WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:03.899 Chapter 12 Breaking News Atoms Can't Think, But 00:00:03.899 --> 00:00:07.580 You Can Ladies and gentlemen, atheistic science 00:00:07.580 --> 00:00:10.599 says we're faced with the strangest contradiction 00:00:10.599 --> 00:00:14.160 of all. Atheists tell us that we are nothing 00:00:14.160 --> 00:00:17.899 but atoms and neurons, yet they want us to engage 00:00:17.899 --> 00:00:21.920 in rational debate, moral reasoning, and philosophical 00:00:21.920 --> 00:00:25.140 reflection. That raises an important question. 00:00:25.609 --> 00:00:28.589 Since when have atoms been able to identify concepts 00:00:28.589 --> 00:00:33.390 like atheism, morality, truth, and justice? Because 00:00:33.390 --> 00:00:36.310 if all we are is matter, then where did concepts 00:00:36.310 --> 00:00:40.090 like justice, love, and logic come from? How 00:00:40.090 --> 00:00:42.969 can unthinking atoms engage in rational discussion? 00:00:43.409 --> 00:00:46.570 How do neurons firing in a brain explain consciousness, 00:00:46.909 --> 00:00:49.780 self -awareness, and free will? Atheism tells 00:00:49.780 --> 00:00:53.200 us that we're just biological machines, but the 00:00:53.200 --> 00:00:56.340 moment an atheist argues for truth, morality, 00:00:56.700 --> 00:00:59.719 or rationality, they prove themselves wrong. 00:01:00.079 --> 00:01:03.200 One atoms don't think so. Where does thought 00:01:03.200 --> 00:01:06.459 come from? If we are just bags of randomly evolved 00:01:06.459 --> 00:01:09.780 chemicals, how did we get from mindless particles 00:01:09.780 --> 00:01:13.359 to rational beings capable of abstract reasoning? 00:01:13.719 --> 00:01:18.640 Genesis chapter 1, verse 27. So God created man 00:01:18.640 --> 00:01:22.260 in his own image. In the image of God, he created 00:01:22.260 --> 00:01:26.420 him. Male and female, he created them. Only the 00:01:26.420 --> 00:01:28.859 biblical worldview explains why human beings 00:01:28.859 --> 00:01:32.140 think logically because we are made in the image 00:01:32.140 --> 00:01:35.140 of a rational God. Use language and communication 00:01:35.140 --> 00:01:38.060 because God speaks and has given us language. 00:01:38.420 --> 00:01:42.019 Understand truth because God is truth and has 00:01:42.019 --> 00:01:45.109 revealed himself to us. If atheism were true, 00:01:45.250 --> 00:01:47.950 our thoughts would be nothing but chemical reactions 00:01:47.950 --> 00:01:52.250 in the brain. Meaning, there is no right or wrong 00:01:52.250 --> 00:01:55.370 reasoning, just neurons firing differently in 00:01:55.370 --> 00:01:58.090 different brains. There is no absolute truth, 00:01:58.209 --> 00:02:01.269 just evolutionary survival strategies. There 00:02:01.269 --> 00:02:04.609 is no meaning in words, just sound waves bouncing 00:02:04.609 --> 00:02:08.449 around in the air. But here's the problem. Atheists 00:02:08.449 --> 00:02:11.789 use logic, truth, and reason to argue that God 00:02:11.789 --> 00:02:14.860 doesn't exist. The moment they expect their arguments 00:02:14.860 --> 00:02:18.460 to be true, they prove that absolute truth exists. 00:02:18.879 --> 00:02:22.240 The moment they assume logic is valid, they acknowledge 00:02:22.240 --> 00:02:26.080 that laws of logic are real. But neither truth 00:02:26.080 --> 00:02:29.319 nor logic can come from random, unguided material 00:02:29.319 --> 00:02:34.759 forces. Colossians 2 .3 In Christ are hidden 00:02:34.759 --> 00:02:38.159 all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge. Knowledge 00:02:38.159 --> 00:02:41.900 and rationality exist because God exists. Apart 00:02:41.900 --> 00:02:44.879 from him, we couldn't know anything at all. Two, 00:02:45.120 --> 00:02:48.939 atoms don't define morality. So why do we know 00:02:48.939 --> 00:02:52.219 right from wrong? If atheism is true, then morality 00:02:52.219 --> 00:02:55.819 is just a human invention. In that case, murder 00:02:55.819 --> 00:02:59.300 isn't really wrong, it's just unpopular. Justice 00:02:59.300 --> 00:03:01.699 is meaningless, it's just social conditioning. 00:03:02.199 --> 00:03:04.639 Helping the weak is foolish because evolution 00:03:04.639 --> 00:03:08.919 favors the strong. Atheists say, Morality evolved 00:03:08.919 --> 00:03:12.400 because it helped humans survive. But this is 00:03:12.400 --> 00:03:15.460 nonsense. Why do people sacrifice their lives 00:03:15.460 --> 00:03:18.300 for others, even when it reduces their survival 00:03:18.300 --> 00:03:21.340 chances? Why do we feel guilt over things no 00:03:21.340 --> 00:03:24.199 one else knows about? Why do cultures around 00:03:24.199 --> 00:03:28.080 the world share the same basic moral laws? Because 00:03:28.080 --> 00:03:31.219 morality isn't a social construct. It was given 00:03:31.219 --> 00:03:35.909 by God. Romans 2, verse 15. They show that the 00:03:35.909 --> 00:03:38.870 work of the law is written on their hearts, while 00:03:38.870 --> 00:03:42.409 their conscience also bears witness. Morality 00:03:42.409 --> 00:03:45.650 exists because God exists. Right and wrong are 00:03:45.650 --> 00:03:47.729 real because they are grounded in the character 00:03:47.729 --> 00:03:51.509 of a holy God. If morality were just atoms bouncing 00:03:51.509 --> 00:03:54.349 around, there would be no reason to say murder 00:03:54.349 --> 00:03:58.050 is evil, lying is wrong, or justice is good. 00:03:58.599 --> 00:04:01.860 but because we are made in god's image we all 00:04:01.860 --> 00:04:04.939 have an innate sense of justice and righteousness 00:04:04.939 --> 00:04:09.840 micah chapter six verse eight he has told you 00:04:09.840 --> 00:04:13.219 o man what is good and what does the lord require 00:04:13.219 --> 00:04:16.480 of you but to do justice and to love kindness 00:04:16.480 --> 00:04:20.620 and to walk humbly with your god Reject God and 00:04:20.620 --> 00:04:24.379 you reject morality. But keep using moral arguments 00:04:24.379 --> 00:04:27.019 and you prove that morality must be grounded 00:04:27.019 --> 00:04:30.439 in something beyond evolution, something eternal, 00:04:30.819 --> 00:04:34.959 unchanging, and absolute. 3. Atoms don't speak. 00:04:35.220 --> 00:04:38.079 So where did language come from? Think about 00:04:38.079 --> 00:04:41.079 this. How do different languages exist if we're 00:04:41.079 --> 00:04:44.079 just evolved brains? Why do different languages 00:04:44.079 --> 00:04:47.199 have words that mean the same thing? How do mere 00:04:47.199 --> 00:04:50.560 sound waves convey deep meaning, emotions, and 00:04:50.560 --> 00:04:54.000 complex ideas? Language isn't just grunts and 00:04:54.000 --> 00:04:57.939 sounds. It's built on rules, structure, and meaning, 00:04:58.120 --> 00:05:01.160 all things that cannot come from unguided evolution. 00:05:01.899 --> 00:05:06.399 Genesis chapter 11, verse 9. Therefore its name 00:05:06.399 --> 00:05:09.879 was called Babel, because there the Lord confused 00:05:09.879 --> 00:05:13.339 the language of all the earth. Language was given 00:05:13.339 --> 00:05:16.699 by God. It was meant for relationship. communication, 00:05:17.019 --> 00:05:20.560 and worship. Atheism cannot explain why words 00:05:20.560 --> 00:05:23.519 have meaning and why human beings can express 00:05:23.519 --> 00:05:27.959 abstract ideas like love, justice, and truth. 00:05:28.360 --> 00:05:32.620 John chapter 1, verse 1. In the beginning was 00:05:32.620 --> 00:05:35.620 the Word, and the Word was with God, and the 00:05:35.620 --> 00:05:39.180 Word was God. Jesus himself is called the Word 00:05:39.180 --> 00:05:41.759 because ultimate meaning and communication are 00:05:41.759 --> 00:05:45.579 found in God alone. Without him, Language is 00:05:45.579 --> 00:05:50.199 just random noise, for atoms don't love. So why 00:05:50.199 --> 00:05:53.759 do we? If atheism were true, love would be nothing 00:05:53.759 --> 00:05:57.220 more than a chemical reaction for survival. But 00:05:57.220 --> 00:06:00.600 we all know love is far more than that. 1 John 00:06:00.600 --> 00:06:04.459 4, verse 8 Anyone who does not love does not 00:06:04.459 --> 00:06:07.740 know God, because God is love. Love is in just 00:06:07.740 --> 00:06:11.139 biology. Love is a reflection of the God who 00:06:11.139 --> 00:06:14.899 made us. We were created for relationships because 00:06:14.899 --> 00:06:18.519 God is relational. In an atheistic world, love 00:06:18.519 --> 00:06:21.819 is just brain chemicals. But in the real world, 00:06:21.899 --> 00:06:33.040 love is the very nature of God. If love were 00:06:33.040 --> 00:06:35.959 just a survival instinct, then sacrificial love 00:06:35.959 --> 00:06:38.899 wouldn't make sense. But because we are made 00:06:38.899 --> 00:06:41.720 in the image of God, we know that love is real. 00:06:42.189 --> 00:06:45.250 powerful, and eternal. The only worldview that 00:06:45.250 --> 00:06:48.290 makes sense. Atheism collapses under its own 00:06:48.290 --> 00:06:51.970 weight. It borrows morality, logic, truth, and 00:06:51.970 --> 00:06:55.050 meaning from the biblical worldview, while denying 00:06:55.050 --> 00:06:58.069 the God who makes those things possible. Only 00:06:58.069 --> 00:07:01.209 the Bible explains why we think, because God 00:07:01.209 --> 00:07:04.610 made us rational. Why we know morality is real, 00:07:04.769 --> 00:07:08.470 because God is holy. Why we use language, because 00:07:08.470 --> 00:07:11.970 God communicates with us. Why we love. Because 00:07:11.970 --> 00:07:16.649 God is love. Proverbs 1, verse 7. The fear of 00:07:16.649 --> 00:07:19.470 the Lord is the beginning of knowledge. Fools 00:07:19.470 --> 00:07:23.029 despise wisdom and instruction. Atheists can 00:07:23.029 --> 00:07:25.430 only argue against God by using the very things 00:07:25.430 --> 00:07:28.629 He created. But without Him, nothing makes sense. 00:07:28.930 --> 00:07:32.310 The next step. The foundation of all reality. 00:07:32.689 --> 00:07:35.269 If God alone makes sense of everything, then 00:07:35.269 --> 00:07:38.639 who is this God? The answer isn't just God exists. 00:07:39.079 --> 00:07:42.100 The answer is the triune God of the Bible Father, 00:07:42.379 --> 00:07:45.779 Son, and Holy Spirit. The reason reality is both 00:07:45.779 --> 00:07:49.439 one and many, both logical and relational, is 00:07:49.439 --> 00:07:52.540 because God is triune. The Father is not the 00:07:52.540 --> 00:07:56.019 Son. The Son is not the Holy Spirit. The Holy 00:07:56.019 --> 00:07:59.439 Spirit is not the Father. Yet, they are one in 00:07:59.439 --> 00:08:02.500 being and three in person. And this is why all 00:08:02.500 --> 00:08:05.339 reality is built on both unity and diversity. 00:08:05.980 --> 00:08:08.259 Because the Trinity is the foundation of all 00:08:08.259 --> 00:08:13.060 things. Colossians 1 .17 And He is before all 00:08:13.060 --> 00:08:15.939 things, and in Him all things hold together. 00:08:16.279 --> 00:08:19.860 Now let's look deeper into the triune God, the 00:08:19.860 --> 00:08:22.899 only foundation for truth, reason, morality, 00:08:23.240 --> 00:08:24.560 and existence itself.