Thoughts for Unbelievers
The following pages are for the confident in science, critics of Christianity, the curious about the paranormal, the confused by religious hypocrites, or those who doubt what they believe. We are all dependent upon reason for certainty. Those unyielding to sound reason will one day, in this life or the next, find that they have been wrong, no matter how certain they may have been or how secure they thought their belief to be.
An Example of a Sound Reason
There are always two sides in a court of law: the prosecution and the defense. J. Warner Wallace wrote the book Cold-Case Christianity, a detective for the L.A. police department who opened cold-case files and determined the guilty party by the testimonies. Guilt was rarely determined by DNA or some scientific method but by witnesses, sometimes long dead. There is an intricate science behind the truth of past occurrences based on what people heard or saw in connection with related facts of the case. A well-oiled and reasoning mind can get to the truth when that's the person's focus and not winning a case or proving their prejudiced opinion. Wallace applied his expertise as a detective as an Atheist to the Bible. He thought he would disprove the claims of Jesus Christ once and for all; after investigating all the evidence, he had to relent and concede that Christianity was true. He became a Christian, proclaiming Jesus Christ as alive, risen from the dead, and coming again.
Confidence in Science
I love science, but not false religion masquerading as science. Paul wrote to Timothy, his student, and said, "O Timothy, guard what has been entrusted to you, avoiding worldly and empty chatter and the opposing arguments of what is falsely called "knowledge" (science)— 21which some have professed and thus gone astray from the faith" (1 Timothy 6:20). Some English translators used science for the knowledge, which in Greek is "gnṓsis "experientially know") – functional ("working") knowledge gleaned from first-hand (personal) experience, connecting theory to application." (Strongs Greek. Concordance) Science, by definition, is knowledge derived from observable, provable, and repeatable experimentation. Therefore, authentic science is theory turned functional. For this definition, macroevolution, or the transformation of a rock into a human being, is not observable, provable, or repeatable science. Watch the video below by clicking the link to think through self-creation, something out of nothing, an unfathomable intricate design without a designer.