God.

00:25:18.820 --> 00:25:19.039
 The

00:25:19.039 --> 00:25:19.600
 distinguished

00:25:19.600 --> 00:25:20.720
 physician

00:25:20.720 --> 00:25:22.019
 Lewis Thomas

00:25:22.019 --> 00:25:22.600
 wrote,

00:25:22.980 --> 00:25:23.420
 I cannot

00:25:23.420 --> 00:25:24.580
 make peace

00:25:24.579 --> 00:25:25.039
 with the

00:25:25.039 --> 00:25:25.619
 randomness

00:25:25.619 --> 00:25:26.099
 doctrine.

00:25:27.000 --> 00:25:27.539
 This is

00:25:27.539 --> 00:25:27.960
 an atheist.

00:25:29.079 --> 00:25:29.659
 I cannot

00:25:29.659 --> 00:25:30.579
 abide the

00:25:30.579 --> 00:25:31.480
 notion of

00:25:31.480 --> 00:25:32.399
 purposelessness

00:25:32.399 --> 00:25:33.059
 and blind

00:25:33.059 --> 00:25:33.899
 chance in

00:25:33.899 --> 00:25:34.399
 nature.

00:25:35.539 --> 00:25:36.199
 And yet,

00:25:36.519 --> 00:25:37.379
 I do not

00:25:37.379 --> 00:25:38.099
 know what

00:25:38.099 --> 00:25:38.559
 to put in

00:25:38.559 --> 00:25:39.240
 its place

00:25:39.240 --> 00:25:39.599
 for the

00:25:39.599 --> 00:25:40.159
 quieting of

00:25:40.159 --> 00:25:40.859
 my mind.

00:25:44.379 --> 00:25:44.619
 Now,

00:25:44.740 --> 00:25:45.099
 none of

00:25:45.099 --> 00:25:45.419
 these are

00:25:45.419 --> 00:25:47.379
 so strong

00:25:47.379 --> 00:25:48.000
 as to

00:25:48.000 --> 00:25:48.339
 force

00:25:48.339 --> 00:25:48.919
 belief.

00:25:49.879 --> 00:25:50.460
 But they

00:25:50.460 --> 00:25:51.299
 do make

00:25:51.299 --> 00:25:52.059
 it completely

00:25:52.059 --> 00:25:53.079
 rational to

00:25:53.079 --> 00:25:53.779
 believe

00:25:53.779 --> 00:25:54.859
 in the

00:25:54.859 --> 00:25:55.279
 existence

00:25:55.279 --> 00:25:55.859
 of God.

00:25:56.899 --> 00:25:57.519
 Completely

00:25:57.519 --> 00:25:58.039
 rational.

00:25:59.599 --> 00:26:00.000
 In fact,

00:26:00.059 --> 00:26:00.899
 these arguments

00:26:00.899 --> 00:26:01.619
 suggest

00:26:01.619 --> 00:26:02.740
 it's

00:26:02.740 --> 00:26:03.700
 rational

00:26:03.700 --> 00:26:07.079
 and takes

00:26:07.079 --> 00:26:08.660
 less of a

00:26:08.660 --> 00:26:09.379
 leap of faith

00:26:09.379 --> 00:26:10.259
 to believe

00:26:10.259 --> 00:26:11.079
 in God

00:26:11.079 --> 00:26:12.240
 than to

00:26:12.240 --> 00:26:12.799
 not believe

00:26:12.799 --> 00:26:13.240
 in God.

00:26:14.240 --> 00:26:14.799
 Ultimately,

00:26:14.799 --> 00:26:15.740
 non-belief in

00:26:15.740 --> 00:26:16.559
 God is an

00:26:16.559 --> 00:26:17.000
 act of

00:26:17.000 --> 00:26:18.079
 faith because

00:26:18.079 --> 00:26:18.480
 there is

00:26:18.480 --> 00:26:19.980
 reason for

00:26:19.980 --> 00:26:20.819
 the world

00:26:20.819 --> 00:26:21.440
 and all

00:26:21.440 --> 00:26:21.680
 that's

00:26:21.680 --> 00:26:22.220
 within it

00:26:22.220 --> 00:26:23.200
 with all

00:26:23.200 --> 00:26:23.759
 its deep

00:26:23.759 --> 00:26:25.839
 mathematical

00:26:25.839 --> 00:26:27.819
 orderliness

00:26:27.819 --> 00:26:29.900
 and matter

00:26:29.900 --> 00:26:30.559
 itself

00:26:30.559 --> 00:26:33.140
 all simply

00:26:33.140 --> 00:26:34.019
 exist on

00:26:34.019 --> 00:26:34.660
 its own

00:26:34.660 --> 00:26:37.480
 with no

00:26:37.480 --> 00:26:38.700
 source behind

00:26:38.700 --> 00:26:39.460
 it at all.

00:26:39.460 --> 00:26:42.039
 So,

00:26:42.160 --> 00:26:42.279
 yes,

00:26:42.319 --> 00:26:42.480
 it's

00:26:42.480 --> 00:26:42.799
 reasonable

00:26:42.799 --> 00:26:43.059
 to be

00:26:43.059 --> 00:26:43.380
 a person

00:26:43.380 --> 00:26:43.720
 of faith

00:26:43.720 --> 00:26:43.880
 because

00:26:43.880 --> 00:26:44.140
 everyone

00:26:44.140 --> 00:26:44.519
 is.

00:26:45.180 --> 00:26:45.460
 Yes,

00:26:45.500 --> 00:26:45.640
 it's

00:26:45.640 --> 00:26:45.980
 reasonable

00:26:45.980 --> 00:26:46.319
 to believe

00:26:46.319 --> 00:26:46.799
 in God

00:26:46.799 --> 00:26:47.579
 and lastly,

00:26:47.720 --> 00:26:47.940
 is it

00:26:47.940 --> 00:26:48.220
 reasonable

00:26:48.220 --> 00:26:48.700
 therefore to

00:26:48.700 --> 00:26:49.039
 believe in

00:26:49.039 --> 00:26:49.759
 Jesus Christ

00:26:49.759 --> 00:26:50.880
 which is

00:26:50.880 --> 00:26:51.240
 what we

00:26:51.240 --> 00:26:51.539
 want to

00:26:51.539 --> 00:26:51.980
 do as

00:26:51.980 --> 00:26:52.100
 a

00:26:52.100 --> 00:26:53.980
 Jesus.

00:26:55.500 --> 00:26:55.980
 Now,

00:26:56.039 --> 00:26:56.620
 the clues

00:26:56.620 --> 00:26:57.420
 for God,

00:26:57.720 --> 00:26:58.140
 all those

00:26:58.140 --> 00:26:58.660
 arguments

00:26:58.660 --> 00:26:59.400
 lined up,

00:27:00.640 --> 00:27:01.100
 not only

00:27:01.100 --> 00:27:01.559
 do not

00:27:01.559 --> 00:27:02.279
 prove

00:27:02.279 --> 00:27:02.960
 God's

00:27:02.960 --> 00:27:03.500
 existence

00:27:03.500 --> 00:27:05.200
 but at

00:27:05.200 --> 00:27:05.900
 best

00:27:05.900 --> 00:27:07.400
 they would,

00:27:07.640 --> 00:27:08.039
 you could

00:27:08.039 --> 00:27:08.720
 conclude

00:27:08.720 --> 00:27:09.120
 that

00:27:09.460 --> 00:27:11.160
 this is

00:27:11.160 --> 00:27:11.740
 just some

00:27:11.740 --> 00:27:12.319
 abstract

00:27:12.319 --> 00:27:12.840
 God,

00:27:13.319 --> 00:27:14.019
 nothing more

00:27:14.019 --> 00:27:15.259
 than the

00:27:15.259 --> 00:27:15.480
 Greek

00:27:15.480 --> 00:27:15.880
 philosopher

00:27:15.880 --> 00:27:16.880
 Aristotle's

00:27:16.880 --> 00:27:17.660
 unmoved

00:27:17.660 --> 00:27:18.059
 mover

00:27:18.059 --> 00:27:19.600
 who created

00:27:19.600 --> 00:27:19.980
 the world,

00:27:20.079 --> 00:27:20.340
 got it

00:27:20.340 --> 00:27:20.880
 moving but

00:27:20.880 --> 00:27:21.259
 completely

00:27:21.259 --> 00:27:21.779
 unaware that's

00:27:21.779 --> 00:27:21.980
 what he

00:27:21.980 --> 00:27:22.259
 did.

00:27:28.740 --> 00:27:29.539
 Christians

00:27:29.539 --> 00:27:30.460
 believe that

00:27:30.460 --> 00:27:30.960
 the main

00:27:30.960 --> 00:27:31.480
 way that

00:27:31.480 --> 00:27:32.440
 we know

00:27:32.440 --> 00:27:33.500
 specifics

00:27:33.500 --> 00:27:34.759
 about this

00:27:34.759 --> 00:27:36.380
 God is

00:27:36.380 --> 00:27:36.660
 through

00:27:36.660 --> 00:27:37.779
 self-revelation.

00:27:37.779 --> 00:27:40.460
 that is,

00:27:40.519 --> 00:27:40.859
 we don't

00:27:40.859 --> 00:27:41.440
 know God

00:27:41.440 --> 00:27:42.019
 first and

00:27:42.019 --> 00:27:42.339
 foremost

00:27:42.339 --> 00:27:46.160
 because he

00:27:46.160 --> 00:27:46.879
 has spoken.

00:27:48.740 --> 00:27:49.059
 He's

00:27:49.059 --> 00:27:49.399
 revealed

00:27:49.399 --> 00:27:49.819
 himself.

00:27:51.639 --> 00:27:51.859
 And

00:27:51.859 --> 00:27:52.279
 Christians

00:27:52.279 --> 00:27:53.139
 believe that

00:27:53.139 --> 00:27:53.579
 he has

00:27:53.579 --> 00:27:54.200
 done that

00:27:54.200 --> 00:27:55.220
 decisively

00:27:55.220 --> 00:27:56.379
 in the

00:27:56.379 --> 00:27:57.139
 person of

00:27:57.139 --> 00:27:57.460
 Jesus

00:27:57.460 --> 00:27:58.139
 Christ.

00:27:58.140 --> 00:28:01.460
 one is

00:28:01.460 --> 00:28:02.220
 referring to

00:28:02.220 --> 00:28:02.720
 Jesus

00:28:02.720 --> 00:28:03.660
 when it

00:28:03.660 --> 00:28:04.340
 makes that

00:28:04.340 --> 00:28:05.520
 claim that

00:28:05.520 --> 00:28:05.920
 Jesus

00:28:05.920 --> 00:28:06.800
 himself is

00:28:06.800 --> 00:28:07.520
 the final

00:28:07.520 --> 00:28:08.600
 and decisive

00:28:08.600 --> 00:28:09.920
 communication

00:28:09.920 --> 00:28:11.259
 of God

00:28:11.259 --> 00:28:12.240
 to his

00:28:12.240 --> 00:28:13.160
 universe.

00:28:14.620 --> 00:28:15.240
 In the

00:28:15.240 --> 00:28:15.620
 past,

00:28:15.780 --> 00:28:15.940
 God

00:28:15.940 --> 00:28:16.140
 could

00:28:16.140 --> 00:28:18.860
 through the

00:28:18.860 --> 00:28:19.120
 prophets

00:28:19.120 --> 00:28:19.800
 at many times

00:28:19.800 --> 00:28:20.280
 in various

00:28:20.280 --> 00:28:20.660
 ways,

00:28:21.040 --> 00:28:21.280
 but in

00:28:21.280 --> 00:28:21.960
 these last

00:28:21.960 --> 00:28:22.420
 days,

00:28:23.000 --> 00:28:23.440
 he has

00:28:23.440 --> 00:28:24.040
 spoken to

00:28:24.040 --> 00:28:24.500
 us by

00:28:24.500 --> 00:28:24.820
 his

00:28:24.820 --> 00:28:25.360
 son,

00:28:25.359 --> 00:28:26.939
 whom he

00:28:26.939 --> 00:28:27.459
 appointed

00:28:27.459 --> 00:28:28.279
 heir of

00:28:28.279 --> 00:28:29.159
 all things

00:28:29.159 --> 00:28:30.359
 and through

00:28:30.359 --> 00:28:31.559
 whom he

00:28:31.559 --> 00:28:32.019
 made the

00:28:32.019 --> 00:28:32.639
 universe.

00:28:34.319 --> 00:28:34.839
 It's the

00:28:34.839 --> 00:28:35.439
 radiance of

00:28:35.439 --> 00:28:36.279
 God's glory

00:28:36.279 --> 00:28:36.959
 and the

00:28:36.959 --> 00:28:37.399
 exact

00:28:37.399 --> 00:28:38.000
 representation

00:28:38.000 --> 00:28:38.559
 of his

00:28:38.559 --> 00:28:38.959
 being.

00:28:39.799 --> 00:28:40.079
 Hebrews

00:28:40.079 --> 00:28:40.579
 1,

00:28:40.740 --> 00:28:41.139
 what we see

00:28:41.139 --> 00:28:41.479
 in Hebrews

00:28:41.479 --> 00:28:41.779
 is very

00:28:41.779 --> 00:28:42.099
 clear,

00:28:42.179 --> 00:28:42.479
 it's talking

00:28:42.479 --> 00:28:43.159
 about Jesus,

00:28:44.779 --> 00:28:45.240
 that this

00:28:45.240 --> 00:28:46.619
 Jesus is

00:28:46.619 --> 00:28:47.179
 God the

00:28:47.179 --> 00:28:47.439
 son,

00:28:47.500 --> 00:28:48.139
 the exact

00:28:48.139 --> 00:28:48.799
 representation

00:28:48.799 --> 00:28:49.459
 of God

00:28:49.459 --> 00:28:52.639
 and he

00:28:52.639 --> 00:28:53.059
 has now

00:28:53.059 --> 00:28:53.579
 come to

00:28:53.579 --> 00:28:53.979
 dwell.

00:28:55.359 --> 00:28:56.839
 And so

00:28:56.839 --> 00:28:57.139
 therefore,

00:28:57.319 --> 00:28:57.719
 it's not

00:28:57.719 --> 00:28:58.359
 surprising

00:28:58.359 --> 00:28:59.539
 that the

00:28:59.539 --> 00:29:00.039
 man that

00:29:00.039 --> 00:29:00.459
 Christians

00:29:00.459 --> 00:29:01.319
 call Jesus

00:29:01.319 --> 00:29:03.000
 Christ is

00:29:03.000 --> 00:29:03.859
 the single

00:29:03.859 --> 00:29:05.579
 most influential

00:29:05.579 --> 00:29:06.419
 person in

00:29:06.419 --> 00:29:06.740
 their life.

00:29:10.240 --> 00:29:11.240
 And his

00:29:11.240 --> 00:29:11.740
 influence

00:29:11.740 --> 00:29:12.659
 continues to

00:29:12.659 --> 00:29:13.279
 grow today.

00:29:15.019 --> 00:29:16.119
 A greater

00:29:16.119 --> 00:29:17.439
 percentage of

00:29:17.439 --> 00:29:18.119
 the world's

00:29:18.119 --> 00:29:19.079
 population than

00:29:19.079 --> 00:29:20.079
 ever before is

00:29:20.079 --> 00:29:20.519
 Christian.

00:29:21.659 --> 00:29:21.959
 And

00:29:21.959 --> 00:29:22.539
 Christianity

00:29:22.539 --> 00:29:23.319
 adds to

00:29:23.319 --> 00:29:25.799
 50,000

00:29:25.799 --> 00:29:26.379
 people a

00:29:26.379 --> 00:29:26.740
 day or

00:29:26.740 --> 00:29:27.379
 just under

00:29:27.379 --> 00:29:28.519
 19 million

00:29:28.519 --> 00:29:29.240
 new

00:29:29.240 --> 00:29:30.039
 Christians a

00:29:30.039 --> 00:29:30.379
 year.

00:29:32.000 --> 00:29:32.720
 And

00:29:32.720 --> 00:29:33.139
 Christianity

00:29:33.139 --> 00:29:34.480
 is the

00:29:34.480 --> 00:29:34.980
 most

00:29:34.980 --> 00:29:36.339
 equally

00:29:36.339 --> 00:29:37.359
 distributed

00:29:37.359 --> 00:29:38.599
 of any

00:29:38.599 --> 00:29:38.839
 of the

00:29:38.839 --> 00:29:39.139
 major

00:29:39.139 --> 00:29:39.759
 religions.

00:29:39.759 --> 00:29:40.240
 Christian

00:29:40.240 --> 00:29:40.900
 faith.

00:29:40.900 --> 00:29:43.900
 That is,

00:29:44.039 --> 00:29:44.440
 the Christian

00:29:44.440 --> 00:29:46.460
 faith has

00:29:46.460 --> 00:29:47.680
 crossed the

00:29:47.680 --> 00:29:48.500
 cultural divisions

00:29:48.500 --> 00:29:49.259
 of humanity

00:29:49.259 --> 00:29:50.559
 and found a

00:29:50.559 --> 00:29:51.319
 place in

00:29:51.319 --> 00:29:52.440
 all kinds,

00:29:52.680 --> 00:29:53.279
 rich and

00:29:53.279 --> 00:29:53.640
 poor,

00:29:53.859 --> 00:29:54.259
 east and

00:29:54.259 --> 00:29:54.680
 west,

00:29:55.359 --> 00:29:56.059
 all kinds

00:29:56.059 --> 00:29:56.559
 across the

00:29:56.559 --> 00:29:56.839
 world.

00:29:58.960 --> 00:29:59.559
 Why has

00:29:59.559 --> 00:30:00.079
 Jesus had

00:30:00.079 --> 00:30:00.879
 such an

00:30:00.879 --> 00:30:02.220
 impact on

00:30:02.220 --> 00:30:02.879
 humanity in

00:30:02.879 --> 00:30:03.160
 the last

00:30:03.160 --> 00:30:03.440
 20

00:30:03.440 --> 00:30:03.859
 centuries?

00:30:03.859 --> 00:30:04.000
 Jesus,

00:30:04.299 --> 00:30:06.759
 the answer

00:30:06.759 --> 00:30:07.119
 is by

00:30:07.119 --> 00:30:07.939
 looking at

00:30:07.939 --> 00:30:08.500
 his life,

00:30:09.159 --> 00:30:10.039
 his words,

00:30:10.119 --> 00:30:10.699
 his actions.

00:30:11.459 --> 00:30:12.059
 Jesus,

00:30:12.500 --> 00:30:13.159
 you see the

00:30:13.159 --> 00:30:15.699
 quality we

00:30:15.699 --> 00:30:16.819
 would ordinarily

00:30:16.819 --> 00:30:18.399
 consider

00:30:18.399 --> 00:30:20.599
 incompatible in

00:30:20.599 --> 00:30:21.059
 the same

00:30:21.059 --> 00:30:21.599
 person.

00:30:22.399 --> 00:30:23.240
 Jesus combines

00:30:23.240 --> 00:30:24.059
 high majesty

00:30:24.059 --> 00:30:24.479
 with the

00:30:24.479 --> 00:30:25.259
 greatest humility.

00:30:25.819 --> 00:30:26.599
 He joins the

00:30:26.599 --> 00:30:27.279
 strongest commitment

00:30:27.279 --> 00:30:28.219
 to justice and

00:30:28.219 --> 00:30:29.099
 astonishing mercy

00:30:29.099 --> 00:30:29.759
 and grace.

00:30:29.759 --> 00:30:32.619
 movements of

00:30:32.619 --> 00:30:33.900
 justice in

00:30:33.900 --> 00:30:34.619
 this world,

00:30:35.279 --> 00:30:36.259
 very few of

00:30:36.259 --> 00:30:36.480
 them,

00:30:37.759 --> 00:30:38.460
 in fact,

00:30:38.559 --> 00:30:39.220
 all of them

00:30:39.220 --> 00:30:40.079
 have got

00:30:40.079 --> 00:30:40.680
 enemies in

00:30:40.680 --> 00:30:41.339
 some description,

00:30:42.220 --> 00:30:42.579
 people that

00:30:42.579 --> 00:30:42.879
 they want to

00:30:42.879 --> 00:30:43.420
 have justice

00:30:43.420 --> 00:30:43.980
 towards and

00:30:43.980 --> 00:30:44.339
 those who

00:30:44.339 --> 00:30:44.759
 they want to

00:30:44.759 --> 00:30:45.379
 tear down.

00:30:46.000 --> 00:30:46.559
 Very rarely

00:30:46.559 --> 00:30:47.039
 do you see

00:30:47.039 --> 00:30:47.359
 justice

00:30:47.359 --> 00:30:49.279
 working together

00:30:49.279 --> 00:30:49.740
 at the same

00:30:49.740 --> 00:30:50.160
 time.

00:30:51.359 --> 00:30:52.039
 He reveals a

00:30:52.039 --> 00:30:52.980
 transcendent

00:30:52.980 --> 00:30:54.079
 self-sufficiency

00:30:54.079 --> 00:30:55.319
 and yet an

00:30:55.319 --> 00:30:56.420
 entire trust in

00:30:56.420 --> 00:30:57.220
 and a reliance

00:30:57.220 --> 00:30:57.960
 upon his

00:30:57.960 --> 00:30:58.680
 heavenly father.

00:30:59.759 --> 00:31:00.240
 We are

00:31:00.240 --> 00:31:00.799
 surprised to

00:31:00.799 --> 00:31:01.619
 see tenderness

00:31:01.619 --> 00:31:02.900
 without any

00:31:02.900 --> 00:31:03.440
 weakness,

00:31:03.819 --> 00:31:04.160
 boldness,

00:31:04.879 --> 00:31:05.599
 humility,

00:31:05.960 --> 00:31:06.240
 without

00:31:06.240 --> 00:31:07.079
 uncertainty,

00:31:07.579 --> 00:31:07.900
 indeed

00:31:07.900 --> 00:31:08.700
 accompanied by

00:31:08.700 --> 00:31:09.500
 a towering

00:31:09.500 --> 00:31:10.460
 confidence.

00:31:11.579 --> 00:31:12.299
 His unbending

00:31:12.299 --> 00:31:13.160
 conviction,

00:31:13.819 --> 00:31:15.720
 but he's

00:31:15.720 --> 00:31:16.200
 completely

00:31:16.200 --> 00:31:17.359
 approachable.

00:31:17.700 --> 00:31:18.559
 His insistence

00:31:18.559 --> 00:31:19.099
 on truth,

00:31:19.180 --> 00:31:19.400
 but he's

00:31:19.400 --> 00:31:20.500
 always bathed

00:31:20.500 --> 00:31:20.920
 in love,

00:31:21.660 --> 00:31:22.579
 without

00:31:22.579 --> 00:31:23.720
 insensitivity,

00:31:24.000 --> 00:31:24.779
 his integrity,

00:31:25.279 --> 00:31:26.119
 without rigidity,

00:31:26.500 --> 00:31:27.240
 his passion,

00:31:27.680 --> 00:31:28.480
 without prejudice.

00:31:29.759 --> 00:31:31.160
 people who

00:31:31.160 --> 00:31:32.019
 have pondered

00:31:32.019 --> 00:31:33.539
 and read

00:31:33.539 --> 00:31:33.900
 Jesus'

00:31:34.099 --> 00:31:34.299
 words,

00:31:34.400 --> 00:31:34.700
 his deeds,

00:31:34.779 --> 00:31:35.180
 his life,

00:31:35.279 --> 00:31:36.119
 have groped

00:31:36.119 --> 00:31:37.000
 for good

00:31:37.000 --> 00:31:37.660
 ways

00:31:37.660 --> 00:31:39.519
 to explain

00:31:39.519 --> 00:31:40.019
 what it is

00:31:40.019 --> 00:31:40.279
 that they

00:31:40.279 --> 00:31:40.640
 see.

00:31:42.079 --> 00:31:42.680
 And many

00:31:42.680 --> 00:31:42.960
 have come

00:31:42.960 --> 00:31:43.640
 to realise

00:31:43.640 --> 00:31:44.440
 that the

00:31:44.440 --> 00:31:44.920
 remarkable

00:31:44.920 --> 00:31:45.740
 claims of

00:31:45.740 --> 00:31:46.259
 Jesus

00:31:46.259 --> 00:31:48.819
 may in

00:31:48.819 --> 00:31:49.319
 fact be

00:31:49.319 --> 00:31:49.700
 the only

00:31:49.700 --> 00:31:50.200
 way forward.

00:31:50.279 --> 00:31:50.519
 What he

00:31:50.519 --> 00:31:51.180
 says about

00:31:51.180 --> 00:31:51.680
 himself

00:31:51.680 --> 00:31:53.119
 is true.

00:31:53.119 --> 00:31:56.739
 is that

00:31:56.739 --> 00:31:57.539
 his claims

00:31:57.539 --> 00:31:58.099
 were so

00:31:58.099 --> 00:31:59.279
 self-centred,

00:31:59.559 --> 00:32:01.099
 but his

00:32:01.099 --> 00:32:01.599
 character,

00:32:01.699 --> 00:32:02.179
 his actions

00:32:02.179 --> 00:32:02.859
 were so

00:32:02.859 --> 00:32:04.399
 un-self-centred.

00:32:06.000 --> 00:32:06.839
 We never

00:32:06.839 --> 00:32:07.379
 see him

00:32:07.379 --> 00:32:08.059
 pompous,

00:32:08.959 --> 00:32:09.259
 you never

00:32:09.259 --> 00:32:09.599
 see him

00:32:09.599 --> 00:32:10.179
 offended,

00:32:11.139 --> 00:32:11.319
 we never

00:32:11.319 --> 00:32:12.059
 see him

00:32:12.059 --> 00:32:13.679
 he's

00:32:13.679 --> 00:32:14.319
 approachable

00:32:14.319 --> 00:32:14.739
 to the

00:32:14.739 --> 00:32:15.099
 weakest

00:32:15.099 --> 00:32:15.639
 and most

00:32:15.639 --> 00:32:16.059
 broken,

00:32:16.299 --> 00:32:16.819
 he's never

00:32:16.819 --> 00:32:17.259
 moody

00:32:17.259 --> 00:32:18.019
 or irritable.

00:32:18.019 --> 00:32:19.980
 there is

00:32:19.980 --> 00:32:20.279
 an

00:32:20.279 --> 00:32:22.220
 unsurpassed

00:32:22.220 --> 00:32:23.099
 moral

00:32:23.099 --> 00:32:23.879
 and

00:32:23.879 --> 00:32:24.779
 spiritual

00:32:24.779 --> 00:32:25.440
 beauty

00:32:25.440 --> 00:32:26.539
 about the

00:32:26.539 --> 00:32:27.039
 character

00:32:27.039 --> 00:32:28.019
 and the

00:32:28.019 --> 00:32:28.279
 team.

00:32:32.279 --> 00:32:33.160
 Houston

00:32:33.160 --> 00:32:33.799
 Smith in

00:32:33.799 --> 00:32:34.200
 his book

00:32:34.200 --> 00:32:34.759
 The World's

00:32:34.759 --> 00:32:35.400
 Religions

00:32:35.400 --> 00:32:37.359
 says that

00:32:37.359 --> 00:32:38.259
 only Buddha

00:32:38.259 --> 00:32:39.819
 and Jesus

00:32:39.819 --> 00:32:40.980
 so

00:32:40.980 --> 00:32:41.720
 impressed

00:32:41.720 --> 00:32:41.960
 their

00:32:41.960 --> 00:32:42.960
 contemporaries

00:32:42.960 --> 00:32:44.799
 that the

00:32:44.799 --> 00:32:45.460
 contemporaries

00:32:45.460 --> 00:32:47.339
 ask not

00:32:47.339 --> 00:32:47.879
 just who

00:32:47.879 --> 00:32:48.639
 are you

00:32:48.639 --> 00:32:50.099
 but what

00:32:50.099 --> 00:32:50.679
 are you?

00:32:52.799 --> 00:32:53.599
 What order

00:32:53.599 --> 00:32:54.000
 of being

00:32:54.000 --> 00:32:54.319
 do you

00:32:54.319 --> 00:32:54.899
 belong to?

00:32:55.839 --> 00:32:56.639
 What species

00:32:56.639 --> 00:32:57.159
 do you

00:32:57.159 --> 00:32:57.639
 represent?

00:32:59.199 --> 00:32:59.619
 Only

00:32:59.619 --> 00:33:00.359
 these two

00:33:00.359 --> 00:33:01.339
 figures in

00:33:01.339 --> 00:33:01.740
 history

00:33:01.740 --> 00:33:03.419
 had

00:33:03.419 --> 00:33:04.159
 characters

00:33:04.159 --> 00:33:04.980
 that

00:33:04.980 --> 00:33:06.179
 transcended

00:33:06.179 --> 00:33:06.959
 ordinary

00:33:06.959 --> 00:33:08.419
 human life

00:33:08.419 --> 00:33:09.199
 to the

00:33:09.199 --> 00:33:09.759
 degree

00:33:09.759 --> 00:33:10.679
 that that

00:33:10.679 --> 00:33:11.459
 question was

00:33:11.459 --> 00:33:12.539
 necessary for

00:33:12.539 --> 00:33:12.779
 them.

00:33:15.459 --> 00:33:16.059
 And

00:33:16.059 --> 00:33:16.459
 Buddha

00:33:16.460 --> 00:33:17.299
 of the

00:33:17.299 --> 00:33:17.740
 two

00:33:17.740 --> 00:33:18.519
 Buddha

00:33:18.519 --> 00:33:20.039
 asserted

00:33:20.039 --> 00:33:20.720
 with great

00:33:20.720 --> 00:33:21.100
 clarity

00:33:21.100 --> 00:33:21.539
 thank you

00:33:21.539 --> 00:33:21.880
 Rachel

00:33:21.880 --> 00:33:22.940
 asserted

00:33:22.940 --> 00:33:23.460
 with great

00:33:23.460 --> 00:33:24.000
 clarity

00:33:24.000 --> 00:33:25.259
 and

00:33:25.259 --> 00:33:26.360
 emphasized

00:33:26.360 --> 00:33:27.220
 over and

00:33:27.220 --> 00:33:27.880
 over again

00:33:27.880 --> 00:33:29.120
 that he

00:33:29.120 --> 00:33:29.759
 was not

00:33:29.759 --> 00:33:30.259
 a god

00:33:30.259 --> 00:33:31.360
 that he

00:33:31.360 --> 00:33:31.960
 was not

00:33:31.960 --> 00:33:32.559
 an angelic

00:33:32.559 --> 00:33:32.960
 being

00:33:32.960 --> 00:33:33.940
 that he

00:33:33.940 --> 00:33:34.279
 was not

00:33:34.279 --> 00:33:34.779
 a divine

00:33:34.779 --> 00:33:35.120
 being

00:33:35.120 --> 00:33:35.420
 in any

00:33:35.420 --> 00:33:36.200
 way.

00:33:36.200 --> 00:33:36.660
 God

00:33:36.660 --> 00:33:37.200
 said

00:33:37.200 --> 00:33:43.779
 to be

00:33:43.779 --> 00:33:44.340
 God

00:33:44.340 --> 00:33:44.740
 and

00:33:44.740 --> 00:33:46.420
 continually

00:33:46.420 --> 00:33:47.960
 claimed to

00:33:47.960 --> 00:33:48.259
 be the

00:33:48.259 --> 00:33:48.819
 God who

00:33:48.819 --> 00:33:49.279
 made all

00:33:49.279 --> 00:33:49.779
 things

00:33:49.779 --> 00:33:50.580
 the creator

00:33:50.580 --> 00:33:50.819
 of the

00:33:50.819 --> 00:33:51.279
 universe.

00:33:54.080 --> 00:33:54.700
 This

00:33:54.700 --> 00:33:55.279
 creates a

00:33:55.279 --> 00:33:55.519
 great

00:33:55.519 --> 00:33:56.100
 challenge.

00:33:58.680 --> 00:33:58.960
 Jesus

00:33:58.960 --> 00:33:59.440
 is one

00:33:59.440 --> 00:33:59.660
 of the

00:33:59.660 --> 00:34:00.180
 very few

00:34:00.180 --> 00:34:00.799
 people in

00:34:00.799 --> 00:34:01.319
 history

00:34:01.319 --> 00:34:05.759
 who founded

00:34:05.759 --> 00:34:06.359
 one of the

00:34:06.359 --> 00:34:07.079
 great world

00:34:07.079 --> 00:34:07.740
 religions.

00:34:10.299 --> 00:34:10.980
 I'm

00:34:10.980 --> 00:34:11.199
 talking

00:34:11.199 --> 00:34:11.940
 Scientology

00:34:11.940 --> 00:34:12.380
 or something.

00:34:12.480 --> 00:34:12.639
 I'm

00:34:12.639 --> 00:34:13.440
 talking the

00:34:13.440 --> 00:34:14.139
 big world

00:34:14.139 --> 00:34:14.699
 religions.

00:34:15.139 --> 00:34:15.940
 Millions and

00:34:15.940 --> 00:34:16.380
 millions of

00:34:16.380 --> 00:34:16.819
 adherences.

00:34:18.639 --> 00:34:19.299
 He belongs

00:34:19.299 --> 00:34:19.599
 to that

00:34:19.599 --> 00:34:20.199
 very,

00:34:20.460 --> 00:34:21.319
 very small

00:34:21.319 --> 00:34:21.819
 group of

00:34:21.819 --> 00:34:23.000
 people who

00:34:23.000 --> 00:34:23.639
 had a

00:34:23.639 --> 00:34:25.059
 very significant

00:34:25.059 --> 00:34:25.779
 impact on

00:34:25.779 --> 00:34:26.319
 him.

00:34:26.980 --> 00:34:27.840
 Because of

00:34:27.840 --> 00:34:28.360
 their brilliant

00:34:28.360 --> 00:34:29.420
 teaching but

00:34:29.420 --> 00:34:30.119
 also because

00:34:30.119 --> 00:34:30.440
 of their

00:34:30.440 --> 00:34:30.820
 admirable

00:34:30.820 --> 00:34:31.360
 lives and

00:34:31.360 --> 00:34:31.840
 characters.

00:34:32.960 --> 00:34:33.880
 The difference

00:34:33.880 --> 00:34:34.680
 between Jesus

00:34:34.680 --> 00:34:35.519
 and every

00:34:35.519 --> 00:34:36.180
 other one of

00:34:36.180 --> 00:34:36.700
 those in

00:34:36.700 --> 00:34:37.440
 that category,

00:34:37.720 --> 00:34:38.260
 that small

00:34:38.260 --> 00:34:38.740
 category,

00:34:39.800 --> 00:34:40.740
 he's the

00:34:40.740 --> 00:34:41.240
 only one who

00:34:41.240 --> 00:34:41.559
 claimed to

00:34:41.559 --> 00:34:41.920
 be God

00:34:41.920 --> 00:34:42.420
 himself.

00:34:46.159 --> 00:34:46.720
 Buddha

00:34:46.720 --> 00:34:47.500
 emphatically

00:34:47.500 --> 00:34:48.180
 said that he

00:34:48.180 --> 00:34:48.559
 was not

00:34:48.559 --> 00:34:48.960
 God.

00:34:49.539 --> 00:34:50.039
 And Muhammad

00:34:50.039 --> 00:34:50.720
 of course

00:34:50.720 --> 00:34:51.680
 would never

00:34:51.680 --> 00:34:52.180
 have ever

00:34:52.180 --> 00:34:52.720
 claimed to

00:34:52.720 --> 00:34:53.099
 be Allah.

00:34:53.920 --> 00:34:54.420
 Nor did

00:34:54.420 --> 00:34:55.000
 Confucius

00:34:55.000 --> 00:34:55.360
 claim to

00:34:55.360 --> 00:34:55.800
 be God.

00:34:59.420 --> 00:35:02.099
 Jesus is

00:35:02.099 --> 00:35:03.019
 also part of

00:35:03.019 --> 00:35:03.380
 a second

00:35:03.380 --> 00:35:03.800
 group of

00:35:03.800 --> 00:35:04.460
 people in

00:35:04.460 --> 00:35:04.860
 history.

00:35:05.559 --> 00:35:06.059
 And this

00:35:06.059 --> 00:35:06.599
 second group

00:35:06.599 --> 00:35:07.079
 of people

00:35:07.079 --> 00:35:07.440
 are the

00:35:07.440 --> 00:35:07.820
 people who

00:35:07.820 --> 00:35:08.300
 claim to

00:35:08.300 --> 00:35:08.740
 be God.

00:35:11.220 --> 00:35:11.880
 And what

00:35:11.880 --> 00:35:12.420
 makes Jesus

00:35:12.420 --> 00:35:13.099
 unique in

00:35:13.099 --> 00:35:13.659
 this group

00:35:13.659 --> 00:35:14.180
 of people,

00:35:16.119 --> 00:35:18.260
 this group

00:35:18.260 --> 00:35:20.760
 were never

00:35:20.760 --> 00:35:21.480
 able to

00:35:21.480 --> 00:35:22.039
 convince

00:35:22.039 --> 00:35:24.740
 anyone but

00:35:24.740 --> 00:35:25.400
 a very

00:35:25.400 --> 00:35:26.720
 small select

00:35:26.720 --> 00:35:27.440
 group of

00:35:27.440 --> 00:35:27.840
 people,

00:35:27.840 --> 00:35:29.180
 very small

00:35:29.180 --> 00:35:30.019
 group of

00:35:30.019 --> 00:35:30.380
 followers,

00:35:31.100 --> 00:35:31.700
 that they

00:35:31.700 --> 00:35:32.039
 were in

00:35:32.039 --> 00:35:32.519
 fact God.

00:35:34.640 --> 00:35:35.539
 In the

00:35:35.539 --> 00:35:36.700
 whole history

00:35:36.700 --> 00:35:37.620
 of humanity,

00:35:38.320 --> 00:35:38.800
 there is

00:35:38.800 --> 00:35:39.720
 only one

00:35:39.720 --> 00:35:40.860
 person who

00:35:40.860 --> 00:35:41.500
 not only

00:35:41.500 --> 00:35:42.440
 claimed to

00:35:42.440 --> 00:35:42.840
 be God

00:35:42.840 --> 00:35:43.340
 himself,

00:35:44.360 --> 00:35:45.160
 but also

00:35:45.160 --> 00:35:45.960
 got enormous

00:35:45.960 --> 00:35:46.500
 numbers of

00:35:46.500 --> 00:35:46.980
 people to

00:35:46.980 --> 00:35:47.720
 believe it

00:35:47.720 --> 00:35:48.360
 in his

00:35:48.360 --> 00:35:49.380
 own time.

00:35:51.100 --> 00:35:52.100
 And that's

00:35:52.100 --> 00:35:52.800
 Jesus Christ.

00:35:53.960 --> 00:35:54.640
 So why

00:35:54.640 --> 00:35:55.180
 did Jesus

00:35:55.180 --> 00:35:56.780
 succeed as

00:35:56.780 --> 00:35:57.380
 the only

00:35:57.380 --> 00:35:57.980
 person who

00:35:57.980 --> 00:35:58.500
 ever claimed

00:35:58.500 --> 00:36:00.440
 deity and

00:36:00.440 --> 00:36:02.560
 founded one

00:36:02.560 --> 00:36:03.220
 of the great

00:36:03.220 --> 00:36:04.180
 world religions,

00:36:04.980 --> 00:36:05.519
 indeed the

00:36:05.519 --> 00:36:06.120
 largest

00:36:06.120 --> 00:36:09.240
 faith on

00:36:09.240 --> 00:36:09.620
 the face

00:36:09.620 --> 00:36:09.840
 of the

00:36:09.840 --> 00:36:10.100
 earth.

00:36:11.500 --> 00:36:12.040
 Firstly,

00:36:12.720 --> 00:36:13.580
 his life

00:36:13.580 --> 00:36:15.620
 was exquisitely

00:36:15.620 --> 00:36:16.100
 beautiful.

00:36:18.000 --> 00:36:18.400
 It is

00:36:18.400 --> 00:36:19.300
 extraordinarily

00:36:19.300 --> 00:36:20.220
 difficult.

00:36:20.700 --> 00:36:21.200
 I'd

00:36:21.200 --> 00:36:21.640
 encourage you,

00:36:21.640 --> 00:36:22.240
 I'd

00:36:22.240 --> 00:36:22.580
 challenge you

00:36:22.580 --> 00:36:22.980
 this even

00:36:22.980 --> 00:36:23.320
 today.

00:36:23.320 --> 00:36:25.620
 difficult to

00:36:25.620 --> 00:36:26.100
 claim to

00:36:26.100 --> 00:36:26.680
 be perfect

00:36:26.680 --> 00:36:27.260
 and to

00:36:27.260 --> 00:36:27.840
 be God,

00:36:28.000 --> 00:36:28.440
 to be

00:36:28.440 --> 00:36:28.960
 divine,

00:36:29.519 --> 00:36:30.300
 and then to

00:36:30.300 --> 00:36:30.860
 get people

00:36:30.860 --> 00:36:31.320
 who live

00:36:31.320 --> 00:36:31.620
 with you

00:36:31.620 --> 00:36:32.160
 to believe

00:36:32.160 --> 00:36:32.539
 that.

00:36:33.580 --> 00:36:34.440
 My kids

00:36:34.440 --> 00:36:35.019
 don't believe

00:36:35.019 --> 00:36:35.660
 I'm God

00:36:35.660 --> 00:36:37.240
 at all.

00:36:38.300 --> 00:36:38.760
 They don't

00:36:38.760 --> 00:36:39.120
 believe I'm

00:36:39.120 --> 00:36:39.840
 perfect at

00:36:39.840 --> 00:36:40.120
 all.

00:36:43.700 --> 00:36:44.539
 The other

00:36:44.539 --> 00:36:45.100
 reason that

00:36:45.100 --> 00:36:45.840
 Jesus was

00:36:45.840 --> 00:36:46.620
 worshipped by

00:36:46.620 --> 00:36:47.519
 Jews as

00:36:47.519 --> 00:36:47.980
 God,

00:36:48.220 --> 00:36:48.960
 that in

00:36:48.960 --> 00:36:50.000
 itself is an

00:36:50.000 --> 00:36:50.480
 extraordinary

00:36:50.480 --> 00:36:51.100
 claim.

00:36:51.099 --> 00:36:52.460
 no Jew

00:36:52.460 --> 00:36:53.940
 ever believed

00:36:53.940 --> 00:36:55.259
 that God

00:36:55.259 --> 00:36:55.920
 would be

00:36:55.920 --> 00:36:56.319
 human.

00:36:58.179 --> 00:36:58.940
 So

00:36:58.940 --> 00:37:00.299
 sacrilegious.

00:37:02.239 --> 00:37:02.639
 And yet

00:37:02.639 --> 00:37:03.839
 many Jews

00:37:03.839 --> 00:37:04.699
 worshipped him

00:37:04.699 --> 00:37:05.319
 in the first

00:37:05.319 --> 00:37:05.719
 century.

00:37:05.900 --> 00:37:06.360
 How did that

00:37:06.360 --> 00:37:06.659
 happen?

00:37:07.739 --> 00:37:08.259
 The

00:37:08.259 --> 00:37:08.719
 resurrection.

00:37:10.380 --> 00:37:10.599
 The

00:37:10.599 --> 00:37:11.099
 historical

00:37:11.099 --> 00:37:11.759
 evidence for

00:37:11.759 --> 00:37:12.380
 the resurrection

00:37:12.380 --> 00:37:13.000
 of Jesus

00:37:13.000 --> 00:37:13.719
 is,

00:37:14.819 --> 00:37:16.199
 and there

00:37:16.199 --> 00:37:16.559
 are three

00:37:16.559 --> 00:37:17.599
 basic lines

00:37:17.599 --> 00:37:18.400
 of evidence

00:37:18.400 --> 00:37:19.759
 that converge

00:37:19.760 --> 00:37:20.620
 for the

00:37:20.620 --> 00:37:21.120
 resurrection.

00:37:21.840 --> 00:37:22.220
 The first

00:37:22.220 --> 00:37:22.740
 is the fact

00:37:22.740 --> 00:37:23.060
 that there

00:37:23.060 --> 00:37:23.720
 was an

00:37:23.720 --> 00:37:24.060
 empty

00:37:24.060 --> 00:37:24.460
 tomb.

00:37:26.060 --> 00:37:26.600
 Historians

00:37:26.600 --> 00:37:27.040
 see the

00:37:27.040 --> 00:37:27.320
 empty

00:37:27.320 --> 00:37:28.080
 tomb as

00:37:28.080 --> 00:37:28.580
 just a

00:37:28.580 --> 00:37:28.900
 given.

00:37:30.520 --> 00:37:30.680
 The

00:37:30.680 --> 00:37:35.500
 question is

00:37:35.500 --> 00:37:35.880
 what happened

00:37:35.880 --> 00:37:36.080
 to the

00:37:36.080 --> 00:37:36.300
 body?

00:37:37.480 --> 00:37:38.160
 The second

00:37:38.160 --> 00:37:38.560
 is the

00:37:38.560 --> 00:37:39.200
 testimony of

00:37:39.200 --> 00:37:40.160
 the hundreds

00:37:40.160 --> 00:37:41.220
 of eyewitnesses.

00:37:41.680 --> 00:37:42.300
 The Apostle

00:37:42.300 --> 00:37:43.380
 Paul can

00:37:43.380 --> 00:37:44.060
 say in a

00:37:44.060 --> 00:37:44.780
 public document

00:37:44.780 --> 00:37:45.360
 about 20

00:37:45.360 --> 00:37:46.020
 years after

00:37:46.020 --> 00:37:46.460
 the event,

00:37:46.580 --> 00:37:46.940
 while people

00:37:46.940 --> 00:37:47.360
 are still

00:37:47.360 --> 00:37:48.420
 in the

00:37:48.420 --> 00:37:49.480
 event,

00:37:49.760 --> 00:37:50.380
 that

00:37:50.380 --> 00:37:51.100
 hundreds

00:37:51.100 --> 00:37:51.360
 and

00:37:51.360 --> 00:37:51.800
 hundreds

00:37:51.800 --> 00:37:52.080
 and

00:37:52.080 --> 00:37:52.440
 hundreds

00:37:52.440 --> 00:37:52.700
 of

00:37:52.700 --> 00:37:53.020
 people

00:37:53.020 --> 00:37:53.820
 saw

00:37:53.820 --> 00:37:54.920
 Jesus

00:37:54.920 --> 00:37:55.800
 raised

00:37:55.800 --> 00:37:55.980
 from

00:37:55.980 --> 00:37:56.100
 the

00:37:56.100 --> 00:37:56.380
 dead.

00:38:03.440 --> 00:38:03.980
 It's

00:38:03.980 --> 00:38:04.400
 one thing

00:38:04.400 --> 00:38:05.680
 about

00:38:05.680 --> 00:38:06.440
 resurrection.

00:38:08.100 --> 00:38:08.640
 It's

00:38:08.640 --> 00:38:09.020
 another thing

00:38:09.020 --> 00:38:09.400
 to start

00:38:09.400 --> 00:38:09.820
 the rumour

00:38:09.820 --> 00:38:10.580
 while people

00:38:10.580 --> 00:38:10.880
 are still

00:38:10.880 --> 00:38:12.500
 living and

00:38:12.500 --> 00:38:13.040
 claiming that

00:38:13.040 --> 00:38:13.440
 those people

00:38:13.440 --> 00:38:13.900
 saw it.

00:38:16.900 --> 00:38:17.720
 The third

00:38:17.720 --> 00:38:18.180
 has to do

00:38:18.180 --> 00:38:18.460
 with the

00:38:18.460 --> 00:38:19.020
 impact of

00:38:19.019 --> 00:38:19.539
 the resurrection

00:38:19.539 --> 00:38:19.980
 of Jesus

00:38:19.980 --> 00:38:20.480
 followers.

00:38:22.920 --> 00:38:24.119
 Very few

00:38:24.119 --> 00:38:25.039
 marginal

00:38:25.039 --> 00:38:26.199
 people that

00:38:26.199 --> 00:38:26.860
 developed a

00:38:26.860 --> 00:38:28.159
 confidence and

00:38:28.159 --> 00:38:28.980
 a fearlessness

00:38:28.980 --> 00:38:30.099
 that enabled

00:38:30.099 --> 00:38:30.519
 them to

00:38:30.519 --> 00:38:31.340
 spread the

00:38:31.340 --> 00:38:31.940
 news of

00:38:31.940 --> 00:38:32.280
 Jesus

00:38:32.280 --> 00:38:33.119
 resurrected

00:38:33.119 --> 00:38:34.699
 gladly

00:38:34.699 --> 00:38:35.559
 throughout the

00:38:35.559 --> 00:38:36.360
 Roman Empire

00:38:36.360 --> 00:38:36.840
 and give

00:38:36.840 --> 00:38:37.519
 their lives

00:38:37.519 --> 00:38:37.940
 for them.

00:38:40.039 --> 00:38:41.059
 Some people

00:38:41.059 --> 00:38:41.860
 have claimed

00:38:41.860 --> 00:38:42.239
 that the

00:38:42.239 --> 00:38:43.199
 disciples stole

00:38:43.199 --> 00:38:43.639
 the body

00:38:43.639 --> 00:38:44.159
 and hid it.

00:38:44.159 --> 00:38:46.159
 you don't

00:38:46.159 --> 00:38:46.799
 die for a

00:38:46.799 --> 00:38:47.179
 hoax.

00:38:51.179 --> 00:38:51.859
 Something

00:38:51.859 --> 00:38:52.659
 extraordinary

00:38:52.659 --> 00:38:53.379
 must have

00:38:53.379 --> 00:38:53.960
 happened to

00:38:53.960 --> 00:38:54.079
 the

00:38:54.079 --> 00:38:54.519
 disciples

00:38:54.519 --> 00:38:56.119
 of the

00:38:56.119 --> 00:38:56.559
 normal

00:38:56.559 --> 00:38:57.219
 course.

00:38:58.619 --> 00:38:59.099
 And if we

00:38:59.099 --> 00:38:59.899
 try to find

00:38:59.899 --> 00:39:00.659
 an alternative

00:39:00.659 --> 00:39:02.179
 explanation for

00:39:02.179 --> 00:39:02.859
 the resurrection,

00:39:02.860 --> 00:39:05.160
 we may in

00:39:05.160 --> 00:39:05.720
 fact find

00:39:05.720 --> 00:39:06.579
 ourselves

00:39:06.579 --> 00:39:07.980
 making even

00:39:07.980 --> 00:39:08.980
 greater leaps

00:39:08.980 --> 00:39:09.620
 of faith

00:39:09.620 --> 00:39:10.820
 than if we

00:39:10.820 --> 00:39:11.260
 believed in

00:39:11.260 --> 00:39:11.360
 the

00:39:11.360 --> 00:39:11.860
 resurrection.

00:39:15.760 --> 00:39:16.720
 In Jesus

00:39:16.720 --> 00:39:17.539
 Christ is a

00:39:17.539 --> 00:39:18.019
 man who

00:39:18.019 --> 00:39:18.460
 claimed to

00:39:18.460 --> 00:39:19.079
 be God

00:39:19.079 --> 00:39:20.099
 and yet who

00:39:20.099 --> 00:39:20.800
 lived a

00:39:20.800 --> 00:39:21.579
 life so

00:39:21.579 --> 00:39:22.760
 great that

00:39:22.760 --> 00:39:23.200
 he became

00:39:23.200 --> 00:39:23.920
 the only

00:39:23.920 --> 00:39:25.539
 person in

00:39:25.539 --> 00:39:26.059
 the history

00:39:26.059 --> 00:39:26.700
 of humanity

00:39:26.699 --> 00:39:28.139
 to convince

00:39:28.139 --> 00:39:30.039
 people

00:39:30.039 --> 00:39:31.739
 that he

00:39:31.739 --> 00:39:32.059
 is in

00:39:32.059 --> 00:39:32.579
 fact God

00:39:32.579 --> 00:39:34.519
 and he's

00:39:34.519 --> 00:39:34.960
 still doing

00:39:34.960 --> 00:39:35.419
 it today.

00:39:39.259 --> 00:39:39.739
 Friends,

00:39:40.819 --> 00:39:42.019
 and particularly

00:39:42.019 --> 00:39:42.439
 if you're a

00:39:42.439 --> 00:39:43.579
 skeptic here,

00:39:44.599 --> 00:39:45.179
 you can't

00:39:45.179 --> 00:39:47.079
 be indifferent

00:39:47.079 --> 00:39:47.519
 to that

00:39:47.519 --> 00:39:47.879
 claim.

00:39:51.879 --> 00:39:52.699
 You can't

00:39:52.699 --> 00:39:53.259
 resolve the

00:39:53.259 --> 00:39:53.839
 issue by just

00:39:53.839 --> 00:39:53.980
 saying,

00:39:54.079 --> 00:39:54.099
 well,

00:39:54.119 --> 00:39:54.419
 he was just

00:39:54.419 --> 00:39:54.679
 a great

00:39:54.679 --> 00:39:55.819
 teacher.

00:39:55.980 --> 00:39:56.179
 He's able

00:39:56.179 --> 00:39:56.559
 to convince

00:39:56.559 --> 00:39:56.919
 people.

00:39:58.480 --> 00:39:58.779
 His

00:39:58.779 --> 00:39:59.480
 declarations

00:39:59.480 --> 00:39:59.719
 about

00:39:59.719 --> 00:40:00.139
 himself

00:40:00.139 --> 00:40:00.759
 don't

00:40:00.759 --> 00:40:00.980
 allow

00:40:00.980 --> 00:40:01.259
 that.

00:40:03.159 --> 00:40:03.619
 You can't

00:40:03.619 --> 00:40:04.239
 respond that

00:40:04.239 --> 00:40:04.539
 he'd ever

00:40:04.539 --> 00:40:05.079
 made such

00:40:05.079 --> 00:40:05.559
 great claims

00:40:05.559 --> 00:40:06.219
 about himself

00:40:06.219 --> 00:40:08.099
 because of

00:40:08.099 --> 00:40:08.559
 the historical

00:40:08.559 --> 00:40:09.079
 evidence for

00:40:09.079 --> 00:40:09.559
 those claims.

00:40:11.500 --> 00:40:12.299
 We can't

00:40:12.299 --> 00:40:12.699
 be content

00:40:12.699 --> 00:40:12.980
 with the

00:40:12.980 --> 00:40:13.519
 explanation

00:40:13.519 --> 00:40:14.219
 that he

00:40:14.219 --> 00:40:15.039
 was deranged,

00:40:15.419 --> 00:40:15.679
 that he

00:40:15.679 --> 00:40:15.960
 was a

00:40:15.960 --> 00:40:16.359
 fraud,

00:40:17.359 --> 00:40:17.879
 because of

00:40:17.879 --> 00:40:18.359
 the evident

00:40:18.359 --> 00:40:21.500
 of his

00:40:21.500 --> 00:40:22.719
 life on

00:40:22.719 --> 00:40:23.579
 his followers.

00:40:26.179 --> 00:40:26.679
 And because

00:40:26.679 --> 00:40:26.940
 of the

00:40:26.940 --> 00:40:27.279
 case of

00:40:27.279 --> 00:40:27.379
 the

00:40:27.379 --> 00:40:27.819
 resurrection.

00:40:29.559 --> 00:40:30.059
 This

00:40:30.059 --> 00:40:30.719
 leaves us

00:40:30.719 --> 00:40:31.039
 with the

00:40:31.039 --> 00:40:31.399
 final

00:40:31.399 --> 00:40:32.059
 possible

00:40:32.059 --> 00:40:32.779
 explanation,

00:40:33.059 --> 00:40:33.319
 namely

00:40:33.319 --> 00:40:33.879
 is,

00:40:34.059 --> 00:40:34.500
 that is,

00:40:35.000 --> 00:40:35.259
 that he

00:40:35.259 --> 00:40:38.719
 did what

00:40:38.719 --> 00:40:39.119
 he claimed

00:40:39.119 --> 00:40:39.379
 to have

00:40:39.379 --> 00:40:39.659
 done.

00:40:41.919 --> 00:40:42.599
 And as

00:40:42.599 --> 00:40:43.119
 the creator

00:40:43.119 --> 00:40:43.359
 of the

00:40:43.359 --> 00:40:43.940
 universe,

00:40:44.559 --> 00:40:46.440
 he still

00:40:46.440 --> 00:40:46.980
 makes those

00:40:46.980 --> 00:40:47.440
 claims on

00:40:47.440 --> 00:40:48.059
 our life.

00:40:48.059 --> 00:40:54.079
 Thomas,

00:40:54.699 --> 00:40:56.779
 in John

00:40:56.779 --> 00:40:57.440
 14,

00:40:57.799 --> 00:40:58.920
 still stands

00:40:58.920 --> 00:40:59.779
 today for

00:40:59.779 --> 00:41:00.440
 your life

00:41:00.440 --> 00:41:01.019
 and mine.

00:41:02.920 --> 00:41:03.900
 I am

00:41:03.900 --> 00:41:04.360
 the way.

00:41:05.539 --> 00:41:06.179
 I am

00:41:06.179 --> 00:41:06.840
 the truth.

00:41:07.559 --> 00:41:08.179
 I am

00:41:08.179 --> 00:41:08.779
 the life.

00:41:10.239 --> 00:41:10.900
 He is

00:41:10.900 --> 00:41:11.440
 it,

00:41:12.139 --> 00:41:13.779
 the source

00:41:13.779 --> 00:41:14.400
 of life.

00:41:14.400 --> 00:41:18.160
 the truth

00:41:18.160 --> 00:41:19.240
 about life,

00:41:20.280 --> 00:41:21.820
 the way

00:41:21.820 --> 00:41:22.940
 for life.

00:41:27.180 --> 00:41:27.820
 Except

00:41:27.820 --> 00:41:28.400
 through him.

00:41:29.139 --> 00:41:30.000
 As hard

00:41:30.000 --> 00:41:30.639
 as it is

00:41:30.639 --> 00:41:31.380
 to be a

00:41:31.380 --> 00:41:31.920
 person of

00:41:31.920 --> 00:41:32.400
 faith and

00:41:32.400 --> 00:41:33.280
 to believe

00:41:33.280 --> 00:41:34.559
 that Jesus

00:41:34.559 --> 00:41:35.320
 is God,

00:41:35.460 --> 00:41:35.980
 come to

00:41:35.980 --> 00:41:36.539
 earth,

00:41:38.019 --> 00:41:38.519
 it may

00:41:38.519 --> 00:41:39.059
 in fact be

00:41:39.059 --> 00:41:39.960
 just more

00:41:39.960 --> 00:41:40.720
 difficult not

00:41:40.720 --> 00:41:41.480
 to do so.

00:41:44.400 --> 00:41:45.440
 I want

00:41:45.440 --> 00:41:45.820
 to say

00:41:45.820 --> 00:41:46.180
 that it

00:41:46.180 --> 00:41:46.800
 is totally

00:41:46.800 --> 00:41:47.360
 reasonable

00:41:47.360 --> 00:41:48.300
 to be a

00:41:48.300 --> 00:41:48.760
 person of

00:41:48.760 --> 00:41:49.139
 faith,

00:41:49.619 --> 00:41:49.980
 to have

00:41:49.980 --> 00:41:50.400
 faith in

00:41:50.400 --> 00:41:50.780
 God,

00:41:51.119 --> 00:41:51.380
 to have

00:41:51.380 --> 00:41:51.820
 faith in

00:41:51.820 --> 00:41:52.099
 Jesus

00:41:52.099 --> 00:41:52.660
 Christ.

00:41:53.240 --> 00:41:53.579
 And in

00:41:53.579 --> 00:41:53.980
 the coming

00:41:53.980 --> 00:41:54.480
 weeks,

00:41:55.039 --> 00:41:55.380
 I want

00:41:55.380 --> 00:41:56.059
 us to see

00:41:56.059 --> 00:41:56.780
 just how

00:41:56.780 --> 00:41:57.480
 relevant that

00:41:57.480 --> 00:41:58.000
 faith is.