In my last post in January I asked if the christian needs to speak out against evolution. This Sunday I was planned for a little country chapel where they have three youngsters. Since my youth we have all been continually brain washed by both the education system and the television into thinking that evolution is a proven fact. If you only use your own brain to think things through it becomes apparent that this is not the case. It is just another faith that the atheists cling to because they dare not countenance the idea that God exists and will hold them accountable. I challenged the idea that things can happen by chance by discussing pigeons bred by pigeon fanciers, such as tumblers and pouters. If you look in Trafalgar Square you will see none of these special birds but just common or garden pigeons. The special breeds need the interference of a human. Darwin seemed not to cotton on to this fact in his "On the Origin of Species." So what Bible passage did I speak from? 1 Corinthians 1: 17 - 31. I pointed out that the Greeks(or Gentiles) thought that the cross of Jesus was foolishness, but for those of us who believe, it is the power of God for our salvation. I likened the Gentiles to the atheists who think we christians are fools for our trust in Jesus. Our understanding of our salvation goes back to our belief in the creation account given in Genesis, where we find we are created by God and answerable to Him. We find Adam and Eve rebelled against their Creator but that God although punishing them and sending them out of the Garden of Eden also promised that a Saviour would come to provide a way back to God. If we lose the Genesis account we will have no basis for our beliefs in the New Testament account. Genesis is the foundation for the christian faith.
I have written in previous posts about disasters. In the case of Concorde, decisions by people, plus other factors were directly to blame for the event. In the case of the Penlee disaster it may have been avoided if someone had made a better choice in the time beforehand and as a consequence brave men and the ship's crew and the captain and his family died. 9/11 was certainly the result of wicked men committing a terrorist act, but even in this there was heroism notably by another Cornish man, Rick Rescorla who helped many to safety and left it too late to help himself. In situations like this we see what the human spirit is capable of both good and evil. What of disasters that come on people because of the earth restless movement of tectonic plates. Often people live near volcanoes because the land is rich and fertile and they have the chance of a better life there when the volcano is resting. We cannot blame them for that but sometimes people become complacent...
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