Preaching To The Geeks

I have a lot of friends that are pretty geeky. I mean that in a good way, a great way, in fact. They do things like work in areospace and nanotechnology. They have P.h.D.s have to explain things in laymen terms to me. I love it. I'm facinated by what they do and love getting caught up on the latest and greatest in cutting edge technology.

Out of all my friends in who work in some technology field, I am the only Christian. I think I'm like their crazy cousin that everyone likes but no one takes really seriously. That's probably not entirely true, but I do believe in God so that makes my judgement somewhat suspect.

It's difficult to talk about faith to people who don't believe, even a little. They listen to what I have to say, but it's as if they're studying a new species of some kind. They listen with curiosity, then file it away as an interesting social phenomenon. Only God know what's really going on in their heart.

When I find out about books like The God Experiments by Gary E. Schwartz, P.h.D. I get excited. Here is professor of psychology and neurology who is interested in the idea of religion and begins a study to see if there's anything there. To his surprise, the "anything there" answered him when he questioned. Now he believes. Now the world finds him suspect.

Publishers Weekly says: "Many, both scientists and not, will have trouble accepting Schwartz's sophomoric and overly determined experiments—you can't have sand paintings without a designer, but that doesn't prove that the universe has a designer—but others no doubt will find Schwartz's blend of pop spirituality and pop science satisfying explanations of intelligent design."

It's just so hard for some to believe, even when someone as intellectual as Dr. Schwartz tells the story. I'm excited, however, that there is an explanation that some will believe. I love hearing how people come to know God anyway, but I hope that this book finds its way into the hands of some beloved geeks and makes sense.