Bert Thompson, "The Case for the Existence of God"
Ap ologetics P ress | 2003 | ISBN: 0932859593 | 203 pages | PDF | 1 MB

TABLE OF CONTENTS

CHAPTER 1 Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
CHAPTER 2 Cause and Effect??”
The Cosmological Argument . . . . . . . . 3
Is the Universe Eternal?. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Steady State and Oscil-
lating Universe Theories . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Did the Universe Create
Itself Out of Nothing? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Was the Universe Created? . . . . . . . . . . 41
Our Fine-Tuned,
Tailor-Made Universe . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
CHAPTER 3 Design in Nature??”
The Teleological Argument . . . . . . . . 67
Design of the Universe. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Design of the Human Body . . . . . . . . . . 77
The Body??™s Cells. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
The Reproductive Methods of Cells. . 82
The Genetic Code??”
Its Design and Function . . . . . . . . . . . 86
Origin of the Genetic Code. . . . . . . . . 91
DNA, Genes, and Chromosomes . . . . 94
The Body??™s Tissues . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
The Body??™s Organs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106
The Skin. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106
The Eye . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109
The Ear . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113
The Body??™s Systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115
The Skeletal System. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115
The Circulatory System. . . . . . . . . . . 119
The Nervous System . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129
The Unbeliever??™s Response to
the Argument from Design . . . . . . . . . 143
CHAPTER 4 Morality and Ethics??”the
Anthropological Argument. . . . . . . . 155
Morality and Ethics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158
The Practical Impact of Morals
and Ethics Without God . . . . . . . . . . . . 174
Morals, Ethics, and
the Existence of God. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177
CHAPTER 5 Conclusion. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187
REFERENCES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191