Does God Exist? Quotes

“Reason,”
― R.C. Sproul, Does God Exist?

“Critique”
― R.C. Sproul, Does God Exist?

“We are simply saying that we agree with Aristotle in the sense that there must be a first cause who is self-existent, pure being, and eternal. It is only a partial point in our knowledge of God, but it is a crucial one.”
― R.C. Sproul, Does God Exist?

“Even if our argument is as compelling as God’s own argument, that doesn’t mean that everyone will be willing to admit to it. But it is not our task to convince anyone that God exists. We are not called to convince people, but we are called to give a reason for the hope that is within us, and we are called to be faithful to that responsibility.”
― R.C. Sproul, Does God Exist?

“Reason demands the existence of a self-existent, eternal something in order to account for the existence of anything in this world, and therefore one cannot be consistently rational by denying the necessity of a self-existent, eternal something.”
― R.C. Sproul, Does God Exist?

“But that is exactly what classical apologetics is trying to prove. We must show people that if they want to be rational, they must affirm the existence of God, because the very rationality that they presuppose demands the existence of God.”
― R.C. Sproul, Does God Exist?

“presuppositions are involved in rational argumentation: the presupposition of reason, the presupposition of the law of noncontradiction, the presupposition of causality, the presupposition of the basic reliability of sense perception, and the presupposition of the analogical use of language.”
― R.C. Sproul, Does God Exist?

“whereas classicists argue that proof for the existence of God is conclusive and compelling. It is actual proof that leaves people without any excuses whatsoever.”
― R.C. Sproul, Does God Exist?

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― R.C. Sproul, Does God Exist?

“presupposition”
― R.C. Sproul, Does God Exist?

“But we cannot have purpose accidentally, and we cannot have intelligence unintelligently. Impersonality cannot produce personality because that would be unintentional intention, and we cannot have intention unintentionally. Just like the concept of self-creation, unintentional intentionality is an absurdity. If there is design in the universe, then this self-existent, eternal something that is responsible for generating the universe as we find it must be a self-existent, eternal, intelligent being, not merely a something. And if it is intelligent, then it must be personal. And if it is personal, we have now moved away from abstractions and have landed squarely on the pages of sacred Scripture.”
― R.C. Sproul, Does God Exist?

“The key issue is this: Must we have a comprehensive knowledge of God in order to have true knowledge of God? One of the first principles in systematic theology regarding God is the doctrine of His incomprehensibility. This means that no human can now or will ever have a totally exhaustive, comprehensive knowledge and understanding of God. God is infinite in His excellence, and we, even in heaven, will not have an infinite perspective to understand Him. We are finite creatures, and by virtue of our creatureliness, our understanding of God is limited. If, indeed, a comprehensive picture of God were required to have a true understanding of Him, this would mean that we could have no true knowledge of God because we certainly don’t have a comprehensive knowledge of Him. Therefore, the fact that our knowledge of God is partial does not mean that our knowledge is untrue.”
― R.C. Sproul, Does God Exist?