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As Provas Da Existência De Deus Lucas Banzoli Emmanuel Dijon As Provas da Existência de Deus SUMÁRIO INTRODUÇÃO ......................................................................................................................... 5 CAP. 1 - EVIDÊNCIAS DA EXISTÊNCIA DE DEUS......................................................... 8 1º A Prova do Movimento ..................................................................................................... 8 2º A Causalidade Eficiente .................................................................................................. 10 3º Prova da Contingência .................................................................................................... 11 4º Prova da Perfeição ........................................................................................................... 13 5º Prova do governo do mundo ......................................................................................... 14 • O Argumento Teleológico ............................................................................................... 15 • Quem criou Deus? ............................................................................................................ 25 • O Argumento da Moralidade .......................................................................................... 28 CAP. 2 – A TEORIA DA EVOLUÇÃO ................................................................................ 32 • O Design Inteligente ......................................................................................................... 32 • A religião atrasa o progresso científico? ........................................................................ 34 • Onde estão os trabalhos científicos dos teóricos do Design Inteligente? .................. 37 • O Design Inteligente não é ciência, é religião ............................................................... 43 • O que dizer das pesquisas naturalistas? ........................................................................ 47 • O registro fóssil ................................................................................................................. 52 • A Seleção Natural ............................................................................................................. 58 • As mutações e a macroevolução ..................................................................................... 60 • O darwinismo de mãos dadas com a eugenia .............................................................. 62 • Ateísmo: o mito histórico ................................................................................................. 64 CAP. 3 - JESUS REALMENTE EXISTIU? ........................................................................... 67 • Provas históricas da existência de Cristo ....................................................................... 70 Flávio Josefo (37 – 100 d.C) ................................................................................................. 72 Tácito (55 – 120 d.C) ............................................................................................................. 77 Luciano de Samosata (125 – 181 d.C)................................................................................. 80 Plínio, o Jovem (61 – 114 d.C) ............................................................................................. 82 Imperador Trajano (53 – 117 d.C) ...................................................................................... 84 Suetônio (69 – 141 d.C) ........................................................................................................ 85 Talo (55 d.C) .......................................................................................................................... 87 As Provas da Existência de Deus Página 2 Flêgão (Século I).................................................................................................................... 88 Mara Bar-Serapião (73 d.C) ................................................................................................. 89 Talmude ................................................................................................................................. 92 Rei Abgar V ........................................................................................................................... 93 O ossuário do irmão de Jesus ............................................................................................. 94 Constantino e o Concílio de Niceia .................................................................................... 97 Considerações Finais.......................................................................................................... 100 CAP. 4 - JESUS É UM PLÁGIO DE MITOS PAGÃOS? ................................................ 104 1º Nascimento no dia 25 de Dezembro ........................................................................... 108 2º Três reis magos ............................................................................................................... 109 3º O nascimento virginal ................................................................................................... 110 4º Jesus e seus doze anos ................................................................................................... 112 5º A ressurreição ................................................................................................................. 113 6º Adjetivos dos deuses mitológicos ................................................................................ 115 7º Morte por crucificação ................................................................................................... 117 8º Semelhanças depois de Cristo ...................................................................................... 118 9º Cristianismo e Mitraísmo .............................................................................................. 119 Considerações Finais.......................................................................................................... 122 CAP. 5 - JESUS REALMENTE RESSUSCITOU? ............................................................. 124 1º Teoria do desfalecimento refutada .............................................................................. 129 2º Teoria da alucinação refutada ...................................................................................... 131 3º Teoria do irmão gêmeo refutada ................................................................................. 133 • Mas e os mártires muçulmanos? ................................................................................... 136 CAP. 6 - O SUDÁRIO DE TURIM ..................................................................................... 140 Premissa 1 – Não é uma falsificação medieval ............................................................... 142 Premissa 2 – Este homem trata-se de Jesus Cristo ......................................................... 175 Premissa 3 – Este homem ressuscitou ............................................................................. 185 Conclusão – Jesus Cristo ressuscitou dos mortos .......................................................... 187 CAP. 7 - A AUTENTICIDADE DO NOVO TESTAMENTO ........................................ 189 • Quantidade de cópias antigas do Novo Testamento ................................................. 191 • Tempo entre a cópia e o original................................................................................... 195 • Os Pais da Igreja .............................................................................................................. 199 As Provas da Existência de Deus Página 3 • Respondendo aos Céticos .............................................................................................. 205 CONSIDERAÇÕES FINAIS ............................................................................................... 218 APÊNDICE 1 – A RELIGIÃO É O ÓPIO DO POVO? .................................................... 220 APÊNDICE 2 – COMO EXPLICAR O MAL? ................................................................... 230 As Provas da Existência de Deus Página 4 INTRODUÇÃO “Contudo, quando o Filho do homem vier, encontrará fé na terra?” (Lucas 18:8) Vivemos tempos sombrios, onde nunca a fé foi tão desafiada pelos céticos e materialistas como hoje. Em nossas universidades, as teorias que vão contra a Bíblia, sejam elas de aspecto moral ou científico, são ensinadas como se fossem verdades incontestáveis. No mundo secular, aumenta cada vez mais o número daqueles que duvidam da existência de Deus e da existência histórica de Jesus Cristo, que atacam a fé cristã e creem que não existe nada além do material. Neles se confirma a profecia de Jesus: que, por ocasião da Sua segunda vinda, a fé de muitos se esfriaria. Mas será que tais céticos estão certos em sua descrença na fé cristã? Têm eles razão em duvidarem de tudo? Afinal, para que lado aponta as evidências? É preciso ter mais fé para ser cristão ou para ser ateu? Responder tais questões exige muito estudo e paciência. Esperamos que o querido leitor, seja ele ateu ou teísta, cristão ou não-cristão, leia este livro com a mente aberta, analisando os argumentos e tomando suas próprias conclusões. Nós seguiremos a seguinte linha argumentativa: As Provas da Existência de Deus Página 5 • Deus existe. Isso é provado por: • Prova do Movimento • A Causalidade Eficiente • Prova da Contingência • Prova da Perfeição • Prova do Governo
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