This past Wednesday, I attended the 4th Annual UTSA Religious Forum. On the panel, they had SGI Buddhists, a Catholic nun, an American Humanist, a Hillel (Jewish), and members of the Secularist Student Alliance – sponsoring the event. The organizers wanted diverse viewpoints. But when the topic of evolution come up – everyone agreed Darwinian evolution (molecules to man) was a “fact.” The organizers thought the Christian viewpoint was represented by the nun and did not see the importance of having someone that believed in biblical creation.
After the forum, I talked to Vicki, from the American Humanist Association. She had mentioned during the forum she had walked away from the church. So I asked her what led her to walk away. She told me she was raised in a Catholic home. But at her confirmation, she had a lot of questions. They told her to just stop asking questions and believe. She had other disagreements with the church and ended up just walking away when she had her own family.
My ministry is to teach people that they can believe the Bible – starting with Genesis. I have had a number of invitations from churches. But they are from churches in Africa, India, and Pakistan. Church leaders here just blow me off and hope that I go away. I was trying to talk to one and he just hung up on me rather than have an actual conversation about this. Ministers, if you really care about the Vickis of the world, contact me if you are anywhere near San Antonio. Or contact your nearest biblical creation organization. Jesus said in Matthew 18:6: “But if you cause one of these little ones who trusts in me to fall into sin, it would be better for you to have a large millstone tied around your neck and be drowned in the depths of the sea.”1
And for those church leaders who think you should just need to show your Christianity through your actions, I agree you should show your Christianity through your actions. But Vicki could tell you how her organization supports Habitat for Humanity, feeding the poor, etc.
Terry Read
1. https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Matthew+18&version=NLT
