Darwinism- Trick or Treat?

Have a safe Halloween!

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(HT: Evolution News and Views)

Principles for Voting by Dr. R. C. Sproul

And be bold to speak on these issues, even if it means somebody picks up a rock and throws it in your head. Because it is through tribulation that we enter the Kingdom of God. I pray for you, beloved, and for our nation in these days to come. (R.C. Sproul)

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Misplaced Faith is a Dangerous Thing

I had intended on putting up a series of posts about how common murder is in our world. One of the common traits of mass murderers, I mean really BIG murderers, murderers that murder hundreds, thousands, and millions, is that they are all faithful to something – an ideology, a religion, an ethnic group, etc. The object of their faith is where they get off track, misplaced faith is a dangerous thing. Thus the name of the series: Actions of The Faithful…

Just before I published the first post of the series, whimsically I changed the last part of the title from …4 Atheists to …5 Atheists under the assumption that an atheist would predictably buzz by and add a comment about how atheism is misunderstood, or wrongly blamed, or attacked, or about how grand their humanistic philosophy, or any of the other long list of ‘wrongs’ and fears from which they suffer. This is an action typical of people who have a misplaced faith. As predicted one did, well actually two as of now, so really I could change the title to Actions of the Faithful…6 Atheists thanks to them. I wonder how long it’s been since they have looked into a mirror?

The next post was going to be about Nationalism (as in Actions of The Faithful…5 Nationalists) and, yes, it was going to list the number of murders for which they were responsible. One of the people on that list happened also to be listed in the first post (can you guess who?), two of them are even held in high esteem by some people today.

But on second thought, I think I’ll stop with just the first of the intended series. Remember Mr. and Ms. Atheists you made this one about atheism, I didn’t. You should really be more careful about jumping to conclusions, but like I said and as you demonstrated, misplaced faith is a dangerous thing.

British Humanist Association is PROBABLY Confused (now)

 

‘A serious case could be made for a deistic God.’ (Richard Dawkins)

Related: Atheist Bus Campaign

Actions of the Faithful… 5 Atheists

 

	Joseph Stalin Murdered 20,000,000
Mao Zedong Murdered 40,000,000
	Kim Il-Sung Murdered 2,000,000
Pol Pot Murdered 1,650,000

This Christmas

I know, I know. Halloween hasn’t yet even come and gone this year. But it’s not too early to start thinking about those Christmas budgets. As you consider your budget and gift giving this year, check out the Gospel for Asia Gift Catalogue. Unlike other gifts you probably will give and receive this year, a gift you give through the GFA Catalogue will be appreciated and still in use years from now.

“Each gift represents an opportunity for you to bless a Dalit (“Untouchable”) family, or a native missionary, with a tangible expression of Jesus’ love this Christmas season.

Hundreds of families in Asia were blessed with gifts from our Christmas catalog last year. And through the gifts they received, they also learned more about the life-changing love of Jesus.

As you make your list this Christmas season, may this be an opportunity to consider giving a gift that has the power to change lives forever!” (GFA)

What Will You Do for The Sake of The Gospel?

(Via Compass Direct News)

Among at least 24 aid workers killed in Somalia this year was one who was beheaded last month specifically for converting from Islam to Christianity, among other charges, according to an eyewitness.

Muslim extremists from the al Shabab group fighting the transitional government on Sept. 23 sliced the head off of Mansuur Mohammed, 25, a World Food Program (WFP) worker, before horrified onlookers of Manyafulka village, 10 kilometers (six miles) from Baidoa.

The militants had intercepted Mohammed and a WFP driver, who managed to escape, earlier in the morning. Sources close to Mohammed’s family said he converted from Islam to Christianity in 2005.

The eyewitness, who requested anonymity for security reasons, said the militants that afternoon gathered the villagers of Manyafulka, telling them that they would prepare a feast for them. The people gathered anticipating the slaughter of a sheep, goat or camel according to local custom.

Five masked men emerged carrying guns, wielding Somali swords and dragging the handcuffed Mohammed. One pulled back Mohammed’s head, exposing his face as he scraped his sword against his short hair as if to sharpen it. Another recited the Quran as he proclaimed that Mohammed was a “murtid,” an Arabic term for one who converts from Islam to Christianity.

The Muslim militant announced that Mohammed was an infidel and a spy for occupying Ethiopian soldiers.

Mohammed remained calm with an expressionless face, never uttering a word, said the eyewitness. As the chanting of “Allah Akubar [God is greater]” rose to a crescendo, one of the militiamen twisted his head, allowing the other to slit his neck.

(Emphasis added)

Atheist Bus Campaign

"This campaign to put alternative slogans on London buses will make people think – and thinking is anathema to religion." (Richard Dawkins)

I wish I had known before now that all that was required to get people to think was to put a slogan on the side of a London bus. I’m guessing though that this little advertising gimmick will do for atheism what people like Rob Bell, Tony Campolo, and Doug Pagitt do for Christianity.

Consider:

1. Theos, a Christian group in the UK, donated to the campaign because PROBABLY “militant atheists are…great adverts for Christianity”.

2. Rabid atheist Richard Dawkins’ support for this campaign PROBABLY has reinvigorated the public discussion of God within the UK.

3. This will PROBABLY remind people about God and promote the gospel as it gives Christians another reason to share their faith.

What is there about God that causes atheists so much worry anyway?

When the Gospel is Repulsive

“In a heart that is desperately wicked there is nothing whatever on which the gospel can seize that will evoke any echo of it. Its message is directly opposed to the opinions and inclinations of the fallen creature….a holy gospel does not appeal to them, being foreign to their tastes….If God were to leave men entirely to themselves in their response to the gospel, it would be universally rejected. There is a deeply rooted contrariety to God in men’s very nature which makes them turn a deaf ear to His voice, though they are ready enough to listen to the least whisper of Satan. As there are plants which are attractive to the eye but poisonous to the stomach, so even though the gospel is a pleasant sound to the ear it is repulsive to a corrupt heart. The gospel requires men to renounce their own wisdom and become as little children, to repudiate their own righteousness, and accept that of Another, to turn from self-pleasing and submit to the will of God. The gospel is designed to transform the inner man and regulate the outer man, and this is quite unacceptable to the unregenerate. No exhortations will reconcile a wolf and a lamb. No logical arguments will tame a fierce lion. Though man is a rational creature, he follows the promptings of his lusts rather than the dictates of his judgment. One who is wholly in love with sin and Satan does not desire to enter the service of Christ. To turn to God in Christ is altogether contrary to the stream of corrupt nature, and therefore it needs to be overcome by a flood of almighty grace, as the stream of the river is overcome by the tide of the sea.”

(A.W. Pink)

Murder in the news again. No wait…what?

A Japanese woman was arrested for murdering her digital husband in an on-line role playing game after a messy divorce. No need to reread that sentence again, you got it right the first time – the woman was so enraged because her virtual husband divorced her that she knocked off his role playing avatar. Evidently she perpetrated the heinous act of digital spousicide after hacking her virtual ex’s game login. The crime was reported by  the murdered ex which, if you think about it, is something he wouldn’t have been able to do had he actually been dead; it also makes the job of the police a lot easier.

Not being sure what to make of this news story, for the moment I’ll just file it under Jeremiah 17:9.