What are the Odds?

Day  249:  What are the odds?  I found this on the net, and thought it was pretty interesting.  Take a look!

• Chance of American man developing cancer in his lifetime: 1 in 2 
• Chance of dying from heart disease: 1 in 3 
• Chance of suffering from asthma or allergy diseases: 1 in 6 
• Chance of getting breast cancer: 1 in 9 
• Chance of getting the flu this year: 1 in 10
• Chance of being audited by the IRS: 1 in 175 
• Chance of having your identity stolen: 1 in 200
• Chance of dying from any kind of injury during the next year: 1 in 1,820
• Chance of dying from a car accident: 1 in 18,585
• Chance of dying in an airplane accident: 1 in 354,319 
• Chance of winning the California lottery: 1 in 13,000,000  
• Chance of dying by a shark attack: 1 in 300,000,000
• Chance of a meteor landing on your house: 1 in 182,138,880,000,000

So often we worry about the wrong things.  Many people think sickness won't happen to them, so they avoid going to the doctor.  But that would be foolish, as it is very likely one will suffer from cancer.  If someone's house was obliterated by a meteor, many would think how unlucky the owner must have been to have been impacted by such a freak accident. Let's look at another statistic:

• Chance of 2000 biblical prophecies being fulfilled to the letter with NO ERRORS:  1 in 1000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000

Wow!  The odds that 2000 prophecies many years, in some cases centuries beforehand, were fulfilled with laser-point accuracy is ~1 in 10²⁰⁰⁰....that is staggering!  Yet, the reality is, they WERE--to the letter! Not only that, the Bible has proven historically accurate over, and over, and over again.

The Bible has been, and continues to be,  the most scrutinized book in all of history, and yet time and again it is proven infallible.  I know some would debate me on this (that might be fun if it was a civil discourse, actually), but I would contend that one would need to do the proper homework first.  It's easy to repeat a sound bite--the Bible was written after the fact, or the text is not accurate, etc.  But those arguments have been shredded by exceptional scholarship.  The ability to see past our own presuppositions is key to learning, as Edmund Spencer said,

There is a principle which is a bar against all information, which is proof against all argument, and which cannot fail to keep man in everlasting ignorance. That principle is condemnation before investigation.

Going back to the odds, let's look at it this way.  If offered $100M to drink randomly from 1 of 2 cups, knowing one was poisoned and would kill you instantly, would you do it?  How about if you were going to die and 1 of those 2 cups would offer you healing, but the other immediate death, would you then reconsider?

The chances of dying in this lifetime is 1 in 1.  The chance of  being right on the accuracy of the Bible is 1 in 2.  If the Bible is what I say it is, then what it says must be true. And if its content is true, everyone has a simple decision to make--

Do you entrust your life to Jesus or don't you?  

The odds of being wrong may be 1 in 2, but the result of being wrong differs.  If I'm wrong, I've lost nothing.  I will die hopefully a better person than I was the day before, learning how to love and to serve.  But, if I'm right, those who believe otherwise lose everything. Why take the risk?

Please, God, bless!

"And they said, “Believe in the Lord Jesus, and you will be saved, you and your household.” Acts 16:31 ESV 

Inspired by "365: A Daily Creativity Journal: Make Something Every Day and Change Your Life!" I decided I should be more conscientious of my creative side. I chose to modify this one year challenge (9/23/14-9/24/15) to create something each day that would also force me to focus my perspective on a Godly world-view.