Thoughts on evolution and faith.

     There are so many things that go through my head on any given day that I sometimes have trouble choosing a topic to go with.  Today, I think I will go with one that has been tearing at me for a while.  I have several atheist friends on facebook who are rather verbose in there anti-religion stance.  One even went so far as to call Christians, "narrow minded, bigoted, hypocrites."  It bugs me that this is his opinion.  I can see his point of view with some of the posts from some of his other supposed Christian friends though.  I just wish people would spend a few minutes and think about what they are saying before they say it.  I allow things to go as they will and let my friends lead the conversation for the simple fact that if I attack first, which is what bringing up contentious subjects seems like, then they are less likely to listen.  I am waiting on many topics.  As I mentioned in previous posts, I have been reading Lee Strobel's series of books.  I have finished "A Case for Christ" and "A Case for Faith" and am now reading "A Case for a Creator."  They are all wonderful books and use genuine facts and quotes to answer many of the tougher questions about Christianity.
  
      The current book has been a real eye opener as far as evolution goes.  All I gotta say is I now admire the faith someone has to believe in evolution.  If Christians had that much faith in God, we would be unstoppable.  Of the "facts" of evolution discussed in just the first 2 chapters, many have been debunked since before the 60s.  The sad part is, many textbooks still tout them as facts.  I am not done with the book, in fact the current chapter is about how science and religion are not opposites or even separate, but can lift each other up.  I encourage any of my atheist friends who are reading this to actually do some research and look up the truth behind the "facts" of evolution.  If you still feel that evolution is a fact, we can discuss it by sharing our facts and what we find.  I will not say that I am an expert, but I have my research, which is why I say do your own as it is easy to claim other people's research is tainted when you haven't looked at the subject yourself.  I also ask that we concentrate on the evolution discussion first as attacking another theory is not a defense for the original theory.

      That being said, I had a wonderful weekend.  The Sunday service was awesome and motivating.  I know I have areas in my life that I need to improve upon and I will work on it.  I was able to cook breakfast and dinner for my wife and mother in law.  As I mentioned on my last post, my wife already has her Mother's Day gift.  Amazingly enough, we had a wonderful day in spite of the rain.  Have a wonderful day and I look forward to any comments.