You Don't Need a Ph.D. to Find G-O-D: Christian Apologetics for the Existence of God (Christianity Uncomplicated)

Their decades of experience in studying babies’ minds indicate that while our circumstances and experiences can shape our moral beliefs, we appear to be born with a simple understanding of right and wrong. In other words, we appear to be created with a moral code of conduct “hardwired” into our being.2

time, conventional wisdom indicated that babies were born as a “blank slate” and were taught right from wrong, researchers at Yale University’s Infant Cognition Center now believe otherwise.

The point is that the moral code we live by is evidence that a God exists, whether or not an individual believes in a God.

This issue is often misunderstood to mean that if you don’t believe in God, you’re immoral. That’s not the case, and it’s not what I’m saying here. There are people of all different worldviews who live morally upright lives.

humans were actually just animals that blindly and randomly evolved from a common ancestor, logic would tell us that we also have zero moral obligation to one another. And yet, we know that isn’t the case. That’s not consistent with reality. Of course, we have a duty to treat one another well.

If even one of those things is objectively wrong, God exists. If anything is objectively wrong, God exists.

The ramifications of Trotsky’s assassination are fascinating. The murder was committed in Mexico. Therefore, Mercador was turned over to Mexican authorities and ultimately convicted for murder. He was sentenced and served twenty years in prison. He was released in 1960 and moved back to the Soviet Union in 1961. Upon his return, the head of the KBG

Takeaway #2 is that anytime you disagree with someone else’s moral values, you’re acknowledging that there is an unchanging standard outside of humanity that applies to everyone.

"The only way you know that a line is crooked is because you have a concept of what straight is." -CS Lewis 1