Maybe I was feeling a little guilty, writing a series of articles on the problem of evolution and the Christian narrative. As I had promised, I did not end the series with a simple answer; I offered only plausible options. But I did, as always, promise to be honest.

I also pointed out that when it comes to the traditional Christian narrative and the objective facts on the ground, regarding the evidence for evolution, atheism has less of an absurdity… in that particular area. In other words, looking at the big picture of evolution, it is easier to be an atheist than a Christian. However, the problem is that in many other areas, theism and possibly Christianity have less of an absurdity burden than atheism. I will now discuss one area in which theism makes more sense to me: mathematics.

A couple of years ago, I honestly said to a small group of people lingering after a Sunday school class that if it weren’t for mathematics, I likely wouldn’t have come back to Christianity. The most gracious one in that small group said something like, “That makes no sense to me, but I believe you.”

Unique to the past eighty years, a subjective relationship with God is the only one valued in the church, which makes it difficult for us who appreciate objectivity and the wonderful world that God has made.

I stumbled on a discussion with two of the world’s premier mathematicians and Stephen Meyer, the author of Return of the God Hypothesis. It is powerful, especially if you understand some of the higher characteristics of mathematics.

Respectfully, Mike