Reason is itself a matter of faith. It is an act of faith to assert that our thoughts have any relation to reality at all. If you are merely a sceptic, you must sooner or later ask..., 'Why should anything go right; even observation and deduction? Why should not good logic be as misleading as bad logic? They are both movements in the brain of a bewildered ape?' The young sceptic says, 'I have a right to think for myself.' But the older sceptic, the complete sceptic, says, 'I have no right to think for myself; I have no right to think at all.' — G. K. Chesterton, from Dembski (2014), p81 n9
It took six years of constant study of evolution to overcome the indoctrination found in public schools of my youth. I now rely on your site.... Your site is a daily devotional that I go to once a day and recommend to everyone.... Now my eyes see the stars God made and the life He designed and I feel the rumblings of joy as promised. When I feel down or worried my solution is to praise God the Creator Of All That Is, and my concerns drain away while peace and joy fill the void. This is something I could not do when I did not know (know: a clear and accurate perception of truth) God as Creator. I could go on and on about the difference knowing our Creator has made, but I believe you understand. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. — a famous artist
The plain fact, however, is that no truly consequential social, moral, or political problem – let alone those at the interpersonal level – has ever been solved within specialities that grant PhDs.... but an ethos has arisen that no problem is a real problem unless it admits to a solution reached by some specialized mode of attack. This is an extraordinary perspective... anything done by way of breaking things down into smaller pieces or reducing it is likely to render it less accessible even to the limited means available to us. — Dr. Daniel J. Robinson, The Great Ideas of Philosophy, Lecture 27
Many horrors of World War II can be traced to Darwinian thinking.
Now they’re offering excuses for the silence, saying that it’s exactly what they expect.
It remains one of the biggest obstacles to belief in evolution that a random, unguided process could build an eye, a wing or any of thousands of complex structures.
Then I saw another angel flying in the midst of heaven, having the everlasting gospel to preach to those who dwell on the earth—to every nation, tribe, tongue, and people— saying with a loud voice, 'Fear God and give glory to Him, for the hour of His judgment has come; and worship Him who made heaven and earth, the sea and springs of water.' — Revelation 14:6-7