Sorry, I haven't had coffee today, so I decided to write about Charles Darwin, Richard Dawkins, and E.T. in one setting. The connection between Charles Darwin and Richard Dawkins is clear enough (Dawkins being a famous atheist of our time, and Darwin providing the framework for a scientific worldview that can support intellectual atheism). But you may wonder how E.T. fits into the picture. E.T. is one of my favorite sci-fi characters. He's just a little wrinkly alien trying to find his way home and eating a few Reece's Pieces along the way. So what does E.T. have to do with Atheism?
I asked myself that question when I realized one day that atheistic propaganda is saturated with alien talk. I thought to myself, "Here are people who insist that we can only believe what we can prove scientifically, yet they are obsessed with aliens." So why are intellectual atheists or naturalists obsessed with aliens?
Here's the problem: the more advanced science has become, the more we have realized that the universe is absolutely enourmous (seemingly infinite). Our planet is a microscopic spec in comparison to some stars, and the number of stars and planets in the universe is innumerable. So why is this a problem? It's a problem because as far as we know (have evidence), life exists only on planet earth. If aliens do not exist, then we have to be alarmed at the uniqueness of our world. If aliens do not exist then atheists must admit that the bang that produced millions of stars and planets only produced one spec of a planet that was suitable for evolution to work its magic and produce life. The probability is so small that it is mind boggling. This is the reason that naturalists are passionate about aliens. In essence, if aliens do not exists, then the sheer uniqueness of our planet is evidence for a creator. So atheists embrace the existence of aliens in faith. Some even believe that aliens are the creators of our world (the latest Indiana Jones). So I guess we could say that E.T. is becoming the new religion. A group of people that cannot have faith in a spiritual God will have faith in a natural god.
Tuesday, May 26, 2009
Wednesday, May 20, 2009
This is my first attempt at blogging, so bear with me. Just wanted to share some thoughts I had this morning while getting ready:
I was thinking about God and my relationship with Him. I became kind of intrigued that God would command me to love Him (Luke 10:27). The reason this intrigued me is that it seems a little ridiculous from a purely human standpoint. What father actually commands his child to love him? It seems like the command itself would nulify the love because from our perspective love is not forced but is from a willing heart. Still, the command is there, and according to Jesus it's the greatest commandment of all. So I thought, maybe the command to love God has more to do with God Himself than it has to do with me, or my ability, or my want to. Maybe Biblical commands have to do with worthiness, and maybe the command to love God has little to do with my ability or desire to do so and has more to do with His worthiness of my love. Maybe I'm commanded to love God simply because He is Good.
But then I thought, how does this translate into my everyday life? What about the times that I don't have a desire to love God, but I know I am still commanded to do so? Then it hit me that maybe this progress is exactly what we are longing for in our walk with Christ. Probably for many or most of us the beginning of our understanding of our relationship with God was rooted in duty. We wanted to know the do's and dont's of Christianity. But as we grow, we begin to seek God for another reason. Our motivation for coming to God is no longer duty. Instead, we begin to come to God out of delight or joy. So maybe our growing in the faith (Sanctification) is when we more and more come to God out of a sense of delight rather than "ought to." We come to our Father not merely because He has commanded us to do so, but also because we long for Him.
I was thinking about God and my relationship with Him. I became kind of intrigued that God would command me to love Him (Luke 10:27). The reason this intrigued me is that it seems a little ridiculous from a purely human standpoint. What father actually commands his child to love him? It seems like the command itself would nulify the love because from our perspective love is not forced but is from a willing heart. Still, the command is there, and according to Jesus it's the greatest commandment of all. So I thought, maybe the command to love God has more to do with God Himself than it has to do with me, or my ability, or my want to. Maybe Biblical commands have to do with worthiness, and maybe the command to love God has little to do with my ability or desire to do so and has more to do with His worthiness of my love. Maybe I'm commanded to love God simply because He is Good.
But then I thought, how does this translate into my everyday life? What about the times that I don't have a desire to love God, but I know I am still commanded to do so? Then it hit me that maybe this progress is exactly what we are longing for in our walk with Christ. Probably for many or most of us the beginning of our understanding of our relationship with God was rooted in duty. We wanted to know the do's and dont's of Christianity. But as we grow, we begin to seek God for another reason. Our motivation for coming to God is no longer duty. Instead, we begin to come to God out of delight or joy. So maybe our growing in the faith (Sanctification) is when we more and more come to God out of a sense of delight rather than "ought to." We come to our Father not merely because He has commanded us to do so, but also because we long for Him.
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