Apprentice Owl Apologetics

                 This post is a response to a classic meme that we have all probably seen. We have seen the posts from popular atheist and anti-Christian forums that post this meme that goes something like this “There have been thousands of gods throughout human civilization, but don’t worry, only yours is the real one.” At first glance, this statement may hold some water, but when we take a look closer, we see that they are throwing out the baby with the bath water, so to speak. The meme tries to discredit Christianity because there are so many false religions out there. Really what they should be asking is, “how can Christianity claim to be true when other religions claim they have the exclusive truth?” What I want to do is to take a look at these questions and show how we can know that not only Christianity is true, but how we can see how other worldviews fail under the same criteria.                 Many religions are exclusive in their claims to truth, this fact itself refutes

                   I wanted to do a short little essay on why I think the Bible is not a science textbook, and why I think that is ok. We have plenty of sciences being studied that do not stir up much controversy among the religious communities, but we do have this supposed showdown over scripture vs evolution. The Bible was written not to communicate the mechanisms behind the operation of life and the universe, but to talk about the divine inspiration of humanity, the nature of our fallen state as humans separated by God, the wonderful love and mercy that God has on us by sacrificing his only son to restore the God-human relationship, and the ultimate destiny of mankind should they choose the gift of salvation offered by Jesus or reject it.               Now, I do hold my doctorate in Chemistry, and I teach university courses in Chemistry and I advocate that science and faith are not mutually exclusive. Just because I think that the Bible is not the place to learn science does not