Wednesday, December 28, 2011
Saturday, August 13, 2011
As we go through life we make choices...[ Not a new revelation..:-) ] We choose somethings on purpose,deliberately, and ---by default neglect others... kind of like those online tests where you can only choose one answer, and if you try to choose two, one of them gets unclicked ....you know what I mean? Ex: Button clicked: " spend lots of time at work or away from family"--> button unclicked: "build strong relationship with spouse and/or loved ones
Other tests, however, automatically choose a second button for you when you click on the first one. Ex: click on "exercise"--> the "get fit" button gets clicked, or click on "read Bible, and associate with other believers"---> the "increase your faith" button gets clicked. :-)
Sounds simple? It is!
God had Paul write in Hebrews: "Faith comes through hearing, and hearing through the word of God"--Romans10:17
In Hebrews 11 we have the great "hall of Faith"....yes, the faith was given to them-- not their own works that any should boast--.
To Nicodemus, Jesus said, to be like a little child and be born again---
Have you seen the faith of children, their tenderness?
It IS simple!--- yeah--- I know what you are thinking, if you are still reading---"You first have to believe the Bible"--- Authorship is tied to credibility--- Right! That's why we need faith--- we are skeptics, wise in our own eyes!
Wise men sought Him, and still do.... Those "wise in their own eyes" hardened their hearts toward Him. [( click button: "worldly wisdom"-
and another one clicks----> "hardening of heart toward God")....
Romans11:25.]
One of my favorite verses was Jim Elliot's favorite: I Cor 3:18-20 "Let no one deceive himself. If anyone among you seems to be wise in this age, let him become a fool that he may become wise.For the wisdom of this world is foolishness with God.."
Yes, my dear family, "He is no fool, who gives what he cannot keep to gain that which he cannot lose"--Jim Elliot's translation of the above.
May WE grow in wisdom and faith today and throughout our lives, for the good of others and to God's glory
Other tests, however, automatically choose a second button for you when you click on the first one. Ex: click on "exercise"--> the "get fit" button gets clicked, or click on "read Bible, and associate with other believers"---> the "increase your faith" button gets clicked. :-)
Sounds simple? It is!
God had Paul write in Hebrews: "Faith comes through hearing, and hearing through the word of God"--Romans10:17
In Hebrews 11 we have the great "hall of Faith"....yes, the faith was given to them-- not their own works that any should boast--.
To Nicodemus, Jesus said, to be like a little child and be born again---
Have you seen the faith of children, their tenderness?
It IS simple!--- yeah--- I know what you are thinking, if you are still reading---"You first have to believe the Bible"--- Authorship is tied to credibility--- Right! That's why we need faith--- we are skeptics, wise in our own eyes!
Wise men sought Him, and still do.... Those "wise in their own eyes" hardened their hearts toward Him. [( click button: "worldly wisdom"-
and another one clicks----> "hardening of heart toward God")....
Romans11:25.]
One of my favorite verses was Jim Elliot's favorite: I Cor 3:18-20 "Let no one deceive himself. If anyone among you seems to be wise in this age, let him become a fool that he may become wise.For the wisdom of this world is foolishness with God.."
Yes, my dear family, "He is no fool, who gives what he cannot keep to gain that which he cannot lose"--Jim Elliot's translation of the above.
May WE grow in wisdom and faith today and throughout our lives, for the good of others and to God's glory
Saturday, April 30, 2011
The pursuit of Privacy
Exhausted! Both Rex and I are beyond tired. Rex is doubly tired since he did most of the work with my directions or assistance.... The two wax myrtles that we planted by the swing are GREAT! They look pretty and returned us our privacy, yay! They took all day to just get out of the trailer and place them in their destination--- the process was slow. Each 150-200 pound tree was pushed off the trailer to the ground where Rex placed a dolly under the tree, then we put plywood on the ground and took them to where they were to be planted. What a chore. Rex dug the holes then we had to try to figure out how to get the trees out of the "pots". He used his "saws all" to cut the plastic pots while the trees were on the ground; and then it took forever to be able to put them correctly in the hole he dug. We only did 2 of the three because we were not sure how to fix the rest of the privacy problem.... The second and third structures- treehouses built by HGTV for our back neighbor's backyard, have clear view of the backyard garden area. The bougainvillea hides the view directly in front of the 2nd tree house--- BUT the lovely HGTV people started to trim it to put new sections of fence and for decorative purposes.... And they left branches cut inside the tree! We started to take them out and trim the rest --- always a very unpleasant job due to the gigantic thorns---- and soon realized that with all the trimming, now we have even Less privacy! I think We have decided to bite the bullet, and buy 4 more wax myrtles and cut down the terrible bougainvillea once and forever. When will this take place.... Let's see.... We need to fix the car, save for Spain, fix the pool pump, fix the yard, finish Rex's boat..... I give up!
Maybe I need to learn whatever lesson the Lord wants me to learn---
Maybe I need to learn whatever lesson the Lord wants me to learn---
Friday, March 18, 2011
Debate chart
Hmmm... The creator of the chart uses the chart as a tool to argue for atheism..... the theory that there is no god, no creator of humankind or earth. How can one argue for or against the existence of One Who is Invisile?
Atheism is anchored firmly in the theory of evolution..... As if evolution can prove or disprove the existence of a creator.
There is plenty of evidence to support today's theory of evolution through natural selection -which makes it difficult for a well educated, logical person to accept the idea of a creator
- but not impossible. In the very least one can challenge a person's thinking about it.
The Language of God--- a book written by the present head of the human genome project--- (http://www.amazon.com/Language-God-Scientist-Presents-Evidence/dp/074328639) brings up some interesting points---- why do humans and other species put themselves at risk to save another? That goes against the theory of evolution through natural selection aka "survival of the fittest!"
A problem encountered by Christians when defending their faith, is the need to put down evolution-- which is now the central dogma of science-- especially biology..... And while it is undeniable that natural selection is easily observed in bacteria and viruses, due to their rapid multiplicative reproductive patterns, they are still bacteria. Other species evolve much slower, but even then---- they only differ in speciation, not genera, family, orders, and definitely not classes.
The thread for the theory of evolution runs tightly woven in every explanation given for physiological processes, for example: "why do men produce sperm daily, while at birth, women have all the ova they will ever have? According to evolutionists, women are going to be more committed to the offspring (for 9 months in a human female uterus and an indefinite time nursing) ---while men do not have a reproductive commitment (aka evolutionary need) to guard ova so carefully. The answer to anything in biology is nowadays related to the theory of evolution.... But be not deceived-- there are other plausible explanations to the same questions. So...... Going back to the chart.... What/who will define a fallacy in proof/evidence for evolution? What will suffice? Will it be vestigial structures ( remember how the tonsils were once in that list? --- now we know they are NOT vestigial), will it be embryology, (remember the now defunct phrase, "ontogeny recapitulates phylogeny"). Will it be fossils?-Remember how we used to think that dinosaurs were more related to lizards than birds? Will it be homologous and analogous structures, or just DNA? The latter is causing an upheaval of the phylogenetic trees we have been using for years!!!!
I guess what I am trying to articulate is that one ought not forget that theories are the best explanations we have at the time with the information we have at the time. They cannot be proven correct , but with updated information, can be proven wrong.
So was the case of Lamark's giraffes, the spontaneous generation of life theory debunked by Francesco Redi and many others.
Not understanding a principle, does not make that principle wrong or false or untrue-- a point that both atheists and Christians can agree on. Different groups access different sources of information... and as information is updated, so are theories..... Faith on the other hand..... well....is rooted on the evidence of things hoped for--- so as far as we can tell both groups, atheists and Christians are operating on faith, for neither was there when it all began, and no offense to Oparin (http://wiki.answers.com/Q/What_is_Oparin's_Hypothesis)
or Miller and Urey (http://www.chem.duke.edu/~jds/cruise_chem/Exobiology/miller.html) no one can know or replicate what it used to be for sure. (Hebrews1:1-2: "Now faith is confidence in what we hope for and assurance about what we do not see. 2 This is what the ancients were commended for." NIV
If we just wait long enough, another theory will evolve... wait for it .... It takes a looong time.....
Eileen Roach
Atheism is anchored firmly in the theory of evolution..... As if evolution can prove or disprove the existence of a creator.
There is plenty of evidence to support today's theory of evolution through natural selection -which makes it difficult for a well educated, logical person to accept the idea of a creator
- but not impossible. In the very least one can challenge a person's thinking about it.
The Language of God--- a book written by the present head of the human genome project--- (http://www.amazon.com/Language-God-Scientist-Presents-Evidence/dp/074328639) brings up some interesting points---- why do humans and other species put themselves at risk to save another? That goes against the theory of evolution through natural selection aka "survival of the fittest!"
A problem encountered by Christians when defending their faith, is the need to put down evolution-- which is now the central dogma of science-- especially biology..... And while it is undeniable that natural selection is easily observed in bacteria and viruses, due to their rapid multiplicative reproductive patterns, they are still bacteria. Other species evolve much slower, but even then---- they only differ in speciation, not genera, family, orders, and definitely not classes.
The thread for the theory of evolution runs tightly woven in every explanation given for physiological processes, for example: "why do men produce sperm daily, while at birth, women have all the ova they will ever have? According to evolutionists, women are going to be more committed to the offspring (for 9 months in a human female uterus and an indefinite time nursing) ---while men do not have a reproductive commitment (aka evolutionary need) to guard ova so carefully. The answer to anything in biology is nowadays related to the theory of evolution.... But be not deceived-- there are other plausible explanations to the same questions. So...... Going back to the chart.... What/who will define a fallacy in proof/evidence for evolution? What will suffice? Will it be vestigial structures ( remember how the tonsils were once in that list? --- now we know they are NOT vestigial), will it be embryology, (remember the now defunct phrase, "ontogeny recapitulates phylogeny"). Will it be fossils?-Remember how we used to think that dinosaurs were more related to lizards than birds? Will it be homologous and analogous structures, or just DNA? The latter is causing an upheaval of the phylogenetic trees we have been using for years!!!!
I guess what I am trying to articulate is that one ought not forget that theories are the best explanations we have at the time with the information we have at the time. They cannot be proven correct , but with updated information, can be proven wrong.
So was the case of Lamark's giraffes, the spontaneous generation of life theory debunked by Francesco Redi and many others.
Not understanding a principle, does not make that principle wrong or false or untrue-- a point that both atheists and Christians can agree on. Different groups access different sources of information... and as information is updated, so are theories..... Faith on the other hand..... well....is rooted on the evidence of things hoped for--- so as far as we can tell both groups, atheists and Christians are operating on faith, for neither was there when it all began, and no offense to Oparin (http://wiki.answers.com/Q/What_is_Oparin's_Hypothesis)
or Miller and Urey (http://www.chem.duke.edu/~jds/cruise_chem/Exobiology/miller.html) no one can know or replicate what it used to be for sure. (Hebrews1:1-2: "Now faith is confidence in what we hope for and assurance about what we do not see. 2 This is what the ancients were commended for." NIV
If we just wait long enough, another theory will evolve... wait for it .... It takes a looong time.....
Eileen Roach
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