The Ultimate Apologetic

“O Timothy, keep that which is committed to thy trust, avoiding profane and vain babblings, and oppositions of science falsely so called.” - I Timothy 6:20

If the basis for truth in science is anchored in that which is “observable and repeatable,” then the Scriptures should be the most scientific of all writings. No telescope, microscope, or laser beam will be necessary to prove my point. Just the simple experience of day-to-day living will be more than satisfactory.

1. “The eyes of man are never satisfied” (Proverbs 27:20).
Is this an observable and repeatable experience in life? Wall Street and Madison Avenue keep this proverb afloat with a continual fixation on having more, yet the advertising world continues to use the word satisfaction in its commercials. If we were satisfied, there would be no need for the new and improved model. The truth as expressed in God’s Word is that man never will be satisfied. His heart has an insatiable appetite for more.

2. “The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked: who can know it?” (Jeremiah 17:9).
How could God make such a statement in light of human progress, increased scientific discovery, mind-boggling technology, and higher education? God made such a declaration because He knows the human heart cannot be fixed. This declaration runs from Genesis to Revelation and is observable and repeatable on a daily basis. Logic, however, says this should not be true. As man increases in knowledge, and knowledge is designed to solve problems, then we of all people should be better off than those who came before us. But life tells a different story. Jealousy, envy, anger, greed, lust, conflict, broken relationships, power struggles, divorce, crime and a host of other human maladies prevail and always will.

3. “…suppress the truth in unrighteousness” (Romans 1:18 NASV).
The context of this verse deals with human pride and an unwillingness to surrender the human will to the authority of God. It basically asserts that the truth of God’s existence and His power are all about us, but the human heart refuses to acknowledge Him and His glory. Just to show how deceitful the human heart is the following observable and repeatable illustration is hard to deny. Our society spends billions trying to curb pollution because medical evidence tells us that a myriad of health problems are directly related to the air we breathe and the water we drink. You would be considered a lunatic if you denied this. We are obsessed with our physical wellbeing. However, when even more substantial evidence is presented regarding the dangers of pornography, we hear the cry, “I have my rights,” or “What right does the government have to tell me what I can see or not see?” The strange twist in all this is that the time between cause (pollution) and effect (cancer) regarding health hazards is years, while the time between cause (pornography) and effect (rape, child abuse, divorce) regarding mental pollution may only be hours. It is observable and repeatable that logic used in the physical arena is suppressed when applied to morality. That’s the way I see things.