My Challenge

My Challenge

I see no need for either group to compromise what they see as revealed truth, whether it is from
the Bible or from science. Rather I wish to challenge both groups to consider how both form a
remarkable consistency. Clear messages are being given to us both from the Bible and from the
physical universe, which speak of God’s careful design and His intent to communicate His
presence to us. While it may always be possible to propose explanations for the scientific record
which deny any involvement of a Creator, it has become increasingly difficult to do this while
maintaining intellectual honesty. The evidences for precise design built into the universe at
every level have become staggering. The same evidences supporting the Big Bang theory reveal
many of these precision designs. Rather than recognizing the consistency between the scientific
evidence and the Bible, some scientists have proposed bizarre explanations, such as the
proposition that there must have been an infinite number of universes [7], and we happen to live
in the one in which a long list of factors are fortuitously just right for our existence. But such
explanations are not a very satisfactory response to the evidence. We have only one universe to
observe and draw our conclusions from. Rather than appeal to things that can never be verified,
let us look to the evidence at hand. The evidence reveals a universe consistent with the account
of creation in the Bible, something that can be verified.
When challenging Christians to examine the Big Bang theory, I fully realize that Darwinism is
the roadblock many face instead. Proponents of “Creation Science” claim that the Big Bang
theory is just another tool of evolutionary scientists to explain away the existence of the universe
without God [8]. Because it indicates vast ages for the universe and the earth, it is assumed by
many to provide ample time for random natural processes to give rise to the evolution of life.
However scientists, even those working in the field of evolutionary biology, have successfully
challenged this assumption [9]. Establishing the Big Bang theory of cosmology does not
validate Darwin’s theory of evolution, since the incredible complexity of life still defies a
scientific understanding of its origin. Furthermore, attempts to rule out God as the originator of
the incredible features of our universe do not find much support from the scientific evidence.
We will see that the evidence actually points to a Creator of unfathomable wisdom, transcendent
of the universe itself. And it is the growing strength of the evidence, not prevailing philosophical
whims, that also explains the growing acceptance of the Big Bang theory. The Big Bang theory
does not leave God out of the picture, since it is merely a scientific account of how our universe
has dramatically changed since its infancy. The question of its ultimate cause strongly suggests a
Creator with a definite purpose.