<quote from Real Faith & Reason, vol 2>
A professor was teaching a course on logic and making his point. “It’s OK to believe in God as long as you realize it’s irrational to do so since belief in God isn’t based on sound logic and ontological observation.” At this point, a middle-aged man asked, “What about things we call ‘science’ that lack proof?” Surprised, the professor asked, “What things?” “Evolution, for instance,” replied the middle-aged man. Mildly irritated, the professor said, “There’s absolute proof for evolution.” So the middle-aged man asked, “Do you mean proof in the form of sound deductive logic and ontological observation without assuming anything?” “Absolutely,” said the professor.
Then the middle-aged man asked if the professor could show him this proof. The professor wanted to show his proof. He claimed he was reasoning from sound deductive logic and ontological observation. He claimed he wasn’t making any assumptions. So he rushed three papers by Stephen Jay Gould to the middle-aged man. The middle-aged man read the papers. All the articles followed the same logic:
- We have fossils.
- We can make up creative stories about these fossils.
- Based on this “scientific evidence,” we know evolution happened.
The middle-aged man told the professor that when he was raising his children, the children often made-up creative stories. And yet. he never called the creative stories “scientific evidence.” At that, the professor became angry and accused the middle-aged man of scoffing. That’s when the middle-aged man reminded the professor of the professor’s claim. The professor had claimed he would prove evolution using sound deductive logic and observation without any assumptions. The professor answered, “We can’t prove anything of interest using sound deductive logic and ontological observation without assumptions.”
The professor can’t prove his final claim without making assumptions. His final claim is a bare claim based on the limits of godless thinking. It’s a claim from the land of make-believe. It doesn’t apply to those who know Christ. We know Christ exists because Christ reveals Himself to us. We know the biblical account is true because Christ reveals this fact to us. Anyone can verify this by getting to know Jesus Christ. All who seek Him find Him. He leads, teaches, and corrects all who follow Him.
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