Monday, June 09, 2008
Hope and Faith Part II
I ended my last blog posting on hope and faith by saying that perhaps faith is
having a passion for what isn't possible. I want to explore that a little
bit more. For the purpose of my point I am going to use the two different
opinions of how life on Earth began. On one side of the coin there is those
who believe in creation by the Great Creator. This encompasses most
religious faiths. Then there are those who believe in evolution and the big
bang theory.
The likely hood that a Great Creator decided to create this Earth, with all
of its majestic mountains, vast oceans, beautiful rivers, lakes, trees,
plants, sun sets, and wind; in addition to, the stars, moon, sun and galaxy is beyond pretty slim to none. Then to think that this Creator would then create different animals of all shapes, sizes, and purposes and then man is even more unlikely. To make things practically unbelievable and impossible, this Creator has created man in his image for his enjoyment and longs to have a relationship with each one of us despite all of our wickedness. Think about it. If there was a
Creator, in all his wisdom, power, and glory, why would he waste his time on
such flawed individuals who a lot of the time don't acknowledge him and often times work against him.
If you can't buy into that idea of creation, the only other thought is that
our existent is an accident. A mathematical miracle of unfathomable odds.
Odds that there was some huge explosion that placed earth in the prime
conditions to make molecules and cells that then made water, oxygen, which
yield plants, trees, and micro organisms, who then began to evolve into
animals. In which came the monkey who continued to evolve into modern man.
These odds don't happened. This would be like me driving to all fifty
states, buying a lottery ticket in each state and winning all fifty times. Take a
moment and think about the complexities of life. Just look at how complex our bodies are with DNA, the nervous system, the brain, heart, lungs and other organs. It just isn’t possible that an explosion of some sort accidentally set off the type of events that would bring life on this planet.
Both ideas and beliefs are not possible, but here we are. We see the
sunsets, we see the stars, we explore space, we procreate, and we exist.
Whatever side of the coin you tend to believe in, you do so with faith, as
either side cannot be absolutely prove beyond a reasonable doubt, yet people
from both perspectives believe passionately one way or the other, as
impossible it may be and that takes faith.
Faith is having passion for what isn’t possible.
I ended my last blog posting on hope and faith by saying that perhaps faith is
having a passion for what isn't possible. I want to explore that a little
bit more. For the purpose of my point I am going to use the two different
opinions of how life on Earth began. On one side of the coin there is those
who believe in creation by the Great Creator. This encompasses most
religious faiths. Then there are those who believe in evolution and the big
bang theory.
The likely hood that a Great Creator decided to create this Earth, with all
of its majestic mountains, vast oceans, beautiful rivers, lakes, trees,
plants, sun sets, and wind; in addition to, the stars, moon, sun and galaxy is beyond pretty slim to none. Then to think that this Creator would then create different animals of all shapes, sizes, and purposes and then man is even more unlikely. To make things practically unbelievable and impossible, this Creator has created man in his image for his enjoyment and longs to have a relationship with each one of us despite all of our wickedness. Think about it. If there was a
Creator, in all his wisdom, power, and glory, why would he waste his time on
such flawed individuals who a lot of the time don't acknowledge him and often times work against him.
If you can't buy into that idea of creation, the only other thought is that
our existent is an accident. A mathematical miracle of unfathomable odds.
Odds that there was some huge explosion that placed earth in the prime
conditions to make molecules and cells that then made water, oxygen, which
yield plants, trees, and micro organisms, who then began to evolve into
animals. In which came the monkey who continued to evolve into modern man.
These odds don't happened. This would be like me driving to all fifty
states, buying a lottery ticket in each state and winning all fifty times. Take a
moment and think about the complexities of life. Just look at how complex our bodies are with DNA, the nervous system, the brain, heart, lungs and other organs. It just isn’t possible that an explosion of some sort accidentally set off the type of events that would bring life on this planet.
Both ideas and beliefs are not possible, but here we are. We see the
sunsets, we see the stars, we explore space, we procreate, and we exist.
Whatever side of the coin you tend to believe in, you do so with faith, as
either side cannot be absolutely prove beyond a reasonable doubt, yet people
from both perspectives believe passionately one way or the other, as
impossible it may be and that takes faith.
Faith is having passion for what isn’t possible.
