When you press the "ON" button on your iPod, how much faith do you have in it that it will power up?
When you set the alarm clock before you go to sleep at night, how much faith do you have in it that it will wake you up the next morning?
When you press the buttons on your remote control, how much faith do you have in it that it will switch your tv channels instantly?
When you lie down beneath the fast turning ceiling fan, how much faith do you have in it that it will not fall on you?
When you flick the switch on the wall, how much faith do you have in it that it will light up the next moment?
I think the questions above may seem obsolete when you look at it on the surface. The fact is, many of us don't even think about these questions. Why? Because we don't feel the need to think about them. These things work most of the time, so much so that we have taken for granted their reliability. The fact is history shows that these things are trustworthy. The fact is they follow a consistent pattern of reliability that we don't even think about it. Take the ceiling fan as an example, I don't even recall ever hearing news of ceiling fan falling on someone sleeping underneath it.
So what does all these prove?
In my opinion, our human minds rely on a pattern of consistency, which very much shape our belief system. We believe in what repeats itself. We believe in things that consistently prove itself to be reliable.
So we trust Steve Jobs in delivering great Apple products each year and somehow, they are always bound to make a big whoo-ha in the electronics industries. Steve Jobs and Apple are the creators of Apple products and their track records make people trust their products. People just rush into buying their products, thinking it must be the best, on the basis that it always has been the best. That's humanity's belief system, believing in what always have been.
The sun rises every morning in the east and sets every evening in the west. The sea never dries up and has always been playing a paramount role in the hydrological cycle. The Nile has always been flowing and for thousands of years, provided for one of the greatest civilization on earth. Everyday, miracles are born, in all shape and sizes across the globe. The process of childbirth is so beautiful and intricate. Though complicated, it has never changed since the history of mankind. Such processes are so important and complicated. Yet, they never fail. It always have been like that and it follows a pattern repition. To me, it points to just one thing.
No prizes for guessing for those who have always been reading my blog.
Why? Because I myself write with a pattern, a repetitive one. So much so that people kind of know what I will be writing. It is always about the same thing. It is a manifestation of my belief system.
So what do I believe?
I believe in God.
He is the creator of all things under the heavens and the earth. Everything in the universe was formed under the breath of His words. There is no doubt about it, everything points to the need of a master creator. No way are these things ever going to happen by chance! Are you telling me that the presence of modern humans come into play simply by chance of a mutation of a single cell and it's offspring? Why not tell me that the fan on the ceiling doesn't fall on you tonight as you sleep simply because by chance, the conditions and surrounding just so happen to be stable enough to be support the fan? We all know that it doesn't happen this way. The fan doesn't drop on you because care have been taken into accout when assembling and installing it on your ceiling. Your interior designer has probably gotten his contractor to do a detailed calculation and measurment before installing the fast spinning fan.
So what does all these mean?
If we amplify the scenario, it all proves that God exist. The 9 planets(sorry should be 8. Pluto is no longer considered a planet. :P) spin in PRECISE orbits because there was a plan for it. 9 gigantic masses spinning around a ball of fire so huge, try telling me it all happened by chance. No there was a plan, just like there was a plan for the fan. Steve Jobs have a plan for Apple products. The contractor has a plan for the fan. God always had a plan for nature, He always have a plan for us.
The Bible states that we are made in the image of God. This is to say, there are certain traits within us that resembles God. I believe having a plan for creation is something God has bestowed upon us. God give us an ability to create, just like how He created the universe.
But are we doing Him a favour. You actually trust that tiny button on your iPod more than you trust God. You actually trust that plastic switch on your wall to switch on the lights more that you trust God. Worse still, history shows that all these things are necessarily reliable. iPods do fail and so do swtiches. But the sun never fails to rise on the east and it never fails to set on the west. Yet, we trust things that can fail more than we trust God.
Where's the logic?
Yes, people use the word "logic" when trying to disprove God to me. Somehow, I feel that that word has been used rather recklessly, so much so that it loses its meaning. Logic, do you really understand logic?
So who do you trust more? God or your iPod. Make a logical choice...