Background & Atheistic Worldview / 背景与无神论观念
Growing up under an atheistic education, I shared the view that human religion arose from primitive fear of natural phenomena like thunder, floods, and earthquakes. As science and human capacity advanced, atheism naturally came to be seen as a mark of progress and higher education.
在无神论教育下成长起来的我,曾持有人类宗教源于原始时期对雷电、洪水等自然现象恐惧的观点。随着科学与生产力的发展,无神论自然而然地被视为文明进步与高等教育的标志。
Ideological Conflict Upon Moving to the US / 赴美后的思想冲击
When I arrived in the United States—a nation leading in science yet steeped in belief in God—I was deeply perplexed. Shifting my mindset after years of dismissing theism proved painful both emotionally and intellectually, leading me to firmly resist Christianity for my first eight or nine years here.
当我来到美国这个科技发达却又以有神论为主导的国家时,感到十分困惑。要改变过去多年对有神论的不屑,在感情和理性上都极其艰难,因此我在赴美的前八、九年里坚决抵制基督教。
The Objective Reality of God / 神存在的客观性
Yet God's existence is an objective reality that operates independently of human willpower. It directly impacts everyone and cannot be ignored, leading anyone truly committed to seeking truth to eventually acknowledge this reality.
然而神的存在是一个不以人类主观意志为转移的客观事实,关乎每个人且无法回避。凡是勇于追求真理的人,迟早都会认识到神的真实存在。
Perspectives of Historic Thinkers & Scientists / 历史与科学巨人的观点
I recognized that thinkers like Francis Bacon observed that shallow philosophy leads toward atheism while deep inquiry leads back to religion. Science giants like Isaac Newton and Albert Einstein acknowledged a divine force, and even Darwinian defender Thomas Henry Huxley admitted that pure atheism is philosophically untenable.
我注意到如培根等思想家曾指出浅薄的哲学引人走向无神论,而深入的思考则让人回归宗教;牛顿与爱因斯坦等科学巨匠都承认神的存在,甚至达尔文主义的先锋赫胥黎也承认纯粹的无神论在哲学上是站不住脚的。
My Personal Conversion / 我的转变
After years of intense struggle, investigation, and reflection, I abandoned my atheistic stance, wholeheartedly accepted God's existence, and received Jesus Christ as my personal savior and Lord.
经过多年的反复探讨、思考与内心挣扎,我最终放弃了无神论观点,心悦诚服地接受了有神论,并接受耶稣基督作为我个人的救主和生命的主宰。
Biblical Proclamations & Revelation / 圣经的宣称与启示
I reflect on Genesis 1:1 ("In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth"), which declares God's existence as a fundamental reality that neither needs nor can be fully proven by limited human reason. God reveals Himself to humanity through both general and special revelation.
我思考《创世记》1:1(“起初,神创造天地。”),这一伟大宣称表明神的存在无需、也无法被人类有限的理性完全证明。神通过普遍启示和特殊启示将自己显明给世人。
God's general revelation (also called natural revelation) is demonstrated through His creation—nature and humanity—offering a revelation of Himself accessible to everyone, anywhere, at any time.
神的普遍启示(又称自然启示)是借着祂所创造的大自然(包括人类本身)向世人显明祂自己,这是在任何时间、地点,人人均可领受的启示。
An Orderly Universe / 井然有序的宇宙
The vastness and precision of the universe, from the solar system to galaxies spanning tens of billions of light-years, point to remarkable cosmic order that could not be the result of chance, compelling many astronomers to marvel at the Creator's power.
宇宙的浩瀚与精确,从太阳系到跨越数百亿光年的星系,如此宏伟而精密的秩序绝非偶然碰撞形成,这促使许多天文学家赞叹造物主的大能。
A famous story illustrates Isaac Newton and his skeptical friend: when the friend admired Newton's intricate, hand-cranked model of the solar system and asked who made it, Newton remarked "nobody," leading his friend to realize that if a simple model requires a designer, the actual universe surely requires a Creator.
牛顿与其无神论朋友的著名故事显示:当朋友赞赏牛顿精致的手摇太阳系模型并询问出自哪位工匠之手时,牛顿随口答道“没有人”,从而让朋友发觉如果连机械模型都需要设计者,真实运转的太阳系必然更需要一位创造者。
Earth as Evidence of Design / 地球本身是设计的证明
Earth is finely tuned for human life—its optimal distance from the sun, rotational speed, atmospheric composition, axial tilt causing the four seasons, and the moon's tidal and biological influences—showing that the planet was purposefully designed to support life.
地球为了人类生存而进行的精妙安排——与太阳的适中距离、自转速度、大气成分、地轴倾角带来的四季交替,以及月球对潮汐和生物韵律的影响,无不证明地球是被精心设计来维系生命的。
Earth's precise mass creates the exact gravitational pull needed to retain nitrogen and oxygen without creating an intolerable atmospheric pressure like Venus (which is 90 times Earth's pressure and trapped in thick sulfuric acid clouds).
地球的质量恰到后处,其引力正好吸住氢气与氧气,又不会像金星那样因大气层过厚过重而产生高达地球90倍的压强与酷热。
Water reaches maximum density at 4°C and expands as it freezes below that temperature, causing ice to float rather than sink to the bottom of bodies of water.
水在4°C时密度最大,低于4°C反而膨胀,使冰块浮于水面;若水遵循热胀冷缩,江河湖海会在冬天从下至上冻实,导致水生生物绝迹。
Science can explain the chemical mechanism behind water's anomalous expansion, but cannot explain why water behaves this way, pointing to intentional design by the Creator.
科学可以解释水反膨胀的化学机制,却解释不了水为何偏偏具备这种特性,这彰显了造物主的独具匠心。
The Wonders of the Biological Realm / 奇妙的生物界
Living organisms display intricate ecological balance, such as plants converting solar energy into food through photosynthesis while consuming animal waste and releasing oxygen.
上的生物千姿百态却互相协调,绿色植物通过光合作用将太阳能转化为化学能,为动物提供食物,而动物的排泄物与遗体又成为植物生长的原料。
Plants synthesize complex organic compounds under ambient temperatures and pressures—a feat that chemical factories require extreme temperature and pressure to achieve (e.g., producing ammonium bicarbonate).
化工厂合成碳酸氢铵需高温高压,而植物在常温常压下依靠生物催化剂即可合成复杂的有机物,展现了生命的精密与巧妙。
The seamless integration of global food chains, gas cycles, and photosynthetic energy conversion reflects purposeful, master design rather than random evolution.
食物链的循环、气体循环以及光合作用的精密安排,只能是造物主精心设计的杰作。
A laboratory experiment requiring newborn mice via C-section illustrated the extreme delicate fragility of life: even with meticulous preparation by an M.D. and a Ph.D., cutting open the transparent uterine wall, removing the thin amniotic sacs without suffocating or injuring the hairless pups, and managing untieable umbilical cords took two hours of intense effort and resulted in two deaths out of eight.
一项要求对母鼠实施剖腹产的实验展示了新生命诞生的极度脆弱与精密:一位医学博士与一位哲学博士小心翼翼地切开透明的子宫壁、剥离极薄的衣胞膜、处理微细的脐带,花了整整两个小时汗流浃背地操作,最终八只小鼠中依然失去了两只。
When a second pregnant mouse went into labor the next day, observers anxiously debated covering the cage or replacing the coarse wood shavings, while reflection on how wild mice manage childbirth effortlessly without sterile lab conditions or human intervention led to awe at the Creator's incredible wisdom and power.
第二天另一只母鼠自然分娩时,大家焦急地讨论加盖毛巾和更换柔软木屑,而对比野外小鼠在没有任何实验室条件或人工协助下顺利繁衍的事实,让人不禁由衷感叹造物主的神奇大能。
Jesus used the birds of the air and the lilies of the field (Matthew 6:26, 28–29) to illustrate that all living creatures exist under God's loving care and provisions, compelling realization of the wonder and greatness of God's creation.
耶稣用天上的飞鸟与野地里的百合花(马太福音 6:26, 28–29)启示世人,一切生物都在神的看顾下得以生存,这让人被神创造的奇妙与伟大所折服。
People without faith often attribute the beauty and harmony of nature to eternal "laws of nature," but all laws (whether social or natural) are created entities that require an authoritative Creator to establish and oversee their operation.
未认识神的人常把自然界的美妙归因于永恒的“自然规律”,但一切律(社会律、自然律)本质上都是被造物,必须由权威制定并在其监督下运作。
More and more scientists recognize that the universe is not eternal but has a beginning, an end, and was created; therefore, natural laws are created entities, pointing directly to God as the First Cause, ultimate source, and sustainer who upholds all things (Romans 1:20).
越来越多科学家认识到宇宙并非永恒,而是有始有终、是被造的,因此自然规律同样也是被造的;摆脱无神论的禁锢即可看到,神正是万物的源头、第一因,并用祂的大能托住万有(罗马书 1:20)。
Listening to ghost stories on summer nights produced fear in childhood, but those memories faded with age and rational thinking until a firsthand encounter fundamentally shattered previous disbelief.
儿时夏夜听鬼故事的畏惧虽随岁月中和,且随着理性增长不再信以为真,但一次亲身经历彻底震撼并重塑了原有的认知。
Eyewitnessing Demonic Possession (1975) / 目睹鬼附身的经历(1975年)
While working in a rural work team during the "In Agriculture, Learn from Dazhai" movement in 1975, a panicked local official reported a demonic possession in broad daylight, asking for help resolving it despite the location being outside official jurisdiction.
1975年参加“农业学大寨”工作组驻村期间,一名小队干部慌忙赶来报信称发生“大白天鬼附身”事件,因组长回城,只能硬着头皮赶往现场处理。
Arriving at the crowd, the scene revealed a distraught local woman whose neighbor—a poor farmer earning barely ten cents a day—had been buried alive and killed while digging sand without safety measures to sell to a local foundry, leaving his family too impoverished to buy a coffin.
现场了解到,一名贫困农民为赚取微薄收入私自挖沙,因无安全设施不幸塌方被活埋惨死,家属无力办丧,仅用草席裹尸草草安葬。
The neighboring woman suddenly went mad that morning, weeping, dancing, and speaking in the exact voice, tone, and aggrieved words of the deceased man, lamenting his tragic death, lack of a coffin, and unwashed clothes.
该邻居妇女当天早上突然发疯,口中全死者的声音与语气,哭诉自己死得太惨、没有棺材与换洗衣物,表现得与死者一模一样,令人毛骨悚然。
When attempting to disperse the crowd by sending the weak, sickly woman home, several strong young men could not budge her feet from the ground as if they were nailed down, forcing reliance on village elders who advised summoning the deceased man's family to scold the spirit away.
欲派人将该病弱妇女抬回家时,数名壮汉竟无法撬动其如钉在地上一般的双脚,陷入束手无策的僵局,最终听从老者建议派人去请死者家属来劝诫训斥。
When the deceased man's wife arrived and scolded the possessed woman for disturbing the living, telling the spirit to leave and promising to send clothes in a few days, the woman calmed down, requested a drink of cold water, drank a full bowl, collapsed unconscious, and woke up with no memory of the event other than feeling completely exhausted.
死者的妻子赶到后训斥附身的妇女不该折磨活人,劝其离开并许诺过几天送衣服,该妇女随后恢复平静,要求喝一口凉水并一口气喝下一大碗后瘫倒省人事,醒来后对此事毫不知情,仅感到精疲力竭。
Witnessing demonic possession firsthand challenged previous atheistic views and aligned with stories heard in childhood, yet acknowledging supernatural forces conflicted with years of atheistic education, prompting an ambiguous "believe it if you want, disbelieve if you don't" stance and an effort to put the matter out of mind.
亲眼目睹鬼附身打破了原有的无神论观念,虽然与童年听闻的经历相印证,但承认鬼神与长期接受的无神论教育相悖,只能采取“信则有,不信则无”的模棱两可态度,竭力淡化此事。
Discovering Dr. Maurice Rawlings' Work / 发现美国心脏科权威的著作
On Christmas Eve in 1991, while researching Christianity during a critical turning point, reading Dr. Maurice Rawlings' book Beyond Death's Door—written by a renowned cardiologist and former American Heart Association national instructor—revealed groundbreaking medical insights into life after clinical death.
1991年圣诞夜,在深入研读基督教书籍的关键时刻,阅读了美国知名心脏科权威罗林斯医生(Dr. Maurice Rawlings)的著作《死——怎么回事?》(Beyond Death's Door),书中记录了借助心脏复苏技术获得的临床死亡体验。
Dr. Rawlings compiled first-person accounts from revived cardiac arrest patients who described post-mortem consciousness, heaven, and hell—confirming biblical accounts and leading Dr. Rawlings himself from skepticism to firm belief while emphasizing that every case reflected the subject's genuine experience regardless of one's belief.
罗林斯医生收集了大量复苏心脏病人对“死后生命”的真实自述,证明肉体死亡并非生命的终点,且存在天堂与地狱,这些事实与《圣经》描述高度吻合,促使他自己从怀疑走向确信,并强调无论读者信与不信,书中例子皆为亲历者的真实体验。
During a treadmill stress test in Dr. Rawlings' office, a rural postman suffered sudden cardiac arrest; after CPR, lung inflation, and mouth-to-mouth resuscitation failed due to total heart blockage, doctors inserted pacemaker leads directly into the artery and vein to drive the heartbeat.
罗林斯医生救治的一位乡村邮递员在办公室进行“压力测试”时突然心脏休克,体外心脏按摩与人工呼吸等完全无效,最终使用前导器将电力装置两极分别插入动静脉形成吊摆,才让心脏恢复跳动。
As his heartbeat alternated between restored and stopped, the patient repeatedly regained consciousness and screamed in total terror: "I'm in hell! Please don't let me go back there!" Though initially dismissive, Dr. Rawlings was deeply shaken as the patient's panic persisted.
每当恢复心跳与呼吸时,病人就声嘶力竭地尖叫哀求:“我在地狱啊!求您别让我回那里去!”起初并不在意的罗林斯医生,因病人持续的极度恐慌而深受触动。
Seeing the patient's dilated pupils, cold sweat, and extreme terror convinced Dr. Rawlings that the fear of hell was real; at the patient's desperate pleading, the doctor knelt on the floor to pray to Jesus for him, after which the patient stabilized and was transferred to another hospital.
看到病人散大的瞳孔、冰冷的汗水和极其恐惧的表情,医生确信病人所经历的恐怖真实无误;在病人的强烈要求下,医生跪在地上向耶稣求告,病人的病情随后终于稳定下来并转院。
After returning home, Dr. Rawlings dusted off his Bible to search for truth; the postman became a Christian after leaving the hospital, deeply shocking Dr. Rawlings—who had previously viewed death as a routine medical event—into firmly believing in life after death.
罗林斯医生回家后掸去《圣经》上的灰尘仔细阅读;病人出院后成为了基督教徒,这件事极大震动了过去将死亡视为例行公事的罗林斯医生,使他开始确信死后生命的存在。
Grounded in Hebrews 9:27 ("It is appointed for man to die once, and after that comes judgment"), Dr. Rawlings researched first-hand accounts of near-death experiences: patients reported out-of-body experiences floating near the ceiling while watching CPR, encountering deceased relatives, or visiting places of radiant light or dark, sinister realms.
依据《希伯来书》9:27(“按着定命,人人皆有一死,死后且有审判”),他进一步收集临终及濒死体验的第一手资料:许多临床死亡者经历过灵魂出窍、俯瞰抢救过程、见到先逝亲人,或前往光明鲜花之处,亦或进入阴森幽暗之地。
Finishing the book late at night led to profound reflection on the author's part: the reality of the spiritual realm (God, angels, fallen demons) is an objective truth independent of human recognition or physical senses, challenging purely materialistic or subjective worldviews.
深夜读完此书后陷入沉思:灵性世界(神、天使、堕落的魔鬼邪灵)是独立于人类主观认知与肉眼触觉之外的客观存在,基督教信仰既非唯心也非唯物,而是“惟实”的,同时承认物质世界与灵性世界两个客观实体。
A late-night Christmas call from an out-of-state friend interrupted these thoughts; she shared how she prayed for a final meeting with her critically ill father in China whom she couldn't visit.
电话铃声打断了沉思,一位外州朋友打来电话庆祝圣诞节并讲述了亲身经历:因父亲病危却无法回国探望,她不断祷告希望能再见父亲一面。
She then dreamed of her father visiting and touching her; days later, her family phoned to report his passing, and her precise description of his clothing and appearance at death astonished her relatives back home, revealing her supernatural experience.
几天后她在梦中梦见父亲前来探望并抚摸她;不久后家乡传来父亲离世的消息,而她在电话中对父亲离世时衣着、仪表等细节的准确描述让家乡亲人惊讶不已,证实了这一异象。
人类崇拜神的自然倾向 / Human's Natural Inclination to Worship God
Created in God's image with the breath of life (Genesis 1:26, 2:7), humanity possesses a living spirit that cannot find ultimate satisfaction in the material world alone, driving people across all eras and cultures to seek the supernatural Creator.
人是按神的形象和样式被造且有灵的活人(创世记 1:26, 2:7),人心中的灵使得人类无法单从物质世界得到真正满足,从而向往永恒并寻求超自然的造物主。
While previous evolutionary views claimed religion progressed from polytheism to modern monotheism, recent research reveals the opposite: human history originally began with monotheism, which only later devolved into polytheism, aligning with biblical accounts.
过去观点认为人类最初是多神崇拜而后演化为单一神崇拜,但近年研究结果恰恰相反——人类最初是单一神崇拜而后才产生多神敬拜,这与《圣经》的记述完全相符。
Ancient China worshipped the one true God, using "Heaven" (天) and "Shangdi" (上帝) interchangeably (as noted by Zhou dynasty records and Han scholar Zheng Xuan); the Prayer Hall for Good Harvests in Beijing's Temple of Heaven bears the inscription "Imperial Heaven Supreme Emperor" (皇天上帝).
中国自远古开始敬拜单一真神,将“天”与“上帝”互用(如西周时期及东汉学者郑玄所述),北京天坛祈年殿内至今赫然刻着“皇天上帝”四个大字。
Human Conscience & Universal Moral Law / 人类良心与道德律的一致性
Despite geographic and cultural isolation prior to coming to the US, American moral values (courage, diligence, humility, honesty, helpfulness) proved strikingly similar to Chinese virtues, revealing a universal moral standard inherent to human nature.
赴美前曾担忧文化隔阂,赴美后发现美国人与中国人拥有一致的道德观念,都崇尚勇敢、勤奋、谦逊、诚实与乐于助人;这种跨越地理与制度的道德一致性源自人的“本性”。
The biblical scriptures explain that God writes His law upon human hearts (Jeremiah 31:33, Romans 2:15), establishing an internal moral witness that guides human sense of right and wrong and serves as the foundation for common morality.
《圣经》(耶利米书 31:33、罗马书 2:15)给出了良心的答案:神将祂的律法写在人的心里,使人能够明善恶,成为人类共同道德标准和良心的基础。
Even in hardened criminals, conscience manifests either through eventual internal guilt or through their intense, furious reaction when they or their loved ones become the victims of murder, insult, or robbery.
即便是杀人成性、无恶不作的强盗与惯犯,道德律依然存在——要么受制于深层的良心谴责,要么体现在当他们自己或亲友遭受侵害时所迸发出的切齿痛恨与不可遏制之怒火。
Pastor Stephen Tong shared a case from Melbourne, Australia, where a man killed his wife in anger, hid the body, escaped to the West Coast, remarried, and built a model family—only to surrender to the police 25 years later because the unceasing condemnation of his conscience was far more agonizing than facing execution.
唐崇荣牧师讲述了一个真实故事:墨尔本一名男子杀妻碎尸后潜逃并另组美满家庭,25年后因受尽良心严厉谴责而选择主动自首,坦言自首是为了摆脱精神上的完全崩溃。
Special revelation (supernatural revelation) is directly given by God at specific times, locations, and to specific people through His Word, divine appearances, visions, dreams, angelic messages, miracles, and uniquely through the Bible and Jesus Christ.
特殊启示(超自然启示)是神在特定的时间、地点向特定的人所发的。除了普遍启示外,神也通过祂的话语、显现、异象、异梦、天使传信、神迹,尤其是《圣经》和耶稣本人来传递启示。
God reveals Himself through two "books": Nature (showing a supernatural Designer/Creator exists) and the Bible (revealing who the Creator is, His attributes, human origin and destiny, and God's plan of salvation).
神借着两本书启示人类:一本是大自然,让人知道超自然设计者与创造者的存在;另一本是《圣经》,让人了解这位创造者是谁、祂的属性、人类的来龙去脉,以及神的救恩计划和国度。
After Adam and Eve's rebellion brought sin and death into the world, God sent His only begotten Son to cleanse humanity's sin through His blood, ensuring eternal life for believers and establishing a personal, lived relationship with God.
亚当、夏娃悖逆神后,死亡进入世界,神派遣独生子来到人间,用宝血洗净人的罪,使信祂的不至灭亡反得永生;对信徒而言,神的存在不再是理论问题,而是切身的体验。
Born in Fujian and having moved to Southeast Asia at age nine due to poverty, Pastor Liu later met a village evangelist wearing a simple cloth robe. Dressing in Western attire himself, Pastor Liu initially looked down on the evangelist until relatives revealed the man was actually a graduate of a prestigious university who chose a life of poor, rural ministry.
刘牧师祖籍福建,九岁赴南洋谋生。十几岁回家乡时遇到一位身着土布衫的传道人,一身西装的刘牧师心里瞧不起他,直到亲戚告知该传道人竟是名牌大学毕业生、甘愿放弃通达仕途作乡间传道,刘牧师虽有触动但感而不动。
After the evangelist left, Pastor Liu unexpectedly suffered three consecutive sleepless nights. Desperate, he used the address left by the evangelist and looked through a window to see a man kneeling in prayer; upon opening the door, the man immediately called him by name and shared he had been praying for him for three days and nights, deeply moving Pastor Liu to kneel, repent, and receive Jesus as Savior.
传道人走后,刘牧师无缘无故连续三夜通宵失眠,万般无奈下按地址寻找。从外隔窗望去见一人跪地,闻声开门后对方立刻呼唤其名并表示已为他祈祷三天三夜,刘牧师大受震惊与感动,当即跪下痛哭悔改,接受耶稣作救主。
Dr. Xu came to the U.S. from Hong Kong to earn his M.D. and Ph.D. and practice medicine in California; despite outward success, he suffered deep internal sorrow and was eventually diagnosed with late-stage liver cancer, given only months to live (or a year with a successful liver transplant).
许医生从香港赴美取得 M.D. 和 Ph.D. 后在加州行医,内心却常感无比悲伤。后因腹部不适确诊为晚期肝癌,生存期仅剩数月,即使肝移植成功也仅能延长约一年寿命。
Though baptized at nineteen, Dr. Xu had drifted from faith; in absolute desperation, he knelt to pray: "God, if You truly exist, let me see You before I die." Tears flowed as he prayed, and an inexplicable peace filled his heart.
虽然十几岁时已受洗,但他多年未读经祷告。面对绝境,他跪下向神求告:“神啊,如果真的存在,就让我临死前看看。”祷告时他热泪纵横,心中随即获得了多年未曾感到的平静。
When surgeons opened his abdomen for a liver transplant, they discovered no cancer spread—only a single tumor on one liver lobe, which biopsy showed had transformed from malignant to benign, allowing for a simple partial resection instead.
决定做肝移植手术时,医生切开腹腔后惊奇地发现肿瘤并未扩散,仅一叶肝脏上有肿块,且化验结果显示肿瘤已由恶性转化为良性,最终仅需做肝脏局部切除。
The surgeon, a non-believing Jewish doctor, remarked that such an event could change any atheist's mind; Dr. Xu knew God had healed both his physical illness and spiritual blindness, prompting him to share his testimony across the U.S., Canada, and China.
主刀的犹太医生深感不可思议,坦言此事足以让无神论者改变想法;许医生深知是神医治了他的肉体与灵性,此后备受激励,在各地分享这一奇迹见证。
The direct evidence of God's existence is His entry from infinity into the finite world—coming to Earth incarnate as Jesus Christ. Taking on human form and using understandable language, Jesus taught the kingdom of God, performed miracles, died on the cross to cleanse human sin with His blood, resurrected on the third day, and ascended to heaven to intercede for believers, profoundly shaping human history in His short life on Earth.
神存在的直接证据是神从无限进入有限,来到地球降生为人的耶稣基督。神的儿子取了人的形状,用人能理解的话语讲解天国的道理、行神迹,最终被钉十字架以宝血洗净人的罪;耶稣死后第三天复活并升天,在神右边为人代求,在短短三十几年里深刻影响了人类历史进程。
If evidence for God's existence is so abundant, why do many still disbelieve or fail to perceive Him? A key reason is intellectual barriers in those raised with atheistic backgrounds, who often dismiss monotheism as mere superstition.
既然神存在的证据如此充分,为什么许多人仍不相信或感受不到神的存在?首先在于理性障碍的存在,尤其在无神论背景下成长的人,常常将有神论误等同于迷信。
Superstition is blind belief, whereas Christian monotheism is a genuine faith grounded in objective facts. Outgrowing childish awe of puppets while denying the puppeteer behind the curtain is moving from one extreme to another; similarly, rejecting primitive worship of nature should not lead to blindly denying the Creator behind those natural phenomena.
迷信是盲目的相信,而基督教的一神论信仰则是建立在客观事实基础上的真实信仰。正如长大后否定木偶有生命的同时若连幕后操控者也一并否定是走向极端,否定原始时期对自然现象的盲目崇拜时若不加分析地否定造物主,同样是失去依据的极端。
A major achievement of modern scientific development is guiding people away from worshipping created nature toward worshipping the Creator of nature—a path taken by many renowned scientists and Nobel laureates who came to know God through exploring the universe.
现代科学发展的一个重要结果,是引导人们从对自然界受造物的崇拜,转向对自然界创造者——神的敬拜。许多科学家和诺贝尔奖得主正是在认识宇宙的过程中逐步认识了神。