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“Language of God has been a god-send for me. I grew up in a very literal, fundamentalist setting and was often taught that most modern science is incorrect or, at times, deceptive. I even recall a conversation I had with an elder of mine in which I was told that modern science is a ploy used by satan to confuse the church. Suffice to say, I had a crisis in faith once I familiarized myself with the scientific literature and exactly how well informed it is. I have had many restless nights as I tried to grapple with my own faith. I came to peace with many things: first, by accepting Big Bang cosmology, then by accepting the earth is more than 10,000-years-old. One-by-one, my worldview began to make sense, but I couldn’t get past one thing: evolution.
Evolution had been the original crisis point for me. It was always the main point of contention in my style of faith. I recall a particular moment in time where I thought if there was even a degree of truth to evolution, God wasn’t real. This was the way I was trained to think, because evolution was deemed to point towards an entirely natural process that eliminated God entirely. I now understand how that falls under the genetic fallacy, but at the time, I was ready to throw away all faith because I felt as though I had been coerced into believing lies from my religious leaders. I remember just how bleak and helpless I felt. I was taught that these things were deception, but now I had to face the reality that everything I had put my trust into was the true deception. There was no God and no eternal life, just pitiless indifference in a world that wanted me gone. It was a harsh reality but one I had to accept if I was going to be consistent with what I knew, or so I thought.
Enter BioLogos. I still remember the first time I heard of BioLogos and that they accepted an evolutionary worldview. I thought they were pseudoscience at best because they claimed God and evolution were not only compatible, but complimentary. Little did I realize these were serious scientists that took God and Scripture seriously. When the Language or God podcast came about, I remember being curious but not curious enough to entertain God and evolution in the same world. But after a few weeks, it came up in my recommended feed again and I was just curious enough that day to give it a listen. It was Francis Collins, the National Institute of Health leader who was a faithful Christian and had been for many decades. Not only that, but he was also the founder of BioLogos. This got my attention because this is a serious voice in the scientific world, so maybe I should consider what he has to say. I listened to his two-part story with invigorating interest. I was supposed to be at church with my wife, but I was out for a drive instead because I just couldn’t take anymore sitting under the voice of some deluded preacher. I still struggle in my faith to this day, but finally, I realized science and faith compliment one another in a way that I couldn’t have ever expected. I am still searching for what this all might be about, but BioLogos has been the one voice that has kept me from cutting it all off.
I would like to end my review by personally thanking BioLogos and Francis Collins in particular as they are the reason I still entertain the existence of God. Thank you for being faithful Christians while also being serious scientists. There’s no telling how many people like me you have helped. Continue doing what you’re doing and I will continue listening and supporting and promoting in every way that I can.”
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