The Truth Remains
Ron Walters
Physics: The scientific study of matter and energy and the relationship between the two. Physicist: The scientist who answers complex physics questions, such as: Why is Church attendance never as high as those days when you print a short supply of bulletins?
We owe much to the world's great physicists: Archimedes, whose studies of hydraulics and hydrostatics changed science forever; Sir Isaac Newton, who uncovered the Law of Gravity; and Albert Einstein, whose Theory of Relativity explains how...well...you know.
But the most imaginative of all physicists have to be the Warner Brothers. Their cartoon characters have rewritten every physical law known to man. None of the well-tested laws of physics is sacred to these innovative neo-scientists. Deep within their creative laboratories, with sketch pad and drawing pencil in hand, they've taught us how:
• A body suspended in mid-air will remain in mid-air until the subject is made aware of his plight. At this point the law of gravity will kick in. • The law of gravity is selective. Everything falls faster than an anvil.
• A body, if moving fast enough, can pass through solid matter, leaving a perfect cookie-cutter hole in said matter.
• During rapid motion, some objects will momentarily appear in a stationary position while the balance of the body continues to move. This is particularly true during ferocious fights in which a participant's head will suddenly appear while the dizzying skirmish continues.
• During high-speed chases, certain bodies (most often a road runner) can pass through solid mountains which have been previously painted to resemble a tunnel. Other bodies (most notably a coyote) cannot.
• Cats possess a cosmic glue which allows them to quickly recover when they've been disassembled, accordion-pleated, dynamited, scared furless, or after they've assumed the shape of any small container they've fallen into.
Rewriting physical laws in cartoons is fun and harmless. But only a Looney-Tune would deny the real thing.
The same thing is true when it comes to scripture. Changing or ignoring God's word is a dangerous proposition. And yet, many have tried. History is littered with attempted rewrites of biblical truth-or doing away with it altogether, hoping to outsmart the Creator.
Take the third-century Roman Emperor Diocletian, for example. He slaughtered so many Christians and burned so many Bibles that he gloated, "The name Christian is forever extinguished." Yet, five years later his successor, Constantine, declared Christianity as Rome's national religion.
Or Voltaire, the articulate French atheist who promised, "Fifty years from now the world will hear no more of the Bible." But instead, on the fiftieth anniversary of Voltaire's death, the Geneva Bible Society was using Voltaire's house as a print shop to produce more Bibles.
Or Carl Sagen, the noted astronomer, whose bold first sentence of his best seller Cosmos, said, "The Cosmos is all that is or ever was or ever will be." Sagen died in 1997. If he could rewrite his book today, I'm convinced Dr. Sagen would tell about a whole new dimension of the cosmos that he never considered before.
There will always be dissenters to the truth. Skeptics will continue to critique our message as antiquated, naïve, out of touch, and irrelevant. But they're simply playing the role of cartoonist. Make-believe is still just make-believe. And the Truth will always be the truth.
No matter how loud or clever our culture may be, two things remain true: 1.) Road runners cannot pass through solid mountains, and 2.) God's word is always reliable.
Blessings,
Ron Walters
Vice President of Church Relations
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Copyright 2007 by Ron Walters | | | | 
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