As I was searching the Internet for some content regarding a message I came across a You Tube video with Kirk Cameron that was on Date Line regarding his debate with 2 Atheists. As you can imagine the debate is about whether or not God exists. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=Qx6Xs-IK8dg)

I must say that I liked what Kirk had to say and how he said it all without quoting scripture or faith. However I think that both sides may need to broaden their thoughts on God and evolution.

I Will attempt to explain my thoughts in a very simple way without scripture.

Let’s start with the creation of all life and substance, yes I am talking about the Big Bang. Now keep in mind I don’t know if this ever happened, but everything that we have and see came from somewhere. What if the Big Bang was the birth of God himself?….. Think about this for just a moment without prejudice…… They say that before the Big Bang there was nothing, just empty space. Then Kaboom a huge explosion and all matter is thrust outward into the blankness creating the universes and everything in them. If God is all things then this could be a correct. Or what if the Big Bang was the start of Gods works like an artist putting paint to a blank canvas, either way something came from the Big Bang.

Now fast forward to the creation of earth. Science says that gravity brought in all the raw material and squished it all together forming our planet and everything in it. Well if God is all things (as I believe) then he is gravity and like a potter using his hands to squish raw clay together then why is it so far fetched to think that God created the earth in much the same way?

Now take life on this planet, it started with simple creatures as God most likely had to make ingredients to go into his works, just as any creator here on earth would. (except we use the ingredients that God has created) Then he used the ingredients and created Dinosaurs. Now let me stop that thought for a moment and address the time lines. God as we know and have heard has no beginning and no end. Time to God is meaningless, with that being said millions or billions of years could be just a blink of an eye. There is a reason that God created Dinosaurs and the answer could be as easy as to give us something to debate in our time or fuel for our future.

Then beyond the Dinosaurs there was the creation of animals of all kinds. I am sure that when making them he had all kinds of varieties which is why some seem to hold on to an evolutionary path as we say, rather than he made different things for a variety on earth or simply he was like an engineer making one thing then making it better due to circumstances or he found better ways or ideas. Then when he realized that what he really wanted was people in his likeness he created us leaving what we call evolutionary gaps. Since we are made of all things found on this planet and the solar system, yes all he had to do in a sense was pick up dirt and mold it into who we are today. Then he allowed any other being that was close to us perish as we see that the Neanderthal or so called cave men had gone extinct. This left him with us his prized creation.

You see God is so complex and so vast that I think that is why scientists and atheists cant put their hand around it. Then there are the fanatics that just believe what was printed in a book (the Bible) by man telling the story as told by God. However back then and even now God is so vast and complex that he probably felt that the best way for us to understand things was in simple terms and with faith.

Just food for thought……….

God Bess,

Pastor Paul