The Great Question: Why Is There Anything?
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“Since we have no reason or experience with uncaused things in our universe, it is reasonable to conclude that something besides the universe caused the universe to exist.” - David de Bruyn
As iron sharpens iron,
one person sharpens another. (Proverbs 27:17)
“Since we have no reason or experience with uncaused things in our universe, it is reasonable to conclude that something besides the universe caused the universe to exist.” - David de Bruyn
“On this classic ID The Future out of the archive, Dr. Jonathan McLatchie gives us a beginner’s guide to Bayesian thinking and teaches us how it can be used to build a strong cumulative case for intelligent design, as well as how we can use it in our everyday lives.” - ID the Future
“Researchers are shocked by the unexpected results of a large new genetic study that appears in the journal Human Evolution. The findings indicate that either most animal species and humans originated at approximately the same time, or some major population crash wiped out most of the original species.” WORLD
“How did we get here?” This is one of the great questions of life, and its answer sets the direction for so many other answers to great questions. If we are descended from animals, then are we not justified in living as animals? If we are generated merely by chance, then is there any meaning to life, or do we simply make our own? If we are created by a non-involved creator, then are we accountable to that creator? If we are created by the Creator described in the Bible, then are we not accountable to Him, and should we not look to Him to guide in our understanding of existence in His universe?
How we answer the origin question in large part predetermines how we view and answer questions of our own personal meaning and responsibility. We really can’t know what we should do unless we know who we are. And we can’t know who we are unless we know from whence we came.
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