For the next few moments, let’s assume that evolution is the answer to our existence. Over the last few billions of years, we have developed from primitive, sometimes called single-cell, organisms that grew to become more complex. Over the last few hundreds of thousands of years, we have slowly become what we see today. Leading evolutionary research theorizes that we are mere factories for the promulgation of DNA. In other words, DNA is the pinnacle organism in the universe, and we are simply a means for it to survive. Naturalism is the only reasonable explanation, which means that the default condition of life on planet earth is survival-of-the-fittest. Also, all connections, in one form or another, consist of the flow of electrons (natural, physical, chemical, reactions).
Now, forget the account of Creation. Forget the gaping holes of obscurity and giant leaps of logic. Forget whatever argument for or against evolution that you may hold dear. Ask yourself one question: Why does it hurt so badly when someone you love so dearly dies?
I am fortunate enough to not currently be experiencing this hurt, but I have in the past, and I most certainly will again in the future. You are no doubt the same. And, maybe, since evolution is now your default explanation, you cannot answer that question without asking some of these questions:
- Do we hurt because the billions of pieces of DNA in our bodies are crying out because one of the best operating factories just went down?
- If we are mere DNA factories, then why did DNA evolve and build such faulty bodies?
- Why did they allow cancer to form?
- Why do they allow us to have war?
- Why do they allow us to harm ourselves and the world in which we live to the point that it is conceivable for us to annihilate ourselves?
So much for ensuring its own existence…
Surely, if evolution were the case, we should be totally accepting of death. It is, by the way, a natural circumstance and we should have naturally learned to accept it by now…right? WRONG!
As crazy as this may seem, death can be one of the greatest evidences of our loving Heavenly Father, though He is NOT the author of it. We could not hurt so badly if we did not love so dearly. And, love has to be implanted from a Supernatural Source; evolution cannot explain our emotions. There are no natural reasons for our emotions (our “soul” piece) to exist. There is no chemical make-up for emotions. Love is not a specific combination of carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen. Our compassion for fellow mankind, in whatever way you manifest that, is not compatible with a naturalistic, survival-of-the-fittest worldview.
So, why does it hurt so badly when someone you love so dearly dies? Because that’s not the way it’s supposed to be!
“An enemy hath done this…” – Matthew 13:28
“Woe to the inhibiters of the earth and of the sea! for the devil is come down unto you, having great wrath, because he knoweth that he hath but a short time.” – Revelation 12:12
You and I were born into a world that is in constant conflict and controversy brought upon by major decisions made by those that lived before us. In fact, one major decision started it all when a perfect angel decided to rebel. The father of lies who was a murderer from the beginning introduced pain, suffering, and death into God’s creation. We are too familiar with the consequences. Our unexplainable hurt is solid evidence that things are not as they should be.
What do we know? Perhaps all we know is that our decisions impact others and that Whoever started this gig needs to finish it…perhaps.
“For unto us a child is born…” – Isaiah 9:6
Our hope is that the Creator is bringing this world as we know it to a close. Consequently, all pain, suffering, and death have been borne in Jesus Christ. He is the only One that knows how to suffer as God and as man…a man of sorrows indeed.
If you find yourself in one of these situations of intense pain or suffering, do not allow yourself to think that God is the source of this pain. This has led so many away from God, and it fuels the evolutionists’ arguments.
In summary, evolution cannot explain our emotions; they are supernatural. Everything good comes from God, which includes the longing for something better than this world. Sin originated with Satan and is the ultimate source of pain, suffering, and death. And…evolution cannot prove otherwise!
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