Hand in Hand

On April 19, math teacher Christian Kim hosted an apologetics seminar, using science to defend Christian beliefs. Senior Josephine Lin, one of the event’s coordinators, said that Kim had wanted to hold the talk for a long time.

However, “since Mr. Kim is a teacher, he’s not supposed to talk about his faith [during class],” Lin said.

New Life, a Christian club on campus, decided to coordinate the event with Kim.

“Many people in the past wanted to have Mr. Kim speak. We finally got the chance to ask him,” senior Rebecca Hsiao said.

Lin hoped the event would be informative and encouraging. “As a Christian club, our intention hosting this event was to inform [non-religious people] about Christianity and possibly allow them to be more accepting of Christianity, and to help Christians prove and support their faith with more of an objective reasoning,” Lin said.

Using PowerPoint, Kim presented to a packed classroom. He used the laws of thermodynamics to supplement Descartes’ proof of God and support his beliefs.

“There were so many people that people were struggling to find a spot to stand,” Lin said.
“There is no way to measure the success of this event,” Hsiao said. “For it to be successful, it would mean that people’s faith have deepened, but we have no way to measure that.”Hsiao was pleased with the turnout of students, but said that the number of people was not what measures success.

Senior Sydney Smith, was one who felt that her faith was strengthened.

“There are moments where those who are religious, including myself, lose faith and [we] ask ourselves ‘Is there really a God?’” Smith said. “[Kim’s] presentation reaffirmed my faith.”

The New Life leadership hope that their successors will continue to host apologetics talks.

“[Science and Christianity] is among the hottest topics in the Christian faith among people, and it is great that it has brought Christians and non-Christians together,” Hsiao said.