Transcript Apologetics - First Christian Church of High Point

Apologetics
WEEK 2- JANUARY 13TH, 2016
How can you think your religion is the
only true one?
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Remember, we live in a world that has a
Postmodern Worldview.
 Basically
it means people follow Bunn’s Law:
All truth is relative to the perception of the
individual.
This is one of the most predominant
attacks against Christianity today.
Those who come against Christianity with this
Postmodern Worldview don’t claim that they are
absolutely right; however, they are offended that we
claim Jesus is the only Savior.
They want us to accept all religions as true!
What does postmodernism sound like?
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For you there is a God. But for me there isn’t a God. Maybe
we can both be right.
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For me it is wrong to have an abortion, but for someone else it
might be right. It’s all relative.
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All religions are valid, if the people are sincere.
Relativism doesn’t work, anywhere….
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Think about Math.
“Johnny, what is 1 + 1?”
“457”
“No, Johnny. 1 + 1 = 2.”
“Maybe 1 + 1 =2 for you, but in my reality it is
457.”
Of course this doesn’t work! We
accept that in math there is absolute
truth!
Can
you imagine if we dismissed
absolute truth in math?
No,
I don’t owe you $3,000. I owe you
$2……
Doesn’t work with science either….
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A scientific law is a statement that describes an observable occurrence
in nature that appears to always be true. It is a term used in all of the
natural sciences (astronomy, biology, chemistry and physics, to name a
few). But what is an observable occurrence? Well, it's something that
can be seen by anyone and happens with no intervention by man.
http://study.com/academy/lesson/what-is-a-scientific-law-definition-examples-quiz.html
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A scientific law can be proven untrue, at which time scientists begin
looking for a new law that explains the observation.
Science continued….
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Why do scientists continue looking for a new law?
Because ultimately they believe that there is a perfect
law that will always, correctly explain how something
works. (Even if they don’t trust it, continue to look for
abnormalities, or inconsistencies in that law.)
Want proof?
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Think of it this way. How many scientists do you know that will
say, “For me the world developed from the Big Bang and
humans developed slowly through a process of evolution. For
you God created everything and humans were made in his
form. Maybe we are both right!”
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Even in disagreeing with us about the origin of the universe,
scientists display that they have a belief in absolute truth!
Doesn’t work with morality…..
 This
is one where people will earnestly believe that
they believe in relativism until they stop and think
about it.
 These
people will say things like, “Right and wrong
really comes down to a personal choice.”
Really….
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I personally am against flesh eating, axe murders but I can’t
impose my morality on others. It’s all relative.
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For me the Holocaust was a bad thing, but if the Nazis were
sincere in their beliefs, who am I to judge?
On the big ticket items people typically
agree there are moral absolutes.
 People
like to be moral relativists when the thing
they like, or want to do is at the center of the
controversy.
 When
we want our own way, It’s wrong for you, not
for me can be a pretty handy tool…. Just saying.
If it didn’t work for any of
these, why would you try
and apply this kind of
thinking to your belief
system?
JUST IN CASE…….
Reality Check
When we say there is a God
Either:
There is a God who exists (whether we like it or not)
Or
There is no God at all (no matter how much we pray and
believe)
Absolutely, not with religion…..
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Every religion makes truth statements! Even religions that try not to make
truth statements, make truth statements!
For instance: The Unitarian church which welcomes people of different
beliefs, and blends beliefs together has an inherent truth statement in their
structure that they believe there are many correct paths to heaven/
enlightenment, etc….. Thus they would say a single correct path is false
teaching. (Otherwise the ‘Christians’ in their service are sitting around
twiddling their thumbs waiting for everyone else to take a one way trip to
Hell.)
Hinduism takes a very similar stance to the Unitarians!
What happens when the “many paths”
contradict each other?
When religions contradict each other
1) religion A may be right and religion B wrong
2) religion A may be wrong and religion B right
3) Both may be wrong
But they can’t both be Right!
Jesus said to him, “I am the way, and the truth,
and the life. No one comes to the Father except
through me.
John 14:6
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Jesus didn’t say except through me or Vishnu or Mohammed
or………..
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In this one statement Jesus ruled out those that would reel him
in and place him on the shelf of a religious buffet. He says
you have to pick. Jesus says he is THE way—truth statement.
At best, the others say He is A way—truth statement.
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Both Truth statements can’t be right!
Once you break down the lie of
relativism…..Why Jesus?
The most important question in all of apologetics.
Join us next week !