I Don't Have Enough Faith to Be an Atheist by Norman L. Geisler & Frank Turek
Week 4: Chapter 3 — In the Beginning There Was a Great SURGE
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The authors now turn to the physical universe itself, asking what the origin of space, time, and matter tells us about whether a Creator exists.
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7 questions1.Geisler and Turek use the acronym SURGE to summarize the scientific evidence for a beginning of the universe (Second law of thermodynamics, Universe is expanding, Radiation afterglow, Great galaxy seeds, Einstein's theory of General Relativity). Before looking at each point, why does the *beginning* of the universe matter so much for the question of God's existence?
2.Walk through the SURGE acronym. Which of the five lines of evidence did you find most compelling, and why? Which was hardest to follow?
3.The authors present the Kalam Cosmological Argument: (1) Everything that begins to exist has a cause; (2) The universe began to exist; (3) Therefore, the universe has a cause. Do you find each premise convincing? Where would a skeptic most likely push back?