MYSTERY AND REASON
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“If we submit everything to reason, our
religion will have no mystery and
supernatural element.” - Pascal
SOME DEFINITIONS
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Truth
 Truth
is that which affirms propositionally the
nature of reality as it is- Ravi Zacharias
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Worldview
A
collection of beliefs about life and the universe
held by an individual or a group
SOME DEFINITIONS
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Correspondence
 the
truth or falsity of a statement is determined
only by how it relates to the world and whether it
accurately describes (i.e., corresponds with) that
world.
 Ice Cold or Snow is white
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Coherence
 Coherence
refers to a consistent and
overarching explanation for all facts
A WORLDVIEW IS TRUE IF
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It answers the questions of
 Origin
 Meaning
 Morality
 Destiny
 Ravi
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Zacharias, The End of Reason
In a coherent, correspondent way
A GOD.. REALLY? PROVE IT
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Atheism
TRUE FOR YOU, BUT NOT FOR ME
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Relativism
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What “ought” to be done?
AREN’T ALL RELIGIONS THE SAME?
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Pluralism
CHRISTIANITY… AND MEANING
Eccl 12:13 The end of the matter; all has been
heard. Fear God and keep his commandments,
for this is the whole duty of man. 14 For God will
bring every deed into judgment, with every
secret thing, whether good or evil.
 “I am absolutely convinced that
meaninglessness does not come from being
weary of pain; meaninglessness comes from
being weary of pleasure. And that is why we find
ourselves emptied of meaning with our pantries
still full.”
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― Ravi Zacharias, Can Man Live Without God
THE TRUTH
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John 14:6 Jesus said to him, “I am the way,
and the truth, and the life. No one comes to
the Father except through me.