My Veritas

Tracy and I watched a movie tonight. One of the characters had the word "veritas" tattooed on his hand. I loved it. I have always had a crush on that word (like pontificate), but don't get to use it often. It means Truth. There was a Roman goddess named Veritas, and little does my super hot Canadian know, but there is a statue of the same Veritas in front of the Canadian Supreme Court. Yep. That's right.

This is not a post about what is truth. I have been pretty thorough about my confusion and ever seeking of that very thing. But I was thinking about what I know to be true. My veritas, if you will please. I believe in God. But how do you make a case or give an account for your belief without the Bible? I mean, most people who don't believe that God exists usually don't give too much credit to the Bible. If they are well read, they know of the historical value. But I hate to say, most people are not well read. At least not in historical cultures and whatnot. So, back to my case for God.

I would have to say the design of nature. And by nature, I mean me and you and trees. Just watching Nova's Miracle of Life is a compelling statement of a non random design. Everything is so perfect, so thought through, so harmonious. I carried 5 people inside of me while they formed. Every detail was taken care of. Even the moment of "imprinting" when for about 20 minutes a newborn's vision is clear for about 12 inches. The distance from a mother's breast to the mother's face. So while a baby is suckling for the first time, he sees clearly the face that will nurture and adore and scratch the night nurse's eyes out for him. Honestly, don't get me going on breastfeeding and the existance of God. I need no other proof.

 I do not see nature, when left to itself, becoming more sophisticated. It becomes ruins. It doesn't make sense to me that such wondrous complication came from nothing. And I am completely comfortable to think that God has designed man and nature to adapt over the ages. It's not a contradiction to me. It actually supports my idea that God is living and changing things as we go along through history.

So that is me. I have faith in a God I cannot see. But like the wind that I can't see, I see His effects. There is so much more, but I will try to stay simple. To live in and up to this veritas.