When Did I Become So Smart

The rest of my life is probably going to be spent, puzzled; puzzled in understanding the mindset of the non-Christian, and the conclusions that it makes. In a conversation the other day a person was telling me that there is no way Jesus was a virgin, and while on that topic neither was Mary. This person’s thoughts did not end there, they also had perspectives on the bible and the stories within that were based only on their own thoughts. Despite asking why they might think that and discovering that it was only based on their thoughts, the stance was not abandoned. In school when an answer is given that does not correspond to that which is correct, the answer is false i.e. 2+2=4 not 5 no matter how much I want it to. Alistair Begg said it best, “As soon as we come to the moral theological biblical realm people take their brains out, and assume we now apply a different manor of thinking and logic to truth. You can’t do it, at least and discover it.” When did we become so smart that truth can be identified by that which we would like to believe? Are we allowing our own desires to lure and entice us? (see James 1 focus on 1:14-15)