…to the 4^th Power The Scientific Skeptic

 “For His invisible attributes, namely, His eternal power and divine nature, have been clearly perceived, ever since the creation of the world, in the things that have been made. So they are without excuse.” Romans 1:20 (ESV)

When it comes to comparing the apples to the oranges we as Christian’s can agree with the Big Bang theory. God spoke and then…BANG!!! There was light. None the matter about an old earth verses a new earth, we Christian’s agree that God created everything around us. It really goes like this, “The earth was without form and void, and darkness was over the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God was hovering over the face of the waters. And God said, “Let there be light,” and there was light.” You can almost hear Moses go “’nough said there” as he was inspired to pen the first few verses of Genesis.

But not for those other folks they want to change the order of a divine beginning with some cosmic magic and star dust. First there was a hot, dense concentration of stuff that went boom. Then the stars came and then Mr. and Mrs. Star had a son and they named him Sun. Then the earth formed from stuff that was floating around with no sense of purpose and then comets crashed into the earth and then made water. And then somewhere in a galaxy far, far away Duck Dodgers of the 21^st ½ Century traveled with his Ancient Alien friends and left them strand on the earth and we call their descendants…the human race!!

Pretty creative stuff there huh? But really the root of the problem is the worldview of Naturalism, where the source of the universe and of life is physical stuff without the supernatural cause being involved at all. Bill Foster gives us this explanation of Naturalism. “Naturalism tries to separate faith from reason by claiming that: 1) Religious faith is not supported by reason and science, and 2) Science does not rely on faith at all.” He also gives three reasons why naturalism is embraced by skeptics.

1) Nature makes no moral demands. It is easier to credit it as the source for everything rather being held accountable by YHVH. 2) Fear of the stigma of creationism. The Genesis account seems childish to a culture that accepts evolution as fact. He also mentions that there has been a settling of the sides for a God-guided evolution. Hmm… 3) Naturalism stems from intellectualism. They’re intellectually flat and simplistic (“God did it”) and creationism and Intelligent Design are like a cop-out for them.

Really the question that should be getting asked when we engage the scientific skeptic is “how much faith is required for that belief?” As Bill Foster stated in his book “Meet the Skeptic”…”We need to point out that faith is as central to the scientific skeptic’s worldview as it is to ours. The real argument is not faith versus science but rather, informed faith versus blind faith. Everyone relies on faith, physicist and preacher alike; the hypocrisy is pretending that you don’t.” I hope you stay tuned for the next category of skepticism. – Chris Hughes is a graduate of the Colony of Mercy and blogs regularly for Freedom Fighter

Daily Bible Reading: Psalm 23-25; Acts 14

Quote of the day: “We have two choices: believe the absurd or believe in the unseen.”—Bill Foster

Verse to Memorize: Your promise is well tried and your servant loves it. I am small and despised, yet I do not forget your precepts. Psalm 119:140-141 ESV