At the beginning of every school year I introduce myself to my students. Part of that introduction is letting the students know that I believe that the Bible is true and anything that contradicts it is false. This occasionally raises some questions. Students will ask, "How can you believe the Bible when you teach science. Don't you believe in evolution?"
I can help people understand this by telling them a story from my past. I was in my Natural Science class with Professor Michael Dowler at SDSU circa 1983. Dr. Dowler and I were having a conversation about the search for truth. He said something that rocked my world..."Science is not trying to find out the truth. It is trying to find out what works!" In other words he was telling me that science cannot discover absolute truisms. Since there will always be somethings left to discover, we can never be certain that a future discovery will disprove our current theory.
So how can one know truth? The answer is that it is found in the Bible. God has revealed truth to us. Jesus said once as He prayed, "...Sanctify them in truth. Your word is truth."
Truth cannot be found by science. If you are searching for truth, you must look elsewhere. Read the Bible. Start with my favorite book, The Gospel of John, and you will come to know the truth.
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