Though you may not be aware of it, I suspect that at some point in our lives we have asked one of these questions. From where did I come? Why am I here? How am I to live? Where am I going?
Do any of those sound familiar? You may have been asked one or more of them by your children. There is one question that almost every child asks. Where did I come from? That is sometimes a dreaded question for parents, because it often comes when we are least prepared to answer it.
We hear so much these days about worldview. Everyone wants to know what your worldview is. Are you a believer in creation, or are you a believer in atheism and evolution? I suspect that most of those reading this are creation believers, but can you answer these four important questions which also answer the atheist and the evolutionist?
There is a long list of famous people who did not believe in the existence of God. Some are considered among the most intelligent men and women of our generation, and they consider those who believe in God and His creation of the world as stupid. But their lack of belief in God does not make them right.
Some atheists are intellectual. They base their beliefs on what they think they can prove from science. The laws of science, however, deny atheism and evolution. Some simply practice atheism because they prefer not to believe in God. Then there are those who are Christian atheists. They believe in a creator but want to go their own way and do what they want.
If this life is all there is, what is the point? That is why there are no morals in our nation. Morals require a source. In the world of the evolutionists, where is the moral compass? There is no source; therefore, there are no moral values.
Though there are many aspects to this idea of a worldview, I want us to think specifically about the Christian atheist. These are among some of your closest friends and relatives. Paul describes them in Romans 1. They suppress the truth. God has shown them the truth—His eternal power and His divine nature. “For although they knew God, they did not honor him as God or give thanks to him, but they became futile in their thinking, and their foolish hearts were darkened. Claiming to be wise, they became fools…” (Romans 1:21-22). These are men and women who were believers but turned against the things they once believed to be the truth.
Later on, Paul says they lusted after impure things, dishonored their bodies, exchanged the truth about God for a lie, and worshiped things instead of Him. If you keep reading, you get the real truth about homosexual behavior. We can’t deny that Paul through inspiration puts this sin with all the others listed in verses 29-31.
The sins Paul lists are like those in Galatians 5:19-21. All of these warnings sound like our world today. It is operating with an atheistic worldview. Paul says those who practice these things deserve to die (verse 32), but look at the rest of the verse. He says that those who give approval to those who are sinning also deserve to die. We are compelled by the Scripture to address sin. If we don’t, we are no better than those who are committing the sins.
The only way we can answer the four important questions is through faith in a power greater than any atheist or evolutionist. Numerous passages in God’s Word answer our first three questions. The last one is also answered, but it is up to us to determine whether it will be eternity in an indestructible fire or the security and love of the One who created us.
Sandra Oliver