2/2/2024 0 Comments Quiztones to ask christiansIf God is real, then why is there so much suffering and hardship and persecution that we see going on around us? Not proof, but enough evidence for someone to express trust in this as a reasonable way of understanding the world.ģ. And I think Christianity has got a great deal of evidence to support it, biblical, philosophical. What we’re doing is trusting that they are an authority, that they’ve got the documentation and so on. We’re exercising faith every time we walk into a doctor’s surgery and trust them with our wellbeing. You might have good reasons to trust someone and that’s enough to put your faith in them. But obviously when you trust something or someone, not every aspect of your trust is proven. In other words, faith isn’t the opposite of evidence and testimony. The Oxford English Dictionary defines faith as a belief based on evidence, testimony or authority. That’s just one way people use the word “faith”. Check out Episode 19 ‘Scientific Theology’, Episode 6 ‘Rational Universe’ or Episode 3 ‘God Science’ (with John Lennox) for more!Ģ. The Undeceptions podcast has dealt with this question several times. Every scientific discovery – every real discovery – Christians ought to be able to say, “Fantastic, more of God’s wisdom is discovered.” In other words, every time science discovers how something works, what they’re actually discovering is how our universe is beautifully, elegantly, mathematically ordered. It’s precisely because we live in a rational, ordered universe that there must be a rational mind behind it. And that is the principle argument for God’s existence that philosophers have employed for years. It is rationally ordered that the elegant mathematics work at the tiniest level right out to the massive universal level. Science only strengthens our belief in God for the simple reason that the more science discovers, the more it is clear that our universe is not accidental. but in terms of the science/God thing, I reckon it’s a lot clearer. Sensible, godly, Bible-believing Christians have different views on that. But in terms of the actual issues, I’m of the view that Christians can disagree over evolution. Sometimes Christians have been a bit anti-science and I always think it’s important to respond with a bit of honesty. I think with any question that’s asked, you have to concede that there’s something to it. Science and God are opposed, right? Doesn’t evolution actually disprove the theory of creation?
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