From atheism through science to God | Livestream with Daniela Leitner at the Apologetics Project
My story
Driven by the question of the meaning of life, and after many years of research, I wrote my book When the light learned to walk (Als das Licht laufen lernte) – and my love for science began. But my questions remained and even increased. In this live stream, I share my very personal story on the YouTube channel of the Apologetics Project: how I went from being a crass atheist to finding faith in Jesus Christ and why, contrary to what many might initially suspect, Christian faith and science do not exclude each other, but rather complement each other. (The post contains many bookmarks for easier navigation – see below). May this video be an enrichment for everyone who sees it.
For those who want to go deeper into the field of apologetics, I recommend these websites:
Josh McDowell (author of the book Evidence That Demands a Verdict)
Video Bookmarks
00:00:00 INTRODUCTION
00:02:20 Daniela’s personal journey of faith Part 1: From atheism to science
00:07:43 Daniela’s personal journey of faith Part 2: From science to God
00:09:21 Prophetic dreams
00:11:17 Science and the biblical creation account – do they go together?
00:12:59 Supernatural experiences and the spiritual world – God speaks through dreams: From right-wing extremist to pastor | Muslims who dream of Jesus
00:15:56 SCIENCE AND THEISTIC CHRISTIAN BELIEF
00:16:29 The Bible affirms science
00:17:45 Galileo Galilei and the church
00:20:26 THE HISTORY OF THE UNIVERSE AND THE BIBLE – THE LIGHT WITHIN
00:20:55 Back to the beginning: The story of the Big Bang theory
00:24:11 The beginning in the Bible (John 1:1-4)
00:25:43 Multiverse theory
00:27:43 The beginning according to the Bible (Hebrews 11:3)
00:28:08 The beginning according to the Bible (Genesis 1:1)
00:28:33 The Big Bang: The Beginning of Space and Time
00:29:13 Energy, matter, and antimatter
00:30:56 The light: wave or particle?
00:32:35 Caution, quantum mechanics!
00:34:38 Visible matter, dark matter and dark energy
00:35:30 The essence of science: trial and error | Humility instead of ideology – what about our world view?
00:41:05 The first 3 minutes after the Big Bang: Matter and forces arise
00:42:31 380000 years after the Big Bang: The microwave background – the light learns to walk
00:44:08 From the Dark Ages to the first star
00:45:41 Stardust: the cycle of matter in the universe
00:48:07 The sun, nuclear fusion and the tunnel effect
00:50:54 THE STORY OF THE EARTH AND THE BIBLE – FROM LIGHT TO LIFE
00:51:01 The Earth – a very special planet
00:53:37 The primeval Earth (Genesis 1:2) (slight slip in the amount of precipitation: it was 3000 liters of rain per square meter per day)
00:55:46 Light and darkness – one day (Genesis 1:3–5)
00:57:51 Separation of the waters: sky and sea – second day (Genesis 1:6–8)
00:58:30 Land appears: earth and seas (Genesis 1:9–10)
00:59:18 Plants – third day (Genesis 1:11–13)
01:00:18 Sun, moon and stars – day four (Genesis 1:14–19)
01:03:13 Birds and animals in the water – day five (Genesis 1:20–23)
01:04:17 Land animals (Genesis 1:24–25)
01:04:56 Man – the sixth day (Genesis 1:26–29)
01:07:11 The seventh day (Genesis 2:1–3)
01:08:50 Counterculture: the seven days and the Jewish calendar
01:10:04 The role of man: The biblical creation story and the Babylonian creation myth in comparison
01:12:10 Humility unites faith and science
01:12:58 MIND THE GAP – WHAT WE DON’T KNOW (YET)
01:14:59 Theistic evolution and the theory of evolution
01:22:19 Old earth or young earth? What the authors of the Bible want to tell us
01:25:35 The second creation story: The relationship between God and man and the tragedy of humanity
01:27:22 The Cosmological Argument: The unmoved first mover, the uncaused first cause
01:37:24 God becomes man (John 1:14)
01:38:57 From dead matter to life: primeval soup or creativity and planning?
01:42:30 Science is not standing between people and God – people just don’t WANT to believe in him
01:43:52 Neo-Darwinism: natural selection and random mutation as an explanation for everything?
01:45:58 Defending the Bible Intellectually: Biblical theism as an alternative to reductionist naturalism
01:51:12 Freedom of choice: Coincidence or design? The probabilities of our existence and the fine-tuning of the universe
01:57:43 Don’t be afraid of science! Anti-intellectual thinking undermines the Bible!
02:04:44 BACK TO THE BEGINNING: JESUS IS THE LIGHT OF MEN (John 1:1-4)
02:07:24 Daniela’s personal journey of faith Part 3: From misanthropy to love
02:10:25 The righteousness of God and the message of the Bible (John 8:12)
02:16:10 Questions and answers for Daniela
02:18:10 Outro
