I know someone - quite a few people, actually - who claims to have discovered the TRUTH in some college classrooms at the age of 22, and is satisfied enough
with the answers she’s found to stop searching.
Well, if she’s discovered all the truths of life and how we all got
here, and she’s sure of it to such a degree that she doesn’t need to search
anymore, I sure wish she’d let the rest of us in on it! I’d like to be as sure of everything as she
is! Hell, wouldn’t we all? Just think; all the great minds and the great
discoveries of all time, and all the great mysteries of the world, have been
solved by a 22 year old college student who has had all of life’s burning
questions answered for her in a few classes (her teachers must be sheer
geniuses!). Oh, would that I were her!
She is merely one of millions of people who decide to stop learning because
they think they already possess all the knowledge they need, or enough
knowledge to stop having to search for more.
But then there’s me and people like me:
If I could live for a thousand years, I still wouldn’t know all there is
to know. I still wouldn’t know a fraction
of all there is to know! And I say shame
on her and all the millions of people like her who think they already know it all (or act
as if you do)! They, we, really know nothing!
We
know about microscopic molecules and even though it’s so very tiny, we’ve been
able to split the atom! We know about
neutrons and electrons and other atomic elements, and we even know some of the
properties that make them do what they do and move as they move. We can even scientifically modify or predict
those actions! And yet, for all of this,
we have only scratched the surface! We
know an atom is composed of neutrons and electons, and that these neutrons and
electrons actually have great spaces between them within the atom, and that
they operate under certain physical conditions, spiraling around the nucleus in
a very fast and consistent pattern. But
why? And what makes up the neutrons and
electrons? And if we ever do answer the
question of what tiny elements neutrons and electrons are composed of, the next
logical question would be, “What makes up those tinier elements?" And this would spark more questions: "And what elements make up these elements
within tinier elements, and how do they operate, and why?” And this could go on ad infinitum. Where did the first one come from? Just how small can things get? Where does it end? Does it end?
Man doesn’t know, and will never know.
He can only guess, theorize, and speculate, even with all the expensive, electron microscopes and space telescopes and genius quantum scientists and molecular biologists at their disposal.
And this
is just one example of how much we know, and how little we
know. For all the gigantic leaps we’ve
made in the world of science; for all the questions we’ve been able to answer; for
all the great technological advances we’ve created; we still know nothing! What lies outside the universe? What life, if any, exists on other planets? What will America be like in 200 years (if
it’s still here)? What made Mozart a
child prodigy? What did the platypus
evolve from, and what is it evolving into, and what does it mean? How was the earth created? And if you can answer any of these questions
with absolute certainty, then I would have to ask, “What makes you so
sure? Where’s your proof?” If we don’t really know everything about
neutrons, electrons, atoms and molecules, then we can’t really know about the
things they comprise, such as living biological organisms or the complex human
mind. These questions, and their
answers, require the ability of abstract thought, and the complexity and
physicality of the abstract thought process within the human brain is actually
incomprehensible to the same mind that is able to engage in abstract
thought. This may be a difficult idea to
comprehend, but it is akin to a baby saying his first word, “Dada,” and then
being able to articulate how he was able to say it, explaining the process of
thinking of the word “Dada” and then the processes required in order for him to
actually verbalize it. All of this is just
my way of saying that, given our limited intelligence and growth as a species
(which is still the most advanced on this planet), we still know virtually
nothing, and those who disagree are fooling themselves. We can know a lot, and yet for all our accumulated
wisdom, there is still so much we do not know, and we still haven’t cured the
common cold.
So
I will always search for the truth, and I won’t find it in this world or in
this lifetime without the concept of “belief,” and neither will anyone else. Yet I’m still one step ahead of those who
simply stop searching for answers because they think they know it all, or
enough, or are just plain apathetic. In
that respect, and getting back to the proof of a creator that I seem to require
in order to believe in that creator (which I posted in last week's blog, linked here), I am fortunate; because I do seek
truth and knowledge, and my faith is strengthened by the knowledge I
find, for it tends to “prove” the existence of a creator. To explain:
If
there is no God (creator or creators), then we must ask, “How did we get
here? How did man, the living creatures
he shares this planet with, the planet earth and all the things in it, the
other planets and solar systems and galaxies, and the universe (and whatever is
beyond the universe), and all the elements that make up all of these things,
get here? What is the history of
existence and how did existence begin (if it had a beginning)?” These questions are scientifically
unanswerable (and don’t believe any scientist who tells you otherwise, because
he’s just furthering a particular agenda).
In fact, science has tried to answer them, but despite their propensity
for stating conjecture as cold, hard facts, they’re really nothing more than
theories and guesses which have not been proven, not by a long shot. Oh sure, there are all kinds of mathematical
formulas and statistics, but like anything else, these elements can be, and
have been, manipulated to fit a preconceived notion. It still boggles my mind that these theories
have become accepted as unquestioned facts simply because a group of scientists
and teachers have repeated it so often, the public just believes them. And don’t dare to question them or you may
find yourself ostracized and ridiculed, especially if you are a member of the
current scientific or educational community.
How
many of us were taught that the THEORY of evolution was undisputed fact? I know I was! It has always been just a theory, which, by it's own definition, has not been proven, and yet it is taught in our
schools as if it were a fact. In
some cases, the teacher may even elaborate at some point that it is only a theory, and
then continue to treat it and teach it as if it were a fact. And why not?
After all, it is the accepted and authorized scientific view of the how
we all got here. And if you teach
another theory – say, that the earth and universe may have been created by an
omnipotent being, then just watch the sparks fly! You can teach one theory in
today’s public school classroom, the accepted, authorized one, but try teaching
another one, especially one that toys with the ideas that are usually left up
to religion, and you’re going to be in hot water, Buddy!
So the scientific and educational communities continue to support and present this theory as if it were fact, but without having all the answers, and even
having some glaringly obvious errors! In
fact, most secular scientists and liberal teachers are more devout in their
belief of these unproven evolutionary theories than most Christians are of the
Bible! The sad truth of the matter is
that they actually have to be, for if they doubt these theories, that means
there may, in fact, be a creator, and everybody knows that the second you admit
there might be the possibility of a creator, then you’re talking about
religious dogma, and there is no room in science for religious dogma, of
course! You’d be laughed out of the
scientific community, loose your job, your friends, and the respect of your
scientific peers. A combination of peer
pressure, fear, and indoctrination keeps some scientists fastly glued to their
belief in the theory of evolution.
When
I look, purely scientifically, at what the scientists are treating as fact, I
instead find it to be a belief that takes an even greater stretch of the
imagination to believe in (no creator) than to believe in a creator. Creationism is also just a theory, and so, like evolution, it is unable to be irrefutably proven, and yet, even by this definition, it still manages to cast a
tremendous shadow of doubt over the theory of evolution and the belief that
there is no creator.
I used to believe
in the theory of evolution. I used to
just blindly accept it. It sounded okay
to me, and rather logical, and I saw no need to refute it. It was taught by people who were smarter than
me (they had doctorates and degrees and prodigious standing in the scientific
and/or educational communities), and who was I to refute them? Yet I too have a brain, and can use it to
think and study the proofs they have and decide for myself if they are right or
wrong. My eyes have been opened to the lies I was taught (and taught
to accept without question), and I no longer see the theory of evolution with
the eyes of the scientific community’s accepting little puppy dogs. I believe in God, and I believe in
creationism, and I believe God created everything, without having to resort to the imperfect
travesty of evolution to accomplish His task, especially regarding the origin of life.
And don't even get me started on the concept of "theistic evolution". If you are
a Christian, and believe in the Bible, you can’t just pick and choose what
you are going to believe in – a committed Christian should believe in all of it (but realizing as well that the bible is not 100% literal or figurative, but a mixing of the two). The Bible itself dispels much of the thinking
and reasoning of the theistic evolutionist who tries to marry the two
disparate concepts of God's creation and a godless evolution. Besides, after
studying all the facts, I just don’t see how evolution can be
possible at all, creator or no creator!
In future posts, I'll present just a few arguments to back up these claims.
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