An apology for Sodom

"If God doesn't soon bring judgment upon America, He'll have to go back and apologize to Sodom and Gomorrah!"

Ruth Graham, wife of evangelist Billy Graham

Gays in the military is currently being discussed in congress and Barack Obama is trying to make good on one of his many now highly unpopular campaign promises. Having served 4 years in the military, I can say with confidence that this is a horrendous sin. The media mavens are crying crocodile tears for Harvey Milk and as usual, it's done from a very safe distance. The media mavens will not drink from the foaming the cup of wrath upon a bloody battlefield.

We already have pregnant "soldiers" and some years back there was a "recommendation" to put maternity wards on warships. One "soldier' stepped off a warship that had been at sea for 6 months and deposited $10,000 (her "earnings" from shipboard prostitution).

Field commanders ordered married men to share a "2 man tent" with a woman. They eventually recanted co-ed tents after military wives made a great stink. Mixing men and women in the military is a bad idea and it's so painfully obvious that one wonders if we can survive as a nation.

The military is a harsh place even in time of peace. The excesses of the young find little resistance to hinder them in the barracks. Barracks and battlefields, like college fraternities are insulated from civilized society and are unfettered by the moral restraints society exerts upon the greater excesses and lusts of the young and foolish.

That said, the excesses of the barracks pale in comparison to the hardened sins on display during the routinely pornographic "Gay Pride" parades. Discretion forbids discussion of such sins and obsessions as were likely seen in Sodom on it's last day.

During my time in the military, I found that some commanders crossed ethical boundaries when it came to rightly exercising the god like power entrusted to them. King David secretly ordered the commander of his Army to place Uriah the Hittite in the thickest part of the battle. Uriah was killed and David took Uriah's wife. The power to command is the power to destroy.

Tailhook is still a blotch on military honor, and warships are now floating maternity wards, such is the result of a mixed, co-ed military. I loath even the thought of god like power exerted over our troops by those held in bondage to such darkness. What pound of flesh might a homosexual commander extract from a man he can send into battle... to his death?

When 5 loaves and 2 fish aren't enough

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I recently went on a 2 week missions trip to The Republic of Benin in Africa. Even before I went, “I knew” that poverty and sickness were widespread in Africa. The life expectancy is 20 years shorter in Benin than in the US and the infant mortality rate is 10 times higher.

In 2007, our missions leader, had asked me to consider going to Benin. I attended the informational meetings, and asked The Lord if he wanted me to go. The cost of the trip was more than $3,000 and as a sign, I asked for The Lord to provide the money.

The power of God hurls mountains into the sea and can feed 5,000 people with 5 loaves and 2 fish. If you do not have the power of God guiding your steps, a missions trip to anywhere is as pointless as throwing rocks at the moon. When The Lord told Moses to lead the Israelites across the desert, Moses responded with a simple request.

Exodus 33:15-16

Then Moses said to him, "If your Presence does not go with us, do not send us up from here. How will anyone know that you are pleased with me and with your people unless you go with us? What else will distinguish me and your people from all the other people on the face of the earth?"

Missions groups to Africa have reported generous outpourings of grace for healing and deliverance. I didn't want to be just another tourist; I wanted the power of God to go with us to heal the sick, raise the dead and set the captives free.

Some will say that I am expecting too much, but my wife suffered from infertility and was healed. She had miscarried several times, but during an intercessory prayer meeting, electricity began to go through her womb and she was healed. Two months later she was pregnant and she did not have any of the problems that had plagued earlier pregnancies.My wife had also suffered from carpal tunnel but The Lord healed that too. During a time of prayer, her wrist grew hot and she was healed. Margie, a lady who used to cut my hair, told me how she had been healed of Leukemia more than 40 years ago. She lay in a hospital, near death when The Lord impressed upon her to summon a Christian man she knew to pray. He prayed for several hours and she walked out of that hospital completely healed. I know many others who have been healed. I have been praying for years that The Lord will heal my wife of arthritis, primarily in her knees and I will continue to pray for it.

Even the homeless in America have better health care than the huddled masses of Africa. If The Lord would perform miracles, in America, a country that is turning it's back on God, then wouldn't he do more for the least and the lost in Africa, who are abandoning the animistic religions and idols of their ancestors, and turning to Jesus? Surely, God would do more in Africa.

The money I prayed for as a sign, did not come. Sometimes, The Lord wants us to step into a difficult place based on faith. Because of a dream, at the 11^th hour, I took a step of faith, put the $3,000 on a credit card, and went. We landed in Ghana, one of Benin's neighbors, and everywhere we saw the fruit of a revival that had swept across that nation in recent years. Gas stations, hair dressers and even semi trucks lovingly incorporated praise for God on their store fronts and in the names of their shops. We happened to overhear 2 men arguing and even the argument acknowledged God. One man shouted at the other that Jesus would certainly punish him because he was not speaking and dealing honestly. Having grown callous to hearing the name of Jesus being used as a curse, it was a welcome contrast. We were glad for the people of Ghana and we wanted The Lord to do the same thing in Benin.

When we finally reached Benin, we were taken by how far reaching the poverty was. The cities were filled with tin shacks and the rural villages were filled with thatched huts. Women balanced huge bowls on their heads, selling their wares, while carrying a baby strapped on their backs. The streets of Contonu, the capital city, were choked with traffic and thousands of people in booths lined the streets each day trying to etch out a life. Everywhere, there were signs that Benin's resources were spread thin and stretched to the point of breaking.

Thousands of mopeds clogged the streets serving as taxis, carrying huge sacks of grain or serving as a family mini van. Dad would drive with a large basket corralled between the handle bars, mom would be in back with bags in each hand and a toddler or two would be sandwiched between them. The air was oppressive and thick with the exhaust of poorly tuned engines making it difficult to breath. The driving was so aggressive that it's best described as a contact sport.

Our accommodations were a stark contrast to the huddled masses of Benin. Our hosts, graciously allowed our team to stay in their very lovely home. They had bedrooms to spare, but lacked furniture. When we arrived, we were humbled to learn that our hosts had purchased beds and furniture for each room. Every day, our missions leader served gourmet meals which we ate on a beautiful 3^rd floor balcony well above the tin shacks of Contonu. Our leader and our hosts were the picture of kindness and grace, so that we never lacked for anything.

At Christmas, Samaritan's Purse hosts “Operation Christmas Child” which collects shoe boxes packed with small gifts and ships them to needy children around the world. Each box has about $20 worth of very basic items: pencils, paper, soap, a tooth brush, a toy, and some hard candy. We were invited by a local pastor to help pass out mosquito nets (which help fight Malaria) and about 100 Samaritans Purse boxes. Word spread through the community and the host church was packed with hundreds of people. The church lacked any windows but had many open archways so that any breeze would bring relief from the heat and humidity. We sat on plain wooden benches, and the choir, dressed in robes, had few instruments, but they sang as beautifully as any songbird that America could boast of. And of course, the choir sang, danced and worshiped with a heaping measure of Africa in each song.

When we finally began distributing the boxes, the people, who had been waiting for hours, pressed in frantically on every side. We managed to hand out 2 boxes before the crowd surged forward, pushing, shouting and fighting with each other. I struggled to remain standing, not wanting to fall on top of some children fighting for a box at my feet. Our team squirmed through the shouting mob and made our way out of the building, feeling overwhelmed. Our illegitimate expectations of giving gifts to smiling, respectful, grateful, children in a neat and orderly way had been violently swept away. The local pastor helped us put it in perspective with grace and humor. He walked up to me, shook my hand, and said with great enthusiasm, “Welcome To Africa”. He is right, that's Africa. He was not demeaning his people as an unruly mob but was reminding us that they are poor and western etiquette is a luxury few can afford. Our mission leader's wife just laughed and said “They are my people”.

We visited a church in the village of Attiema that met in a thatched hut. The villagers got their water from wells but they often got sick because the wells were infected with a fungus. The World Health Organization (WHO) reports that the leading cause of death in the world is from water born diseases (1.8 million every year) and 90% of those deaths are children under the age of 5.

I like to study “backyard chemistry” and knew that a bio sand filter would kill the fungus and stop the sickness. This simple technology has no moving parts, requires no electricity and is used all over the world to purify water with excellent results. The materials cost about $30 per filter, but the time, tools and materials were not available, so I left Attiema with a knot in my stomach. I saw many needs that could be fixed with a little knowledge, a few tools, and a little money, but it had not been part of our mission. It became a splinter in my mind and at night I lay awake asking The Lord why he had brought me to Benin.

Ecclesiastes 1:18

For with much wisdom comes much sorrow; the more knowledge, the more grief.

Our team had the opportunity to pray for the church in Attiema, where the local language is Fon. I usually “interview” people before praying for them but I had no interpreter, so I could not talk to the people. Too often, rather than listen for the still small voice of God I have merely prayed my best wishes and good intentions because it's easier than listening quietly. In a way, not having an interpreter was a blessing. Sounding artificially spiritual when praying was impossible in a foreign language. I was surprised how I unconsciously altered my prayer when I knew that God was not the only one listening. But now, I had to strain to hear that still small voice, more than I ever had before.

Over the years, I have been given prophetic words by different people indicating that the spirit of a father rests on me. That night I prayed for only 2 adults but about 40 children. I was not wanting to pray for that many children but for whatever reason, the finger of God brought them to me. I prayed for them as I would for my own children; blessing their health, their families, their work, their future marriages and faith. With the Holy Spirit pressing upon me, I wept and wept, crying out to God as I laid hands on and prayed for those children.

I wanted The Lord to heal the sick, raise the dead, and set the captives free, but no word has been received from the church in Attiema indicating that any healings took place. Only God knows the future to see what effect our prayers have had. Trying to rest on faith that something worthwhile happened, sucks. I confess to being a faith midget and for purely selfish motives I asked The Lord to let me see the fruit of the trip. But, He has been agonizingly silent.

I saw many needs in Benin, and knew of simple solutions to many of those needs. But we had not prepared for it. When I finally left Benin, I was distraught, and was reminded of Naomi:

Ruth 1:19-21

When they arrived in Bethlehem, the whole town was stirred because of them, and the women exclaimed, "Can this be Naomi?" "Don't call me Naomi, [which means pleasant] " she told them. "Call me Mara [which means bitter], because the Almighty has made my life very bitter. I went away full, but the LORD has brought me back empty. Why call me Naomi? The LORD has afflicted me; the Almighty has brought misfortune upon me."

I had great hopes of what The Lord would do in Benin but I felt as though I brought my 5 loaves and 2 fish to Jesus only to leave empty handed. I am haunted by Benin and since then, like Habakkuk, I have been crying out to God, pouring out my complaint.

Habakkuk 1:2

How long, O LORD, must I call for help, but you do not listen? Or cry out to you, "Violence!" but you do not save? Why do you make me look at injustice? Why do you tolerate wrong?

In my life, I have seen The Lord turn tragedy into triumph, and in Naomi's time He eventually turned Naomi's bitterness to joy. My hope and prayer is that out of the sorrow I feel, The Lord will birth something better. Till then my spirit stands waiting for an answer:

Habakkuk 2:1

I will stand at my watch and station myself on the ramparts;
I will look to see what he will say to me, and what answer I am to give to this complaint.

Creation vs Evolution; Part 1

An Unbalanced Debate

Psalm 14:1 The fool says in his heart, "There is no God."

Part 1 of a 3 part series discussing the evil fruit of evolution and the dangers of it's infiltration into the Christian church.

In our present evil age, there is a war over the minds, hearts, and souls of a very fallen humanity. The Lord desires to lure us out of a self imposed darkness into his light, but the world, guided by the evil one, seeks to extinguish that light. As believers in Christ we accept that the Bible is authoritative, that it is timeless, and that it is without error, because it is given by inspiration of God. One of the ways the evil one seeks to dim that light is by undermining the authority of the Bible with a toxic lie called evolution. This lie has brought death with it, on a scale that is difficult to grasp due to it's breadth.

Evolution (the belief that all life arose by chance without God) obviously contradicts the Genesis account of creation (also called Intelligent Design). No unbiased person reading Genesis would come to the conclusion that it was secretly hinting at evolution, yet some within the church in order to accommodate popular culture, have cast aside the obvious literal interpretation of Genesis in favor of an artificial “symbolic” interpretation. The Genesis account, they argue, is figurative, like a parable, and not literal, but this “interpretation” introduces several more toxic lies. Not only did Jesus speak of the creation account as factual history but if there was no “literal” Adam and Eve, then there was no literal original sin to be atoned for. This would mean that Jesus was crucified for a mere parable and not to atone for our sins.

Self determination:

“Sovereignty” is the right to rule, judge, reward and punish. The Bible teaches that God has sovereignty over the whole earth and that he will one day judge the living and the dead, punishing some and rewarding others. We like to imagine that we sustain ourselves but this is not true, as it is God, who causes the sun to shine, the to rain fall, and the food to grow. Referring to God, one of Job's friends said:

If it were his intention and he withdrew his spirit and breath, all mankind would perish together and man would return to the dust. Job 34:14 – 15:

Just as parents gives birth to children, provide for them, and so have authority over them, so God's authority over humanity is based upon the fact that he both created and even now sustains us. Evolution denies God's supernatural creation, and therefore denies his claim to sovereignty over humanity. If God did not create us, then we owe him nothing, and we are free to do as we please, rather than as he wills.

Right and wrong:

If evolution is true, then there is no meaningful argument for “right and wrong” so your ethics can change according to your circumstances, or what is called “situational ethics”. Thomas Huxley, known as “Darwin's Bull Dog”, was an enthusiastic early champion of evolution. His grandchildren, Aldous and Julian, stated that one of the reasons they accepted evolution was because it liberated them from the commonly held beliefs of right and wrong:

"For myself, as, no doubt, for most of my contemporaries, the philosophy of meaninglessness was essentially an instrument of liberation. The liberation we desired was simultaneously liberation from a certain political and economic system and liberation from a certain system of morality. We objected to the morality because it interfered with our sexual freedom."

(Aldous Huxley, noted author)

"I suppose the reason we leaped at the origin of species was because the idea of God interfered with our sexual mores."

(Sir Julian Huxley, President of the United Nation's Educational, Scientific, Cultural Organization (UNESCO).)

Hopelessness and Meaninglessness:

The flip side of this liberating coin is perhaps even more dangerous. We are made in God's image and God calls us his children. Evolution denies that divine spark in humanity and reduces us to only a more evolved “animal” with no special meaning or purpose.

Then God said, "Let us make man in our image, in our likeness, and let them rule over the fish of the sea and the birds of the air, over the livestock, over all the earth, and over all the creatures that move along the ground." Genesis 1:26

God made Adam and Eve ruler of the earth and gave them very simple instructions.

God blessed them and said to them, "Be fruitful and increase in number; fill the earth and subdue it. Rule over the fish of the sea and the birds of the air and over every living creature that moves on the ground." Genesis 1:28

The earth and everything in it was created for our benefit and God intended for us to rule the earth as his children with the command “fill the earth and subdue it”. The Lord never gave any indication that we needed to stop at a certain number of people, nor did he suggest that we should play god and regulate the world population ourselves. The Lord plainly stated Israel's borders when they entered the promised land, in the same way, If the earth's population was something we were supposed to regulate then God would have said so. On the contrary, we know that The Lord is fully capable of controlling the world population himself and will regulate it as he sees fit.

Part 2: Environmentalism, Communism, Racism and Eugenics

Creation vs Evolution; Part 2

Environmentalism, Communism, Racism and Eugenics

Environmentalism:

While evolution diminishes the value of humanity to being no more than an animal, a new heresy is rising as a fruit of evolution that views humanity not as rulers, nor as equals, but as a “planetary cancer”. This highly toxic and radical ideology, is the environmentalist movement whose “environmentally friendly” advocacy has set the stage for the deaths of millions of people worldwide. This video clip called "The Cure for Planetary Cancer" from the 02/27/2009 broadcast of "The Hal Lindsey Report" does an excellent job of making this point very clear.

The earth's population is now about 6.5 Billion people, but environmental groups argue that the earth can only support 500 Million people and want to eliminate the “excess” 6 Billion (that's 12 out of every 13 people). Environment groups are advocating abortion, sterilization, and “environmental” regulations that lead to the deaths of thousands if not millions of people. Consider the following example.

Malaria is an infectious disease, transmitted to people by mosquitoes, and it is responsible for the deaths of an estimated 3 Million people each year who are mostly young children and pregnant women. Malaria costs the continent of Africa an estimated $12 Billion a year. In 1939 DDT was discovered to be a highly effective pesticide dramatically slashing the number of new cases of malaria. DDT is safe, effective and inexpensive and was so successful at controlling malaria that DDT is the only pesticide to have ever been awarded a Nobel Peace Prize. But then in the 1970's, based upon bad science, the environmental movement successfully banned DDT.

As a result, world wide cases of malaria skyrocketed because alternative pesticides were not as cheap, safe or effective. A watch dog group called junkscience.com has a “malaria clock” showing the estimated number of new infections and deaths. Since it's ban, over 30 years ago, 14 Billion people have become infected with malaria, and of those, nearly 100 million have died (especially in Africa). Environmental groups argue that there are alternative pesticides but as many African's only earn $1 a day, they can not afford the far more expensive alternatives.

I saw a YouTube video showing how people in Africa had trained a species of very large African rats to sniff out landlines and mark the spot. The rats were not heavy enough to detonate the mines, but animal rights activists were cursing them for using trained rats:

I'd rather see some kid or better, a bunch of kids get ripped and blown to shreds than see an animal get killed.

OK, i dont like to see anything die, but i find humans worthless compared to the life of an animal. HUMANS put HUMANS's lives in danger, animals didnt. WHats the big deal, they skin dogs for fur, why not skin a human for fun, huh?

The animal rights activists showed the most chilling callousness to human suffering I can remember seeing.

Evolution has opened the door to unimaginable death, and destruction though it is not usually recognized as a contributing factor. Atheists like to cite war based upon religion (such as the crusades) but they seem completely ignorant of the death and destruction brought because dictators and governments were following the principles of evolution to their logical conclusions.

Communism:

The Chinese considered evolution so central to communism that religions and rival moralities were ruthlessly exterminated as being incompatible with communist ideologies and plans.

In 1947, Bishop O'Gara was imprisoned by the Chinese Communists and wrote from his prison cell. A number of them were "hopeless" to the new regime and were executed. Those considered "salvageable" had to attend a week-long class as the new "People's Republic" was born. His letter described the retraining classes. He does not refer to Marxist philosophy, redistribution of wealth, or even basic socialist principles, but rather Darwinian evolution. This was what was considered the first vital step towards a cooperative communist populace. Eliminate God the Creator, eliminate original sin, replace God with the State.... The Chinese relied upon Charles Darwin's theory of evolution to undermine the religious foundation of millions of faithful. Those too strong to crack were eliminated. (Terry Jackson, The Devolution of Evolution)

Evolution's evil fruit have cost the lives of millions. An estimated 50 million died under the Chinese Communism and an estimated 20 million more died in the Soviet Union under Joseph Stalin.

Lest you think that what happen in China and the Soviet Union are are exceptions to the rule, consider this:

Fascism and Eugenics (also called Social Darwinism):

"The German Fuhrer, as I have consistently maintained, is an evolutionist; he has consistently sought to make the practices of Germany conform to the theory of evolution."

(Sir Arthur Keith, a militant anti-Christian physical anthropologist)

"If nature does not wish that weaker individuals should mate with stronger, she wishes even less that a superior race should intermingle with an inferior one; because in such cases all her efforts, throughout hundreds of thousands of years, to establish an evolutionary higher stage of being, may thus be rendered futile" (Adolph Hitler, "Mein Kampf" 1924)

Long before WW II, Hitler openly promoted evolution and the idea that the Aryan (German) race was “the Master Race”. Hitler secretly created the T-4 “Eugenics” program which killed 275,000 “unfit” people and forcibly sterilized 400,000 more. Hitler even instituted the Lebensborn (Fount of Life) program which encouraged "racially pure" women to mate with "racially pure" men (often SS officers). The Nazi Eugenics poster featured here says:

"This person suffering from hereditary defects costs the community 60,000 Reichsmark during his lifetime. Fellow German, that is your money, too."

Racism:

Some have argued that this is an unfair application of Evolution and is not actually an underlying theme within evolution. But is it? Please consider these quotes by Darwin himself and his “bulldog” Thomas Huxley:

"The more civilized so-called Caucasian races have beaten the Turkish hollow in the struggle for existence. Looking to the world at no very distant date, what an endless number of lower races will have been eliminated by the higher civilized races throughout the world." (Charles Darwin, 1881, 3 July, "Life and Letters of Darwin, vol. 1, 316")

"No rational man, cognizant of the facts, believes that the average Negro is the equal, still less the superior, of the white man.....it is simply incredible to think that.....he will be able to compete successfully with his bigger-brained and smaller-jawed rival, in a contest which is to be carried on by thoughts and not by bites." (Thomas Huxley, 1871, Lay Sermons, addresses and reviews)

Eugenics in America:

Some will feel insulated believing that these things could not have happen on American soil but that is not true. Hitlers eugenics of the 1930's were an expanded version of what the United States was doing since 1907. 33 states has compulsory sterilization laws and between 1907 and 1981, over 65,000 people were forcibly sterilized as part of state level “eugenics” programs.

The 1936 Nazi poster at right says "We do not stand alone": and shows the flags of other countries with, compulsory sterilization laws (including the USA). The woman is holding a baby and the man is holding a shield inscribed with the title of Nazi Germany's 1933 compulsory sterilization law.

The US Supreme Court in an 8 to 1 decision, declared that states had a right to sterilize a citizen they deemed unfit in the infamous “Buck v. Bell” case of 1927. in his court opinion, Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes wrote:

We have seen more than once that the public welfare may call upon the best citizens for their lives. It would be strange if it could not call upon those who already sap the strength of the State for these lesser sacrifices, often not felt to be such by those concerned, in order to prevent our being swamped with incompetence. It is better for all the world, if instead of waiting to execute degenerate offspring for crime, or to let them starve for their imbecility, society can prevent those who are manifestly unfit from continuing their kind. (Supreme Court Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr.)

He concluded with his infamous comment “Three generations of imbeciles are enough”. Evolution has only one commandment, survival of the fittest, anything less is blasphemy.

Part 3: Many Infallible Proofs:

Creation vs Evolution; Part 3

Many Infallible Proofs:

Creation and evolution can't both be true, at least one of them must be wrong. The Lord has left a trail of many infallible proofs that he created all life and there is a large body of scientific evidence that favors divine creation and that refutes evolution.

"To suppose that the eye, with all its inimitable contrivances for adjusting the focus to different distances, for admitting different amounts of light, and for the correction of spherical and chromatic aberration, could have formed by natural selection, seems, I freely confess, absurd in the highest degree possible." (Charles Darwin, "The origin of species by means of natural selection")

"A growing number of respectable scientists are defecting from the evolutionist camp.....moreover, for the most part these "experts" have abandoned Darwinism, not on the basis of religious faith or biblical persuasions, but on strictly scientific grounds, and in some instances, regretfully." (Dr. Wolfgang Smith, physicist and mathematician)

"All of us who study the origin of life find that the more we look into it, the more we feel it is too complex to have evolved anywhere. We all believe as an article of faith that life evolved from dead matter on this planet. It is just that life's complexity is so great, it is hard for us to imagine that it did." (Dr. Harold Urey, Nobel Prize winner)

"The absence of fossil evidence for intermediary stages between major transitions in organic design, indeed our inability, even in our imagination, to construct functional intermediates in many cases, has been a persistent and nagging problem for gradualist accounts of evolution." (Stephen Jay Gould, Professor of Geology and Paleontology, Harvard University.)

The enemy within:

Churches should be leaders in defending the authority and historical accuracy of the Bible but unfortunately some churches are part of the problem.

One pastor of a large mega church told hundreds of teenagers to accept without question whatever the “reigning paradigm” of science was and mocked those who questioned evolution from the pulpit. The reckless nature of these statements become apparent when we remember that “Eugenics” was the reigning paradigm of science in it's day.

Another pastor went so far as to start a campaign “ADD YOUR VOICE TO THIS EVANGELICAL APOLOGY TO DARWIN”. This pastor, eulogized Darwin as a “hero” for “revealing the unity of all living things”, praising him as “a tender soul”, and suggesting the absurd portrayal of Darwin as a liberator of the oppressed.

The religious authorities of his day held great power in England. Anglican clergymen practiced “natural theology” as a hobby–the only real biology of his time. The doctrine of a static and special creation of each species independent of the others under-girded the social order: everything forever in its proper place, gender, race and class, right up to her majesty, the Queen. This doctrine supported the notion that slaves belonged in the fields and women in the parlor, serving tea. Darwin’s nerdy findings were going up against the powers and the principalities of his time. (Ken Wilson, apologies to the memory of Charles Darwin)

This knight-in-shining-armor portrayal of Darwin is disturbing and completely fictional. Darwin's comments about higher races eliminating lower races has already been stated but Darwin's writings also reveal his belief in the supremacy of one sex over the other as well.

"The chief distinction in the intellectual powers of the two sexes is shown by mans attaining to a higher eminence, in whatever he takes up, than the woman. Whether deep thought, reason, or imagination or merely the use of the senses and hands.....We may also infer.....The average mental power in man must be above that of woman." (Charles Darwin, "The descent of Man, pg. 566")

Yet, in what seemed to be a choreographed effort to milk the reader for sympathy, this pastor lamented the death of 3 of Darwin's 8 children, describing him as “a broken heart”, who suffered “a crushing blow” by the “cruel and drawn out” death of a child.

Childhood death was quite common in that day (and still is in Africa), even Abraham Lincoln lost 3 of his 4 children before they reached adulthood. While the loss of a child is understandably tragic, it has nothing to do with “if” Darwin should get an apology from Christendom or not. This pastor even refused to allow any critical discussion of Darwin:

“I won’t post any comments that say anything nasty about Darwin–not on his birthday”.

His Birthday?... Rather than a genuine apology, the entire article seemed to be just a cattle prod to shame evangelicals into abandoning creation.

Going against the flow of popular culture is difficult and some shrink back from the battle, fearing the scorn or craving the acceptance of those considered wise in the eyes of the world.

Conclusion:

There is far too much evidence to discuss here and that is not the point of this article. Rather than point out specific evidence against evolution, I hope to bring to light the reasons WHY evolution is so toxic, not just to Christian faith but to humanity itself. It takes time to carefully weigh the evidence on the balance scales of our minds and it takes time to learn how to debate with others, speaking firmly but respectfully. If you are aware of the deadly fruit of evolution's evil seeds then the answers to the questions: should I research creationism, should I debate evolution, become self evident.

"Often a cold shudder has run through me, and I have asked myself whether I may have not devoted myself to a fantasy." (Charles Darwin, Life and Letters, 1887, Vol. 2, p. 229)

I have included a list of resources for those who would like to research more into the scientific evidences supporting special Divine creation and refuting Darwinian Evolution.

There are numerous educational videos and books available on the ICR and AIG websites.

Resources:

The Institute for Creation Research (ICR): http://www.icr.org/

Answers in Genesis (AIG): http://www.answersingenesis.org/

ICR radio: http://www.icr.org/radio/stationfinder/

Creation Ministries International: http://creationontheweb.com/

Periodicals:

Creation: quarterly magazine, 56 pages (glossy) http://creationontheweb.com/

Answers Magazine: (AIG) published quarterly http://www.answersingenesis.org/

Videos:

Expelled: No Intelligence Allowed: http://www.expelledthemovie.com/

Save the whales but damn the children

The 1st commandment is to love The Lord you God with all you heart, mind, soul and strength. The 2nd commandment is like the 1st: To love you neighbor as yourself. Jesus said that all the law and prophets hang on these 2 commandments. These commandments are pure, simple and perfect.

When a car tire is out of balance, it literally destroys itself. When our priorities are out of balance, we can destroy not just ourselves but others as well. Fame, wealth and beauty are highly esteemed in our culture but the sparkle is merely fools gold. Like cotton candy, these things have has an appearance of substance but they do not satisfy. The list of celebrities with self destructive lifestyles continues to grow. Heath Ledger's recent death is but one example in a long list of lives claimed by the emptiness promises of this world.

It is one thing when an unbalanced life destroys itself but it is entirely another matter when an unbalanced life destroys others. I have watched with growing grief and alarm as animal rights environmentalists, viciously malign, destitute and starving peoples around the world, to prevent them from hunting food to sustain their families or to use to barter for clothes, comfort or medicine. Environmentalists, far from the destitution of Africa, indoctrinate our young in an ideology that will forcibly deny food to needy children in the name of environmentalism.

I viewed a YouTube video recently showing how people in Africa were using trained rats to seek out land mines in mine fields. Using their keen sense of smell, and tethered on a very short leash between 2 men, the rats could safely locate the mines without detonating them. I wished them well in their quest to reclaim their land from the horrors of war. but was grieved and angered to see environmentalists curse them, with profanity drenched tirades objecting to using the rats in a dangerous situation. Here is a few brief samples:

I'd rather see some kid or better, a bunch of kids get ripped and blown to shreds than see an animal get killed. But yes, they are definatly to light to trigger the mines.

Whether or not they're 'saving people' I find it disgusting that they choose to use animals to do this.

i find humans worthless compared to the life of an animal. HUMANS put HUMANS's lives in danger, animals didnt. WHats the big deal, they skin dogs for fur, why not skin a human for fun, huh? Yeah, you can report me as spam as you are the higher class scum who thinks your better than everyone else.

Save the whales but damn the children. The godless nature of modern environmental places the value of mere animals on par with the value of the humans whom Jesus died to save. How have we come to tolerate such wickedness? The environmentalists are at a very safe distance from the horrors of war and I wonder how long they would cling to those ideologies if they had to locate the mines themselves. With an estimated 80 million land mines and scant medical care available, I suspect they would quickly be of another opinion.

Matthew 18: 1 - 6:
At that time the disciples came to Jesus and asked, "Who is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven?" He called a little child and had him stand among them. And he said: "I tell you the truth, unless you change and become like little children, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven. Therefore, whoever humbles himself like this child is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven. "And whoever welcomes a little child like this in my name welcomes me. But if anyone causes one of these little ones who believe in me to sin, it would be better for him to have a large millstone hung around his neck and to be drowned in the depths of the sea.

Despite the clear biblical commandment to love thy neighbor, this diseased ideology has even infested the church under the name "Creation Care". Seasoned pastors who should know better, have turned their back on Biblical truth and upon people created in the image of God, to bow the knee to modern environmentalism. Lazarus has been laid at their doorstep, only to be turned away. Churches have been caught up in a heresy that has sought to save all manner of creatures at the expense of human beings created in the image of God. Jesus died to save humanity, not the whales.

A Word Regarding the United States when President Obama takes office

This is a word from The Lord I received on 1/19/2009 from a trusted and respected friend, who asked me to post this and pass it on. I believe it is worth reading, pondering and passing on.

A Word Regarding the United States when President Obama takes office. Given on 1/19/2009

Once when the oath of office has been taken, by the assuming one, then at that very second the hand of God will be removed from this nation. The people have chosen their king. They have turned to the arm of Man to be their savior and not the Lord Jesus. Turned to man, the assumed one who believes he is savior of this country. He who exalts himself as someone special.

Turned to man this man states that only the government will solve the problems of this nation. That the government brings in the Jubilee. The Lord speaks that this is idol worship. This nation has toppled from the heights of blessings because this man is looked on as a savior.

The remnant will not be able to stay the Lord’s judgment any longer. This country was a lamp set on a lamp stand, a city of light on a great hill. No longer. This light of the United States is now a darkness, and Jesus said if the light becomes dark how great is that darkness.

Therefore, the Lord speaks to us to repent and return to the light, the one true well of life and living water.

Colen Poeppelmeyer

1/19/2009