Contemplating God & Evolution

I have never understood why people who claim to be scientists, by a vast majority, also call themselves atheists.  The study of science, erroneously credited as the premier doorway to knowledge, must inevitably lead to awe, humility and at the very minimum, heavy proof of intelligent design.  And yet, according to today’s scientists, it doesn’t.  They don’t see a giant elephant in the room.  So, I would like to propose the following questions & have an atheist answer them:

Does evolution’s notion that the design of all life is powered by the need to improve its own procreation answer the following questions?

What Do Fred Flintstone and the Occult Have In Common?

Fred & Barney back from a meeting at the Loyal Order of the Buffalo's Lodge 32

My father sent me an email recently in response to a theoretical question I had concerning the Messiah for whom the Jews are waiting.   I was wondering if they knowingly rejected Christ or if they truly still thought that God would send a great king with armies as their Messiah.  I mean, if Jesus is the Messiah (and he is), then it should be evident to all who seek him, right?    Being the son of God is no small thing.  The son of God would have a presence that would be undeniable.  And Jesus’ presence is undeniable.  (Hence, the hate he and God draw from so-called unbelievers.  You never see them hating on Mohammad, do you?)  And being so self-evident, if the Jews reject him, then they are rejecting God.

He told me that many people believe that the illuminati (the über rich elite who own everything- including politicians) have blood ties to the ancient jewish Pharisees and Sadducees that were the original persecutors of Christ.  Also, that these illuminati are invested in satan worship via organizations such as the Free Masons.  Being me, I wanted proof- genealogical charts showing this.  Not that it was really relevant- but I would find that bit of proof to be very amazing indeed.

When God Gives You a Miracle, You Share It- And So I Am

My new church: a humble place where miracles happen...

Many so-called atheists love to compare my belief in God to a belief in something silly, like unicorns.  But their anger always belies their smugness.  They know the truth.  And it makes them mad.

In several articles, I have disparaged the atheist ‘scientific’ mindset in its blatant contradictory belief in super intelligent aliens, but not in the possibility of God.  Isn’t he, technically, a super intelligent alien?   A being, not of this world, that is so much more intelligent than us that we cannot comprehend him?  I also like to point out the self contradiction of atheist scientists who are, even now, creating life in test tubes and yet, find it impossible that we might be the creation of another life form’s test tube. 

Israel Ready To Bomb Iran- Good for Them!

"If the United States Won't Do It, We Will Have To."

Good for Israel.  They have had enough and can no longer wait for Captain-Wait-Until-It’s-Too-Late.  They are ready to preemptively strike Iran’s nuclear facilities.  And who can blame them?  If anything, one must wonder why they have waited this long.  Personally, I believe they waited this long because they love peace and have been waiting to see if Obama & the United States would work diplomatically to protect Israel.  The reverse has been the result of Obama’s foreign policy.

"We love peace, but we're getting a nuke together for fun..."

1)  Obama has actively sought to dismantle the leadership of every pro-American Arab Muslim nation in the Middle East:  Mubarak in Egypt, Qaddafi in Libya, Saleh in Yemen, King Abdullah bin Abdul Aziz in Saudi Arabia and King Abdullah II of Jordan.  Each of these nations had or have leaders friendly to the interests of the United States.  None were a threat to us.  While he has rattled his saber at Iran and Syria, two nations who have actively and proudly supported terrorist activity against the United States, our European allies and Israel, Obama had effectively encouraged them to increase their influence in the Middle East.  The result of toppling the pro-American leaderships in the Middle East has been nothing less than the consolidation of power for the Muslim Brotherhood, the only organized political there.  The Muslim Brotherhood’s official stated goal is to destroy our long time, traditional ally Israel.

Am I The Next American Enemy Combatant To Be Killed?

"I'll tell you what, I'll give you security in exhange for your liberties, ok?"

The day that I agree with the ACLU is the day that confirms my belief that the world has truly turned upside down.  That day is today.  The ACLU is demanding transparency & legal justification for the killing of American born cleric Anwar al-Awlaki, his teen age son, Abdulrahman al-Awlaki (a U.S. citizen who was born in Denver in 1995), and his 17-year-old Yemeni cousin that were killed in a U.S. military drone strike that left nine people dead in southeastern Yemen.

Obama claims this Colorado boy was Al Qaida and needed to die.

While the death of Anwar al-Awlaki seems perfectly legal & just (as he was actively participating in war against his own country), the question remains open about his young son, another unnamed US citizen & his 17-year-old cousin (not to mention the nine possibly innocent Yemenis citizens) that were killed along with him.  Just when does the life of one bad man start providing perfect justification for the killing of children & innocents?  In our nation today, if a gang member decides to kill an enemy, but carelessly sprays the street with machine gun fire regardless of children and other innocent victims, we punish him even more strenuously than if he had simply killed his one sworn enemy.  I thought this was a standard notion in our nation.

Politically Incorrect Assessment of Muslims

You know, sometimes the elephant in the room really smells bad.  And it’s big and noisy.  You try to ignore it and pay attention to your party guest- but it’s really hard, considering the buggery trunk twirling around in your hair.   At some point, you just want to scream, “People!  Really?  Doesn’t anyone else see this thing?”

I wrote about the incredible sexual appetite of the Prophet Muhammad a couple weeks ago and had some interesting conversations with a practicing Muslim.  It was compelling in that this person refuted every one of my accusations.  I claimed that Islam was sexist in its institution of plural marriage, that it forces premenstrual girls into marriage with much older men and generally treats women as chattel.  In addition, I was stunned by the amount of time dedicated in the Quran to the satisfaction of Muhammad’s sexual appetites for girls & women who were already married- how Allah’s will mirrored Muhammad’s sexual will rather too perfectly. 

Yet Another Example of Dumb Atheist Scientists

Dan Shecktman Spews Eggs on Atheist Linus Pauling

In yet another example of the ENTIRE scientific community being wrong and ONE man being right, a Jewish scientist proves that ‘science was wrong.’ Just like one man thought the earth revolved around the sun, right? And yet, atheist scientists continue their historic arrogant march of ignorance- blinded by their own hubris, so sure in their ability to ‘know’ anything at all and their NEED to believe what they want to believe.  In the article below, you will see a ‘good’ scientist who believes in humility and that ANYTHING is possible. Ridiculed by the ‘best scientists’ of the modern-day and ignobly kicked out of the prevailing science community, he rises supreme above them all in victory as he claims the most coveted recognition in the science community- the Nobel Prize. He takes a dig at his nemesis, Linus Pauling, who mocked him as a ‘quasi-scientist’. Pauling is listed as being one of the 50 Greatest Atheist Minds of all time. Pauling proves the point I made in my previous article, “Why Atheists Make the Worst Scientists’, to a tee. Good science is not, nor ever can be, based on what can NOT be.  It must always keep its mind open to the possiblity that ANYTHING is possible.  Hence, atheist scientists’ claim that a belief in God is ‘unscientific’, ‘illogical’, or ‘irrational’  is equal nonsense.  A good scientist will always admit that.

Why Atheists Make the Worst Scientists

Sailors Are Stupid, Scientists Are Smart!

I am offended. Not as a Christian, but as a scientist and mathematician. Probability & Statistics are my closest friends. Science is my lens to God. In my own intellectual quest to find God in this world, my emotions play only the role of admirer. They do not rule me, nor does my approach to religion or science. The two, to me, are one. I fear no scientific discovery and welcome Solomon’s encouragement to seek knowledge and wisdom in this human life of mine.  Science merely uncovers the greatest Scientist’s fascinating methods- just as humor reflects the greatest Comedian and poetry, the greatest Poet.  Nothing more.   All human discovery is, to me, a further reason to worship.

That being said, I am offended by the lack of good science and logic in today’s overwhelmingly atheistic science community.

The Sex Life of the Prophet: How Embarrassing!

You know, I have noticed that this article, written in the middle of my wrath about a year ago, has suddenly become very popular since the embassy attacks.  Also, since that stupid movie clip.  Well, I have no intention of feeding hate right now.  I had posted verses from the Koran here that spoke to what I think was sexual immorality by the Prophet.  But a very kind Muslim spoke to me and I am now taking it down.  In peace.  Their actual religion is not what I take offense to.  It is the way in which Islam is being used to create terrible violence in our world.  So, the sexual stuff is gone.  If you are disappointed, I’m sorry.  But that movie clip is NOT why the Muslims are fighting.  They are merely pawns in a much bigger game.

Ann Barnhardt Burns Quran & Makes Me Laugh

This lady makes me laugh. Bacon! I don’t think I agree with everything she says (she is purported to say that the killing of Osama bin Laden was pure stagecraft & that Obama needed to divert media attention away from his forged birth certificate) and the statement that most Muslim men have been raped as boys- by Muslim men- is questionable at best. However- however, this woman has guts. Her anger at current events & the Muslim religion mirror my own. I forgive her for her hasty sputterings.  Much of what she says is bullet proof.  That’s more than many of us can say.  She has courage to do what she has done- no doubt the terrorists will attempt to kill her. How many of us would take that chance?

And I agree with her burning the Quran. Muslims threaten our safety if we dare to do such a thing and yet they murder us like dogs for being Christian- or should I say, for not being Muslim. Look how they killed, Theo van Gogh, the movie maker who dared to show how Muslims treated their women. Muslims are people who love the darkness- they can not be of God. They attempt to hide their beliefs & practices.  Hence, the need to openly oppose- burning the Quran is just the thing.  We can not show fear.

The verses she read describe jihadists to a tee. It is not a book written by God. It is written by Satan. Thank you, Ann Barnhardt, for this information and for your courage. Could you please just do a little more research before posing a theory? I know you are passionate- but you will gain more credibility by cooling down a little. (Just a thought. ;-D).

Air Force Class Canceled Over Biblical Words

Military Religious Foundation: Air Force Teaching New Recruits that Jesus Loves Nukes! Beware! Beware!

The Airforce has suspended (see video) a mandatory ethics class due to a complaint filed by the Military Religious Freedom Foundation representing 31 missile launch officers.  Sen. John  Cornyn, a Republican, sent a letter to Secretary of the Air Force Michael  Donley expressing his concern over the suspension.  He wrote, ““Although our Founding Fathers rightly included language in the Constitution  that precludes the Federal government from establishing an official religion,  this language does not, as some have argued, protect them from exposure to  religious references.”

I took a mandatory philosophy class at West Point, “Critical Reasoning“, which I believe was similar to this class.  Within the class, we read a book called Just & Unjust Wars.  This book attempts to outline the mindset and philosophy of how a person (in this case, a soldier) can approach a very profound issue- is there such a thing as a just, or moral, war?  And within either a just or unjust war, is there such a thing as just & unjust actions of a soldier?  When is it not ok to follow orders, for example?  (remember  Lieutenant William Calley in Vietnam?)  As a soldier, this is the difference between sanity & insanity if you have to shoot people dead someday.

Where I’ve Been

Some of you may have noticed that I have been missing in action for the last three weeks or so.  I wrote yesterday of my personal journey to find God.  Of course, my journey didn’t end there, now did it?  Something powerful has happened to me recently.  Let me tell you about it.

After that incredible event of finding God in my twenties, I never did go back to church.  It just seemed empty.  Church people had hurt me even more than the ‘sinners’ who never even thought about God.  Where were they when I needed them so?  Why did this horrible family, so vociferous & outstanding in the Born Again Christian church beat me so?  I had decided to take Jesus up on his promise that when two or more are gathered in his name, that he would be there.  Yes, that was my church for over 20 years.  I have loved sharing my passion for Christ & God in this way over the years.  As I wrote yesterday, my life has flowered voluptuously since my death, my life moment so long ago.  My cup runneth over.  It is too much even.

But recently, something has begun to ache inside.

Since I started this political/ religious blog four months ago, I have been both rewarded and saddened- all at the same time.  I found a wealth of souls out there that I never even knew existed- people who truly love God and have a deep passion for doing what is right.  People of conviction & strength.  People who care.  I can tell you, from personal experience, that these people are far & few between.  But the Internet has allowed us to gather together.  We can find our brothers & sisters easily and combine our voices into one powerful voice.  A moral voice.  A voice that is subservient to God alone.  A brave voice.  A voice, that because it finds its strength in Jesus, cuts like a sword.  People know truth when they hear it.  They either love hearing it- or they scurry like so many dirty rats away from it, occasionally turning to bite & scratch.  Jesus said that evil hates the light.  Of course, he was so right.

One Christian’s Journey

Why don’t you get a cup of coffee first? I know I can’t really read something this long unless I have the time to settle in with a cup of coffee. In fact, I have one right now. Let me begin by saying that I have known God & Jesus all my life- thanks to my Korean mother who, though she was never really accepted in all the churches my family attended (not only was she ‘different’ in race, but she was, well, fierce- I still debate if it was in a good way), still insisted that we kids get on the purple Sunday School bus every Sunday in our small town in Virginia.

I knew God, but I didn’t ‘get’ Him. Seeings how it was an old time Baptist church we went to, I knew for sure that my 8 year old self was destined for hell. Why? Because when the preacher would yell, “Do ya FEEL God? Do ya LOVE God? Ah can feel the Holeh Spirit movin meh..”, I would shrink a little behind my closed eyes and bowed head and almost whisper, ‘no.’ One time, when my little sister & I were walking home from Church, we discussed this very thing. I asked her if she ever ‘felt’ the Holy Spirit or God and she said, “no.” I said, “We’re both going to hell, then.”

That was a long time ago- both in time and in soul experience. I spent most of my life afterward, however, feeling the same way. I knew God was there. Jesus too. I had no doubt whatsoever. I had also figured out that God forgave my inability to ‘feel’ Him and accepted the acknowledgement of Jesus as my savior alone. But the memory persisted and really bothered me. Why couldn’t I feel Him? Why did it feel like I was praying into the dark behind my eyes? Not once did I think it was God’s fault- I knew it to be mine. But I didn’t know what I needed to do to change it.

Public Schools Teach Shame To American Children

American Children Are Learning To Be Ashamed of Their Country

Last night, cuddling with my 11, 10 & 7 year old kids, I asked some casual questions about school.  Specifically, history questions.  Some comments of theirs in the past bothered me and I wanted to delve into the matter a bit.  As I said on a previous post, “my antennae were wiggling.”  Needless to say, my antennae were working perfectly, as usual.  The Progressives have completely taken over all public schools.  They are teaching our children to be ashamed of their country.  Listen to this little conversation I had with my kids.  I asked the following questions:

• What is the Constitution? The Declaration of Independence? The Bill of Rights?
• Who was George Washington?  Thomas Jefferson?  Paul Revere? John Adams? James Madison? Abraham Lincoln?
• What great things has the United States done for the world?
• What was WWI & WWII about?
• What was the Civil War about?
• Who are the Founding Fathers?
• Who bombed us on 9/11?

Their responses killed me. 

Breivik’s Own Words: He is a Pagan, Not Christian!

 

Feel free to read the manifesto yourself, but I will take this guy’s word for it.  We Christians never needed to take responsibility for this wacko, but even HE says he wasn’t Christian- he just thought Nordic Christians were superior than other religions.  He, himself, claimed to be Pagan.  Eat up the eggs, my liberal loony readers…

Retraction of Statements Made in “As Bombs Rock Oslo, One Must Question Multiculturalsim & Pacifism”

In the article, I stated, “ I’ll bet a million dollars that this bombing will be proudly hailed by a group of Arab Muslims. ”  The following video is proof enough for me that Anders Behring Breivik was the gunman responsible for the camp shooting and the Oslo bombings.  I still stand by my assertions that the government did not release sourced information for the accusations they made.  They still haven’t.  This would not be tolerated in the American press.  But I have to assume a socialist government does that kind of thing.  This is a video- completely genuine- of a man who saw the shooter and narrowly escaped with his life on the island.  It has been released, ironically, by Al Jezeera.    I also stand by my assertion that this will be used against conservative Christians- we will be labeled as ‘extremist right wingers’.  My article, “Let the Persecution Of Christians Begin:  Oslo is Just the Beginning still stands.  Although this man has not stated that Christianity was his cause, I do fear that regardless of his motive, Christians are going to catch hell over this.

For the record, as a Christian, I condemn this act roundly & wholeheartedly- as I would for any type of terrorism.  I refute that he was a Christian at all as our beliefs are at complete odds with Breivik’s actions.  He can call himself what he wants.  He gets no recognition from me as a Christian.  He gets no support for me as a Christian.  He does not speak for me as a Christian.  If he does say he did it for our Christian (Jewish & Islamic) God- the God of Abraham- then he is a liar.  God does not want, accept or approve of terrorism.  Anyone who claims He does is either self delusional or is simply using Him as an excuse to do what they so desperately wish to do:  take revenge on those that they oppose.

But also for the record, assuming that a Muslim terrorist group did it is still the correct assumption- 99% of terrorist actions have been Muslim (see the Let the Persecution of Christians Begin…article).  A jihadist group named, Assistants of the Global Jihad, claimed   responsibility for the attacks.  All of the following articles (and a video of the Norwegian PM himself & statements from both Cameron & Obama) assumed the exact same thing.  If I stand corrected, I am in good company.  Now, if you don’t mind, I think I will just focus on the sadness of this tradegy & pray a little.

http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/07/22/us-europe-security-attacks-idUSTRE76L3GG20110722

http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/07/22/us-europe-groups-idUSTRE76L3P120110722

http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/07/22/us-norway-blast-view-idUSTRE76L5RR20110722

http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/07/22/us-norway-blast-culprits-idUSTRE76L4K020110722

http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/07/22/us-norway-blast-culprits-idUSTRE76L4K020110722

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xRy-mOMqS_w  (the Norwegian PM’s speech)

British Prime Minister Cameron & Obama statements

Let the Persecution Of Christians Begin: Oslo is Just the Beginning

What truly amazes me is how quickly the socialists and left wing progressives are seizing  the fact that a white guy who claims Christianity & conservatism might have perpetrated the Oslo attacks.  Even though there is no proof that he even did it in the name of Christianity!  On the one hand, they say:

“If true this would be pretty significant – such a far-right attack in
Europe, and certainly Scandinavia, would be unprecedented,” said Hagai Segal, a
security specialist at New York University in London.

“It would be the European/Scandinavian equivalent of Oklahoma City – an attack by
a individual (with extremist anti-government views, linked to certain groups)
aimed at the government by attacking its buildings/institutions.”

“The next key question is whether he was acting alone, or whether he is part
of a group.”

A report by European police agency Europol on security in 2010 said that
there was no right-wing terrorism on the continent in that period.

And in the same breath, they conclude:

“Although the overall threat from right-wing extremism appears to be on the wane (I thought it didn’t exist- now, it’s on the wane?)
and the numbers of right-wing extremist criminal offences are relatively low,
the professionalism in their propaganda and organization shows that right-wing
extremist groups have the will to enlarge and spread their ideology and still
pose a threat in EU member states,” it said.

Whaaaat?  What was that? (see, also, chart that lists almost 3000 deaths caused by Muslim terrorists in only the last five months..) 

Want to See Atheist Relative Morality in Action?

Church Protested This Atheist Billboard

My friend a co-writer, Lyn May- an avowed atheist, posted an article about a church protesting a sign that advocated the atheist lifestyle.  He wrote that this was an outrage.  Needless to say, the comment section became a dialog between conservative bloggers and atheist bloggers.  While most of these discussions degrade into fruitless badgering, this discussion has become a living example of relative morality espoused by those who reject the notion of God & Universal Morality and Christians who believe that all humans are innately aware of morality through their acknowledgement of God- the maker and definer of absolute morality.  Blogger Short Little Rebel decided to turn the morality table around on the atheists and began some rather nasty name calling.  She uses the EXACT arguments from the atheists to protect her disgusting activity and is challenging them to ‘prove’ she is in the moral wrong- according to their own philosophy.  Thus far, no answer is forthcoming.  While somewhat amusing, this discussion is a critical one for Christians confronting atheism today.  Short Little Rebel seeks to prove, through this microcosm, the only logical outcome of relative morality:  hell on earth….. Come see if you can answer the questions posed by both sides….

Book Review: “Voyage of the Mind Carriers” by Gary Wolf

Book Review: “Voyage of the Mind Carriers” by Gary Wolf.

“Voyage of the Mind Carriers”

There is only one way so much novel could be squeezed into such a thin book: prose so tight it squeaks. Right from the get-go, “Voyage of the Mind Carriers”, written by Gary Wolf, vortexes the reader right into the opening scene of the novel- a lush N.Y. city socialite party. “Voyage of the Mind Carriers” begins with a relatively unknown writer who is lured into re-writing a newly discovered ancient text- a 60,000 year old novel! He meets an archeologist who cannot get the science community to legitimize the discovery and in desperation, asks him to re-write it in fiction form. Thus begins the journey of Detective Baxter, the main character of the ancient novel, into a primitive, yet fully modern society where Earth is considered only one cell of an Omnificent Cerebrum. Other sentient and logical beings live on other ‘cells’ throughout the galaxy and some can even cross between. A new philosophy, Bioprimalism, is ‘infecting’ the logic obsessed Home Cell community with a lust to overthrow logical thought in favor of primal, natural urges. Detective Baxter, upon discovering the death of a prominent bioprimalist, discovers that he, himself, is actually from another cell and has been entrusted with a secret mission so vital that nothing less than the salvation of the Home Cell is at stake. This novel-inside-a-novel will not only entrance any science fiction reader, but any philosopher as well. As in the great tradition of C.S. Lewis and Madeleine L’Engle, the questions of God, spirituality, nature, man, logic and human reasoning lie at the heart of this entrancing novel. I would recommend it to any serious thinker. – Susan Shannon, blogger Short Little Rebel

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What Do I Believe In?

I believe first and foremost in the power, righteousness and worthiness of God – the Great I Am- to be worshipped.

Yes, worshipped.  Worship goes against the grain of the American spirit, which is why I believe we are so easily tempted to reject the notion of God.  We rebelled against worship when we refused to recognize the Pope and the King of England as our kings.   Why?  Because God created every man equal and hence, no man deserved worship.  Only God did.  When America needed help  to survive our original pilgrimage to this land, we worshipped Him.  When America needed God to help them achieve victory over our foreign enemies, we worshipped Him.   But now that America is the most powerful country in the world, like so many spoiled children, we assume we did it all on our own.  By rejecting the worthiness of God to be worshipped and loved, we lose the very Strength that brought us to greatness.

I believe that Jesus is the son of God.

That Jesus allowed himself to be killed- for our sake.  Why?   I think Jesus needed to step in between Man & God because God could not stand us & our sin any longer.  Mankind had failed the original tests of obedience (the Tree of Life & The Ten Commandments)- the power of Satan was too great for him.  God, in disgust, killed us all except one favored family.  He promised not to destroy again, but I think He wanted to after a while.  I think Jesus stepped in and made a deal with God.  He proposed that man should not be judged for his actions- but only for his love & faith in God.  The new test would be a simple one:  simply accept Jesus as the only way to God, and thus acknowledge that God IS God, and Man would be saved from annihilation. Faith and love in and of God would be enough.  God would remove Satan at a given time and thus, all further temptation and Man would be one with God again.

While the above is my own speculation, the evidence for Jesus & God in Bible prophecy is overwhelming.  And yet, people will not even look at it.  They wish to remain ignorant in the hopes of innocence.  Like Percy Grimm in Faulkner’s “Light of August” , people who refuse to evaluate the morality of their own actions are still guilty of the crimes they commit.  There is no such thing as, “I didn’t know.  I was just following orders- I was just attending to my business.”