[Shane Harper singing

"Hold You Up"]

When it's coming apart,
you had it all
It wasn't enough
No, it's not enough
They tell you
it's not worth the price
So just let it go
But you know you can't
You know you won't
It's not easy, no,
finding the words to say
When you're feeling lost,
you'll find your way
The world is so broken and
sometimes it leaves you cold
At nighttimes you can't feel
the fire to guide you home
The demons will harm you and
try to steal what you know
But the angels,
they brought you
And they're
gonna hold you up
They're gonna hold you up
They see
the fear in your eyes
Heart sinks like a stone
'Cause when you're afraid,
it weighs on your soul
When the timing is right,
somehow you'll know
When nobody stands,
stand on your own
It's not easy, no,
finding the words to say
When you're feeling lost,
you'll find your way
The world is so broken and
sometimes it leaves you cold
At nighttimes you can't feel
the fire to guide you home
The demons will harm you and
try to steal what you know
But the angels,

they brought you

And they're
gonna hold you up
They're gonna hold you up
They're gonna hold you up
They're gonna hold you up
They're gonna
hold you up
- Name?
- Wheaton. Josh Wheaton.
You got your
pre-registration sheet?
(Josh)
Yeah.
All core requirements
are here.
What is your
humanities elective?.
Philosophy 1 50.
Radisson, 1 1 :00 on Monday,
Wednesday, and Friday.
You might want to think about
a different instructor.
Because?
Let's just say you're
wandering into the snake pit.
I'd recommend Patel
or maybe Mueller.
Come on, man.
It can't be that bad.
Think Roman Colosseum, lions,
people cheering for your death.
(Josh)
Yeah, but I'd have to
rearrange my whole schedule.
I don't think
I can really-It's your funeral.
Last drop date
is the 22nd.
You might want to
keep that in mind.
You're done.
- Thanks.
- Yeah, have a good semester.
- Hi.

- Martin Yip.
What does
P.R.C. stand for?.
People's Republic of China.
Oh. Seriously?.
(Martin)
Oh yes,
always serious.
(registrar)
Okay.
[cell phone ringing]
##
You've gotta be kidding me!.
(receptionist)
White & Wolfe,
how can I help you?.
Yes, please hold.
White & Wolfe.
Mm-hmm, I will let 'em know
you called.
Thank you, bye-bye.
(businessman)
Buy as much
Tochigi Heavy lndustries
as you can on-margin.
We've gotten wind of a merger
and the Japanese could care less
about insider trading.
You're gonna thank me
for this one, I guarantee it.
You're on with Marc.
Hey, I need you
to give me directions.
You're kidding, right?.
No, somebody stole my GPS
and my phone has decided that
it is spinning propeller time.
(Marc)
Can't do it.
The Nikkei just opened
and there's a massive
sell-off going on.
Oh, and by the way, I made
reservations for us Friday
at La Rive Gauche.
Wait, you'll take me

to La Rive Gauche
but you won't take the time
to give me directions?.
What's in it for me?.
(female)
You're kidding, right?.
You're serious.
Okay, well, I'm on my way
to an ambush interview
of Duck Commander
Willie Robertson,
and I am going to
crash that party
and hold his feet
to the fire.
And yesterday's discrete
web hits were over 32,000,
which means I am on pace for
over a million views this month
and my-[together]
--own advertisers.
That's my girl!
Not just another
pretty face.
(female2)
Miss Shelley, I've got something
special for you today.
Think you're gonna like it.
Oh my, chicken!
I don't know when was
the last time I had chicken.
(female2)
That would be yesterday,
for lunch and dinner.
Are you serious?.
I don't think that she should
have the same thing every-You think of anything else
gonna make her that happy?.
Is it okay if I help?.
Oh, alright, alright.
You're new here,
aren't you?.
It's me, Mom.
Mina, your daughter.

[chuckling]
I'm sorry, I don't-It's okay, it's okay.
I don't see a ring.
It's complicated.
##
I am Professor Radisson
and this is Philosophy 1 50,
Introduction
to Philosophical Thought.
If either of those facts
is news to you,
then now would be
your turn to leave.
I understand
some of you are here
to satisfy your Liberal Arts
elective requirements.
If you're looking for
an easy grade without much work,
well, then now would be
your turn to leave.
See, you've now enrolled
at a university.
You'll be expected to produce
university-level work.
Pfft, I'm out.
There's always one.
Michel Foucault,
Bertrand Russel,
Ludwig Feuerbach,
Bertolt Brecht,
Friedrich Nietzsche,
Ayn Rand, George Santayana,
Democritus,
Denis Diderot, David Hume,
John Stuart Mill,
Albert Camus, Richard Dawkins,
Sigmund Freud,
Noam Chomsky.
The list goes on.
Philosophers, poets,
scientists, authors,
towering intellects,
all of them.
But what do they

all have in common?.

Yes?.
They're all dead.
(Professor Radisson)
Well, that would be
incorrect.
Mr. Dawkins and Mr. Chomsky are
still very much alive, Mister-G-dog Gerard Trigga.
G-dog.
Anyone else?.
No one?.
Well, they are,
or were...atheists.
Based on the 1 6th-century
French "athe'isme,"
from the Greek "theos,"
meaning "God,"
and from the prefix "a,"
meaning, as it always
does in Greek, "without."
In short, each of
the thinkers I named
took the strong position
that there is no God,
as opposed to the weak position
of agnosticism.
"Gnostic," from the Greek
"gnosos," to know,
and again, with the prefix "a"
meaning to not know,
or more accurately, to doubt the
existence of a supreme being.
This semester,
I propose that we refuse
to waste our limited time
together debating the existence
of the big man in the sky,
the myth of a benevolent,
all-powerful,
supernatural being.
- Hey!.
- How was your flight?.
- Wonderful.
- Wonderful?.
It's like

a 30-hour flight.
Thirty-six.
Great to see you.
Nice to see you.
Dakar to Zurich,
Zurich to Frankfurt,
an 8-hour layover,
and direct
to Carter lnternational.
Ugh, how does that translate
as wonderful?.
I'm happy, I'm safe, and now
I'm here because God is good.
All the time.
And all the time?.
God is good.
(Professor Radisson)
God is dead.
This is, of course,
a metaphor,
but an illustrative one meaning
not that God has somehow died,
but rather that he never
existed in the first place,
other than in the depths
of our forebears' imaginations.
He was a useful fairy tale
in ages gone by,
when his fiery anger was used
to explain away plagues
and crop failures,
diseases and disasters,
which we now ascribe
to bacteria and viruses,
chromosomal disorders,
and plate tectonics.
In short, science and reason
have supplanted superstition,
and we are
all the better for it.
And with your permission,
I would like to bypass this
senseless debate all together
and jump to the conclusion
of which every sophomore
is already aware of:

there is no God.
All that I require
from each of you
is that you fill in
the papers I've just given you
with three little words:
"God is dead,"
along with your signature.
The sooner we reach
a unanimous consensus,
which I expect we will,
I will be spared
the tedious duty
of slogging through
dry and dusty arguments,
and you will bypass
the section of the course
in which students
have traditionally received
their lowest grades
of the semester.
And when you finish, please
pass your papers to the right.
Thank you.
Thank you.
Oh, a lower case "g."
Maybe this one
ought to get extra credit.
Thank you.
Excuse me, Mister-Wheaton.
Josh Wheaton.
Mr. Wheaton,
is something wrong?.
Yeah, I can't.
I can't do
what you want.
I'm a Christian.
Oh, don't worry.
You can still go back
to your dorm room
and sink to your knees
and pray to your bedside
if you'd like.
What you do in your
personal life is your business,

but what you do

in this class is mine.
I can't.
Alright, Mr. Wheaton.
Allow me to explain
the alternative.
If you cannot bring yourself
to admit that God is dead
for the purposes of this class,
then you will need
to defend the antithesis
that God is not dead.
And you'll need to do it
in front of this class
from the podium.
And if you fail, as you shall,
you will fail this section
and lose 30% of your final grade
right off the bat.
Are you ready
to accept that?.
Well, who would decide
whether I won
or lost the argument?.
Well, I would.
It's my class, my rules.
Grading's my prerogative.
No disrespect, but I'm not sure
you can be objective.
What would you propose?.
Well, what about them?.
Well, that's interesting,
but why would I want
to empower them?.
Well, you've already
won them over.
I mean, I'd have to
unconvince them,
get them to admit
they were wrong.
Alright, Mr. Wheaton.
You'll get 3 sessions,
the last 20 minutes
of each of the next 3 classes,
to make your case.
I promise to keep

my interruptions to a minimum.
You may take whatever questions
you'd like from the class,
but I will not increase
your allotted time.
Of course,
you'll be responsible
for all the other
class assignments.
But, you know,
you could change your mind
and bring in your signed
statement at our next class,
and we'll go forward as though
none of this ever happened.
The rest of us, having dispensed
with primitive superstition,
will turn our focus to
the issue of being in reality.
For our next class,
please have read David Hume's
"The Problems of lnduction"
and Renee Descartes'
"Discourse on Method,"
to which you may add
Bertrand Russell's
"Why I Am Not a Christian"
in preparation
for Mr. Wheaton's lecture
and in thanks for his
failure to help us reach
a unanimous consensus.
(Josh's girlfriend)
You don't want to deny
your faith, I get it.
So, the answer's simple:
drop the class.
Yeah, but I'm not sure
I can do that.
I feel like God wants
someone to defend him.
Don't be ridiculous.
I don't know,
I just keep thinking
of that C.S. Lewis line,
"Only a real risk can

test the reality of a belief."

(Josh's girlfriend)
So, you're gonna risk our future
over your yearbook quote?.
Josh, why am I here?.
Hello, earth to Josh.
Why am l, Salutatorian
of our graduating class,
here at my
third-choice school?.
I'm sorry for having
the next 50 years
of our life planned out.
That's just who I am.
I don't know, Kara,
it's just-(Josh's girlfriend)
Josh, I love you,
but I absolutely forbid you
to go up against this professor
in his own classroom.
We have too much at stake.
The whole thing's rigged
to make you look like an idiot,
and if you want
to get into law school,
you can't afford
to flunk this class.
Even a "C"
could be disastrous.
#
I don't know why
you wear those heels.
What's wrong with 'em?.
You're too tall.
You're taller than me.
You're man enough
to handle it.
I'm just saying, I don't want
to be the short guy at the prom.
Mr. Robertson!
Hi, or should l
call you Willie?.
You can call me Willie.
Amy Ryan,
I blog "The New Left."

Can I ask you

a few questions?.
Yeah, sure, fire away.
This is my wife-(Amy)
Korie, I know.
I'm actually surprised
to see you here.
I thought you'd be home,
barefoot and pregnant.
I haven't been barefoot and
pregnant in a really long time.
I do kinda
miss those days, huh?.
Yeah, you want to start
again?. We can try.
No.
(Amy)
You've made a fortune
selling devices
that are designed to lure
water fowl to their deaths.
Oh, I guess
when you say "you,"
you're referring to the
whole group of my family,
which would be "y'all."
You can just
change it to "y'all."
That'd be an
easier expression,
that way it'll get
everybody in there.
So, y'all have made
a fortune, isn't that right?.
We're doing alright.
We can certainly buy
bigger tires on our trucks
and four-wheelers
to get out in the mud with,
so life is good.
What makes you think
you have the moral right
to go around maiming and
killing innocent animals?.
Hey, look, let's just get

one thing straight.

I ain't maiming nothing.
Whatever I see and I aim at,
I shoot.
When I shoot it,
I kill it and then I eat it.
So, you do kill
those ducks?.
(Willie)
Of course I do.
What am I gonna do,
cook 'em while they're
still moving around?.
That would be cruel.
(Korie)
That'd be bad.
So, this isn't an act?. You're
actually proud of what you do?.
Of course I am. Why would l
do it if I'm not proud of it?.
And you go along
with everything he says?.
We've been married
for 20 years.
I don't go along
with everything he says,
but on the things
that matter, yeah,
I agree wholeheartedly.
So, what do you say to people
who are offended by your show,
not just because
of the hunting,
but because you openly pray
to Jesus in every episode?.
Hey, we're not trying
to offend anybody, alright?.
If they don't want to watch the
show, they can turn the channel.
As far as my
praying to Jesus,
my life and my whole eternity
belongs to God.
All this stuff is temporary:
the money, fame, success.
T emporary.

Even life is temporary.

Jesus, that's eternal.
Jesus said this:
"Whoever acknowledges
me before men,"
he will acknowledge
before the Father in heaven.
"Whoever disowns me,
I'll disown him to the Father."
Now, those words are written
in red so they're important.
And that's it?.
That's it.
That's what we're going with.
Pretty simple, isn't it?.
Thanks for your time.
Come on, let's go
do some acknowledging.
You're welcome to join us.
(Amy)
No thanks, I'm good.
You're good?.
Alright.
Who was that lady?.
##
##
You're beautiful.
I wish you
didn't have to do that.
It's for my father.
He's very traditional.
[horn honking]
[speaking foreign language]
Who were you talking to?.
No one.
Ayisha, I know it's hard
living in their world
and being apart from it,
a world you can see
but can't touch.
I know they seem happy,
but know that when you look
around at all those people,
there is no one
who worships God,
not the way he deserves

and demands to be worshipped.

We must never forget
who and what we are.
That is the most
important thing.
Yes, Baba.
I only insist on this
because I love you.
You know that, don't you?.
That I love you?.
Of course, Baba.
##
##
##
Can I help you?.
You waiting for someone?.
Yeah, you could say that.
It looks like he's
out at the moment.
(reverend)
Well, maybe
that's why he sent me.
[Stellar Kart singing
"Ones and Zeros"]
We are the ones
and zeros
The beautiful incomplete
[cell phone ringing]
We are the future heroes
A colorful symphony
We are the ones
(Josh)
I could drop the class,
run away,
pretend like
it never happened,
which is what
my girlfriend wants.
I could sign the paper saying
something I don't believe.
Or I commit academic suicide
in front of a live audience
by trying to prove
that God exists.
How many people
in that class?.

Eighty maybe.
And how many of them
do you think
would ever
step foot in here,
or any other church
for that matter?.
Well, none probably.
So, your acceptance
of this challenge,
if you decide to accept it,
may be the only meaningful
exposure to God and Jesus
they'll ever have.
Yeah.
Yeah, I suppose so.
Check out
Matthew 1 0:32-33.
What, that's it?.
That's all?.
Yeah.
Just a Scriptural citation?.
If you're still undecided
after that one,
Iook at Luke 1 2:48.
It can't be that simple.
(reverend)
Sure it can.
You're here because that
still small voice inside you
isn't happy with the choices
everyone else wants you to make.
Personally, I think it's the
Holy Spirit talking to you.
That's how he interacts with us
if we allow him to.
All you have to do
is decide
whether or not
you're willing to listen.
It's not easy,
but it's simple.
##
##
##
"So everyone who

acknowledges me before men,

"l also will acknowledge before
my Father who is in heaven,
"but whoever
denies me before men,
I also will deny before
my Father who is in heaven."
"Everyone to whom
much was given,
"of him much will be required,
"and from him to whom
they entrusted much,
they will demand the more."
[text message alert tone]
(Amy)
Sorry I'm late.
I had to move a ton of stuff
around just to get here.
That's alright.
Please, go and have a seat
Ms. Ryan.
[text message alert tone]
Oh, excuse me a second.
We've gotten your results back
from your test the last week.
[text message alert tone]
Okay, as I was saying-[cell phone ringing]
I'm so sorry.
I have got to take this call.
Amy.
Your results
came back positive.
You have cancer.
I don't have time
for cancer.
I'm too busy.
(doctor)
Listen, it's already grown
into the surrounding tissue.
Your lymph nodes are involved
and your blood markers indicate
evidence
of distant metastasis.
Now, I've already
scheduled you for an MRl.

We need to determine
the extent of it.
I know you're
very important
and the world can't
get along without you,
but it's my job
to let you know
that it may be preparing
to do exactly that,
and it certainly will unless
you begin immediate treatment.
Do you understand?.
#
Hey babe.
Babe, where've you been?.
Did you turn your phone off?.
More like I forgot
to turn my phone on.
Do you know
what day it is?.
Thursday?.
Anything else?.
The 1 3th?.
Happy anniversary.
Six years ago, your youth group
collided with mine.
You remembered.
Mm-hmm, and
we're gonna celebrate.
You remember how we met?.
The Newsboys.
They're gonna be
in town next Friday.
(Kara)
You are amazing,
which is why I love you.
Look, I know I came off probably
way too strong yesterday.
You know, I just-I get concerned when outside
things start coming between us.
You get that, can't you?.
- Sure.
- Forgive me?.
- Always.

Come on.
I just need-Whoa!
Well, that can't
all be Statistics.
Josh, please tell me
you haven't been spending
all your time
on that philosophy thing.
Not all of it.
Okay, most of it.
Josh, that's not funny.
Okay, it's really not.
Look, this is something
I want to do, okay?.
I don't understand
how it comes between us.
Josh, everything
you do is about us.
Okay, we're a team.
I mean, we're what, 6 years
going on forever, right?.
That means your grades,
your whole future,
I'm a part of that.
I don't see how this
is contributing to our future.
(Josh)
Yeah, well,
neither do my parents
or anyone else in my life.
What should that tell you
if every single person
that loves you
is saying
the exact same thing?.
Josh, I'm letting you know now
for your own good,
this experiment is over.
You need to prioritize
and decide
who's the most important
person in your life,
me or Professor Radisson?.
What if it's God?.
God wants you with me,

so it's the same answer.

Return the books to the library,
sign the stupid paper,
and move on.
A year from now, we'll
look back on this and laugh.
We're not in
high school anymore.
The decisions you make now
can have real consequences.
Josh!
Josh, this is serious.
I know.
You know.
(Reverend Dave)
I can't believe I'm making
a 1 2-hour drive to Florida
to do things that seemed
corny when I was 1 2.
(out-of-town pastor)
David, I promised my mother
a picture of me in mouse ears
standing in front
of the fairy tale castle.
The mouse ears are for me,
picture is for her.
T o you, it's old-hat, but to me,
it's a lifelong dream come true.
Can you not
understand that?.
Then we'll go for
the undersea submarine ride.
(Reverend Dave)
Actually, I think they closed
that ride like 20 years ago.
And then we'll ride the
world's biggest roller coaster.
Sixteenth biggest.
In my mind, when
I'm screaming as we descend,
it will be
the world's biggest
and I'll be glad that
it's not taller than it is.
[engine sputtering]
That doesn't sound good.

[engine sputtering]
Maybe the battery-[engine sputtering]
Or the starter.
Either way, we're not
going anywhere right now.
I'll call and arrange
for a rental car.
But how will we
get to the rental car?.
They'll deliver it to us.
Are you serious?.
Yeah, absolutely.
They'll deliver us
the car we are to drive?.
Yeah.
Hello?.
Amazing.
(Professor Radisson)
But there are some
flat-earthers out there
who still consider the
existence of a supreme deity
to be either necessary,
or self-evident, or both.
And with that,
as previously announced,
I will be turning the podium
over to Mr. Wheaton,
who will be presenting
his case in favor
of a supreme
celestial dictator,
otherwise known as God.
Mr. Wheaton,
are you ready?.
Podium is yours.
Atheists say that no one
can prove the existence of God,
and well, they're right.
But I say no one can
disprove that God exists.
But the only way
to debate this issue
is to look at
the available evidence,

and that's what

we're going to do.
We're going to
put God on trial,
with Professor Radisson
as the prosecutor,
and me
as the defense attorney,
and you as the jury.
Most cosmologists now agree
that the universe began
some 1 3.7 billion years ago
in an event
known as the Big Bang.
So, let's look
at theoretical physicist
and Nobel Prize winner
Steven Weinberg's description
of what the Big Bang
would have looked like.
And since he's an atheist,
we can be sure
there isn't any believer-bias
in his description.
In the beginning,
there was an explosion,
and in 3 minutes,
or ever will be,
was produced.
We had a universe.
For 2,500 years,
most scientists agreed
with Aristotle on the idea
of a steady-state universe,
that the universe
has always existed
with no beginning and no end,
but the Bible disagreed.
In the 1 920s, Belgian astronomer
Georges Lematre, a theist,
who was actually also-(female student)
What's a theist?.
(Josh)
A theist is someone who believes
in the existence of God.

He said that the entire universe

jumping into existence
in a trillionth
of a trillionth of a second,
out of nothingness,
in an unimaginably
intense flash of light
is how he would expect
the universe to respond
if God were to actually utter
the command in Genesis 1 :3,
"Let there be light."
In other words, the origin
of the universe unfolded
exactly how one would expect
after reading Genesis,
and for 2,500 years,
the Bible had it right
and science had it wrong.
(Reverend Dave)
So, the earliest
you can get here is 5?.
Okay, we'll be waiting.
Wait, it has
air conditioning, right?.
Okay, thanks.
Well, looks like we won't
get there 'til late tonight.
Sorry, I think you're gonna
miss an entire day at the park.
It's okay, David.
I'm sure we can make good use
of our time here today.
Sure.
We can meet
the choir director,
talk about song choices
for the upcoming concert.
Or we could meet
the women's club
about the details
for the next craft bazaar.
Lots of important stuff.
(secretary)
And since you're not leaving,
you'll have time

to meet Mina for lunch.

Right, I can meet
Mina for lunch.
(out-of-town pastor)
Sounds like you need this
vacation more than I do.
(Reverend Dave)
No, I just need to do
some meaningful work
so that I can have something
to take a vacation from.
(out-of-town pastor)
You know, some of the most
important work that we do
may seem meaningless to us.
This coming
from the missionary
who literally
is in the trenches,
winning hearts for the Lord
on a daily basis.
David, God has you
exactly where he wants you.
He who is faithful
in a very little thing
is also faithful in much.
God knows
you're doing the work.
It's all part
of his grand design.
(Josh)
All of which points to a God
that created it.
You see, in the real world,
we never see things
jumping into existence
out of nothingness,
but atheists want to make one
small exception to this rule,
namely, the universe
and everything in it.
(female student2)
But in his book,
"The God Delusion,"
Richard Dawkins says
that, "lf you tell me

God created the universe,

then I have the right
to ask you who created God."
Dawkins' question
only makes sense
in terms of a God
who has been created.
It doesn't make sense
in terms of an uncreated God,
which is the kind of God
that Christians believe in.
And even leaving God
out of the equation,
I then have a right to turn
Mr. Dawkins's own question
back around on him and ask,
"lf the universe created you,
then who created the universe?. "
You see, both the theist and
the atheist are both burdened
with answering
this same question
of how did things start.
What I'm hoping
you'll pick up from all this
is that you don't have to
commit intellectual suicide
to believe in a Creator
behind the creation.
And to the extent
that you don't allow for God,
you'd be pretty hard-pressed
to find an incredible
alternative explanation
for how things came to be.
(Professor Radisson)
Well, I imagine you're
quite pleased with yourself.
I see you've carefully avoided
the fact that Stephen Hawking,
the world's most
famous scientist,
and who is not a theist,
has recently come out in favor
of a self-designing universe.
I haven't avoided it,

I just didn't-You just didn't

know about it.
Alright, well let's see
what Professor Hawking,
Lucasian Professor of physics
at Cambridge,
who occupies a teaching chair
once held by Sir lsaac Newton,
has to say about
the origin of the universe.
And I quote, "Because
there's a law such as gravity,
"the universe can and will
create itself from nothing.
"Spontaneous creation
is the reason
"there is something
instead of nothing.
"It's why the universe exists,
why we exist.
"lt is not necessary
to invoke God
to set the universe
in motion."
End of quote.
So, you may have never
come across his comment,
but his point remains.
How do you answer?.
I don't know.
(Professor Radisson)
You don't know?.
I prick the balloon
of your entire argument
with a single pin,
and you don't know?.
Huh.
Well, I mean, I'd like to tell
you I have the perfect answer,
but it doesn't shake
my underlying faith.
(Professor Radisson)
Okay, so the greatest scientific
mind in all of history says
that God is not necessary, but

a first-semester freshman says,

"Oh, yes he is."
Wow, you know, that's gonna
be a really tough choice.
Well, I look forward
to next week's lecture.
Class is dismissed.
Do you think you're
smarter than me, Wheaton?.
Do you think there's
any argument you can make
that I won't
have an answer for?.
I never said
I was smarter.
That's the first
intelligent thing you've said.
Now, I want to
make this clear.
In that classroom,
there is a god,
and yep, I'm him.
I'm also a jealous god,
so do not try to humiliate me
in front of my students.
You know, I also checked up
on your declared major.
Pre-law?.
What exactly is pre-law?.
We don't award
degrees in that.
Don't bother answering,
but know this,
if you truly feel a need
to continue with the charade,
I will make it my personal
mission to destroy any hope
of a law degree
in your future.
Have a nice day.
- You did it, didn't you?.
- What?.
You know what
I'm talking about.
You went and did your
argument, didn't you?.

Yeah, yeah I did.

What were you
trying to prove?.
I'm not even sure
there are words to describe
what I'm feeling right now.
I'm sorry Josh,
but it's over between us.
That's it?.
It's just--it's over?.
(Kara)
It's over, Josh.
If you're going to do something
this stupid and selfish
after I already told you
what would happen-Yeah, but that's sort of
the point, isn't it?.
This is something that's
important to me, right,
but since it's not
important to you,
you made it a make-itor-break-it-thing for us.
You didn't ask me,
you told me.
It wasn't a decision
that we made,
it was a decision that
you made for the both of us.
Well, somebody had to.
Okay.
That's it?. "Okay"?.
(Josh)
It's not what I want.
Honestly, I'm still hoping
you'll change your mind, right,
but I have to
do this thing.
I feel like it's something
that God wants me to do.
I can't just turn away from it,
especially not now,
now that I've started.
My mother was
so right about you.

I just wish
I'd had the sense to listen.
#
[Manic Drive singing
"Save a Life"]
Oh picture it, a little girl,
just a beautiful 8-year-old
Trying to live through
this life in a crazy world
Hey, Fahid.
She finds herself as a teen
and her life in ruins-[video game beeping]
Showed that girl she had
meaning and a purpose to life
Maybe avoid
that downward slide
Would you tell her the truth
or let her live in a lie?.
It all just seems to change
When you see it
as a life to save-(preaching)
you're saved,
and Christ died for our sins
according to the Scriptures,
that he was buried, that he
was raised on the third day
according to the Scriptures.
If you believe this
in your heart,
if you accept this by faith,
you see, God will forgive you,
he'll cleanse you,
and he'll set you free.
[video game beeping]
[video game powers off
Give me that!
Give me that!
You must never tell Baba.
Swear to me
you will never say anything.
Swear it!
(Marc)
Bottle of Cristal,
my table.

Yes, Mr. Shelley.

I have some news.
Me too.
Okay, but me first.
I've just
been named partner.
I think I have cancer.
Did you hear me?.
Did you hear
what I just said?.
I have cancer.
This couldn't wait
until tomorrow?.
What?.
How can you
say that to me?.
I thought you loved me.
I do, but you're
changing our agreement,
you're breaking our deal.
You make it sound like
a contract negotiation.
Well, what did you
think this was?.
I thought it was love.
Grow up, Amy.
Love is the most overused word
in the English language.
It's what we say
when we want something,
when we need something,
and you're as guilty of it
as anybody.
We had fun.
You were my hot, young
girlfriend with the chic job.
I was your upwardly mobile,
charming, successful boyfriend.
And we were together
because we each got something
out of the relationship
that we wanted,
and it was good.
It was-actually, it was great.
But now it's over.

How did I not

see this in you?.
Because you saw
what you wanted.
You understand
that I might die?.
And I'm sorry about that.
Hey, you're in
my philosophy class.
Martin, right?.
Correct,
and you're Mr. Josh.
Yeah.
Yeah, that's me,
Mr. Josh.
Hey, is that on
our reading list?.
No.
Can I ask you
a question?.
Yeah, sure.
Why are you doing
what you are doing?.
Everyone else
thinks I'm crazy.
My girlfriend-ex-girlfriend left me over it.
My parents
don't want me to risk it.
At the end of it all,
I'm gonna have to
work like a dog
for the rest of the semester
just to catch up
on my other classes.
You have described
your difficulties,
but you haven't answered
my question of why.
I don't know.
I just--I think of Jesus
as my friend.
(Martin)
So, you think Jesus is God?.
Yeah, and the Son of God.
I don't want

to disappoint him,
even if everyone
thinks I should.
See, to me,
he's not dead.
He's alive.
I don't want anyone to get
talked out of believing in him
just because some professor
thinks they should.
See you around, Martin.
Bye.
Hiya, Tom Blanchard,
Metro City Auto.
Here's your keys.
- Thank you.
- Satisfaction is guaranteed.
Do I need to sign something?.
Absolutely.
I'm giving you a car.
Sign here,
and then one more right there,
and one more there.
And if you could just initial
there, there, and there.
Thank you.
Call us when you're back.
You have it for the weekend.
We'll come pick you up.
Thanks.
[engine sputtering]
You're kidding.
[engine sputtering]
What did you do?.
Did you break it?.
What?.
Check and see
if it's still in gear.
No, it's in park.
I don't understand.
It worked 5 minutes ago.
Alright,
well, now it's not.
How soon can you
get us another car?.
(T om)

Well, not tonight.

It's already after 5:30.
Everyone's gone home
and I'm already kind of late
for an audition.
An audition?.
Yeah, the gang and l
are doing "Death of a Salesman"
and it's kind of
a dinner theatre thing.
What happened
to satisfaction guaranteed?.
It's alright, David.
We can leave tomorrow.
You want to make this drive
and miss half the day?.
Perhaps it's
gonna rain anyway.
Forecast for tomorrow
is 82 and sunny at 9 a.m.
Sometimes you
don't make any sense.
Sometimes you make too much.
Just remember, God is good.
All the time.
And all the time?.
God is good.
Will you sign this
saying you reject the car?.
[phone ringing]
You're on with Marc.
It's me, dork,
your sister.
(Mina)
Oh, and this is about?.
You really
should go see Mom.
She's not doing well.
She hasn't been
doing well for years.
That's why they
call it dementia.
(Mina)
Still, you should
go see her.
Claire said you haven't

been there in awhile.

(Marc)
Like it matters?.
Besides, I just
bought her a new TV.
Look, I'll make you a deal.
You go and you ask her
what 3 + 3 equals.
If she gives you the
right answer, I'll visit.
That's not fair.
(Marc)
Life's not fair.
I gotta go.
Say hi to Amy.
(Marc)
No, that's over.
What'd you do?.
Unresolved personal issues.
She's got some stuff
she's gotta work through.
I'm sorry to hear that.
Well, that's
the way it goes.
Okay, ready to
get this started?.
[scoffing]
Seriously, you
have got to get a life.
Y eah, tell me about it.
Hey honey.
Oh, sorry,
the door was open.
I just let myself in.
- Hi.
- Hi.
Oh hey, did you pick up
the bottle of wine I wanted?.
I did.
I left it in the car.
It's in the car.
Don't worry about it.
You have a lot
on your plate.
So, you know, just-thank you for helping

set up our dinner party.

Well, unless I'm wrong,
all the guests are from
the philosophy department?.
That's not true.
Vivian's a sociologist.
You're proving my point.
Look, I can't help it.
See, my intellectual rigor
falls to pieces
the instant
I get around you.
Really?.
You could have fooled me.
The first time I walked
into your classroom,
you were all
blood and thunder.
That was a performance,
staged largely for your benefit.
In the mean time, I kept
trying to keep my eyes off you
and hoping that there was
a brain inside that pretty head.
(Mina)
Why?.
Well, because if there wasn't,
then, you know,
there's no way I could have
made myself go out with you.
Look, as it was, I waited
until you aced the midterm.
It was an A-minus.
Close enough.
Come on, where is she?.
Huh?.
Who?.
That carefree,
free-spirited girl
who forced me to almost
risk my career by dating her.
You know, the one who quoted
Emily Dickinson, and Shelley,
and Spongebob Squarepants
with equal self-confidence.
I mean, what ever happened

to the old Mina?.

'Cause I miss her.
She has got a mom
who's failing,
she's sensing
time is passing by,
and she's starting to wonder
if she's unequally yoked.
Alright, you've been
reading again, haven't you?.
Reading, listening,
thinking.
You can hardly
call this thinking.
As a matter of fact,
it's the opposite of thinking.
You know I'm a Christian.
You knew that when
you first started seeing me.
Yes, and you know
that I'm not.
Yeah, I know,
and I know
there's a lot of things
you don't want
to talk about,
so we don't
talk about them.
Yeah, except the not talking
is starting to get louder
and louder, and soon
it will be deafening,
and I don't know
if I can put up with that.
- I know.
- Do you?.
- Yeah.
Because we need
to be clear on this.
There's only room
in this relationship for two,
which means
I don't get a mistress
and you don't get to drag a
turned itinerant rabbi
into our lives.

Look, I'm gonna

go freshen up.
Is this the same car?.
Oh, no sir.
No, sir.
Same model,
different color.
The other one
was a cabernet.
This is more
of a merlot.
(Reverend Dave)
You know,
lying's not good.
Lying to an ordained minister
is flat-out bad.
You know that, right?.
(Tom)
Sir, I assure you this is
a different automobile.
Here, try it out.
How'd your audition go?.
Oh, pretty good.
I'm up for the role of Biff,
so--thanks for asking.
[engine sputtering]
You guys going somewhere?.
How's it look for you with
the department chair position?.
I'm up for review
mid-semester.
Dean Powell assures me
it's a slam dunk.
(female colleague)
Well, congratulations
Jeffrey.
Anything else
on your plate?.
Not really.
(female colleague2)
Feel like sharing?.
I've got this student in my
introductory class this semester
who's--well,
he's taken a challenge
to prove

the existence of God.

In your classroom?.
- Yes.
- Silly boy.
- Freshman?.
- Oh yeah.
Doesn't seem
quite fair to me.
Well, how's that?.
(Mina)
He's inexperienced
in front of a room,
and you're expecting him
to compete with you
in your own field
of expertise.
(Professor Radisson)
Come on, Mina.
This is fun for me.
I can't help it if a boy
wants to make a fool of himself
and commit academic suicide.
Look, I tried to stop him.
I gave him an out,
but no, no, no,
he wants to prove
that God isn't dead.
[colleagues chuckling]
Look, I know I am
in the minority here,
but I actually
believe in God.
Yes, yes, well, she is-she's a work in progress.
[colleagues laughing]
So, darling, I think it's best
we just change the subject.
(Mina)
But I'm just saying-Mina, I've asked
politely, okay?.
Okay.
The coq au vin
is almost done.
(Professor Radisson)
Excellent.

T o the dining room.

(Professor Radisson)
Nothing like a nice merlot
to take the edge off.
Cheers, everyone.
Mina, this wine is awful.
It's been cooked.
It tastes like it was
sunning in a moldy basement.
Talk about your
"Grapes of Wrath."
[colleagues laughing]
I bought it before
I went shopping the other day.
I locked it in the trunk
and when I got home
I forgot about it.
Well, I think this dinner
serves as a valuable lesson.
As Socrates put it
over 2,000 years ago,
"Gnothi seauton."
Looks like
it's Greek to her.
(Professor Radisson)
Oh, it's "Know thyself,"
darling, know thyself.
Which I suggest means
knowing your own limitations.
You know,
if you'll all excuse me,
it's time for
the help to depart.
Sweetheart-##
##
(female lab technician)
No pacemaker?.
No other piercings, right?.
No.
(female lab technician)
I know it sounds crazy,
but I have to ask.
If there's any ferrous metal
anywhere inside your body,
the magnetic field

will put it out, and forcibly.

#
(Josh)
In our last class,
I was asked a question
that I couldn't answer.
As Professor Radisson
pointed out,
Stephen Hawking is an atheist.
He also wrote a book
called "The Grand Design"
in which he says
the following:
"Because there is a law
such as gravity,
the universe can and will
create itself from nothing."
And to be honest, I didn't
know how to refute that.
I mean, after all,
Hawking is clearly a genius.
But, Professor John Lennox,
who teaches mathematics
and philosophy
has demonstrated that
there are not one, even two,
but three errors
of logic contained
in that one simple sentence,
and it all boils down
to circular reasoning.
Hawking is basically saying
that the universe exists
because the universe
needed to exist,
and because the universe
needed to exist,
it therefore created itself.
It's like this.
If I say to you
that I can prove
that Spam is the best-tasting
food that's ever existed
because in all of history,
no food has ever tasted better,
you'd probably

look at me strange
and say I haven't
proven anything.
And you'd be right,
all I've done is
restate my original claim.
But when Hawking claims
that the universe created itself
because it needed
to create itself,
and then offers that
as an explanation
as to how
and why it was created,
we don't immediately recognize
that he's doing the same thing.
But he is, prompting
Lennox to further comment,
"Nonsense remains nonsense,
"even when spoken
by famous scientists
"even though
the general public
assumes they are
statements of science."
This is the height of hubris.
Are you telling me
that you, a freshman,
are saying that
Stephen Hawking is wrong?.
No, what I'm saying
is that John Lennox,
a professor of mathematics
and philosophy,
has found Professor Hawking's
reasoning to be faulty,
and I agree with his logic.
But if you
can't bear to disagree
with Hawking's thinking,
then I suggest that you
turn to page five of his book,
where he insists
philosophy is dead.
And if you're so sure
of Professor Hawking's

infallibility,
and philosophy
really is dead,
then well, there's really
no need for this class.
(Mina)
It's like
I'm a convenience to him,
except for when
my faith comes up,
then he becomes
verbally abusive.
I'm guessing he's bright.
Brilliant.
Handsome.
Yes.
And his attention
makes you feel special,
gives you a sense
of completeness.
Have you been
reading my diary?.
Psychologists call it
the Cinderella complex.
It's not my name for it,
so don't get upset with me.
Guys are capable
of the same thing.
It's just they don't
have a name for it.
But in essence,
you're looking for his approval
to give you
a sense of self-worth
instead of
generating it internally.
Don't most people do that?.
Y eah, a lot
of people do, sure.
But, using romance
to shore up self-image
is an unstable foundation.
Do you believe God's capable
of error, bias, or bad judgment?.
No.
So, if he's incapable

of mistakes,
and he made you
in his likeness and image,
then it follows that he
cares about you, right?.
Right.
To the point
where God's only Son
would willingly be crucified
again for you, just you,
if that's what
was necessary.
Well, if he
loves you that much,
who cares what
your boyfriend thinks?.
T o the wrong person,
you'll never have any worth.
But to the right person,
you'll mean everything.
(Josh)
Ladies and gentlemen
of the jury,
for the last 1 50 years,
Darwinists have been saying
that God is unnecessary
to explain man's existence
and that evolution
replaces God,
but evolution only
tells you what happens
once you have life.
So, where did that something
that's alive come from?.
Well, Darwin
never really addressed it.
He assumed maybe some
lightning hit a stagnant pool
full of the right kind
of chemicals
and bingo,
a living something.
But it's just not that simple.
You see, Darwin claimed that the
ancestry of all living things
came from that one

single, simple organism

which reproduced and
was slowly modified over time
into the complex life forms
we view today.
Which is why, after
contemplating his own theory,
Darwin uttered
his famous statement,
"Natura non facit saltum,"
meaning,
"Nature does not jump."
Well, as noted author
Lee Strobel pointed out,
that if you can picture
the entire 3.8 billion years
that scientists say
life has been around
as one 24-hour day,
in the space of
just about 90 seconds,
most major animal groups
suddenly appear
in the forms in which
they currently hold.
Not slowly and steadily
as Darein predicted,
but in evolutionary terms,
almost instantly.
So, "nature does
not jump" becomes
"nature makes
a giant leap."
So, how do theists
explain this sudden outburst
of new biological information?.
"And God said, 'Let the water
teem with living creatures
"'and let birds
fly above the earth
across the expanse
of the sky.'
"So God created the
great creatures of the sea
"and every living
and moving thing

"with which
the water teems,
"according to its kind.
And God saw that it
was good," Genesis 1 :20.
In other words,
creation happened
because God said
it should happen.
And even what looks,
to our eyes,
to be a blind,
unguided process
could really be divinely
controlled from start to finish.
Isn't there anyone you'd like
to have here with you for this?.
No, there's nobody.
#
#
#
[slow clapping]
Lies, lies, and more lies.
It's easy to dismiss
what you don't understand
or what you don't
want to understand.
(Professor Radisson)
There it is, the default
setting of the Bible-thumper.
"lf only you would open
the Scripture and read,
then you would understand."
So says the
brave young freshman.
"For thou art wise, and with
thou, all wisdom shall die,"
Job 1 2, verse 2.
What else does Job tell us?.
"For man who is born
of woman is few of days,
"and full of trouble.
"He comes forth like a shadow
and does not continue.
"So man lies down,
and does not rise

'til the heavens

are no more."
Well, at least he
got that part right.
What happened to you?.
When a 1 2-year-old watches
his mother dying of cancer,
it's only natural
to beg God for her life.
He'll promise anything
to his make-believe
grandfather in the sky,
including to love
and worship him forever,
if only he will spare her.
Sometimes the answer is no.
Tell that to me the day
you lose someone you love.
She died believing a lie.
She died believing that
someone out there loved her
even while he was
strangling her to death.
A God who would allow that
is not worth believing in.
That is why, Wheaton,
you will find
the most committed atheists
were once Christians,
but we took
the blinders off.
We saw the world
for what it truly is.
You see,
Shakespeare had it right.
Life is really a tale
told by an idiot,
full of sound and fury,
and signifying nothing.
##
Ayisha!
##
"He's the one god
who has not begotten."
Say it!
I command you to say it!

No, Baba.
Jesus is my Lord and Savior and
he died to save me from my sins.
No!
[Tricia Brock singing
"What I Know"]
Carry on, carry on
What I know is you,
my God, are real
No matter how I feel,
you've never let me go
And what I know
is there will never be a day
You aren't
just a breath away
And through it all
I've gotta hold to what I know
Gonna hold
to what I know
What I know
What I know
(Amy)
Sorry for the delay
in posting my interview.
It's been a rough week.
When I finally caught up to-[crying]
New post.
I have cancer.
Amy is going to die.
[sobbing]
No!
[sobbing]
Jeffrey, I need
to talk to you.
You know how
I feel about that.
On campus, I'm
Professor Radisson, okay?.
So, then he claims that Dawkins
is the one who was in error,
as if Dawkins thought-Jeffrey, I'm leaving you.
Excuse me.
What?.
What are you saying?.

I'm leaving you.

You can't do that.
I won't accept it.
I'm sorry.
(Professor Radisson)
I said I don't
accept that.
I won't allow it.
I know, I heard you,
but it's not your choice.
Good bye, Jeffrey.
How long has she
been hiding her faith?.
About a year.
I can't even imagine
what she must be feeling.
You asked to be
in the trenches, David.
What have I done,
Pastor Dave?.
I've lost everything.
What if I made
a mistake?.
Ayisha, you've displayed
an amazing amount of courage
by standing up
for your faith.
God knows the risks you've taken
and he will honor that.
I don't think
I can do this.
We're here for you,
Ayisha.
(Reverend Dave)
Are you--have you read
of the Apostle Paul?.
He said, "l know
what it is to have little,
"and I know what it is
to have plenty.
"ln any and all
circumstances,
"l have learned the secret
of being well-fed
"and of being hungry,
"of having plenty

and of being in need.

I can do all things--"
"Through Christ
who strengthens me."
Right.
You're not alone, Ayisha.
You're gonna be okay.
##
##
##
I made a mistake with you,
Ietting you speak
in front of my classroom
and spew
your propaganda.
But today, we're gonna
change things up a bit.
(Josh)
Evil.
Now, it's been said that evil
is atheism's most potent weapon
against the Christian faith,
and it is.
After all, the very existence
of evil begs the question,
"lf God is all-good
and God is all-powerful,
why does he allow
evil to exist?. "
The answer at its core is
remarkably simple: free will.
God allows evil to exist
because of free will.
From the Christian standpoint,
God tolerates evil in this world
on a temporary basis
so that one day,
those who choose
to love him freely
will dwell with him in heaven,
free from the influence of evil,
but with their
free will in tact.
In other words,
God's intention concerning evil
is to one day destroy it.

(Professor Radisson)
Well, how convenient.
"One day, I will get rid
of all the evil in the world.
"But until then, you just have
to deal with all the wars,
"and Holocausts, tsunamis,
poverty, starvation, and AlDS.
Have a nice life."
Next, he'll be lecturing us
on moral absolutes.
But why not?.
Professor Radisson,
who's clearly an atheist,
doesn't believe
in moral absolutes,
but his core syllabus says
he plans to give us an exam
during finals week.
Now, I'm betting that
if I manage to get an "A"
on the exam by cheating,
he'll suddenly start
sounding like a Christian,
insisting it's wrong
to cheat,
that I should have
known that.
And yet,
what basis does he have?.
If my actions are calculated
to help me succeed,
then why shouldn't
I perform them?.
For Christians,
the fixed point of morality,
what constitutes
right and wrong,
is a straight line
that leads directly back to God.
(Professor Radisson)
Oh, so you're saying that
we need a God to be moral,
that a moral atheist
is an impossibility.
(Josh)

No, but with no God, there's

no real reason to be moral.
I mean, there's
not even a standard
of what moral behavior is.
For Christians,
lying, cheating, stealing-in my example, stealing
a grade I didn't earn-are forbidden.
It's a form of theft.
But if God does not exist,
as Dostoyevsky
famously pointed out,
"lf God does not exist,
then everything is permissible."
And not only permissible,
but pointless.
If Professor Radisson is right,
then all of this,
all of our struggle,
our debate,
whatever we decide here
is meaningless.
I mean, our lives
and ultimately our deaths
have no more consequence
than that of a goldfish.
This is ridiculous.
So, after all your talk,
you're saying that it all
comes down to choice:
believe or don't believe.
That's right,
that's all there is.
That's all
there's ever been.
The only difference between
your position and my position
is that you take away
their choice.
You demand that they choose the
box marked, "l don't believe."
(Professor Radisson)
Y es, because
I want to free them.

Because religion
is like a-it's like a mind virus
that parents have passed on
down to their children,
and Christianity
is the worst virus of all.
It slowly creeps
into our lives
when we're weak
or sick or helpless.
So, religion
is like a disease?.
(Professor Radisson)
Yes. Yes, it infects
everything.
It's the enemy of reason.
Reason?.
Professor, you left reason
a long time ago.
What you're teaching here
isn't philosophy.
It's not even
atheism anymore.
What you're teaching
is antitheism.
It's not enough
that you don't believe.
You need all of us
to not believe with you.
(Professor Radisson)
Why don't you
admit the truth?.
You just want to ensnare them
in your primitive superstition.
What I want is for them
to make their own choice.
That's what God wants.
You have no idea how much
I'm gonna enjoy failing you.
Yeah, but who are you really
looking to fail, Professor?.
Me or God?.
Do you hate God?.
That's not even
a question.

Okay, why do you

hate God?.
This is ridiculous.
Why do you hate God?.
Answer the question.
You've seen the science
and the arguments.
Science supports
his existence.
You know the truth.
So, why do you hate him?.
Why?.!
It's a very simple
question, Professor.
Why do you hate God?.
Because he took
everything away from me.
Yes, I hate God.
All I have for him
is hate.
How can you hate someone
if they don't exist?.
You've proven nothing.
Maybe not.
They get to choose.
Is God dead?.
God is not dead.
God's not dead.
God's not dead.
God's not dead.
God's not dead.
God's not dead.
God's not dead.
God's not dead.
God's not dead.
God's not dead.
[students agreeing in unison]
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(Martin)
Josh!.
Josh. Josh!
Your decision to prove
God is not dead
has affected me greatly.

I'm glad.
Yes, and it has
changed everything.
I've decided
to follow Jesus.
That's great, Martin.
Hey, you know what?.
You've gotta
check this out.
- Okay.
- Come on.
(Reverend Dave)
Why did I have to
bring my suitcase?.
Not bringing it
would show a lack of faith.
Oh merciful Father,
please allow this car to start.
Amen.
That's it?.
Why, do you have a better
"Lord, please make my car run"
blessing that you know?.
No.
So then,
let's give it a try.
Okay.
No, no, no, no.
Put our bags
in the trunk first.
David, we spend our entire lives
talking about faith.
Now I'm asking you
to show faith.
Okay.
[engine starting]
- Unbelievable.
- No. Faith.
- God is good.
- All the time.
- And all the time?.
- God is good.
I don't even know
what I'm doing here.
I mean, it's not like
you even know who I am.

You prayed and believed

your whole life,
never done anything wrong,
and here you are.
You're the nicest person I know,
I am the meanest.
You have dementia,
my life is perfect.
Explain that to me.
Sometimes the devil
allows people
to live a life
free of trouble
'cause he doesn't want them
turning to God.
Your sin is like a jail cell,
except it's all nice and comfy,
and there doesn't seem to be
any need to leave.
The door's wide open
'til one day,
time runs out,
and the cell door
slams shut
and suddenly...
it's too late.
Who did you say you were?.
I can't believe this.
The car actually starts
and now we're being
done-in by believers.
I think it's beautiful.
Please,
no more words of wisdom.
But I'm just happy to see
all these people
going to sing about Jesus.
[horn blaring]
Move!.
Hello, gentlemen.
Can I help you?.
I'm Amy Ryan.
I write "The New Left."
Michael Tait.
How are you?.
Did we schedule this?.

No, I actually find that the

best interviews are unscripted.
So, in a few minutes, you
guys are gonna go out there
and you're gonna sing
about God and Jesus
as if they're as real
as you and me.
How can you do that?.
Well, to us,
they are as real.
As a matter of fact,
even more so.
I mean, we exist
in the here and now.
They've existed forever.
Think about that.
Y eah, you know,
in the beginning was the Word.
The Word was with God
and the Word was God.
[Amy chuckling]
So, I see.
So when you're pressed,
you quote a bunch of
ancient scribblings and say,
"Don't worry,
it's all in there."
Well, they may be ancient,
but they're not scribblings.
I mean, we believe God
gave us an instruction manual,
and it's where
we draw our strength
and it's where
we find our hope.
So, where do you
find your hope?.
I'm dying.
(Duncan Phillips)
Hey Amy, you're not here
to trash us, are you?.
I think that's what
you might have done,
but I think you're here
kinda wondering,

kinda hoping that this stuff

is for real, aren't you?.
How do you know that?.
(Duncan Phillips)
I just felt that that's
what God was saying,
and he just wanted
you to know it.
That's--I can't-(Jody Davis)
Y eah, and he's
just the drummer.
[Safe Haven singing
"Chasing the Sun"]
And we never really did
what we're told
And we'll say we were dumb
and all alone
But we're still
chasing the sun
We'll say we were young
and full of hope
And we never really did
what we're told
And we'll say we were dumb
and all alone
But we're still
chasing the sun
One day, we'll fade
but we'll never forget-##
(female voiceover)
"My dearest son,
"words cannot express
the love I have for you
"or the sorrow in my heart
"knowing that I will never
be able to see you grow up
"and fulfill God's plan
for your life.
"My heart is broken
at the thought of leaving you.
"l know God is in control.
"His ways are
higher than our ways
"and his thoughts

are higher than our thoughts.

"Live life to the fullest and
remain in the joy of the Lord.
"You will forever
be in my heart.
I love you.
Mom."
[phone dialing]
(Mina)
Hey, it's Mina.
Sorry I missed your call.
Leave a message.
Mina, it's Jeffrey.
Please call me.
(male)
Hey guys,
we're a-go for the show.
Hey Steve,
give us a minute, buddy.
This is kinda important.
- Thanks guys.
- Thanks.
Can we pray
for you real quick?.
Do you mind?.
Cool.
Dear God, we don't know
your plan for Amy, Lord,
but we're asking you would
save her tonight, Lord.
Change her, cleanse her,
give her a fresh start, Lord.
Let her know that she's loved,
and more importantly,
that she is loved by you,
the Master of the universe.
Give her strength for
the journey ahead, Lord,
and let her know in her heart,
God, speak to her,
that you're gonna be with her
every step of the way.
We pray this, Jesus,
in your holy name.
Amen.
Yeah.

(Duncan Phillips)
Hey guys, we gotta roll.
Cool, you gonna be
okay, Amy?.
You good?.
##
Make a way for
Make a way for
Make a way for the King
The King is coming
##
Empty hearts
are filling up
Wicked ways
are coming undone
Every eye
is looking out for you
City lights
are burning out
Freedom's song
is ringing loud
Dead men waking up
to the sound of you
And all our hearts
can sing
All our hearts can sing
Make a way for
Make a way for
Make a way for the King
The King is coming
So, make a way for
Make a way for
Make a way for the King
[thunder rumbling]
Oh, that's perfect.
So much for sunny
and clear skies.
[tires screeching]
Call an ambulance!
Call an ambulance!
Don't move.
His ribs are crushed.
His lungs
are filling with blood.
He doesn't have long.
Are you sure?.

Yeah.
Don't move.
I can't die.
I'm not ready.
Do you know Jesus?.
I'm an atheist.
I believe it's God's mercy
that brought me here right now.
I'm dying.
How can you
call that mercy?.
Because that car could have
killed you instantly.
And I'm sure right now
you probably wish that it did,
but I'm here to tell you
that it's a gift
'cause the God
that you don't believe in
has given you
another chance,
another chance
to change your final answer.
I don't want to die,
but I'm so scared.
(Reverend Dave)
If it's any consolation,
so was Jesus.
He was so scared,
he sweat blood.
He asked the Father if it
could be removed from him,
but the answer was no.
He says no a lot.
(Reverend Dave)
He gives us the answers
we'd ask for
if we knew
what he knows.
"'For as the heavens
are higher than the earth,
"so are my ways higher
than your ways,
and my thoughts are higher than
your thoughts,' says the Lord."
Exactly.

So, the question is-stay with me.

Stay with me.
Are you willing to put
your faith in Jesus Christ?.
Are you willing
to take that chance?.
Y es.
God is willing to forgive you
of your sins, all of them,
if you accept his Son
and ask him into your life.
That's all you have to do
is just accept his Son.
Accept his love and receive
his forgiveness right now.
Do you accept him
as Lord and Savior?.
Yes, I accept.
(Reverend Dave)
It's alright.
In a few minutes, you're gonna
know more about God than I do,
or anybody else here does.
It's okay, it's okay.
#
#
(Michael Tait)
If you check out
the screens behind me,
we have a very special message
from a very good friend.
(Willie)
Hey, I'm Willie Robertson,
speaking on behalf
of the Robertson family.
Me and the gang
wanted to let you know
we've heard in the news
that there's been a bit of
a squabble down there on campus.
One of your professors insisted
that God is dead.
Well, I'm happy to announce
that the reports of God's death
were greatly exaggerated.

Now, let me
ask you a question.
Have you got your
cell phones on you?.
Good.
Alright, now while
this next song is playing,
I want everyone
to go to their contacts
and click on
everybody you know
and text them
three simple words:
"God's not dead."
And there's
and everyone knows
about 1 00 people.
That's a million messages
right there.
A million times we're gonna tell
Jesus that we love him
in the next 3 minutes.
And for the young man
who took up the gauntlet
to defend God's honor,
and you know who you are,
I can only imagine the smile
you put on God's face.
This one goes out to you.
It was you, wasn't it?.
The one who defended God?.
Yeah.
How did you know?.
I heard you talking
in the cafeteria.
Only a real risk tests
the quality of a belief, right?.
#
Let love explode
and bring the dead to life
A love so bold to see
a revolution somehow
Let love explode
and bring the dead to life
A love so bold to see
a revolution somehow

Now I'm lost

in your freedom
And this world
I'll overcome
My God's not dead,
he's surely alive
He's living on the inside,
roaring like a lion
My God's not dead,
he's surely alive
He's living on the inside,
roaring like a lion
Roaring, he's roaring,
roaring like a lion
Let hope arise and
make the darkness hide
My faith is dead
I need a resurrection
somehow
Now I'm lost
in your freedom
And this world
I'll overcome
My God's not dead,
he's surely alive
He's living on the inside,
roaring like a lion
My God's not dead,
he's surely alive
He's living on the inside,
roaring like a lion
Roaring, he's roaring,
roaring like a lion
He's roaring,
he's roaring
Let heaven roar
and fire fall
Come shake the ground
with the sound of revival
Let Heaven roar
and fire fall
Come shake the ground
with the sound of revival
What happened here tonight
is a cause for celebration.
Pain, yes, for just

a few moments, but now,

think about
the joy in heaven.
My God's not dead,
he's surely alive
He's living on the inside,
roaring like a lion
My God's not dead,
he's surely alive
He's living on the inside,
roaring like a lion
God's not dead,
he's surely alive
He's living on the inside,
roaring like a lion
God's not dead,
he's surely alive
He's living on the inside,
roaring like a lion
Roaring, he's roaring,
roaring like a lion
He's roaring, he's roaring,
roaring like a lion
Roaring like a lion
Our God is alive
##
[Superchick singing
"This is the Time"]
This is a story of your life,
a movie starring you
What's the next scene
have for you to do?.
Leave the dishes in the sink,
leave your fear there too
Live the story you
would write for you
Say, hey, hey,
wake your heart
And break, break,
break apart
The walls that keep you
from being you
And walk, walk
towards the light
And don't stop
'til you live your life

Like someone died for you

This is the time to try
Just step out,
your life is waiting
And as you fall,
you'll find that you can fly
This is the time to try
Just step out,
your life is waiting
And as you fall,
you'll find that you can fly
You can find a million words
to build a wall of fear
Safe behind that wall,
imprisoned here
Take that someday step today
to who you're meant to be
And turn your dreams
to plans so you can breathe
Say, hey, hey,
wake your heart
And break, break,
break apart
The walls that keep you
from being you
And walk, walk
towards the light
And don't stop
'til you live your life
Like someone died for you
This is the time to try
Just step out,
your life is waiting
And as you fall,
you'll find that you can fly
Ask anyone
whose time is up
What they'd give
for what you've got
And how they'd
live your life
Live like your life's
worth dying for
You just walked out
that prison door
And you'll know how

to live your life

This is the time to try
Just step out,
your life is waiting
And as you fall,
you'll find that you can fly
This is the time to try
Just step out,
your life is waiting
And as you fall,
you'll find that you can fly
This is the time to try
Just step out,
your life is waiting
And as you fall,
you'll find that you can fly