Using analogies to express the existence of God, chapel speaker Rubel Shelly presented Tuesday in Allen Arena.
Shelly began with the image of walking through a forest. He projected an image on screen of a camping sight featuring tents, chairs and a fire.
Rubel expressed that the image shown invites human activity. He attributed what someone might do to this scene in real life to the “clearing of our cosmos,” saying that this world was already set up for human interaction and the world’s population is just invited to live in it.
“Things don’t just happen on their own,” Shelly said. “There have been many scientists and theologians that have tried to disprove the existence of God, but have come to realize how many things we can’t describe, which helps in proving the help of a higher being.”
Rubel shared the story of Paul from the Old Testament. He spoke of how a supposed invisible God created visible things. According to Rubel, science takes things that are visible; religion deals with the invisible.
“The more people discover, the more natural explanations there are,” he said. “But these explanations come with the things we can’t explain, which points towards a higher power such as God.
“This world didn’t happen by itself. There has to be an intelligence behind it. Human brotherhood is a miracle.”
Rubel called the audience to explore God’s creation, saying that this is what Christians are called to do from the beginning.
According to Rubel, no matter how advanced science has become, there are certain things it will never be able to define as they suggest invisible intelligence and design, God’s design.
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