Response to “How Hubble Killed God”
Comments(1)Stu Hasic, the author of Parallel Divergence and webmaster of this site that sells software to schools, wrote two articles that seem to be getting quite a bit of attention in this little corner of the blogosphere. As a Christian apologist, I thought that I would take the time to write a response to the articles in question. They are “How Hubble Killed God” and “Which is Stronger, Manfluence or Godfluence?“
Stu has hit on one of the hardest questions for the apologist to answer, because only Christians can really accept the idea. And truly compassionate Christians even have a hard time with it. I even have difficulty with it as I write it. The world, the universe, this entire mixed bag of goodies, is not about us. It is all about God.
If you don’t understand that, the rest of this response will mean nothing to you. But for those that are still with me, the next point is that God created the world that would bring the greatest glory to Him. It is reasonable to assume that this meant creating a world with free-willed creatures that can choose to accept Him, or choose to deny Him. It is His glory that we choose to follow Him.
Stu is asking about those people who have never heard of God or are born into a culture which teaches a different concept about God, and what happens to those people. I can offer a well-reasoned response, but I know that I’m not going to come along and suddenly answer the question with such certainty that everyone who reads this article will suddenly convert because I have erased their last doubt. Read more »
