Evolution & Christianity...

What is the essence of life here on earth, what do we share with all of the whole of creation?

I heard an interesting quote the other day from an apparent expert on the topic of the theory of evolution and his sudden "anti-evolutionary" view. It went some thing like this;

"One morning I woke up and...it struck me that I had been working on this stuff for twenty years and there was not one thing I knew about it. That's quite a shock to learn that one can be mislead so long...Ive tried putting a simple question to various people: 'Can you tell me anything you know about evolution, any one thing, any one thing that is true?' I tried that question on the geology staff at the Field Museum of Natural History and the only answer I got was silence. I tried it on the members of the Evolutionary Morphology Seminar in the University of Chicago, a very prestigious body of evolutionists, and all I got there was silence for a long time and eventually one person said, 'I do know one thing -- it ought not to be taught in high school.' "

Dr. Colin Patterson, senior paleontologist at the British Museum of Natural History in a keynote address at the American Museum of Natural History, New York City, in 1981.

Consider what Paul says in Acts 17;

Paul then stood up in the meeting of the Areopagus and said: "Men of Athens! I see that in every way you are very religious. For as I walked around and looked carefully at your objects of worship, I even found an altar with this inscription: TO AN UNKNOWN GOD. Now what you worship as something unknown I am going to proclaim to you.

"The God who made the world and everything in it is the Lord of heaven and earth and does not live in temples built by hands. And he is not served by human hands, as if he needed anything, because he himself gives all men life and breath and everything else. From one man he made every nation of men, that they should inhabit the whole earth; and he determined the times set for them and the exact places where they should live. God did this so that men would seek him and perhaps reach out for him and find him, though he is not far from each one of us. 'For in him we live and move and have our being.' As some of your own poets have said, 'We are his offspring.'

Do you think Paul can say this about Christianity's "Denominational Divergence" Does history have to continually repeat itself, are we caught in the viscous circle that the author of Ecclesiastes talks about in regards to knowledge? "For with much wisdom comes much sorrow; the more knowledge, the more grief."

What is the grief that he talks of here?

Is it the knowledge of good and evil, and our pitiful attempts to be right with God through religious ceremony that is bereft of the true spirit of God?

The answer lies within the bible and the laws of God which should bring us repentance and the ability to be used in the Kingdom of God. Repent for the Kingdom of God is at hand or you will all answer for your denominational pride, religious sin, blasphemy, denominational arrogance, gluttony and superficiality to just name a few.

May...

The Lord bless and keep you;
The Lord make His face shine upon you,
And be gracious to you;
The Lord lift up his countenance upon you,
And give you peace.

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GLUTTONY for The Judging Christian 101...

Many so-called Christian folk judge others who smoke or drink alcohol as a sin, but for some reason overindulged, excessively overweight gluttony amongst them is ignored. Anything in excess could be considered gluttony whether it be food, television, video games, alcohol, smoking, etc. However when the bible talks about gluttony it always pertains to food and drink.

Wikipedia defines gluttony as;

Derived from the Latin gluttire, meaning to gulp down or swallow, gluttony is the over-indulgence and over-consumption of food, drink, or intoxicants to the point of waste.

Websters defines gluttony as;

excess in eating or drinking


Lets take a look at reality T.V. and how it relates to the current Christian ethos on the acceptance of gluttony and the judging of others for their perceived appearance of evil lets use smoking as an example and compare it to gluttony taken directly from scripture. Knowing is growing and what we feed our minds is what comes out. A friend of mine always says "garbage in, garbage out".

• THE BIGGEST LOSER COUPLES (NBC)
  

This series challenges and encourages overweight gluttonous folks to shed pounds in in a safe manner through exercise and diet. there is also a grand prize up for grabs of $250,000. Kudos to NBC for taking a stand against gluttony even if it is a secular stand.

How would this relate to Christianity?

Well how about a show about;

• THE BIGGEST GLUTTONOUS CHRISTIAN

The grand prize would be a long tortuous vacation in the lake of fire compliments of our Father in heaven the Almighty God.

Proverbs 23:1-3 says;

1 when you sit to dine with a ruler, note well what is before you,

2 and put a knife to your throat if you are given to gluttony.

3 Do not crave his delicacies for that food is deceptive.

Consider also Proverbs 23:20-21, Proverbs 28:7, 2 Peter 1:5-7, 2 Corinthians 10:5, 2 Timothy 3:1-9,

Something we should consider further is that gluttony isn't just about overeating or the appearance of an overweight person but it is in the heart. The gluttonous heart is black and full of greed it cares not for others but would like to judge others as an excuse to continue it's gluttonous way. When we judge others we open ourselves to judgment consider what Jesus said in Matthew 15:8-9;

8 " 'These people honor me with their lips,
but their hearts are far from me.

9 They worship me in vain;
their teachings are but rules taught by men.' "

Consider; Matthew 7:1-6, Matthew 7;21-23, Matthew 12:33-37, Mark 7:21-23, Luke 12:1-3, John 8:31-36

Now lets look at smoking

Sorry couldn't find anything that directly relates to smoking in the bible.

So which problem should be given more attention smoking or gluttony?


May...

The Lord bless and keep you;
The Lord make His face shine upon you,
And be gracious to you;
The Lord lift up his countenance upon you,
And give you peace.

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