With this blog entry, I am concluding the long series which puts forth evidence to the question, “How did we get here?”. As anyone can see, I am providing evidence for the existence of a designer for our world. In this respect, I am on the opposite side of the fence of most who would believe our world, and indeed ourselves, is the result of purely natural processes, that is, by chance. However the evidence I have presented in this blog is pointing to a different conclusion. In the past blogs, I have provided evidence from a variety of sources and viewpoints as follows:
Evidence from mathematics
Evidence from astronomy, the Universe
Evidence from astronomy, the Earth
Evidence from Physics
Evidence from the fossil record
Evidence from biology
Evidence from biological information
The cumulative evidence from all these areas points to a designer. Each of these blog entries provides links for those who want to investigate further. One can read The Blind Watchmaker (Dawkins) or the Grand Designer (Hawking) that argue for the appearance of design but the world, in fact, is a result of chance + time. I have responded to Hawking’s new book in another blog entry. While the evidence for a designer will not convince everybody, no one can say that there is no scientific evidence for a designer. That is, no one can say this unless they refuse to consider this evidence which is a response of the will and not the intellect. So let the debate begin - at least in those forums where opposing opinions are not silenced.
What is the significance of this information? The significance is that the big questions in life relate to origins, meaning, morality and destiny. Any credible world view must provide a coherent response to these four questions. That is, one’s view of origins must be coherent to one’s view of morality, meaning and destiny. Without this coherency, a specific world view is not intellectually significant. In this respect, the questions of origins is very important. As this series comes to a conclusion, I will move on to discuss these other questions.
Evidence from mathematics
Evidence from astronomy, the Universe
Evidence from astronomy, the Earth
Evidence from Physics
Evidence from the fossil record
Evidence from biology
Evidence from biological information
The cumulative evidence from all these areas points to a designer. Each of these blog entries provides links for those who want to investigate further. One can read The Blind Watchmaker (Dawkins) or the Grand Designer (Hawking) that argue for the appearance of design but the world, in fact, is a result of chance + time. I have responded to Hawking’s new book in another blog entry. While the evidence for a designer will not convince everybody, no one can say that there is no scientific evidence for a designer. That is, no one can say this unless they refuse to consider this evidence which is a response of the will and not the intellect. So let the debate begin - at least in those forums where opposing opinions are not silenced.
What is the significance of this information? The significance is that the big questions in life relate to origins, meaning, morality and destiny. Any credible world view must provide a coherent response to these four questions. That is, one’s view of origins must be coherent to one’s view of morality, meaning and destiny. Without this coherency, a specific world view is not intellectually significant. In this respect, the questions of origins is very important. As this series comes to a conclusion, I will move on to discuss these other questions.
I enjoyed reading your blog. I think some of the comments/objections stem from a misunderstanding of proof.
ReplyDeleteThe existence of God cannot be proven in the sense of proving a theorem in Mathematics. That's why it's a belief.
However, just because something cannot be proven with mathematical precision does not mean it's not true. There is a preponderance of evidence of his existence.
And if we really quiet our mind and open our heart, we can all feel his presence.