Peter Kreeft The Existence of God part 5 of 8 apologetics

Boston University Philosopher and Catholic Apologist , Peter Kreeft lectures on The Existence of God

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[bigbohn001]

Kreeft is the man. God Bless him.

[outtaker]

Are you scared of something, then? If choose to believe they're fallible? Are you afraid, that if they're infallible, that you'll be judged and face eternal torment? That's what our God promises if you're foolish enough. Remember, even Satan and his demons know God exists...

[Purushadasa]

You have failed to provide any evidence for your belief claim that nothing will happen as a result of that prayer.

Therefore, your conclusion is premature and illogical.

[leakim26]

How can you be so confident that it won't happen? God has His ways and reasons for doing things. About the curing cancer.. God has given us minds and intelligence for this precise purpose, for us to come up with a cure. What sense would it make for Him to give us intelligence if He won't allow us to use it? If any cure comes about which I'm sure it will, will only be through His revelation. Who are we to test God anyway? He is INFACT GOD!

[Davotheledge]

Larger than life, Peter Kreeft.

[malilu100]

@TimmyValentine

John 14:12 Truly, truly, I say to you, he who believes in Me, the works that I do, he will do also; and greater works ...'

Jesus does not place a single condition in verse 12. Also there is no conditinal link made to verses 13 and 14!

These verses do not even nearly say something like: Jesus will do anything for us only if we believe or do something.

It clearly states 'You may ask me ... and I will do it'

[TimmyValentine]

You take one verse out of Scripture, throw it at believers, and expect to spread that "truth". Could I take any one line of dialogue out of your favorite movie and project it throughout the movie to explain the entire movie? Of course not. Line by line in Scripture, or scene by scene in a movie, the facts need to be regarded in turn. You skip the verse right before John 14:14. "...he who believes in me will also do the works I do." It is not only, "ask anything", but also, "do my will."

[grandconjunct]

you will get what you want in the end wether it is good for you or not, kind of like this world.

[kmatzukaze]

What if you don't want to live forever?

What if immortality is not a reward for a person?

[curiosityversusfaith]

Jesus makes specific promises in the Bible about how prayer is supposed to work. Jesus says in many places that he and God will answer your prayers (Matthew 21:21, 11:24, Matthew 18:19); in John chapter 14 vers 12-14

explicitly ' ... You may ask me for anything in my name, and I will do it'

If that were true, why don't christians kneel down and pray to God to cure every case of cancer on this planet today!

Will anything happen? No. Of course not.

Why - because God is imaginary!

[braino2000]

Your dodging the issue, not dealing with it.  Hell, a growing number of scientists/neurologists are beginning to ditch the idea that "mind is matter" anyways.

[cheesemonkey1990]

How is a desire for sleep a quest for my existence: I doubt it will come to me in a dream