That opening quote is from writer and journalist, Ernest Hemmingway. Here are a few other typical bumper sticker type statements that you might see while driving around town that denounce Christians and their God, “Too Stupid to understand science? Try religion!” “Worship me or I will torture you forever.” “Have a nice day, signed God!” Here’s a dandy, “He’s dead, It’s been 2,000 years, He’s not coming back. Get over it already!” “The family that prays together is brainwashing children!” “If God wanted people to believe in him, then why did he invent logic?”
Those are all very biased statements that aren’t based on logic, or the truth. But it’s typical of the way some of our fellow Americans believe. Here’s another form of agnosticism that probably is far more damaging than what those statements are because these are beliefs of people who either believe there is a God or who are hedging their bets - beliefs such as “Everyone goes to heaven.” Then, there are those who think just being a good person will get them into heaven.
Here’s a little challenge. A former atheistic scientist became a believer in God when he discovered that the chance of one cell, by chemical accident, divided and started the whole evolutionary process is 1 to the 40-thousandth power. That is a startling number which mathematicians say is the same as saying, it is impossible. Then, think of all the other accidental changes that would be required for the innumerable species of life on earth. The odds; it’s just beyond comprehension. If you don’t believe in God and haven’t accepted Jesus Christ as your Savior, I hope and pray that it will be true someday.
This is Carl Ramsey and that’s Another View of the News.
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