John L. Betcher
Goodreads Author
Born
in Red Wing, MN, The United States
Website
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Influences
Member Since
March 2010
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https://www.goodreads.com/johnbetcher
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9 Killer Thrillers
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2013
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The 19th Element (James Becker, #1)
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2010
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A Higher Court: One Man's Search for the Truth of God's Existence
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2010
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The Covert Element (James Becker, #3)
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2011
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9 More Killer Thrillers
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2014
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The Missing Element (James Becker #2)
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2010
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The Exiled Element (James Becker, #4)
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2012
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The Critical Element (James Becker #5)
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2013
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The Little Black Book of Volleyball Coaching
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2009
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Self-Publishing Central - A Successful Author's Journey to Publication
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2011
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“It is better to remain silent and be thought a fool, than to open one's mouth and remove all doubt?" Wise person, whoever it was.”
― The Missing Element
― The Missing Element
“For a scientist, who has placed his faith in the testability of the scientific method, and in his own intellectual ability to figure things out for himself, egoism would tend to push him in the direction of a belief that the origin of the universe is explainable and rational. “He has no need for a supernatural explanation. In fact, he may even find the idea that a God created the universe repugnant. If there is a God who created the universe, and who can manipulate its properties from time to time, then the scientist’s proofs of natural laws, chemical properties and physical interactions would be relegated to second position behind God’s ultimate set of rules. A scientist may not embrace the demotion. “Another interesting thought is that the self-centeredness present to some degree in all human minds might cause us to consider any God to be a threat to humanity’s supremacy in the universe. “Think about it. If there is no God, who or what would be the greatest, most intelligent, most advanced being in the universe? Humans. So if a person has no convincing evidence one way or the other, his self-centeredness would lead him to conclude that there is no God – thus ratifying his own supremacy.”
― A Higher Court: One Man's Search for the Truth of God's Existence
― A Higher Court: One Man's Search for the Truth of God's Existence
“Christians understand that we can only believe in God through faith. And faith is not of our own doing, but by the free gift of God.”
― A Higher Court: One Man's Search for the Truth of God's Existence
― A Higher Court: One Man's Search for the Truth of God's Existence
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