Oxford Mathematician DESTROYS Atheism (15 Minute Brilliancy!)

In this video, John Lennox unpacks the interconnectedness between Faith in God and Scientific discovery & dispels several widespread cultural myths along the way. He also explains why Atheism (or materialism to be more precise) works directly against discovery and reason.

The clip featured in this video was taken from a longer conversation that was originally recorded by @socratesinthecity .

[addman]

Only recently found this channel but I love your videos. My journey into faith has been difficult so far but convincing the mind through logic that god exists has been my first step into Christianity and finding Christ, and your videos have been instrumental in that.

My entire life ive always been told that you either believe in Science or Religion when all modern science comes from Christians who believed that a Logical God made a Logical world that they could then study.

God Bless!

[NelsonOliveiraNdVO]

I became an atheist when I convinced myself that I could not trust reason because it was the end product of an unguided random process. That is actually just one side of the history. I was also eager to live by my own and full of pride. Rejecting God and rejecting the use of reason for any non-utilitarian end was the same thing to me. It took me 18 years to realize it was a decision, not a conclusion, drove by pride justified by a philosophy that is nihilistic in its core. I am glad, thankful and surprised about how patient and forgiving God really is.

[mikeevangel]

John Lennox is one of my favorite humans! He's one of the reasons I converted to Christianity and study Apologetics.

[doeboi]

This is exactly what turned me on to Dr Chuck Missler. The first time I seen one of his videos I was hooked. It was incredible to me that someone with such a diverse and brilliant background was using both science and mathematics to prove that both the Bible and our God are very much real!

[jameskonkel]

I have to say, that I love that you don't interrupt the conversation in the middle of the video, but that you let us listen to the speaker fully and then you give us your thoughts afterwards. The words be slow to speak and quick to listen come to mind. And you have got it right!

[fahkinlosah]

Lennox is a beast, truly a gift for our generation...we'd all do well to learn as much as we can from this man....

[karimisrael]

Lennox makes me feel like im a kid sitting at the foot of a rocking chair listening to his grandpa explain the wonders of the world.

I could listen to him speak every single day for the rest of my life and it still wouldn’t be enough.

[chriskiger]

My wife and I really like listening to these and discussing what is said.

[eddie]

I love listening to John Lennox. He's so wise and intelligent but talks in such a playful and humble way.

[eph.]

I heard this argument a few months ago when I was an athiest. One morning I was steps away from getting in my car -replaying the argument in my mind- thinking 'how can I trust my thoughts if I am a random formation of molecules and electrical firings' I opened my car door a second later, start the car and the first thing that I hear on the radio is a woman singing 'trust what your thinking...'

I am no longer an athiest (not for this reason alone mind you)

[jimmiferfreddette]

First thank you for the work, second thank you for not interrupting the video with useless words and letting us try and understand the message on our own. Third thank you for not squeezing in a break in the video telling us to like and sub. Fourth, thank you for breaking it down at the end of the video because this was hard understand lol these videos are perfect. God bless you

[trustme]

Just remember this, The math had to be perfect for us to exist. And God is a perfect God. ❤

[MrDoyle]

I never walk away from Mr. Lennox without a whole and new set of reasons to believe the things we see as being created. This is not a series of mistakes; this we see is an unfolding of a creative energy that reaches so far beyond our understanding that some will believe it while others will be so daunted by it all from the mystery acceptance view that they will be forced to doubt it. In a sense, no one is wrong, but no one is done yet. Even if made so by the immense depth of the truth of it all there is no other way to see it. We are all on the same journey and we are all approaching the same truth. Some of us accept and swim on and others do not accept and still they too swim on. There’s a tremendous beauty in it all and the power of creation must be genius without limits. God is truly great; or the mistakes that lead us to now are truly great. One way or another, God will be found. It’s part of the design.

[eugenehvorostyanov]

Love clear thinking of John Lennox, analogies he use and his passion for God. ❤

[bobtoner]

Good time to read Paul's sermon at Athens Acts 17:16-34. "In Him we move and have our being"

[rickfilmmaker]

Wonderful. These insights are what was taught to me as I studied for my philosophy degree; not what to think, rather, how to think.

[jimkazetsky]

This channel is so important. Everyone has their journey to Christ, but this channel is perfect for intellectual and logical minds. There are so many good videos.

[elnavanrensburg]

I can simply binge watch Prof Lennox for hours on end (especially with Eric Metaxas).Thank you Prof for the pearls of wisdom which you bring to us in such a humble way, yet with the authority of a brilliant ‘mind’!

[GiI]

Here I am, a theist idealist philosopher of physics feeling very identified with the dialogue. Thanks for sharing!

[truthovertea]

Lennox is such a boss, dude can do a debate against Hitchens on the spot with no pre preparation. The deeper you dig, the more of God is revealed. Thanks for spreading this great discussion with more people. We need to continue showing that God is the best explanation as the foundation to all of contingent reality