So I ask again, why is debating from the Bible on cultural/political issues (abortion, gay-marriage, education, etc) like spitting in the wind?
The heart of the problem exists in the widely accepted idea that modern, evolutionary science is impartial, unbiased, evidence-based investigation of the world. And that religion is merely a personal, subjective understanding of the world's purpose and relative values, but never an objective truth about reality. The two are separated. Science is truth. Religion, Christianity for example, is myth. The two are not allowed to mix. In this view, Christianity has no place in public life. If science is a neutral observer of truth, then only science can dictate was is true for purposes of politics and public life.
The problem with this idea is that evolutionary science is not unbiased or neutral. Evolution is the religion that drives most of modern science. Evolution and Christianity are both religions. Both describe the origin of all things (Big Bang/Creator God), the problem with all things (molecular defects/sin), and the necessary redemption of all things (natural selection/Jesus), etc. The deepest fundamental difference between the religion of Evolution and Christianity is the difference between these two statements: "In the beginning, matter created the heavens and the earth..." and "In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth..."
Once this is realized, Christianity is set on level ground with Evolutionary Science. The two cannot be distinguished from each other in the fact/myth fashion. The challenge then is to discover which gives the better testimony of the nature of the universe and all that is contained within it. Which one is comprehensive? If the Bible speaks truly about the world, then the world will verify its claims. If Evolution speaks truly about the world, then the world will verify its claims.
My aim in the rest of these posts is to show that Christianity's biblical understanding of the world is verified by the world. And secondly, that Evolution's (Darwinian materialism) understanding of the world is falsified by the world. What I write is nothing new, but I think it is widely unknown and very enlightening. For a much more comprehensive and eloquent version you can read Total Truth by Nancy Pearcey.
"All Scripture is breathed out by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for training in righteousness, that the man of God may be competent, equipped for every good work." -2 Timothy 3:16-17
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