7/25/12 Arten, about 25
"The Bible
says that God created the world in six days but I have to wonder - why did He
take so long?" I asked this to a
young man named Arten whom I met in downtown Chicago. He had stopped for a smoke before shopping at
Urban Outfitters, so with his permission I began to ask about his spiritual
beliefs. Arten had grown up attending a
Methodist church with his family, but has drifted from church and faith after
leaving home. He said he doesn't believe
in God or life after death because it conflicts with his belief in science. He asked
what I believe about creation and evolution. Now I believe we are called to have faith, but
it can be a reasonable faith, not a blind faith, so I began to reason with
Arten, first pointing out that God, by definition, is able to perform miracles
so we don't have to try to come up with scientific explanations of the miracles
recorded in the Bible. "If God
wanted to create everything in one second He could have easily done so, but He
didn't, and I believe the Bible gives an accurate account of creation. I grew up totally indoctrinated in evolution
just like most people, so I understand that you might think I sound crazy when
I say this. I also know that our culture
is increasingly fascinated with science and has come to view it as the only
hope for solving humanity's problems. People
think that to question evolution is to question science and to become an
obstacle in saving the human race. I
think It will be one thing Christians will be persecuted for. But there are tons of evidence that make it
reasonable to question evolution and that make a case for the biblical account
of creation. To try to explain it all in
just a few brief moments here wouldn't do it justice." I went on to give Arten a good website to
check out some of the evidence for biblical creation - www.evolutionfacts.com -
and to explain a few examples of the
evidence cited there. After the examples
I gave him some basic Gospel questions, and Arden thanked me, saying he really
needs to rethink his beliefs. Please
pray for him. We don't need to be experts
in apologetics or science to share our faith, but it sure helps to do our
homework.
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