Posted by
ValiantForTruth on Tuesday, March 25, 2008 11:31:54 AM
The origins of life and the origins of the personal are always a problem for the atheist. With the advent of Darwin they justify their beliefs as science, which has become anti-science. Data is always interpreted to fit the theory; the pursuit of truth ends at protecting the theory. They have become what they disdain. With all the zeal of a religious fundamentalist they are the defenders of the faith of unbelief.
The darwinites remain resolute in their beliefs even though the mathematician tells them there is no probability that life arose by chance. The scientist has shown that life always comes from life. The philosopher tells them that it is impossible for the personal to come from the impersonal. The geneticist demonstrates that there are bounds to the variation within species. The paleontologist cannot find the expected multitude of undisputed transitional fossils. These things do not deter them in their faith.
How is it that men are so quick to believe nonsense and to hold it so arrogantly? We are told that a great many of the most intelligent accept their theory. How could so many be so wrong?
We must appeal to the theologian to answer. He reminds us that such blind faith is to be expected because of the plague of plagues that infects all men. The doctrine of depravity powers our unbelief. It drives the atheist to believe a lie even though he lives in a world that denies his profession of faith.
No one need teach us to resent the sovereignty of God over His creation to exercise His authority as He will. We share this enmity toward our Creator, and Darwinism fuels the enmity. At the cross is where men are reconciled to God and where this enmity is put to death.