Torch, Summer 1979

Dr. Paul Dixon, President 3 Created for a Purpose W hoamI?Whyamihere? Where am I going? Age-old questions. But certainly valid ones that deserve answers. The fact is that most people today do not have any solutions for this continual search. James Dobson in his book Hide or Seek contends "... that the vast majority of those between twelve and twenty years of age are bitterly disappointed with who they are and what they represent." This is true not only of teens, but children and adults of all ages. America is truly in the midst of an insecurity epidemic. Few have any kind of proper, biblical self– image. Why is this so? May I suggest that our country has been brainwashed and baptized in Darwinism and other evolutionary theories. This devastates the value of man. All the humanistic philosophies destroy the worth of the individual. Marxism, Freudianism, existentialism, nihilism, etc., are vitally related to Darwinism. If man evolved from a blob of protoplasm, he has no significance. A human being who can be traced back to an ape or some other animal will act like one. Is it any wonder that these godless theories have spawned free-love, alcoholism, drug addiction, abortion and divorce? The bones of broken lives and homes tell the story of man's search for truth and meaning apart from God. If we just happened, then the pleasures and possessions of this world would satisfy. The fact that they do not speaks to us of a God who created us. He made us for Himself. He designed us with a purpose in mind. That makes every one of us extremely important. There is a reason for our being. Up with creation and God! Down with evolution and Darwin! Without apology, this is where Cedarville College stands. In a day when many Christian liberal arts colleges have surrendered these strong convictions, we refuse to do so. This is reinforced in our doctrinal statement: We believe in the literal account of creation of man and that the Scriptures clearly and distinctly teach that the creation of man lies in the special, immediate and formative acts of God .... Our professors teach the Genesis record of creation as literal. God has raised up an exceptional science department at Cedarville. I believe we have a great responsibility to this present age. Please stand with us!