Is it self-organization or is it a life force? Current scientific thinking tells us that matter “self-organized” to create life. This is a possibility, but is it consistent with what we observe? We do not believe that atoms “self-organized” to create matter. We recognize instead that nuclear forces exist which act upon sub-atomic particles to […]
Those who seek God will find Him.
There is a principle which is a bar against all information, which is proof against all arguments and which cannot fail to keep a man in everlasting ignorance - that principle is contempt prior to investigation." - HERBERT SPENCER
Religion and science are opposed . . . but only in the same sense as that in which my thumb and forefinger are opposed - and between the two, one can grasp everything. - SIR WILLIAM BRAGG
“Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you. For everyone who asks receives; the one who seeks finds; and to the one who knocks, the door will be opened." - - JESUS CHRIST in Matthew 7:7-8
Contact! (Even Sagan’s rationalism reveals God)
Imagine being contacted by superior intelligence. Carl Sagan was known as an astronomer and an atheist. His often quoted observation that there are “billions and billions” of galaxies with “billions and billions” of stars led him to conclude that life on Earth is just a result of statistical chance and that other intelligent life must […]
Seeing God in a bubble chamber
The unseen force behind faith. In the laboratory, scientists readily accept trails in a bubble chamber as clear and undeniable evidence of particles and the forces that change their direction, even though they can see neither the particles nor the forces. Some people claim there is no evidence of God, but what is the unseen […]
Mind Over Matter
The role of matter and intelligence in life. We have a simple, but interesting, choice to make in deciding where we came from. We can never know for certain how life began, for no human was there to observe it happening. Reason can be used to support any belief about our origins, so, without hard […]
Seeing beyond the surface
Two perspectives from the same view of reality. Do you remember the first time you saw one of those Magic Eye posters, the ones that have a 3D image hidden in an abstract geometric pattern? When they first came out, I remember seeing a group of people in a mall standing around these unusual paintings. […]
Understanding the Trinity
The 3-in-1 nature of creation. The Christian concept of the Trinity once seemed strange, perhaps even contrived, to me. How could something be three things that are one and one thing that is three? But the Trinity made sense to me once I came to believe in God, to recognize Him in Jesus Christ and […]
Not a shred of evidence for God
Have you been to the places where God can be found? If you live in a desert and never leave it, you won’t find a shred of evidence for the existence for polar ice caps or polar bears. If you live a world apart from God and never venture beyond it, you won’t find a […]
Try it without the sunglasses
The self-imposed limitations of the discipline we call science. Have you ever seen the TV ads for Blu-Blocker sunglasses? The infomercial shows people gasping in amazement and disbelief as they try on the amber-colored sunglasses, commenting on how much more clearly they can see everything. Blu-Blockers are designed on the same concept as the eye […]
A rose is a rose is a rose
The impact of belief on perception. If I were to show you a silk rose, you would undoubtedly conclude that it was a product of intelligence and design, right? Now suppose I show you a real rose, one with all the same characteristics of the silk rose, but with all the incredible added systems and technologies […]
When two people see different things
The impact of perception on belief. Most people who look at the image to the left see a green number “8” inside a group of reddish-orange dots. But about 5% of the population, mostly male, see just dots and no number at all. How can that be? It results from a condition called color-blindness in […]
But I got straight A’s in school!
The impact of teachings on perception and belief. I was a very good student from grade school through college. I was able to learn just about anything my teachers and textbooks told me and repeat it back quite successfully in my homework and tests. And for this they called me “intelligent.” Through my education, I […]
Tuning in to God
Broadening your spiritual bandwidth. Fans at a football game found themselves perplexed by the seemingly random cheers of other fans at the game. The home team was losing badly, yet in the middle of a huddle a number of people across the stadium jumped out of their seats and a let out a huge cheer. […]