Publisher's Synopsis
The NEWLY DISCOVERED Argument from Human Behavior
This Argument has exceptional force because we ALL take at least part of our sense of "wrong" seriously, as if it were authored by God AND enforced by God! Yes, EVERYONE behaves as if they have subconscious perceptions of God's existence! Think. Know thyself. Nobody, ABSOLUTELY NO ONE, would say to God on His Judgment Day: You should not punish me because it was impossible for me to achieve the certainty You existed. No one would be able to protest to God that they could not have known of His existence. Consequently, if the Biblical God exists, then a slam dunk argument for Him MUST also exist! Furthermore, the Bible prophesies in Hebrews 8:11 that a slam dunk argument for God assuredly will be discovered! This verse says: And they shall not teach every man his neighbor and every man his brother, saying: Know the Lord. For ALL shall know me from the least to the greatest. Here is the template for the Argument from Human Behavior:Premise 1: We all take seriously at least part of our sense of "wrong" (our sense of everyone's moral obligations).
Premise 2: If we take seriously even part of our sense of "wrong," then we have, in our mind, perceptions of God's existence.
Conclusion: Therefore, we all have, in our mind, perceptions of God's existence!
(Premise 1 is substantiated through observing human behavior.) It is highly unlikely that an outlandish quirk of evolution put perceptions of God's existence into everyone's mind. On the other hand, it is extremely probable that the Biblical God put perceptions of His existence into everyone's mind, just as He promised to do in Hebrews 10:16: This is the covenant I will make with them after those days, saith the Lord, I will put my laws into their hearts and in their minds will I write them. In refuting every possible challenge to its premises, this Argument, for the first time ever, verbalizes the "certainty unto death" that most martyrs for God have achieved! This argument understands that an OBJECTIVE PROOF OF GOD IS IMPOSSIBLE! Belief in God will always demand a step of faith. That step is-the faith that our seriously taken sense of "wrong" accurately reveals what actually exists: a God who demands morality. We ALL have complete faith in our other senses to accurately reveal what actually exists (naïve realism). Thus, having faith in our sense of "wrong" is not a big step at all.
Richard Swinburne came close to discovering this argument, when he noted: It is unlikely that our normative values of right and wrong would exist in a Godless universe. He stopped there, just short of asking, "Why do we take these values of right and wrong seriously?" Is this the argument prophesied in Hebrews 8:11? If not, I believe it is a HUGE step in that direction. Nonetheless, this book has been difficult to popularize because most people simply do not do enough thinking to understand that a slam dunk argument for God could exist. YIKES! However, if you are a seeker and do a little thinking, you might find that Biblical prophecy is happening right before your eyes! Get your copy at the introductory price. Start reading NOW!
