Isaac Newton, discoverer of gravity, had a skilled mechanic make for him a model of the solar system. Balls representing the planets were geared together so as to move realistically in orbit. One day an atheist friend visited Newton. On seeing the model, he operated it, and exclaimed in admiration, “Who made it?” Newton answered, “Nobody!” The atheist replied, “You must think I am a fool. Of course somebody made it, and he is a genius.” Then Newton said to his friend, “This thing is but a puny imitation of a much grander system whose laws you know. And I am not able to convince you that this mere toy is without a designer and maker, yet you profess to believe that the great original from which the design is taken has come into being without either designer or maker!”
When man refuses to admit even the very existence of His own Maker, he shuts out of his mind vast oceans of basic truth, basic knowledge, fact, and understanding When he then substitutes fable for truth, he is of all men, most ignorant though he professes himself to be wise.
It can be very dangerous to carelessly assume, or just take some supposed truth or fact for granted. It’s much wiser and safer to get all the facts, and then decide. If someone tells you your house is on fire, you better check or you might be consumed in the conflagration. Most atheists and agnostics just take for granted that there is no supreme being in this universe. Confused by the many bickering, dissenting religious voices in the world, they don’t know what to believe. So they just throw in the towel and believe nothing.
Atheists and agnostics pride themselves on being “deep thinkers” when, in actuality, they don’t think deeply at all. They demand that a watch have a watchmaker, yet claim to believe creation has no Creator, life has no Life Giver, and the immutable laws of science and physics have no Law Giver!!! The little honey bee returns to the hive and by his little dance unerringly tells the other bees in which direction to fly to find pollen and how far they must fly before arriving at the source of pollen. The other bees concentrate fixedly upon the dancing bee and learn. I would suggest the foolish atheist and agnostic also learn from the little dancing bee. He ain’t doing the two-step.
Christ’s Faithful Servant (Galatians 1:10-12),
Donald Wiley