I Believe in God, but I Trust in Science, Not the SupernaturalShembull

Are you sure there's a lack of evidence?

In a documentary called “Expelled,” Ben Stein interviewed atheist Richard Dawkins. When questioned, Dawkins acknowledged the possibility of intelligent design. He even expressed that if you investigate molecular biology, “You might find the signature of some sort of designer.” He proposed that there could be a civilization of higher intelligence somewhere in the universe that designed a form of life that they sent onto our planet. Dawkins called this an “intriguing possibility.” However, Dawkins was adamant that the designer could not be God. But why not? If one can acknowledge that there could be evidence of a designer, then why can’t this designer be God? If one can acknowledge that there might be a “higher intelligence” that designed us, then why is the belief in God invalid?

Romans 1:18-23 sounds like a commentary on this interview. Paul tells us that the issue is not lack of evidence but suppression of the truth. So, what about you? Have you considered that lack of surrender to God might not be about lack of evidence? Are you willing to consider that your heart might be suppressing, or overlooking, the truth because you’d rather believe something else? If that’s you, please be willing to consider that God hasn’t given up trying to get your attention. When the sun comes up tomorrow morning, it isn’t only because of the earth’s rotation, but because God is love, and behind all the incredible beauty of scientific study of this world, He wants you to discover the one who made it all.

Ask Yourself: How could you, even if you are a Christian, be suppressing the truth?

Pause to Pray: Oh God, please help me see where you are trying to get my attention, but my heart has suppressed it…

Take a Next Step: Make a list of ways our culture has “exchanged the glory of the immortal God for images resembling mortal man and birds and animals and creeping things.” (Romans 1:23)