Imagine you were invited to tour the Walmart facilities in Bentonville, AR. You had read the biography of Sam Walton and was amazed at his story. While walking through this guided tour, you see pictures of Sam Walton, you note the incredible precision of which everything runs, you meet some of Sam's sons and daughters, and you listen to the tour guide tell the story of how it all began.

The final stop is the place where it started, a small store in the middle of the town square. There are about 20 people in your group, and afterwards some of you go for coffee. You were so impressed by this success story, and how this man had a vision to bring goods to the consumer in the most efficient and cost effective way. Others in the group are marvelling at the intricate systems set in place; how a battery can be purchased in a Walmart in Florida, and the computer will automatically generate an inventory list for that particular store.Such intricate systems were made possible by the people working at Walmart and other places who provided the computers, the software, the trucks, the products, and everything else involved to make it possible for a person to purchase some batteries. 

Now imagine in the middle oft his conversation, a lone voice starts to doubt that Sam Walton ever existed. In an almost arrogant tone, this man declares that the systems that you saw with your very own eyes just happened to evolve over billions of years and that Walmart invented the name Sam Walton as a way to make them feel better about themselves. There is a good possibility that almost unanimously, everyone within the sound of this man's voice would look at him as if he were crazy.

In so many ways, this is what happens on a regular basis, when it comes to the debate between creation and evolution. There is no doubt that evolution exists to some extent in nature. All of us evolve mentally and physically. But that is evolution in the micro, not the macro. And while many in the scientific and atheistic communities will do their best to prove evolution, the proof will never come. Just like the proof of God's existence will not come until the great and terrible day of judgment. We cannot prove that God exists,we can only provide evidence that points to the existence of a Creator.

In 300 years, no one will be able to prove that Sam Walton existed. All that will remain as evidenceof his existence will be books, videos, pictures, stores, and perhaps relatives. In 300 years his stores may still be around or they may not. But the systems and principles that he put in practice will be the same systems and principles that many others will put into practice.

The debate will continue, butat the heart of this debate, I rarely hear a legitimate explanationfor the systems that God set in place and how these could have evolvedover time. For example, think of all of the processes involved for youand I to be able to eat a vegetable or a fruit. How did dirt come aboutand how did it know to cultivate a seed? And where did the seed comefrom? And how does a tiny seed break open underneath the dirt and climbupwards toward the sun, (that big orange ball of heat and light thathas been placed just far enough away from our planet to keep us warmbut not burn us) and drink in the rain (how did rain know to form inclouds and water the earth?), and then produce something that is edible. 

And how did we know to eatit? And when did we start eating this stuff? And when did our digestivesystem evolve, and the mouth and the teeth? 

I don't blame those who believe that there is no God. It's highly understandable. There is something in all of us that wants to believe that ultimately we are in control.The problem is there were systems set in place long before you and I got here on this planet and we are ruled by them. The law of gravity, seed time and harvest, the way our body operates, and so on. You and I had no say on any of this. But truthfully we have all benefited from these systems that were set in place, even those who refuse to believe in the One Who created them!

And the debate will rage on, sadly. And in the midst of those who refuse to believe, we will look on in incredulity, as those who might look at the lone voice who refused to believe that Sam Walton ever existed.