How Can I Believe What Can't Be Believed? (Genesis 1–3)

Imagine yourself in another world, another dimension, another reality. In your driveway sets an unusual car. While very old (some say ancient), in appearance it looks futuristic. Its two doors, hinged at the top, when fully opened, give the appearance of a gull's wings. Its iridescent pearl gray color is accented with silver trim. A car, similar to yours, sits in every driveway. Like everyone else, you have learned how to drive your car. You can back out of your driveway, drive to work, your job, the store, or any destination, and return home again, as you would expect any car to do.

You have been told many times, indeed you've attended many lectures where it was taught, even preached, that what you are doing with your car is what a car does, and that that is all it does. However, as you sit in your car and look at the console, at panels that look like they could be doors that slide open but don't, you have a gnawing suspicion that this car is designed to do more. Stories, or myths as some would say, are told that it is actually a Star Car designed to travel to distant planets.

This suspicion grows as you study the manufacturer's handbook. Admittedly, the handbook is a little difficult to understand. It too, is very old and its language archaic. The experts all seem to agree that the car is doing all that the car was designed to do. True, ancient copies of the manufacturer's handbook say men drove them out into space. However, the experts remind us that that was only a metaphor and that the first readers of the handbook understood it as such. There is no evidence to suggest it actually happened.

That's another thing that bothers you. There appear to be countless scholars who can tell you all about the manufacturer's handbook. There are experts on the age of the manuscripts, experts on whether it was written by one author or many, experts on the meaning of words - but there are no scholars, no experts who can tell you how to do what the handbook says to do!

As time passes, your dissatisfaction with all the expert opinions about your car grows. The time comes when you begin a quest of your own. You want to know if there is more to your car than just driving back and forth to work. You want to know if there is truth in the ancient stories. How can you find out?