Some Thoughts for Those who Wish they Could

Our best modern science tells us that:

• The universe is almost fourteen billion years old.
• Our solar system formed gradually about four and a half billion years ago.
• Life first appeared on earth nearly four billion years ago.
• Humans evolved from lower animals about two and a half million years ago.

But the Bible says that:

• The universe is about six thousand years old.
• The sun, moon, stars, and earth were created instantaneously.
• All life on earth, including humans, was created in less than six days.

So how can we believe the Bible?

If we read the Bible as a textbook of science and history, we must choose whether to believe the Bible or science. But if we read the Bible as a book about God and spiritual life, we can believe both science and the Bible. A rational person can believe the Bible, not as a schoolroom textbook, but as a guidebook to spiritual life.

That’s because the Bible’s literal meaning contains a spiritual meaning, like a locked chest that contains precious jewels. The key to unlocking the chest is understanding “correspondences”: the living relationship between heaven and earth.

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