The wind shaped the rocks and blew them to the edge of this oasis, and then tumbled them together into the shape of the palace. When he asks how it was built, the owner tells him it was formed by the forces of nature. The Bedouin of Arabia tell the tale of a nomad finding an exquisite palace at an oasis in the middle of an otherwise barren desert. Would it not be more reasonable to conclude that the Big Bang and evolution were controlled events? Controlled, that is, by the Creator? The theories of the Big Bang and evolution propose the exact opposite, however-that chaos fostered perfection. If there is one thing we know for certain, it is that without a controlling influence, all systems degenerate into chaos. The concept that the universe exploded and then developed in balanced perfection through random events and natural selection is little different from the proposal that, by dropping bombs into a junkyard, sooner or later one of them will blow everything together into a perfect Mercedes. So when we view creation, shouldn’t we know there’s a Creator? If we see a sculpture, we know there’s a sculptor a pot, a potter. (Get it? Denial, spelled “de Nile” … the river Ni … oh, never mind.) The point is that if we see a painting, we know there is a painter. Whether or not people recognize these signs is another matter-as the old saying goes, denial isn’t just a river in Egypt. The theory of natural selection can explain many of the material aspects of living things, but it fails to explain the human soul.įurthermore, anyone who studies the complexities of life and the universe cannot help but witness the signature of the Creator. But only the religious can explain where it came from. We feel its presence, we speak of its existence and at times pray for its salvation.
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Similarly, evolution may explain the fossil record, but it falls far short of explaining the quintessential essence of human life-the soul. So where did that come form? Who, or what, created the primordial dust cloud? After all, it contained enough matter to form not just our galaxy, but the billion other galaxies in the known universe. This dust cloud (which, according to the theory, drew together, compacted and then exploded) had to come from somewhere. The Big Bang may explain the origin of the universe, but it doesn’t explain the origin of the primordial dust cloud. But which makes more sense? And is there any reason why the theories of science and creationism cannot coexist? So who did make us? Most of us have been brought up more on science than religion, and to believe in the Big Bang and evolution more than God. The Big Questions, Part I – In The BeginningĪt some point in our lives, everybody asks the big questions: “Who made us,” and “Why are we here?”