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Christ, Bible, Christian apologetics, theology, church, atheism, skepticism, The
Jesus Seminar, G.A. Wells, Darwinism, Intelligent Design, evolution,
theistic-evolution, eugenics, the Kansas State School Board evolution ruling,
and historical quotes by the Founding Fathers regarding America's relationship
with God. Richard Dawkins
“Why is it that, next to the birthday of
the Savior of the world, your most joyous and most venerated
festival returns on this day [the Fourth of July]?" “Is it not that, in the
chain of human events, the birthday of the nation is indissolubly linked with
the birthday of the Savior? That it forms a leading event in the progress of the
Gospel dispensation? Is it not that the Declaration of Independence first
organized the social compact on the foundation of the
Redeemer's mission upon earth? That it laid the cornerstone of
human government upon the first precepts of Christianity"?
President John Quincy Adams, July 4th, 1837
when he delivered a Fourth of July speech at Newburyport, Massachusetts
Christian Apologetics:
Jesus Christ - Who is
this unique person? What does the Biblical evidence reveal?
Dating
the New Testament Books Dating
the Old Testament Books Various
opinions by conservative and liberal scholars as to when the books
of the Bible were written. Dating
New Testament Events
Dating Old Testament Events
Elementary Rules of
Bible Interpretation Dates for
English Bibles Quotes Regarding the
Bible and Theology
The Kenosis-Which Christ? by Gary
Butner, Th.D. Did Christ empty Himself of His deity?
The
Kenotic Theory was first scientifically formulated by Thomasius in Germany,
(1860 to 1880) and later by theologians in England (1890 to 1910). Prior
to that no recognized teacher in the first
1,800 years of church history, including those who were native speakers of
Greek, thought that "emptied himself" in Philippians 2:7 meant the Son of God
gave up some of his divine attributes.
Antony Flew's There IS a God - the authorship controversy
By Denyse O'Leary - When Antony Flew's book first appeared, its substance was
overshadowed by a controversy over whether Flew really
wrote it. The implication, drawn out at length by Mark Oppenheimer in The New
York Times, was that Flew was senile and was being manipulated by zealous
Christians. There Is a God: How the World's Most Notorious Atheist Changed His Mind
Antony Flew, God, and the Evidence: A review of There
IS a God By Denyse O'Leary -
On December 9, 2004, an Associated Press
story story went out on the wires, "Famous Atheist Now Believes in God: One
of World's Leading Atheists Now Believes in God, More or Less, Based on
Scientific Evidence."
More? Or less? As it turns out, neither. He believes in God simply on the
scientific evidence. Many might consider that thin gruel, but he is entitled to
cite the evidence in his defense. And there is a lot of it.
Part One: Antony Flew sought to make the best case for atheism
Part Two: Following the argument wherever it leads
Part Three: Rediscovering the God of the Philosophers
Part Four: Einstein's God and Antony Flew
The Meaning of Atheism By Rev. Dr. Greg Neal.
On the Internet it has become very
common for self-professed Atheists to define their position as being a simple
lack of a god-belief and not as a denial of the existence of God. By claiming to
affirm only a passive lack of a god-postulate, and by denying that they
actively assert the nonexistence of deity, such Atheists conveniently
absolve themselves from having to defend their position. In other words, they
claim that there is a big difference between asserting: "I do not believe a
deity exists" and "I believe a deity does not exist."
Atheism - An Excellent article
(offsite article)
Islam, Muhammad, and the Koran -
The Koran is the Muslim's Holy Book-they call it "The Glorious Qur'an"
or "Al-Mushaf Al-Shareef." The Koran came almost 600 years after Christ. Many of
its contents contradict the Bible, and it records many of the Bible stories with
great distortion. It commands the killing of Jews and Christians, permits
polygamy, permits the husband to beat his wife, and permits a Muslim man to
marry a Christian or Jewish woman, but forbids the Muslim woman to marry a
Christian or Jewish man. Many more things are mentioned in this book.
The
Omnipotence of God By Rev. Dr. Greg Neal. Each of us
have heard the skeptics mocking challenge, "Can God make a rock He cannot lift?"
In his Seeking
the Shepherd's Arms, Rev. Neal answers this and many other challenges
skeptics present to believers.
The
Errancy of Silence A debate between Rev.
Dr. Greg Neal and AOL hyper-skeptic atheist apologist Achrachne regarding the
errant use of silence by hyper-skeptic G.A. Wells.
Hate
A debate between Rev Dr Greg Neal and AOL
hyper-skeptic SnakePiper on the meaning of the Greek word Miseo in Luke 14:26.
Hyper-skeptic
Motives By Rev Dr. Greg Neal.
Mark
7:24-31 Hyper-Skeptic Questions Mark's Geography A debate between Dr. Gary Butner and AOL
hyper-skeptic Kornform, M.D.
Mark
7:24 Skeptic Neglects to Respond An exchange
between Rev Neal and hyper-Skeptic Joseph Crea.
When
was Jesus Crucified? A debate between Dr. Gary Butner and AOL hyper-skeptics Kornform and Ariex regarding an apparent
contradiction as to the time of the crucifixion.
Who
is G. A. Wells? By Rev. Dr. Gregory S. Neal.
Pi
in the Bible 1 Kings 7:23 On The
Rabbinical Exegesis of an Enhanced Biblical Value of
pi.
It will surprise hyper-skeptics to learn the Biblical pi
is far more accurate than 22/7.
Ancient
Statistics Rev Neal refutes an often
rehashed and worn out argument used by hyper-skeptic Kornform, M.D.
The Spiritual
Brain: A Neuroscientist's Case for the Existence of the Soul Do
religious experiences come from God, or are they merely the random firing of
neurons in the brain?
Christianity in
America
"It cannot be emphasized too strongly or too often that this great
nation was founded not by religionists but by Christians, not on religion but on
the Gospel of Jesus Christ.","Give me liberty or give me death." Patrick
Henry of the Constitutional Convention.
"Can the liberties of a nation be thought secure when we have removed
their only firm basis, a conviction in the minds of the people that these
liberties are the gift of God? That they are not to be violated but with His
wrath? I tremble for my country when I reflect that God is just; that His
justice cannot sleep forever." President Thomas Jefferson"Of all the dispositions
and habits which lead to political prosperity, religion and morality are
indispensable supports . . . And let us indulge with caution the supposition
that morality can be maintained without religion . . . Reason and experience
both forbid us to expect that national morality can prevail to the exclusion of
religious principle." From President George Washington's Farewell
Address
"The general principles,
on which the Fathers achieved independence, were . . . the general principles of
Christianity." John Adams, in a letter to Thomas Jefferson, June 28, 1813,
The Adams-Jefferson Letters, ed. Lester J. Cappon (Chapel Hill, NC: University of
North Carolina Press, 1959), vol 2, pp. 339-40.
"Providence has given to our people the choice of their rulers. And it
is the duty as well as the privilege and interest, of a Christian nation to
select and prefer Christians for their rulers." First Chief Justice of
Supreme Court John Jay to Jedidiah Morse February 28, 1797
"The American population is entirely
Christian, and with us Christianity and Religion are identified. It would be
strange indeed, if with such a people, our institutions did not presuppose
Christianity, and did not often refer to it, and exhibit relations with it."
John Marshall, in a letter to Jasper Adams, May 9, 1833, JSAC, p. 139. Marshall
was Chief Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court from 1801-1835.
Christopher Columbus Testimony
The Fifty-Six Signers of the
Declaration of Independence and Their Church Affiliation
The Fifty-Five delegates to the
Constitutional Convention
Quotes by America's
Founding Fathers Quotes by Our Presidents
God In the 50 State Constitutions
The First Amendment
In Their Own Words - By Bob Gingrich
(Book Review)
Evolution & Darwinism
Flat Earth
Theory: A Defense of Science By Roddy Bullock, JD, BSME
It's a fact, the earth is flat. At least as a scientific matter.
I know this because I'm a scientist who's been taught all my life nothing but
earth flatness, it appears to me that the earth is flat, and, quite honestly, I
like the idea of a flat earth (the implications of a round earth concern me).
But more importantly, the overwhelming majority of scientists no longer question
whether the earth is flat and I know that presupposing a flat earth in science
establishes a powerful unifying principle (something of a rule one might say),
ordering all the various concepts just so. As a scientist, I find that nothing
in earth science makes sense except in the light of flatness.
Charles Darwin,
The Last Icon of Evolution? By Roddy Bullock, JD, BSME
What would happen if teachers in a public school classroom
notified students of a book in the school library that offered scientific
challenges to Darwin's theory of evolution? Call it The Book, and assume it gave
a fair portrayal of evolution by natural selection but, in addition to clearly
outlining Darwin's thoughts on the matter, also identified specific challenges
to Darwinism. What if The Book raised the prospect of gaps in evolutionary
theory for which there is no evidence? Even worse, what if The Book contrasted
the ideas of Darwinism with that of creationists, clearly focusing on the
diametrically opposite religious implications of the evidence? Would such
notification by teachers be legal in the United States?
Darwinism: Bumbleology with a Fake ID
By Roddy Bullock, JD, BSME
Q: How many materialists does it take to change a light bulb?
A: None. Given time the light bulb will change itself.
No joke. Light from darkness, life from non-life, mind from matter; it's all
a mere marvel of matter in motion. Never mind where matter came from, and no
matter where mind came from, for matter-only materialists everything that is
came unplanned from everything that was in a string of unguided eternal change...Who would have thought?
Darwinism: Mountain of Evidence, Valley of Death By Roddy Bullock,
JD, BSME
Dogmatic Darwinists: The Captain Ahabs of Science
By Roddy Bullock, Esq.
Richard Dawkins,
Hyper-skeptic This
speech is bone-chilling. In it, Dawkins crossed over the line between science
and religion. He claims he doesn't, but he does it time and time and time and
time again. He even does so according to the atheistic "Philosophy of Religion"
school, which states that Science deals with "How" and "When" questions of life,
while Religion deals with the "Why," "By Whom," and "For Whom" questions.
The Myth of the Flat
Earth By Jeffrey Burton Russell, Ph.D.
Hyper-skeptics routinely label Christians flat-earthers. It might surprise
you to know who created the label.
Offsite
"Evolution,
Fact or Faith?" By Dr. Jim
Anderson.
Where
IS all that EVIDENCE? By Bob Gingrich
A
Reality Check from Oz, By Dr. Gary
Butner
Second
Thoughts about Peppered Moths By Jonathan
Wells, Ph.D. This classical story of evolution by natural selection needs
revising.
Why
Kansas Catholics Opposed The Teaching of Evolution By
Jack Cashill, Ph.D.
Quotes
Regarding Creation/Evolution/Intelligent Design
Intelligent
Design Network, Inc. Home Page
Evolution / Darwinism Archives
Pro-Life
/ Pro-Choice Issues:
Rescue those who are unjustly sentenced to death; don’t
stand back and let them die. Don’t try to avoid
responsibility by saying you didn’t know about it. For God knows all hearts, and
he sees you. He keeps watch over your soul, and he knows you knew! And he will
judge all people according to what they have done. Proverbs
24:10-12 New Living Translation. Wheaton, Ill,: Tyndale House
Answer
to The Pro-Choice Argument That "Abortion" Is Not in The Bible
Exodus
21:22-25: Translations & Mistranslations By
Gary Butner, Th.D.
Baby
Parts for Sale-A batch of eyes by UPS – 30 livers by FedEx By
J. C. Willke, MD, President The Life Issues Institute, Inc.
The Abortion-Breast Cancer Link
is America's Best Kept Secret By Frank Joseph, M.D.
Quotes by Early Christians and Jews Regarding Abortion
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