Does modern science actually point toward God? In this episode of Catholic Bible Highlights, Kenny Burchard and Catholic apologist Dave Armstrong take on a provocative atheist argument claiming that spirit — and therefore God — cannot exist. Dave responds with a compelling analogy drawn from cutting-edge physics: dark energy and dark matter together make up roughly 95% of the universe, yet science can neither see nor fully explain either one. If scientists can believe in mysterious, undetectable forces based on their observable effects, why can't theists believe in God the same way? We explore key Bible passages — Colossians 1:17, Hebrews 1:3, Romans 1:20, and more — showing that Scripture described invisible foundations of the universe long before modern cosmology caught up. Science and faith belong together.

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Dave's Related Books (Science- and Atheism-Related)

The Word Set in Stone: How Archaeology, Science, and History Back Up the Bible (Catholic Answers Press: March 15, 2023, 271 pages) - https://amzn.to/4pK1WMk

The Word Set in Stone: “Volume Two”: More Evidence of Archaeology, Science, and History Backing Up the Bible (free book with 163 sections and possible future additions) [September 2024 and ongoing] - https://www.patheos.com/blogs/davearmstrong/2023/05/the-word-set-in-stone-volume-two.html

Science and Christianity: Close Partners or Mortal Enemies? (Oct. 2010, 301 pages) -
Paperback: https://amzn.to/4oCu6rA
EBook ($9.99) - https://davearmstrongbooks.store/product/science-and-christianity/

Christian Worldview vs. Postmodernism (Sep. 2002, 218 pages) -
Paperback - https://amzn.to/49SrJNM
EBook ($9.99) - https://davearmstrongbooks.store/product/christian-worldview-vs-postmodernism/

Inspired!: 198 Supposed Biblical Contradictions Resolved (free online book, June 2023) -
EBook ($9.99) - https://davearmstrongbooks.store/product/inspired-198-supposed-biblical-contradictions-resolved/

Dave's Related Article

** Seidensticker Folly #71: "Magic" Spirits & 68% Dark Energy (2-2-21) - https://www.patheos.com/blogs/davearmstrong/2021/02/seidensticker-folly-71-spirit-god-magic-68-dark-energy-isnt.html

Other Cited Articles

** “Defending 10 Atheist Arguments (4 of 5)”, Bob Seidensticker, Cross Examined, 2-1-21 –
https://crossexaminedblog.com/2021/02/01/defending-10-atheist-arguments-4-of-5/

** “Dark Energy” (NASA) - https://science.nasa.gov/dark-energy/

**"The Universe’s Building Blocks" (NASA) - https://science.nasa.gov/universe/overview/building-blocks/

** “David Chalmers” (Wikipedia) - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Chalmers

Dave's Related Web Pages

** Atheism, Agnosticism, & Secularism [see especially section "XXXIII. Bob Seidensticker"] - https://www.patheos.com/blogs/davearmstrong/2006/11/atheism-agnosticism-secularism-index.html

** Philosophy, Science & Christianity - https://www.patheos.com/blogs/davearmstrong/2006/11/philosophy-christianity-index-page.html

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