Hmm … so, Ms. Theresa Wilson, you happen to believe that the “real” world is more logical than the world of “faith,” huh? Well, I will agree with you on one point and one point only: A person’s faith IS only as strong as what they are having faith in.

Now having said that, let’s look at some of the “logic” this world tends to believe in:

1) The Big Bang Theory: Scientists seem to believe that this little ball of light (which came out of the middle of nowhere) exploded (for some unknown reason) and made a whole bunch of random atoms (again, out of the middle of nowhere) that somehow came together into planets, stars, and people (!) Mind you now, the random atoms came together for no reason at all … that is very important to remember.

2) Evolution: OK … so now they say that somehow, on Earth, these random atoms (again) somehow found a way to mix with one another to create a cell (who knows why … they were doing fine, it would seem, by themselves) AND not only that, but these cells (for again, some unknown reason) got together with other cells and created living beings with flesh, blood, and personalities(!?). And they believe that animals that didn’t have feet all of a sudden grew feet, that animals that couldn’t swim learned to breathe under water, etc. Mind you this is still for no reason at all.

We live in a society that would rather believe in RANDOM luck than in an intelligent plan for the creation of this universe. Let me ask you, if random luck is so good at making things happen, why have neither you nor I won the Lottery? Why do we have more of a tendency to go broke at a casino than get rich? Yep …ÿluck … that’s what I want to depend on.

And apparently, Ms. Wilson, you have not talked to many psychologists lately. Why don’t you ask them why people just don’t work through their problems?

Like I said before, you are correct on one point. Just because you have faith doesn’t mean you are OK, because you can’t have faith in just anything. Random faith is just as bad as believing that a hundred-billion-cubic-mile planet all of a sudden pops out of the middle of nowhere and is perfect for us, who came out of the middle of nowhere, to live on.

I would rather believe in the Bible (which happens to be the most historically supported, well documented, least error-prone, and most unique book that ever existed) than scientists who change their minds every 100 years about where we came from. Actually, there is more evidence that the Bible was divinely written than one might think, but that’s a whole other discussion.

Chaka Allen

Graduate Student

Electrical Engineering