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Seeing Is Believing, Right? Message #262
- June 19, 2005
Missouri is the Show Me state. In other words, if I don't see something with my own eyes, I won't believe it. By and large, we think that's a pretty good philosophy. If you want me to believe that trees and other plants take on carbon dioxide and give off oxygen, prove it. Just don't point to a science book.
How are you going to prove such a thing? You have to do a controlled experiment. You place plants in an airtight room. You measure the amount of oxygen and carbon dioxide in that room. And you allow the plants a specific amount of time to be there. Then you take the measurements again. You discover that there is now more oxygen in the room and less carbon dioxide. So you conclude that the plants use carbon dioxide and give off oxygen.
It's perfectly simple. Or is it? Can you see the plants making oxygen? Well, no. But all the evidence points in that direction. Now we get to the bottom line: we don't see the actual process. But we do see the outcome; the evidence. We draw our conclusions from the evidence.
The same thing takes place in courtrooms across America every day. It is common practice for us to examine evidence and make proper judgments. This being the case, if I were to show you the evidence, would you believe in God? Would you believe the Bible is the written Word of God? Would you believe that Jesus Christ rose from the dead and is the Son of God? Or contrary to your standard operating procedure, would you blow off the evidence simply because you don't like the conclusions? That would be bad policy in the courtroom. It would be bad policy the laboratory. It's also bad policy when it comes to God, the Bible and Jesus Christ.
Contributed by Dr. Dennis J. Prutow. Voice message and free tapes: 1-800-777-0389 [USA] Or order your free tapes online. Visit Dr. Prutow's site.
- June 19, 2005
Missouri is the Show Me state. In other words, if I don't see something with my own eyes, I won't believe it. By and large, we think that's a pretty good philosophy. If you want me to believe that trees and other plants take on carbon dioxide and give off oxygen, prove it. Just don't point to a science book.
How are you going to prove such a thing? You have to do a controlled experiment. You place plants in an airtight room. You measure the amount of oxygen and carbon dioxide in that room. And you allow the plants a specific amount of time to be there. Then you take the measurements again. You discover that there is now more oxygen in the room and less carbon dioxide. So you conclude that the plants use carbon dioxide and give off oxygen.
It's perfectly simple. Or is it? Can you see the plants making oxygen? Well, no. But all the evidence points in that direction. Now we get to the bottom line: we don't see the actual process. But we do see the outcome; the evidence. We draw our conclusions from the evidence.
The same thing takes place in courtrooms across America every day. It is common practice for us to examine evidence and make proper judgments. This being the case, if I were to show you the evidence, would you believe in God? Would you believe the Bible is the written Word of God? Would you believe that Jesus Christ rose from the dead and is the Son of God? Or contrary to your standard operating procedure, would you blow off the evidence simply because you don't like the conclusions? That would be bad policy in the courtroom. It would be bad policy the laboratory. It's also bad policy when it comes to God, the Bible and Jesus Christ.
Contributed by Dr. Dennis J. Prutow. Voice message and free tapes: 1-800-777-0389 [USA] Or order your free tapes online. Visit Dr. Prutow's site.
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