From Evolution to Gaza

 

Going from Evolution to Gaza

      We have been told that evolution is scientific.  However, it is also a philosophy.  Etiologically, it replaces God our creator and claims that nature created itself.  Its goal is not to worship God but rather to worship self.  With evolution we try to become the most evolved, the strongest and most fit to survive.  Evolution consists of superior and inferior creatures.  The weaker must die off and make room for the stronger to keep progressing.  This was applied to slavery.  The black race was considered by many evolutionists to be inferior and less evolved.  They were almost thought of as less than human.  Some believed that the white race was more evolved and therefore slavery was justifiable.  

      Abortion has tied into this philosophy.  It has first been aimed at the Black and Hispanic population and then the Caucasian population.  It has been designed in such a way that the Black baby is 4 times as likely to be aborted as the white baby.  The Hispanic baby is twice as likely to be aborted as the white baby.  This has been a highly successful way to reduce the Black and Hispanic populations and has made our country more white.  Margaret Sanger was a eugenicist. It is a prime example of "white privilege".  

Abortion is appealing to many people because it gives god-like powers to mere people.  Usually God has the power to give and take life.  Abortion gives the power to give and take life into our own hands.  In other words we are acting in place of God.  It is on a higher level than hunting.  The deer and the elk were amazingly created by God.  As human beings, we are not only created by God but we are made in God's image according to the Genesis account.  This gives us a great amount of value.  Those who were designed by the wisest designer in the universe and made in the IMAGE of  the most valuable being in the universe, are HIGHLY VALUABLE!!  

Our country has a high homicide rate but it may partly be philosophical.  Abortion is not determined by who is superior or the most fit to survive.  It is often a matter of convenience.  If our neighbor is simply an evolutionary product of time and chance and simply an evolved animal who is not "convenient", then killing him might seem ok.  Again it gives a person the feeling of playing God by determining the life or death of another person.  A person could reason that since we have aborted 63 million human beings, what is wrong with taking one more life? 

The nation of Israel is in a similar category.  Many view them as an "inconvenient" part of the world.  They think that getting rid of this nation would solve many of the world's problems.  There is another aspect that appeals to people.  Israel has been God's chosen people for thousands of years.  Many times in history, God has acted on Israel's behalf.  Getting rid of God's chosen people would cause many to feel like they are more powerful than God himself.  Evolution works to abolish God and deify nature.  People think that getting rid of Israel would help us clear our minds of the God/human connection.

Politics is a strange animal.  One method used in politics is to accuse your opponent of doing exactly what you are guilty of.  Many people who are for the genocide of Israel are accusing President Biden of genocide in Gaza.  Israel is fighting against a terrorist group.  Those who do NOT want Israel to exist, are accusing Israel of genocide.  

The prophet Isaiah proclaimed that God has always been God and he will always be God.  He is not afraid that someone will evolve to His superior level.  He is not worried about tomorrow.  He has infinite power and knowledge.  When Cain murdered his brother Abel, God said that the voice of Abel's blood cried out to Him from the ground.(Genesis 4:10)  If the blood of Abel cried out to God from the ground, how much more does the blood of 63 million unborn Americans?  Matthew 10 tells us that God even knows when one sparrow falls to the ground.  Verses 30-31 says, "...even the very hairs of your head are all numbered. So don't be afraid; you are worth more than many sparrows."  

A day is coming when God will judge the whole world.  He will indeed show Himself to be the most powerful.  No one will take His place.  Lucifer tried to ascend to God's level.  The Bible prophesies that he will "be brought down to hell, to the sides of the pit."(Isaiah 14:15)  God has all wisdom and power.  From evolution to Gaza, God is and will always be God!

A Pagan Mind

      How does a pagan mind think?  Here are five steps to paganism.

1. Deify Time   Time is a thing.  The Bible proclaims that all things have been made by God.  "For by him were all things created, that are in heaven, and that are in earth, visible and invisible,..."  (Colossians 1:16)  If God created time, then he is not subject to it.  The creator is not subject to His creation.  God exists outside of time because he has always existed.  To deify time, one can give time God-like qualities.  Specifically, one can say that time always existed like God.  Or you can say that time is infinite, without beginning or end - like God.
2. Deify Space   Space is a thing as well.  The Bible proclaims that God made all things.  Evolutionary models imply that time and space have always existed.  Evolution would be impossible, of course, if there were no space to evolve in or time to evolve in the space.  Space is often given God-like characteristics.  God has eternally existed.  Evolutionists imply that space has always existed and will always exist like God.
3.  Deify Nature   Genesis gives us the story of God's creation.  If you believe that God does not exist, then you can't believe that he created this world.  So something had to create our world.  Scientists often ascribe God's creative power to nature.  Evolutionists say that nature is like God in that it has the innate power to create life over millions/billions of years.  Many believe that nature is in a constant struggle to create the most superior, most fit specimens possible.  The second law of thermodynamics tells us that nature devolves or degenerates on it's own.  To make a tree evolve into a wooden table, we have to put creative energy into the process.  The tree does not make itself into a table from its own creative power.  Genesis tells us that God created matter and arranged it into everything in our universe.
4.  Deify Nature with Intellect  The Bible tells us that God has infinite knowledge and wisdom.  He is the ultimate designer.  He is the superior engineer - the finest creator in the universe!  Many try to ascribe a great creative ability to nature.  DNA research has shown that every living cell has a set of detailed plans of specific information.  There is a ton of planning that has gone into the creation of every single earthly creature.  Some scientist claim that nature, through natural selection, has the wisdom and knowledge for creating life.  Again, God-like characteristics are assigned to nature.
5.  Praise Nature   We should praise God for his magnificent creation - this world we get to enjoy.  Often, however, many would rather ascribe praise to nature for this magnificent earth we live in.  Here is the thinking:  Through millions of years nature has evolved this_____.  Or through billions of years nature has naturally selected this_________.  Some scientists think that nature, over billions of years, was able to accomplish the same thing that took God 6 days.  It takes great faith to be a pagan.  You must believe that time and space eternally existed.  You must believe that nature has great creative abilities.  You must believe that nature has the wisdom and knowledge to build DNA blueprints.  You must basically believe that nature is God.
      Our sun is a star.  Stars eventually burn out.  When our sun ceases to produce light and warmth, everything on earth will freeze and die.  If nature is your god, then your god is eventually going to die.

100 Trillion Plans - Creation/Evolution

      

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      Were you created or did you evolve?  Were you designed by God or are you a product of time and chance?  In 1860, an agnostic named Thomas Huxley debated Samuel Wilberforce at Oxford on the theory of evolution.  Wilberforce stated that a watch implies the existence of a watch maker.  Similarly, design in nature implies the existence of a Designer.  Huxley argued that six eternal monkeys or apes typing on six eternal typewriters with unlimited amounts of paper and ink could, given enough time, produce a Psalm, a Shakespearean sonnet, or even a whole book, purely by chance that is, by random striking of the keys.  Huxley pretended to find the 23^rd Psalm among reams of typed gibberish produced by his six imaginary apes at their typewriters. His point was this:  molecular movement, given enough time and matter, would be able to produce Bishop Wilberforce himself, purely by chance and without the work of any Designer or Creator. (Creation.com)
     DNA was not discovered until 1953.  (Huxley and Wilberforce did not have the advantages of  modern science.)  Each cell in your body has DNA, a set of plans.  If there are 50 to 100 trillion cells in your body then you have trillions of plans in you.  You were not a product of "time and chance".  You were carefully planned with 50-100 trillion sets of plans.  That is so amazing!  

Psalm 139:17 &18 says, "How precious also are thy thoughts unto me, O God! how great is the sum of them!  If I should count them, they are more in number than the sand: when I awake, I am still with thee."

Evolution

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      By law, public schools are required to teach the Theory of Evolution.  Many try to emphasis the "separation of church and state" idea.  Many want to change our Merry Christmas to "Happy Holidays".  But what if we go beyond all the talk?  Is the Theory of Evolution something we really believe in?  Do we believe it enough to actually practice it in real life?  When we apply it to real life, we run into some serious philosophical problems.
      In sports we refer to evolution when talk about "survival of the fittest".  We think about one person winning and the others losing a sports game.  In the theory, however, the weaker ones do not lose.  The weaker ones die off and only the strong survive.  Our country has a big problem with gangs.  The gang lifestyle is very similar to the survival of the fittest idea.  If guns were not used and the fighting was done without weapons, then the strongest gangs would survive and the weaker would be eliminated.
      We would not want to apply such a theory to our society because it would be completely inhumane.  What if we ended all medicare and social security for the weaker, elderly and sick people of our society and gave that money to our strongest people.  That would be promoting the Theory of Evolution and survival of the fittest but it would be completely disrespectful to those that deserve our help.
      Think about having a daughter.  She is looking forward to dating sometime in the future (possibly age 30).  Do you want her to date the guy that is evolution-minded?  The guy who believes in survival of the fittest, the strongest ones prevail and might makes right?  Would that date just be following his own animal instincts?  Or do you want her to date the guy that is creation-minded?  The one that believes that she was created by the wisest designer in the universe?  The one that believes she was created in the image of God himself?  The one that thinks he may have to answer to God some day for the way he treats her?  Obviously, what you believe can have a big impact on the way you treat others.
     Evolution has a value problem.  If you say someone is a super-evolved monkey, you are lowering their value from a human to an evolved monkey.  Saying someone is evolved from a small amoeba does not give them a sense of self-worth.  Comparisons to animals are usually used to lower ones value or insult a person.  If you say someone is a product of time and chance, you are inferring that they were not worth the time of being planned.  For a Christian, the most valuable being in the universe is God.  The Bible says that man was designed by this most valuable and wise being.  This gives man great value.  The Bible also says that man was created in the image of this most valuable being.  This gives us great value!
      We are often told that science has proved evolution to be true.  If we could prove that evolution is true, we would call it the LAW of evolution.  It is correctly called the theory of evolution.  It is just a theory.  If the theory of evolution is true we should see many new species evolving and coming to life.  Most scientists today are more worried about all the animals that are becoming extinct.
      The Theory of Evolution implies that time is a constant.  This concept is highly suspect.  The time on your cell phone usually differs from the time on your computer.  The time on one sign usually differs from the time on the next sign.  Some scientists believe that time ceases to flow at the speed of light.  So, if you were traveling at a speed that is close to the speed of light and you travel the distance of a light-year, perhaps it would only take you a few seconds.  It would not take a year.  Some scientists believe that time would nearly stop in a black hole which tends toward infinite density.  So we could stay young but we would be crushed by the tremendous gravitational pull.  To assume that time is a constant, as evolution does, may be erroneous.
      Romans 1:20 says, "For the invisible things of him from the creation of the world are clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made, even his eternal power and Godhead: so that they are without excuse:"  Our visible world teaches us about the invisible world.  Our DNA is our blueprint.  We were planned.  We are not here by accident!!  We are not a product of time and chance.  Nature points us to what is beyond this world.  Our sun is a star.  When our sun burns out, life on earth will freeze and die.  However, Christians have a heavenly home that is being prepared by God himself.  This is exciting and gives us great hope!