No 37
(The Origin of
Life)
Naturalism, as
the word implies, is how science explains the origin of the universe and
everything it contains. Unfortunately
for them, naturalism is devoid of any explanation of the origin of life; still the
schoolbooks and most scientists insist that life came from non-living
chemicals. As we saw in our study of the
2 immutable laws (# 185), life has to come from life.
Evolutionists
admit that they don’t know how life began.
Here is a statement by cosmologist Paul Davies on this vital subject:
“It’s a shame that there are
precious few hard facts when it comes to the origin of life….No body knows how
a mixture of lifeless chemicals spontaneously organised themselves into the
first living cell” (The magazine New
Scientist of
Scientists have
given up altogether on how life began; they tried, but just don’t know. So, why teach evolution in schools if it is
not a proven scientific fact? Well we,
as believers, all know the answer to that question….
I believe that
creation should be taught in our schools; after all, it’s only a theory, just
like evolution. No one alive today saw
or witnessed creation and no one today saw or witnessed evolution; so why not
teach both? The origin of life is a
mystery even to creationists; we don’t know what processes were used to create
life. The Bible, of course, has these
answers in abundance. In chapter 12 in
the book of Job we read
“ 9 Who knoweth not in all these that the hand of the LORD hath wrought
this? 10 In whose hand is the soul of every
living thing, and the breath of all mankind.” (vs9, 10) Job here is stating that if you look
honestly at all living things, the only conclusion that you will arrive at is
that they were created for a purpose by a supreme being who is omnipotent and
omniscient. They were created by the
same God who provides mankind with a way of salvation by grace through faith in
Jesus Christ. The origin of life is a
good subject to talk about with someone to whom we wish to present the Gospel.