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It takes a lot of faith to believe in science. That's not to say most of what science promotes is not true--it just takes a bit, sometimes a lot of faith to believe.

I have personally never seen an electron, a Higgs Boson, or a carbon molecule with all of the electrons spinning about the nucleus in neatly ordered "shells." I have not seen a primeval pool of chemicals become amino acids and then make the leap to biological matter and nucleic acids.

While I haven't seen much of what science holds true, I believe it because it passes various empirical tests. Therefore, while I will never see light in enough detail to determine if it is a wave or a particle, I believe various scientific explanations for how and why light behaves as it does. I have faith in science. Because of my faith, I don't necessarily have to "see" everything for myself. I take what I have accepted by faith and employ it in my life and it works. The "facts" I have accepted by faith have predictable and repeatable results and therefore prove to be reliable.

My faith in God works in a similar fashion. I have not seen the face of God, but I have seen his hand in all creation, including the wonders of science. The stars in the universe as revealed by various space telescopes shows the might hand of the Creator. I have not seen Jesus Christ. Just as I have faith in the work of scientists who posit the existence of graviton waves and cosmic superstrings, I have faith in the inspired prophets, Apostles, and others who wrote down their experiences and observations in the Holy Bible.

It takes a lot of faith to believe many things, but I have faith and rely on it every day. I have faith in science because it “works.” I have faith in my Creator and my Savior because it also works. Denying the truth because it requires faith does not unmake the science nor does it unmake the Creator behind that science.

Being overly concerned with how other worshipers are dressed--better or worse--is an avoidable spiritual distraction. Likewise, so is being overly concerned with worshipers who are overly concerned with how other worshipers are dressed.

In the Christian churches, it is the individual's personal relationship with the Savior Jesus Christ and their faith in Him that is of the highest importance. We come together as the body of Christian believers to offer our worship and praise and to give glory and honor to God. There will always be people sitting near you that dress differently, sing too loudly, move too much, kneel when they should stand and stand when they should kneel, or wear too much cologne.

In C.S. Lewis' "The Screwtape Letters", Senior Tempter Screwtape counsels his nephew the novice demon Wormwood about people in the next pew, "Provided that any of those neighbors sing out of tune, or have boots that squeak, or double chins, or odd clothes, the patient (target) will quite easily believe that their religion must therefore be somehow ridiculous." Screwtape then goes on to advise Wormwood that this is a large part of why being in church is often the easiest time to successfully attack the patient with doubts and heresies while their guard is more relaxed.

Churches are filled with the weak, deficient, and imperfect. Some who deride faith and religion (two different things) tout the fact that most churches are filled with hypocrites. Most are. If hypocrisy is acting differently than you believe, then yes, many if not most believers are hypocrites. I know that I am.

Each day, if not each hour, or even each minute, I am aware that my thoughts, words, and deeds do not live up to how I ought to be. I even now catch myself almost falling victim to some Wormwood or other when I note with some amount of derision someone in another pew or even next to me who is singing off key, being fussy, or just being different. None of that matters at all.

What matters is coming together in a body of imperfect believers to hear the Word of God and to offer God our worship and praise. I must keep in mind that the person who rocks back and forth (too much) when they sing or who may speak too loudly may very well be a stronger believer than I.

I practice "guerilla evangelism." This includes distributing tracts both to individuals and by leaving them where they will be found--in stores, self-service gas pumps, etc. This is one I put together last year. The picture is on the front while the back contains only text. Some online printers will print these for "free"--just pay the shipping. I get 100 from VistaPrint for S&H of $7.45. There are many other printers from which to choose. Feel free to use this if it works for you. I get good feedback from them.

Don



You have a choice...
The choice is completely yours. God freely offers you a way to eternal life with Him in Heaven. You can accept His wonderful offer or you can turn Him down. If you turn Him down, you face carrying the full burden of your sins--the very burden for which Christ offers forgiveness. True justice demands a penalty for breaking the law. The penalty for our sins is death and eternity in Hell. This law is more immutable than the law of gravity. As much as you may try to deny gravity, your disbelief will not keep you from plunging to your death if you jump from a great height to the ground below.

Open your heart to Jesus, start reading the Holy Bible, (the Gospel of John in the New Testament is a great place to start), and find a church that preaches the Good News of Salvation by Grace through Jesus Christ. He's knocking...

"...You will find Him (God) if you look for Him with all your heart and with all your soul." Deuteronomy 4:29

"Behold, I stand at the door and knock; if anyone hears my voice and opens the door, I will come in..." Rev 3:20