Passionate Creationist

In the past few posts I’ve been talking about how we all interpret the world (evidence, life, etc…) around us based on our existing framework of thought, our beliefs. I want to emphasize that I believe the biblical account of origins not because of the evidence itself even though I think it fits well, but because I believe the Bible as God’s Word is our standard of truth by which all things can and must be measured. When I interpret the world around me through that grid of thought, it is then that I have the best opportunity to correctly interpret (make decisions in life) the evidence I encounter whether it’s a scientific experiment or a circumstance in life. I want to clarify when I’ve mentioned in the past (e.g. my first post) that I believe in the biblical creationist position because the evidence compels me to, I mean that in the context of approaching science from the biblical perspective and seeing the evidence fitting and making good sense in that belief system. If the framework of thought is accurate the evidence should fit logically. To demonstrate this, as a biblicist I might ask the question, “If there was a global flood what kind of evidence would I expect to find?” Or if I believed in a naturalistic explanation of origins then my question would reflect that position as I examined the world around me. So why trust the Bible as my starting point? In one of my next posts I want to compile some statistics and reasons why the Bible is trustworthy.

Tags: belief, Bible, evidence, interpretation, truth

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