Starting Point

Posted on: 01 April 2024 by Andrew Perry
Posted in: [Creation]

(We have to decide)

No-one has been around long enough to have witnessed the origin of the earth or the universe. Whilst this may seem a ridiculous statement of the obvious, it is nevertheless one way of saying that we cannot systematically prove how the universe came into being using conventional scientific methods. Unable to do so, that leaves us with the task of having to look at the evidence available and build a scientific model that fits the facts. If more than one model is possible, then we have to decide on our starting point.

On the whole matter of origins, a key question when determining our starting point must surely be that of “Am I going to include or exclude God within my thinking?”. Would it be unreasonable to suggest that this is a moral decision rather than a scientific one? Even so it is a question that has got to be asked.

Popular teaching and belief may lead us to think that the evolutionist approach is the only one. The fact of the matter is however that there has been much bona fide scientific research carried out from a creationist point of view, and a scientific model based on creation really does exist. We’re just not told about it. This therefore leaves us with an important question: Are you prepared to look at this evidence when choosing your starting point?

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