The theory of evolution of the Coca-Cola can

            Billions of years ago, a big bang produced a large rock.  As the rock cooled, sweet brown liquid formed on its surface.  As time passed, aluminum formed itself into a can, a lid, and a tab.  Millions of years later, red and white paint fell from the sky, and formed itself into the words "Coca Cola…12 fluid ounces."
            Of course, my theory is an insult to your intellect, because you know that if the Coca-Cola can is made, there must be a maker.  If it is designed, there must have been a designer.  The alternative, that it happened by chance or accident, is to move into an intellect-free zone.
 

The banana – the atheist's nightmare

        Note that the banana:

1. Is shaped for human hand
2. Has non-slip surface
3. Has outward indicators of inward contents: Green – too early, Yellow – just right, Black – too late.
4. Has a tab for removal of wrapper
5. Is perforated on wrapper
6. Bio-degradable wrapper
7. Is shaped for human mouth
8. Has a point at top for ease of entry
9. Is pleasing to taste buds
10. Is curved towards the face to make the eating process easy

            Did you know that the eye has 40,000,000 nerve endings, the focusing muscles move an estimated 100,000 times a day, and the retina contains 137,000,000 light sensitive cells?

            Charles Darwin said, "To suppose that the eye could have been formed by natural selection, seems I freely confess, absurd in the highest degree."  If man cannot begin to make a human eye, how could anyone in his right mind think that eyes formed by mere chance?  In fact, man cannot make anything from nothing.  We don’t know how to do it.  We can re-create, reform, develop…but we cannot create even one grain of sand from nothing.  Yet, the eye is only a small part of the most sophisticated part of creation – the human body.

            George Gallup, the famous statistician said, "I could prove God statistically; take the human body alone; the chance that all the functions of the individual would just happen, is a statistical monstrosity."

            Albert Einstein said, "Everyone who is seriously interested in the pursuit of science becomes convinced that a spirit is manifest in the laws of the universe – a spirit vastly superior to man, and one in the face of which our modest powers must feel humble."
 
 

            Could I convince you that I dropped 50 oranges onto the ground and they by chance fell into ten rows of five oranges?  The logical conclusion is that someone with an intelligent mind put them there.  The odds that ten oranges would fall by accident into a straight line are mind-boggling, let alone ten rows of five.

            The declaration, "There is no God," is what is known as an absolute statement.  For an absolute statement to be true, I must have absolute knowledge.  Here is another absolute statement: "There is no gold in China."
 

            "C" is the correct answer.  For the statement to be true, I must know that there is no gold in China, or the statement is incorrect.  To say, "There is no God," and to be correct in the statement, I must be omniscient.

            I must know how many hairs are upon every head, every thought of every human heart, every detail of history, every atom within every rock…nothing is hidden from my eyes…I know the intimate details of the secret love life of the fleas on the back of the black cat of Napoleon's great grandmother.  To make the absolute statement, "There is no God," I must have absolute knowledge that there isn't one.

            Let's say that this circle represents all the knowledge in the entire universe, and let's assume that you have an incredible 1% of all that knowledge.  Is it possible, that in the knowledge you haven't yet come across, there is ample evidence to prove that God does indeed exist?

            If you are reasonable, you will have to say, "Having the limited knowledge I have at present, I believe that there is no God."  In other words, you don't know if God exists, so you are not an "atheist," you are what is commonly known as an "agnostic."  You are like a man who looks at a building, and doesn't know if there was a builder.
 

            Perhaps you have questions that hold you back from faith.  First, almost every question you have about suffering humanity etc., can be adequately answered.  Second, we have faith in plenty of things we don’t understand.  Did you understand the mechanics of television before you turned it on?  Probably not.  You took a step of faith, turned it on, and after it worked, understanding how it worked wasn’t that important.  We accept that there are unseen television waves right in front of our eyes.  We can't see them because they are invisible.  For them to manifest, we need a receiver, then we can enjoy the experience of television.

            God is not flesh and blood.  He is an eternal Spirit – immortal and invisible.  Like the television waves, He cannot be experienced until the "receiver" is switched on.  Here is something you will find hard to believe: Jesus said, “He that hath my commandments, and keepeth them, he it is that loveth me: and he that loveth me shall be loved of my Father, and I will love him, and will manifest myself to him.” John 14:21.

            Either that is true or it isn't.  Jesus Christ says that He will manifest Himself to anyone who obeys Him.  Approach the subject the same way you approached your first television set.  Just take a small step of faith.  If it works, enjoy it, if it doesn't, forget it.

            Or have you an ulterior motive?  Could it be that the "atheist" can't find God, for the same reason a thief can't find a policeman?  Could it be that your love for sin is clouding your good judgment?  If the Bible is true, and Jesus Christ has "abolished death, and hath brought life and immortality to light through the gospel," then you owe it to yourself just to check it out.  Here is how to do that:
 

            If you have even broken one Law, then you have sinned against God and therefore will "surely die," for the "wages of sin is death."  We are all guilty of breaking the Commandments.  Listen to the voice of your conscience, and let it remind you of some of the sins of the past.  We are not perfect as we are commanded to be (Matthew 5:48), neither is our heart pure.  On Judgment Day our transgression will be evidence of our shame.  Think of it: God has seen every sin we have ever committed.  We share our thought-life with Him.

            We are guilty of violating His Law a multitude of times, yet if we repent, God can forgive us because Jesus stepped into the courtroom 2,000 years ago and paid the fine for us.

            His death on the cross satisfied the Law we so blatantly transgressed, and at the same time demonstrated how much God loves us – "For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life."  His shed blood on the cross can make you clean in the sight of a holy God…as though you have never sinned.  God doesn't want you to go to Hell.  Please, forget your arguments, repent and put your trust in Jesus and be saved from God’s wrath.  Here's how:

1. Acknowledge that you are a sinner (Romans 3:23).
2. Realize that sin will separate you from God eternally, and be willing to turn from it (Romans 6:23).
3. Understand that Jesus Christ took your sin and guilt to give you power to obey (Romans 5:8).
4. Invite Him to come into your life as your Lord and Saviour from sin through prayer (Romans 10:13).

        "Dear Lord Jesus, I know that I am a sinner and I need your forgiveness.  I believe that you died for my sins – to save me from sins' power.  I now invite you to come into my heart and life.  I want to trust you as Saviour from sin and follow you as Lord, which means putting you in first place in my life that I may obey all your commandments.  I pray this in Jesus’ name.  Amen."

            Did you sincerely pray this prayer?  If so, realize that "Everyone who believes that Jesus is the Christ is born of God, and everyone who loves the father loves his child as well.  This is how we know that we love the children of God: by loving God and carrying out his commandments.  This is love for God: to obey his commandments.  And his commandments are not burdensome, for everyone born of God overcomes the world.  This is the victory that has overcome the world, even our faith.  Who is it that overcomes the world?  Only he who believes that Jesus is the Son of God." (1 John 5:1-5).

References
Compiled from "The Atheist Test," pamphlet by Ray Comfort