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Probably most serious working biologists dispense with Darwinian theory in their everyday work. It simply doesn’t come up, and insofar as it does, it raises manifest problems in terms of its own scientific credibility. The defense of the theory is thus left to two notable groups: the Internet atheist brigade of PZ Myers & Co. and celebrity atheists like Richard Dawkins — who, for his part, is no longer considered a serious scientist or even a serious public intellectual — and, curiously, to a fringe of minor academics at small religious colleges. As one of our colleagues puts it, the latter — theistic evolutionists — are trying baptize a failing theory, not realizing the moribund state it’s in. You could speculate about what drives some of the religious folks who take Darwin’s side. A desire to curry respect with higher-up figures in the academic world, or a fear of being mocked for holding a controversial minority scientific view. I would say there’s an additional factor, though, one that is of much wider applicability: homework avoidance. I see this clearly in the religious community I know best, the Jewish one, and in the professional community I belong to, that of journalists. It’s huge. … To answer creditably, very different from Darwinism, you need to have done your homework.

David Klinghoffer — http://www.evolutionnews.org/2012/08/homework_avoida063171.html (via johnnyis)

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Damaged Goods.

"So, either there's no proper (or improper) function, or else the atheist has cognitively malfunctioned. To put it a bit differently, either there's no such thing as rationality (or irrationality) or else atheism is irrational. But atheist will heartily agree that there is such thing as irrationality; they point to us as examples of it. In any case, that leaves us only one option: atheists are damaged goods. Of course, ALL of us are damaged goods. Sin has cause some degree of irrationality in us all. And given the extent of the damage, it's no wonder atheists don't believe. The real wonder is why anyone believes. The explanation, of course, is that God has begun to repair humanity, at an unimaginable cost to himself. And this is the Really Good News." Mitch Stokes, PhD- A Shot Of Faith To The Head. pg 221.

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The early Church Christians fought the good fight of faith until the bitter end. Modern Church Christians can't even win a thumb war.

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If anyone speaks, he should do it as one speaking the very words of God. If anyone serves, he should do it with the strength God provides, so that in all things God may be praised through Jesus Christ. To him be the glory and the power for ever and ever. Amen.

1 Peter 4:11 (via myfate-mysweet)

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This never made clear sense to me until today. Let me expound:

God created man, man sinned, man inherently rejects God. God reaches out to man through Israel and the Prophets. This is called ‘Special’ revelation. Let me explain.

You see Psalm 19:1 tells us this: ” The heavens declare the glory…

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We do not find because we do not seek, we do not seek because we do not want to find, and we know that the way to be certain of not finding is not to seek.

John R.W. Stott (via andrewwoodblogs)

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Can I ask you a question? I kind of feel like the whole reason I came tonight was to ask you this question: Since when is Jesus not enough? Since when? Was it the information age that has brought us to this heretical place? Pastor, since when did we have to supplement the Savior? Since when did we have to add to His divine sufficiency? Since when? I can relate. I can stand here tonight and I’ve got to admit, in my crisis, in my challenge, I started to look further than Jesus. It’s embarrassing to admit, but it’s true. I started saying, “well maybe I need to read that and maybe I need to go here and maybe I need to learn this” and all the while I felt Jesus trying to catch my eyes. Son, my grace is sufficient for you. In your weakness, my power is made perfect.

Judah Smith (via solideogloriaa)

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Read a non-fictional book. This will happen

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I Love this guys approach.

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Francis Chan Meets A Jehovah’s Witness WOWOWOWOWOWOWOW WHAT A BOSS.

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Dr. Norman Geisler's Defence for Theism

1. Some things undeniably exist.

2. My nonexistence is possible.

3. Whatever has the possibility not to exist is currently cause to exist by another.

4. There cannot be an infinite regress of current causes of existence.

5. Therefore, a first uncaused cause of my existence exists.

6. This uncaused cause must be infinite, unchanging, all-powerful, all-knowing, and all-perfect.

7. This infinitely��perfect being is appropriately called "God"

8. Therefore, God exists.

9. This God who exists is idential to the God described in the christian scriptures.

10. Therefore the God described in the bible exists.

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LOL

Cooking with Greg

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“Why do you look at the speck of sawdust in your brother’s eye and pay no attention to the plank in your own eye? 42 How can you say to your brother, ‘Brother, let me take the speck out of your eye,’ when you yourself fail to see the plank in your own eye? You hypocrite, first take the plank out of your eye, and then you will see clearly to remove the speck from your brother’s eye.” - Luke 6:41-42