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Deep down, most of us have at one time or another questioned the existence of God. That should not be surprising, as even the greatest minds in history have also struggled with that question. Consider Albert Einstein, for example. While Einstein did not believe in the God of the Bible, he did believe in some creative force behind the cosmos that he called “God.” In 2008, a letter he wrote about a year before he died was auctioned off for over $400,000.00 in which the great scientist questioned the existence of God.
In that letter, Einstein wrote, “The word God is for me nothing more than the expression and product of human weaknesses, the Bible a collection of honorable but still primitive legends which are nevertheless pretty childish.” This statement simply contradicts what Einstein had earlier believed about God and may reflect the confusion that all of us feel at times about His existence.
But is it not amazing how such a genius could be so wrong about so important a book as the Bible? Are the Ten Commandments and the Sermon on the Mount “pretty childish?” In light of its fulfilled prophecies, scientific foreknowledge, historical accuracy, and lack of contradictions is it fair to dismiss the Bible as “a collection of honorable, but still primitive legends?” In 1 Corinthians 1:20, the apostle Paul asked, “Where is the wise? Where is the scribe? Where is the disputer of this age? Has not God made foolish the wisdom of this world?”
Friends, there is a mountain of evidence to show that God exists, the Bible is His word, and Jesus Christ is His Son who rose from the dead to offer mankind eternal life. Let us never seriously doubt it!
Travis L. Quertermous
Dexter Church of Christ
Dexter, MO