But first, I wanted to pass on something from smart Christians. I LOVE smart Christians; there is just something about using the tools that the modern world believes it owns and showing that the most plausible explanation for what we actually observe in world is from a loving God. Here is an article from Seed magazine about the theological implications of a multiverse. Essentially, the multiverse--describing exactly what it sounds like--is a philosophical and metaphysical proposition that is more common nowadays, intended to account for, among other things--like obvious design in nature--the beginning of the Universe, (i.e. the Big Bang...since, as Greg Koukl often says, "a Big Bang needs a Big Banger"). A sort-of review of astrophysicist Jeff Zweerink's booklet is included within the post. I thought it was a well written article, engaging and insightful. Enjoy!“As my understanding of multiverse models increased, I realized the whole issue provided a tremendous opportunity to engage science-minded people and draw them into discussion of the Gospel.” Zweerink hopes to convince fellow Christians that multiverse only replaces one design problem with another, strengthening the evidence of god. “It seems that any multiverse model which can explain our observable universe requires a beginning and still exhibits design,” he says. Zweerink has also devoted a monthly blog post on reasons.org to the theological advantages of multiverse theory.
Known in Darwin’s time, the Cambrian explosion refers to the dramatic appearance of complex animal life in the fossil record about 540 million years ago. Within a short period of time—perhaps less than 5 million years—anywhere from 50 to 80 percent of all animal phyla to ever exist on Earth appeared. The animals that came into existence during the Cambrian explosion were marine creatures. Instead of relatively simple organisms originating at the base of the Cambrian and then evolving toward increased intricacy, complex animals appear suddenly. The traditional evolutionary explanation argues that life should transition from simple to complex in a gradual, branching, tree-like fashion. On the other hand, such explosive appearances are exactly what should be expected if a Creator is responsible for orchestrating life’s history.
God has made His existence plain from creation – from the unimaginable vastness of the universe to the complex micro-universe of individual cells, Spiegel notes. Human consciousness, moral truths, miraculous occurrences and fulfilled biblical prophecies are also evidence of the reality of God.
But atheists reject that, or as Spiegel put it, "miss the divine import of any one of these aspects of God's creation" and to do so is "to flout reason itself."
This suggests that other factors give rise to the denial of God, he notes. In other words, something other than the quest for truth drives the atheist.
However, the most hideous and dangerous aspect of their current agenda is to completely subvert all of the founding documents that this country was established upon: The Declaration of Independence, The United States Constitution and The Bill of Rights.These documents clearly establish that all of our rights are inalienable rights, which means that they are given by God and not by man or government. William Penn, the founder of the Pennsylvania Colony said, “Men must be governed by God or they will be ruled by tyrants.” Yet, Senator Schumer was recorded as stating that they intend to determine what our inalienable rights will be. In other words, they fully intend to take over the roll of God in determining what rights Americans will have. That clearly falls under the definition of tyranny and a dictatorship.
(By the way, the original meaning of the term Republican, properly understood, means to be Constitutional and pass rights to the states and to the most local level. This centralized, leftist/Statist, Washington D.C.-centric situation that we endure is not what the Framers had in mind when they struggled over the Constitution. I submit that, if Leftist's true intentions were known--that of power at the Federal level and incremental growth in government, re: Woodrow Wilson, FDR, et al--they would have been voted out long ago. It didn't just start since the 'Free-love' days; it was long before that. *sigh* But alas, it was meant to be, I suppose.)
Every single one of us has opinion on family, because every one of us came from one. I know my family was one that many would not be able to relate to 'cause people just didn't get beat up and verbally assaulted on a regular basis like we did in our family. And now, we live scattered around the countryside, far outside of a quick drive for mom's cooking. One generation before ours was equally scattered and equally, if not more, abused. But the family hasn't always been like this.Holy Subversion from Crossway
For my fellow believers, I am intrigued by the idea of this book so I wanted to share.
Unfortunately, this book lacks the "generosity" of genuine orthodoxy and, frankly, I find little space in it for orthodoxy itself. Orthodoxy for too many today means little more than the absence of denying what's in the creeds. But a robust orthodoxy means that orthodoxy itself is the lens through which we see theology. One thing about this book is clear: Orthodoxy is not central.
19 “Do not lay up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy and where thieves break in and steal, 20 but lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust destroys and where thieves do not break in and steal. 21 For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also. Matthew 6.
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