"In every language, every tribe, and every culture, we find a word for God. He has not left Himself without a witness, nor is there anywhere on earth where His fingerprints are absent."
~ D. James Kennedy and Jerry Newcombe, The Presence of a Hidden God
Below are resources that present this evidence:
"Is Belief in God Hardwired?" (2-minute video).
The One-Minute Apologist interviews Larry Taunton
CULTURAL & HISTORICAL STUDIES
*Audio: "podcast 96 – Dr. Winfried Corduan on the case for original monotheism" (a 54-minute interview with Dr. Corduan)
*Audio: Win Corduan is interviewed by Nick Peters of Deeper Waters Ministries and presents the evidence for original monotheism (that originally people worshiped one personal God and that polytheism/the worship of gods came later).
*Articles: David Marshall argues for TACT (and also here):
Excerpt: "Beginning in 2000, in Jesus and the Religions of Man, I have offered an argument for God that we might call the Theistic Argument from Cultural Transcendence (TACT). The gist of the argument is that (a) if an understanding of God transcends a particular culture, it is much more likely to be true than if it does not. (b) The idea of God does, in fact, transcend the Abrahamic tradition from which monotheism is often said to have arisen. It can, in fact, be found in many highly scattered and diverse cultures, where it must have arisen independently. (c) Therefore God is much more likely to be real than religious ideas that are limitted to one particular culture, or flow out from one localized source."
Excerpt: "Beginning in 2000, in Jesus and the Religions of Man, I have offered an argument for God that we might call the Theistic Argument from Cultural Transcendence (TACT). The gist of the argument is that (a) if an understanding of God transcends a particular culture, it is much more likely to be true than if it does not. (b) The idea of God does, in fact, transcend the Abrahamic tradition from which monotheism is often said to have arisen. It can, in fact, be found in many highly scattered and diverse cultures, where it must have arisen independently. (c) Therefore God is much more likely to be real than religious ideas that are limitted to one particular culture, or flow out from one localized source."
*Book: Jesus and the Religions of Man by David Marshall
*Book: In the Beginning: A Fresh Look at the Case for Original Monotheism by Winfried Corduan. Review of the book by J.W. Wartick
*Book: Eternity in Their Hearts: Startling Evidence of Belief in the One True God in Hundreds of Cultures Throughout the World by Don Richardson
*Book: The Origin and Growth of Religion by Wilhelm Schmidt
*Book: The Origin and Growth of Religion by Wilhelm Schmidt
SOCIOLOGICAL STUDIES CORROBORATE
*Video: "Is Belief in God Hardwired?" by Larry Taunton (2 minutes)
*Video: "Why children are born believers in God" by Justin Barrett (3 1/2 minutes)
*Video: "Do our Mental Tools Cause Belief in God? Justin Barrett at The Veritas Forum" by Justin Barrett (8 1/2 minutes)
*Article: "The God issue: We are all born believers" by Justin Barrett (in New Scientist)
*Article: "Children Are Born Believers in God, Academic Claims"
*Video: "Why children are born believers in God" by Justin Barrett (3 1/2 minutes)
*Video: "Do our Mental Tools Cause Belief in God? Justin Barrett at The Veritas Forum" by Justin Barrett (8 1/2 minutes)
*Article: "The God issue: We are all born believers" by Justin Barrett (in New Scientist)
*Article: "Children Are Born Believers in God, Academic Claims"
*Article: "Belief in God is part of human nature - Oxford study" by Tim Ross
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