Reasons

Good morning all! I just wanted to stop by and share something that I have been looking at for a few weeks now. As most of you know, I have been intrigued with apologetics for some time. There is just something so interesting to me about being able to answer questions that arise that questions the validity of a Creator with sound scientific answers. I am in the belief that we are to love the Lord our God with all of our heart and all of our mind. I believe when God said that within His Creation He reveals Himself to us, meant that we are intended to seek Him out in it. It makes sense to me that wherever God says He will reveal Himself to us, we should go and find Him there. If there is a God (which there is), then why would people often think that it would be wrong to seek out evidence that supports a living God within the creation that he created - using a scientific method. I don't believe God would be offended, He has no reason to worry. If God exists (which He does) there will be no evidence in Creation that anyone will be able to find that proves otherwise! God is not worried about us disproving His existence so why should we? I think that is very evident in the amount of scientists that end up coming to Christ because of the abundance of scientific evidence that points towards a Creator, not an accident or chance happening.

I find it hilarious that people try to explain away God through recent scientific discoveries such as the big bang theory. Or that this world could not have possibly been created in six days. If God exists (which He does) i'm sure He could have created this universe in six days if He wanted to. On the other hand, time didn't exist before God created it. So why couldn't we suppose that when God said six days, he was in fact saying six days as relevant to himself, not to us. He explains later in the Bible that a minute to Him is like a million years to us. if we add that up as if it were a literal statement (which i don't believe it was) we find that the world was created in (if my math is correct, which it probably isn't) 8 billion-640 million-years. According to sciences current dating methods this seems a lot closer to matching up with that than 6 days. Anyways, I don't believe this is something that God really intends for us to know, otherwise He would have spelled it out to us. We will never have the answer to this question, but we do not have to be defensive if/when scientists say they have proof that the universe is billions of years old. Time is not relative to God, it's only relative to us because we live in a creation that was created to exist under an umbrella of time.

If we look at what the big bang theory proved, we find that the evidence points more towards a Creator than an accident. Before the theory, scientists thought space was infinite, it always existed (thus disproving that there was once a beginning and thus an end). After the big bang theory and other evidence of an expanding universe we now have to conclude that the universe as we know it had a beginning, and because it is expanding at the rate that it is - it will inevitably have an end. So the question arises, who or what began the universe? Our Faith provides a theory beyond what science currently does, which stops at the atom that inevitably exploded into the big bang. Where did this atomic particle come from? No one knows (except God of course) Our Faith explains that there was a creator behind that atom. When you think of a massive explosion the fist thing that comes to mind is light. The 3rd verse in Genesis 1 claims that God said "let there be light" as the first statement when describing the creation of our world. Why do people think that it is not possible that God could be justified by using a scientific method. Many scientists say " Well since there is a big bang, that disproves God, because we can look back in time within the the light of a star and we do not see Gods physical hands creating anything", blah blah blah. Or scientists explain away miracles that God performed in the Old Testament as natural chance occurrences. I say this very boldly - If we believe that the God of the universe could speak it into existence, then why could we not believe that He could use his creation to perform a miracle in a naturalist way? If the sea parted just in time for Mosses to lead his people safely across while moments later the army after him was swept away with incoming water - is there a reason why God couldn't have created an earthquake hundreds of miles away that caused a tsunami at that precise moment in time for Moses to free his people. Is God really not good enough to use his creation (in a naturalistic way) to glorify himself? Why do people try to explain away God through naturalistic occurrences as if God who created the universe couldn't possibly have control over it. These arguments do not phase the kingdom of Christ and therefore shouldn't phase us. I can't think of a single scientific FACT that disproves or challenges the existence of God. On that note, I can't think of a single scientific FACT that doesn't reveal at it's core, an Intelligent Designer.

Anyways, believe me or not - I didn't intend to write a long e-mail, especially since I am confident that everyone I am sending this to already knows this information for themselves. I just wanted to stop by and pray that you all have a fruitful day and that God will use everyone of you for His Glory this week! I will be praying for everyone of you. In the meantime, check out this really cool website. It could potentially answer some questions you may have concerning the validity of the Bible and/or God. If anything this site is an interesting read, that you could learn from and maybe use the knowledge as an evangelistic tool.

http://www.reasons.org/

God Bless,

David Roediger