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DOES GOD EXIST?
The historical evidence for Christianity centers on the life, death, and resurrection of Jesus Christ, which are supported by early, well-attested documents such as the New Testament, as well as non-Christian sources like Josephus and Tacitus. The rapid growth of the early church, the willingness of the apostles to die for their claims, and the empty tomb all point to the resurrection as a real historical event, not a legend or myth.
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THE KALAM COSMOLOGICAL ARGUMENT (The Law of Cause and Effect)
THE TELEOLOGICAL ARGUMENT (Fine-tuning Argument)
THE AXIOLOGICAL ARGUMENT (The Moral Argument)
THE ONTOLOGICAL ARGUMENT (Deductive Philosophical Argument)
DOES GOD EXIST? TEST YOURSELF!
DOES OBJECTIVE TRUTH EXIST? – John 14:6b
Objective truth is truth that is true for all people, at all times, regardless of beliefs or feelings. In Christianity, Jesus is seen as the embodiment of objective truth. In John 14:6, Jesus says, "I am the way, the truth, and the life." This means that truth is not just an idea, but a person—Jesus—who reveals the ultimate reality about God, humanity, and salvation. Christians believe that following Jesus is following the truth that applies to everyone, everywhere. In the late 1800s, objective truth was fragmented into 5 "truths": Perspectivism, Relativism, Subjectivism, Pragmatism, . Inspired by the idea of Immanuel Kant. Immanuel Kant changed the understanding of truth by arguing that we don’t experience reality directly as it truly is (the noumenal world), but only as it appears to us through our senses and mental categories (the phenomenal world). He claimed that the human mind actively shapes our experience of the world, meaning truth is not just discovered but filtered through our perception. This shifted the focus from purely objective truth to a more subjective, human-centered understanding of knowledge. While Kant affirmed that truth and reality exist, he believed reason alone cannot fully access them—especially when it comes to ultimate questions like the existence of God.
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WHAT IS PERSPECTIVISM?
WHAT IS RELATIVISM?
WHAT IS SUBJECTIVISM?
WHAT IS PRAMATISM?
WHAT IS SKEPTISM?
DOES TRUTH REALLY EXIST? TEST YOURSELF!
IS JESUS THE ONLY WAY?
Religion is a set of beliefs and practices centered around the worship of a higher power or ultimate reality. It often includes moral teachings, sacred texts, rituals, and a sense of purpose or meaning in life. Religion helps people understand the big questions of life—such as where we come from, why we’re here, and what happens after death. Religion can be categorized into 4 major categories: Atheism/Agnostism Scientism Polytheism Monotheism How does Jesus fit into all these 4 categories?
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THE RELIGION OF ATHEISM/AGNOSTICISM
THE RELIGION OF SCIENTISM
THE RELIGIONS THAT FALL INTO POLYTHEISM
THE 3 MAJOR MONOTHEIST RELIGIONS
WHAT ABOUT THE AFTERLIFE?
IS THE BIBLE TRUSTWORTHY?
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THE BIBLE IS HISTORICALLY RELIABLE – LUKE
Is Christianity True?
About Lesson

What Is Scientism?

Scientism is the belief that science alone can explain everything worth knowing, and that scientific methods are the only reliable source of truth. It often dismisses philosophy, theology, or any form of knowledge that isn’t empirical (based on observation and experimentation).

How Scientism Can Function Like a Religion:

  1. Faith in Science Alone

    • Just as religious people trust sacred texts or divine revelation, followers of scientism place absolute trust in science—even in areas where science may not have answers (like morality, purpose, or beauty).

  2. A Closed Worldview

    • Scientism offers a complete explanation of the universe, life, and human behavior—similar to how religions explain our origin, purpose, and destiny.

    • It often rejects anything beyond the physical or material world (like the soul or God), assuming naturalism as a default belief.

  3. Devotion and Authority

    • Some treat scientists or science communicators like priests or prophets, viewing their words as unquestionable.

    • Scientific consensus, while important, is sometimes treated as infallible, despite science being a process of ongoing discovery and revision.

  4. Dismissal of Competing Beliefs

    • Like religious fundamentalism, scientism can be dogmatic, rejecting other worldviews (like religion or philosophy) as irrational or inferior.

 

Scientism becomes like a religion when it claims that science is the only way to truth, excluding other forms of knowledge and meaning. While science is valuable, it is not all there is. Christianity embraces science but also points to a higher source of truth—God, the Creator of the universe science seeks to understand.

 

CONCLUSION

Scientism claims:

“The only way to know truth is through science.”

But how do we know that statement is true unless it can be scientifically proven?
Science can’t prove that only science leads to truth — because that’s a philosophical claim, not a scientific one.

So the logic ends up being:

“Science is the only source of truth because science says so.”
This is a circular argument, which is a logical fallacy making scientism false!

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