aPologetics

Week 3- Chapter 4: Devine Design and Chapter 5: The First Life- Natural Law or Devine Awe?

 

Welcome to Week 3 of VETI: Apologetics.    This week we will be studying the following- Chapter 4: Devine Design and Chapter 5: The First Life- Natural Law or Devine Awe?  Please complete the following assignments before next week's class.

 

This is an overview of the Telological Argument and Anthropic Principle .

Download this book for free.  I Don't Have Enough Faith to be an Atheist- Norman Geisler and Frank Turek

 

1 Page Reflection Paper

 

Darwinian Evolution relies heavily on the vast amounts of time needed in order for life to occur spontaneously  on earth.  However, no amount of time will ever result in nature becoming more ordered. 

 

Explain why time will never resolve the problem of gaining order form chaos. (see pages 124-126)

The Watchmaker Arguement is logical reasoning presented by an apologist and intelligent design scientists, to counter claims that the life was the result of random chance. 

 

 

Give a short answer, 1/2 page, explaing another example from the book, and how  you might use it when talking to unbelieving athiests about creationism. 

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PmlABIuz0MY

 

Be prepared to name and explain the 5 Anthropic Constants dicussed in the text.

 

1. Oxygen Level

2. Atmospheric Transparency

3. Moon-Earth Gravitational Interaction

4. Carbon Dioxide Level

5. Gravity