Brief History of the Dawn Christadelphians
Blind Faith Part 1
Often people tell me, “I don’t believe in the Bible because I do not believe in blind faith.” These people ignore the fact that true followers of God’s Word do not believe in the Bible because of blind faith. Not only that, but scientists reject the Bible because of their blind faith.
Hebrews 11:1 says, “Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.” From this verse we see true Christians base their faith on evidence, and not on blind faith.
Not only do scientists have blind faith, they have a name for what they believe on blind faith. Scientists call what they believe on blind faith an hypothesis.
An example of a hypothesis in which scientists assume on blind faith that the Bible is a lie is called uniformitarianism. In this hypothesis scientists say past and future geological occurrences are of the same kind and intensity as present geological occurrences. In assuming this on blind faith, scientists assume stories in the Bible false. These stories are the Creation, the Flood in the days of Noah, and the destruction of Sodom.
“And God said, Let there be a firmament in the midst of the waters, and let it divide the waters from the waters. And God made the firmament, and divided the waters which were under the firmament from the waters which were above the firmament: and it was so. And God called the firmament Heaven. And the evening and the morning were the second day. And God said, Let the waters under the heaven be gathered together unto one place, and let the dry land appear: and it was so.” (Genesis 1:6-9) This record is not in the same kind or intensity as modern geological occurrences, thus modern scientists reject it on blind faith.
The Flood is no different. “The same day were all the fountains of the great deep broken up, and the windows of heaven were opened. And the rain was upon the earth forty days and forty nights.” (Genesis 7:11-12) This is totally different from what happens today, therefore scientists reject it out of hand based on their blind faith.
The destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah by God is also rejected by scientists on blind faith because of uniformitarianism. The Bible says, “Then the LORD rained upon Sodom and upon Gomorrah brimstone and fire from the LORD out of heaven.” (Genesis 19: 24) This geological event is not of the same kind and intensity of modern geological happenings, thus scientists reject it on blind faith.
It is said, garbage in: garbage out. If scientists assume on blind faith that the Bible is false, what are we to expect of their conclusions?
