Recently I was talking with a friend and he was expressing that there are things in the Bible that are hard to comprehend with the human mind. In order to believe that the Bible is the word of God we are asked to believe some things that seem strange to logical thinking. Skeptics have said for years that Jonah could not have really lived inside of a fish. And whoever heard such a tale as two naked people in a garden listening to a talking snake. It almost seems to be science fiction here. Don't get me wrong, I believe every word of the Bible. I am speaking from a standpoint of human logic.
The book of Hebrews tells us that in order to come to God we must believe that He (God) exists and that he is a rewarder of those who diligently seek after him. The apostle Peter spoke of the Apostles Paul's writings as "some things hard to be understood" (II Peter 3:16). Yet as Christians we do believe these things and that belief is what has opened the path for us to have a relationship with God.
True, we have often been ridiculed for believing "ridiculous stories" but I say it takes far more faith to believe in evolution than it does to believe in God. In order for evolution to be true there is no end to the "miracles" that would have had to happen at each step in the game; yet evolution is deemed science while the Bible is deemed nonsense. The problem is that our human logic gets in the way of simple, child-like faith. It is far easier (and wiser) to simply trust that God knows what he is doing and let him work out the details. Yes, there are some things I will probably never understand in this life but the good thing is I don't have to. I choose to believe that God made it all and that makes all the difference.
Sullivan Jones