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Preface
Introduction
Chapter 1: Is it Reasonable to
Have Faith?
Introduction
Discussing faith with an
intellectual
Why do intellectuals have a
hard time with faith?
Focusing the conversation on
your faith
How can you convince someone
to have faith?
What is Faith?
Definitions of Faith
Discussing Faith
Faith is a source of
knowledge
Why Faith in God is more
reasonable than faith in Santa Claus
One man’s proof is another
man’s faith
The difference between your
faith and his
Chapter 2: Common Arguments That
Don’t Prove Your Faith
Introduction - The heart of the
righteous ponders how to answer (Proverbs 15:28a)
Second Law of Thermodynamics
What is the Second Law of
Thermodynamics?
Using the Second Law of
Thermodynamics to Disprove Evolution
Increases in Order Are Caused
By God
"The Cosmological Argument"
If it exists was it created?
God Created the Universe
The Argument of Intelligent
Design
Time must have started
Why Time Didn’t Begin
The Affects of Gravity on the
Beginning of Time
The Affects of Quantum
Mechanics on the Beginning of Time
Time as Part of the Universe
Why the Beginning of Time
Doesn’t Require God
The Ontological Argument
Pascal’s Wager
In Closing
Chapter 3: Refutation of Common
Atheistic Objections
Introduction
Why not believe in Santa Claus?
Attempts to Relate to Mankind
Religions Based on God
Literature Claiming to be
Inspired by God
The Persistence of the Jewish
People
Since you believe in God,
then why not believe in Santa Claus?
Since you believe in God,
then why not believe in unicorns?
Since you believe in God,
then why not believe in life on other planets?
Summary
A Word about Atheism
Occam's Razor
Application of Occam’s Razor
Why atheists should not
consider God a complication
Occam’s Razor says to believe
your senses
Epicurean Argument against the
Existence of God
Free Will
Free Will and God’s Plan
God’s Omnipotence
God’s Benevolence
God’s Choice
Conclusion
Chapter 4: Answers to Honest
Atheist Questions
Questions from an ex-Christian
Evangelist
Is religious belief
determined by environment?
Why does God allow pain and
suffering?
Why aren’t Christians more
righteous and obedient to God?
Does belief in God conflict
with science?
Does God have a dysfunctional
personality?
Why is Christianity Reasonable?
The Reasonable Truth
How to Reach Eternal Paradise
Christianity or Judaism?
Christian-Like Religions
Different Christian
Denominations
Christianity is Just Too
Conspicuous!
Chapter 5: Given our Christian
Faith…
An Apologetic History of Evil
Evil Does Exist
Evil is a Part of God's Plan
Evil will be overcome
These are the Facts
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