True Mysteries
Wyatt Webb
the topic of Intelligent Design versus Darwinism. The debate was
lively and insightful until the proponent of Darwinism caused me to
react like the AFLAC duck with his now famous exasperated head shake.
He statement was, and I am paraphrasing, that if anything being
studied cannot be done so by gathering physical data and replicated in
the lab, then science, by its very nature, cannot consider it as a
possible solution.
Is it just me or is that like saying we are going to play baseball and
the winner of the game will be declared right on the chosen subject.
However, one side will never be allowed, under any circumstances, to
run to third base. Just because the truth of the matter cannot be
reached using man-made rules doesn't mean it's not the truth. Complain
all we will to the umpire, but he just counts the other side's runs
while our team keeps getting hits and getting stuck on second base. If
something is a mystery, it simply gets put on hold at second base
until some physical, testable evidence becomes available. In the
meantime, they keep gathering runs based on their rules.
Mysteries are nothing special. There are many that we speculate about
all the time:
- Why do some people do terrible things?
- Why do some people give their lives for strangers?
- Why can some people paint a picture?
- Why cancer?
We speculate about all of these things and arrive at conclusions based
on some science and some history. That's not allowed with the origin
of the universe because only so-called hard evidence is allowed. No
history that doesn't fit the man-made rules is allowed.
Daniel and Paul are two examples of many that could be called "people
of mystery". History tells us that God spoke directly to them and gave
them answers that were true. Add to that Mary, her husband, Joseph,
the magi, Moses, Joseph, the son of Jacob, Nathan, and so on. These
are all historical people with written and archaeological evidence
that cannot be taken into account because their encounters cannot be
replicated on some university campus.
"But as for me, this mystery has not been revealed to me for any
wisdom residing in me more than in any other living man, but for the
purpose of making the interpretation known to the king, and that you
may understand the thoughts of your mind." Daniel 2:30
"but we speak God's wisdom in a mystery, the hidden wisdom which God
predestined before the ages to our glory;" 1 Corinthians 2:7
If there is no such thing as a mystery, why do we have a word for it?
A mystery, by its nature, means that not only do we currently have no
so-called hard evidence, but we may never have it. Mysteries are true!
Allen