If I were asked to prove my faith using science, I would say simply this; "Invent a new color." If you can think of a color that doesn't already exist on the visible spectrum, then you are God, you have disproved my beliefs, and you win this shiny new nickel. That's how simple my belief is. Colors. Nothing can explain to me logically why it is that someone like me, with a crazy imagination, who is pretty intelligent and "with it", cannot possibly invent a new color. I cannot even perceive that concept. Therefore, in my mind, God must exist. If there is no way I can learn to do that, then there must be something outside of all the knowledge that exists in the universe, and in my mind, that can only be God. Simple as that.
Now, maybe everyone doesn't think on terms like that, but you have to think that there is some truth to the way I think. How is it that we cannot even IMAGINE making something beyond what exists, much less actually creating it? Because, simply put, all that exists isn't all that exists. All that exists to the extent of human knowledge doesn't cover it. There IS something else, otherwise we wouldn't ever think that there was.
(For this next part, I must first issue an apology. Katrina, you will be my example for this next area, simply because it makes my point better. Don't take it personal. You know I think you rock.)
Here is an equation that cannot possibly be explained if you take God out of it. Science cant solve this one. How is it possible that Katrina and I disagree on several huge points in the field of ethics, yet we believe in the same God? She doesn't pirate music, I do. She doesn't cuss at all ever, I do sometimes. Sorry God :( She likes Justin Bieber, I don't. When it comes to God's word, we have VERY different interpretations, or at least, applications. Yet when it comes down to it, we believe in the exact same God. How can that be? It cant, unless there was a God to create us. I don't see how two separate humans could possibly come up with different believes from the same exact motivation minus circumstance. My life has lead me different places than hers, therefore I believe the way I do, and she believes the way she does. She believes in a more exact sense than me. She would be able to argue her beliefs with the best of them, and they would leave that room stumped. That girl knows her stuff. She knows her beliefs, and nothing can deny that knowledge to her. I know what I believe, and I know why I believe it. I'm not always sure on all the exact topics. My belief is more based on personal circumstance. I believe in God because nothing short of His divine intervention could have made me what I am today from what I was. We both believe in the same exact God, just in different ways and for different reasons. Yet as different as we are, I would do anything for her. God has put us in each others lives for a reason. Mostly so we can argue, I guess. But I think that she helps to make our church a deadly force of God against all doubters. With her political knowledge and biblical backing, and my undeniable faith and sheer tenacity of will, I don't think there is an unbeliever on this earth we couldn't argue the pants off of.
That's just one example of what I think is so beautiful about human nature. Nothing could have created me so exactly different from everyone else who believes the same as me. Katrina is just one of the many people who I could have mentioned, she just happened to be someone I was talking to today and it made me think of this.
As my dad so simply explained to me today, its like this: Imagine there is a car accident, and 10 people witness it. They all saw the same exact accident, but they only saw it from their own perspective, so to hear them explain what they saw, you might think you were hearing about 10 different crashes. That's how it works with God. He reveals certain things to each of us, and we only know those things. Trying to describe Him is impossible, but we can all describe what God has meant to our lives. We cant know more than that. We're only seeing a small part of the picture.
We cant possibly use knowledge to explain God, but we can use our personal knowledge to explain our faith in God and what He means to us. We make an elaborate and beautiful picture of Him when we put all of our stories together, but we cant see it. We can only see our piece of the puzzle. I love my piece, God gave it to me so that I could be a part of his work. I'm going to use what he's given to me to fit into the picture, instead of trying to put it together myself.
Basically, all I want to say is that you should try to truly love everyone for their differences. Just because I don't like Katrina sometimes (no offense) because we disagree on something doesn't mean that I wouldn't do anything for her if she needed me. I would be there for anyone, even if I might act like I hate them, because how can I deny someone in a time of need when I am constantly in a time of need and I am never ever ever denied by God? I love being able to see God through someone else's eyes, even if I don't fully understand. I love the way God is so completely outside of our knowledge, yet so available through faith. Thanks to Katrina for being the antithesis of me in this situation, even though she isn't really in real life. (Except for that whole Bieber thing...)
That's all I got for now, gonna go sleep fools. Hopefully this makes some sense. Outtie.
Favorite things- Friendly debates, pool parties. :)
Least favorite things- Tim's lameness for not being at pool parties, Stephen's lameness for working. Katrina's ability to say what she means too well to argue with...
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