Author & Speaker - Dr. Ray Childers
How Competing Worldviews Influence People Today
"The truth is independent of the number of people who believe it." - Dr. Ray Childers
What I Do
It’s been an interesting journey from teaching Darwinian Evolution to research scientist to Christ follower to public speaker to author. Looking backwards, it all makes some sense, but I had no idea, at the time, that the voyage would land me where I find myself today.
Guest Speaker
Over the last 20 years, the theme of my speaking presentations has evolved from a comparison of the two predominant models for the origin of the universe, Biblical Creation or the big bang and Darwinian evolution, to “Origins: Existence, Purpose and Destiny” to just “Existence.”
Published Author
What I try to share in my book, “Existence,” are the number of situations in which we find ourselves and how one’s worldview determines one’s reactions to those circumstances. I hope you will be stimulated to question both why you believe what you believe, and the actions produced by those beliefs.
My Book
One’s worldview is the framework within which one interprets the past, acts in the present, and prepares for the future. It determines one’s character and behavior — at work, and home, and with one’s neighbor. The reader is invited to consider their existence, purpose, and destiny in light of Existential, Darwinian, and Biblical worldviews. Topics examined include theories of origins, intelligent design, fossils, measures of time, knowledge and information, good vs. evil, and the metaphysical.
"As a PhD research scientist, myself, I can relate to Dr. Childers' perspective as he shares the importance of one's worldview in setting the course of one's life. I love the book. I find it informative and impactful - it gives one pause to reflect on one's purpose while presenting some of the challenging life decisions we all face - I know that I have made many huge mistakes along my way, especially in my 30's before I believed in God. If you feel like you're drifting, Existence might be the compass that navigates you towards an anchorage - Dr. Childers found his anchor in Jesus. Everyone should read it, other scientists notwithstanding, especially if one needs to steady his course."
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My Story
Writing Existence is helping me to realize a passion of mine and to communicate my excitement about not only knowing “the end of the story”, but having developed an understanding of that which rationally connects that “end” with the “beginning of the story”. My grasp of the essence of the story has been a great personal source of rest, hope, peace and joy. I hope readers will be aided in reaching a similar comfort level in their own lives.
Existence: Humanity
There is no pathway to human beings other than that described in Genesis 1.
Grace – Take it Personally
What is grace? A simple definition would be, “undeserved favor.” That contrasts with
Existence: Dimensionality
We recognize the four dimensions of space and time in which we exist. They are the length, width and depth of any physical object and the “clock” that keeps on ticking. Are there more dimensions out there?
The Unborn
In this article, I will limit my commentary to humans, only. The bookends of this post are conception and birth. Conception is the beginning of the unborn stage of life – that seems to be the majority opinion, across both the biological sciences and a wide spectrum of worldviews. Conception
Injustice
Historically, the public focus on justice seems to cycle. Why should crises raise our awareness of injustice? It should be an ongoing concern, but it isn’t. Nevertheless, 2020 was a time of many crises that are still very much with us today. I think everyone has a sense of their
Creation and Science
The words creation and science are not mutually exclusive. Without a plan or strategy executed by an act of creation, i.e. science being done, we wouldn’t exist. Yet, regardless of one’s worldview, here we are! What we see around us shouts of design –the beauty of a flower or the function
Existence: Trust
“Trust me……” We’ve all heard these two words, accompanied by a phrase that connects them to the situation at hand. A frequent example is, “…everything will be all right,” when one is facing a difficult moment in life. Trust is a bit like faith in the sense that it’s only
Existence: Fear
Fear is an emotional response arising out of one’s soul that can impact both one’s body and spirit. Is it ever an appropriate response? I think so, if the response is one couched in wisdom. Displays of courage in the face of danger are both constructive and calming as they mitigate fear.
Existence: Thinking
Ideas are the result of thinking. Therefore, thinking must be good – it’s the thoughts that might not be so hot. Regardless of their quality, without thoughts we would fall far short of “being all we can be.” There must be a point to our existence, right? One of the ways we express that
Existence: Light
What is light? We cannot see, even with our “mind’s eye”, without some form of it. Without light, the “end of the tunnel” would forever be in darkness. You couldn’t be reading this without it… Light is not what I consider to be a “problem” word. Nevertheless, Webster associates it with
Axioms
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Teamwork begins at home.
Creation is entropy decreasing.
Thinking is extrapolating what you know to what could be.
The sun will rise daily until the Son replaces it.
Why would one live a lie when one can know the Truth?
* Thanks to Bill Hybels’ “Axiom” for the concept
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