Christianity From The Perspective Of An Intellect

I used to believe in the evolution.

It sounded pretty convincing because the primates are the closest animals that looked human, doesn't it?

I also believed in karma. It made perfect sense that if you do good, you'll get good. It's the law of cause and effect. That’s why being a Buddhist appealed to me.

I also thought that everything can be explained by science.

If we have an ailment, I'm aware that medication is meant to treat or suppress symptoms but not to cure the root cause of the ailment.

If a person has suicidal tendencies, this person might be clinically or psychologically depressed. So either medication and/or therapy would be needed.

I guess nobody would really doubt the validity of all these until life throws us a curveball, right?

Suddenly, I was starting to question so many things in life that Buddhism, science and the laws of the universe have no answers to.

I figured that if there were so many things that were happening to me that I couldn’t explain, there must be a higher power controlling everything.

Have you reached a point in your life when you’re just so tired of always fighting?

I guess I was at that threshold where I felt so incredibly exhausted. So I asked to go to church with my then-boyfriend.

A few minutes into a worship song, I found myself crying uncontrollably. Like shoulders shaking kinda crying. My boyfriend was shocked.

I was shocked, though mostly embarrassed. That wasn’t even like me. I don’t cry in public.

It wasn't until the service was over that my boyfriend told me that I just had a personal encounter with God.

The logical and scientific part of me couldn't explain what just happened. I only knew that I felt an overwhelming love that I've never felt before.

That also became the moment I believed in a God who had control over my life.

As my faith and knowledge of the Word grew over the years, I'd meet analytical and science-based people like me who were surprised that I'm a Christian.

They'd ask if I still believed in the evolution. I no longer do after I read 'The Science of God' by Gerald Schroeder.

I realised that many of us believed in Charles Darwin's evolution theory only because it sounded reasonable enough. It wasn't because we are scientists ourselves who had also gone into the research on our own.

In the book, real scientists in this area of expertise, who were not Christians, debunked Darwin's evolution theory. Their conclusions were backed by science.

So when most of us hear about stories in the Bible of giants roaming the land, or a man surviving after being swallowed by a giant fish, we'd naturally classify these as legends. Just stories to persuade a bunch of uneducated and gullible peasants to believe in God.

The Meaning Of Life

As unbelievable the above stories were, I also couldn’t reconcile the notion that all of us will become nothing after we die. Where would our souls go to? A black hole of nothingness?

The thought of that actually scared me even as a child.

It wasn’t until I gave my life to Jesus that now when I think about death, it no longer scares me. Instead, I feel peace.

A Relationship

When logic escapes me and I sometimes cannot understand why certain unfortunate incidences occur, I liken my Christian faith to a romantic relationship or a marriage.

Do you remember that moment when you fell in love with someone? Why? What did they do? Did it make sense?

If someone tells me it doesn’t make sense that I should love my husband because we’re so incompatible, would I immediately abandon my husband? Of course not!

That’s why Christianity is NOT a religion. It’s a relationship. And this is the only reason that sticks for me amidst the myriad of logical reasons why I should not be a Christian.

If you’re also an intellectual Christian, what made you stay as a Christian?

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