An oxymoron--Ray Comfort <?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" />

"Dear Ray, Why is it so difficult for you to accept the fact of evolution when it has been universally accepted by the scientific community, and 99.99% of people who dedicate their lives to studying it? Why do you refuse to acknowledge that there are many very very serious bible believing Christians who claim to know God but also accept the fact of evolution? Why is it so difficult for you to think that if your God existed, he might be working through science instead of directly violating it? It merely makes the story of Genesis One allegorical, describing man's relationship with Jehovah rather then a literal account of how the world was made. Why, Ray, why, you constantly attack scientific discourse with a bumptious attitude, yet you do not let us know the real reasons for it, why?" Mojo Let me deal with your questions one by one. First, I strongly contest your 99.99%. You are saying that only .01% who study evolution don't believe it. I think you greatly exaggerate your figures. Still, never forget that there was a time when 100 % of the scientific community thought that the earth was flat. The majority must be right is a fallacy. Only God is right all the time. Second, no Bible "believing" Christian accepts evolution. Such a thought is an oxymoron. To believe evolution means that the "Christian" doesn't believe the words of Jesus, when He said, "In the beginning God made them male and female" (see Matthew 19:4). To believe that God made mankind through the process of evolution means that you don't believe Bible. Here's a question for you: Why do Darwinian believers insist on hiding behind the cloak of "science," when their theory isn't scientific in the slightest? It's nothing more than a pseudo science--a fairy tale for grownups, believed by the gullible, and created by the imaginations of secular speculators. Here's the bottom line: When anyone comes to know God through the new birth (see John 3:3-5), the issue is dead in the water. I can never convince you that Genesis is the truth, but you can know the truth yourself through repentance and trust in Jesus Christ. If you are interested, read John 8:31-32.

Atheists confuse God with the Bible

When I said to a believer in the theory of evolution, "Your trust is in fallible man. My trust is in infallible God," other atheistic believers in evolution replied: "You trust the Bible, which was written, edited, compiled, interpreted, and preached by fallible man. That is all." "No. Your trust is also in something you believe happened long ago that was written by fallible men: The Bible. Then you throw in the subjective feelings that you interpret as a personal relationship with an infallible God." "You have trust in a book, written by men, assembled and edited and copied by men, none of them even claiming to be infallible."These atheists are mixing apples and oranges. God is the Creator. The Bible is a compilation of 66 books. They are two distinct entities. It's like thinking that President of the <?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" />United States is the Constitution. One is a written document, the other is the political leader of our country. Christians of the first few centuries didn't have a "Bible" as we know it. Most people of that time couldn't read. The New Testament hadn't been compiled, and there was no such things as the printing press. Those who were Christians were converted to Christ through the spoken message of the Gospel. They heard that they had violated God's Law and that because of their crimes against a holy God, they were justly headed for Hell. But they also heard that God was rich in mercy to all that call upon Him, in that He provided a Savior. Jesus of Nazareth had paid the fine so that guilty sinners could have their case dismissed. Those who repented and put their trust in Him alone for their salvation received everlasting life as the gift of God. They were saved by the power of God not by reading and believing the New Testament. Their trust was in Him, not in the Bible (again, which didn't exist as we know it nowadays). The contemporary Christian has the same experience. But we have the added blessing of having an Instruction Book that tells us what we experienced through our conversion, and how to live now that we have come to know God. Consequentially, you can take the Bible away from me and burn it, or "disprove" it, or ban it, and it won't change a thing for me because my salvation doesn't come from believing the Bible, but through trusting in the person of Jesus Christ as my Lord and my Savior. Not even death will separate me from Him (see Romans 8:38-39).An atheist further wrote, "But of course, as I've pointed out, you are not infallible; your trust might be in error." That would be true, if we were simply dealing with another human being. If you said to me that my trust in my wife is misplaced, I would be upset that you are insulting her integrity. I have a wife who is incredibly faithful, very loving, and extremely honest. Yet, she is still a human being and is therefore subject to human weakness. Not so with God. He is without sin. It is impossible for Him to lie. He keeps every promise He makes. You and I can trust Him like an immovable and solid rock. So, if you are a professing atheist, you are without excuse. God has covered every base. You are dealing with the One who created the genome, the atom, the unspeakable complexities of DNA and this entire infinite universe. You cannot win. Give up. Humble yourself and surrender to His will today and you will come to know Him "whom to know is life eternal."
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