[This article has been inspired by the numerous visitors to my Facebook page for The God Conclusion who wish to argue the details of evolution theory in the hope of saving everyone their time. However, I know this attempt will ultimately be futile, just as all the others proved to be. Many people just like to argue for the point of argument, and nobody believes they can ever be wrong. (Sadly, this includes me.) The only difference is that I am willing to organize my thoughts into ordinary English and publish them for the world to see. I welcome people who will try to bridge the gap between my understanding and the real world without resorting to insults or sarcasm. I've been thinking about this problem for some time. However, it won't be easy to change my mind at this point with mere words. I'm going to need to see some hard evidence; otherwise I shall remain a Doubting Thomas to Darwinism.] There are very few incontrovertible facts in this world. For example, the universe exists. And life exists. It should also not be a controversial fact that this image of the one-eyed dinosaur was a joke. Perhaps humorless people should contemplate the potential outcome before leaving snide yet serious comments about a joke. I may not be a professional biologist, but I have been blessed with common sense. I can still say what a woman is, and what a woman is not--anyone with XY chromosomes. It is also an incontrovertible fact that life cannot evolve unless and until it exists. The theory of evolution is a human's attempt to describe undirected changes that occur to living … [Read more...]
May Is Lyme Disease Awareness Month and you should be aware of Logos Nutritionals’ Lyme Disease Protocol
Lyme disease is a bacterial infection typically caused by a tick bite, and chances of getting infected are highest in spring and early summer. Symptoms of early-stage Lyme disease include a rash, headaches, fever, fatigue, swollen lymph nodes, and aching joints. If left untreated, more aggressive symptoms such as paralysis of facial muscles (Bell’s palsy), neuropathy, and even heart blockages can develop. Symptoms of untreated late-stage Lyme disease (up to a year after infection) can cause rheumatoid arthritis, brain fog (due to encephalopathy) and nerve damage. That’s a lot of potential harm from a tiny bug bite you might not even realize you got if you don’t notice a rash develop that looks like a bullseye. There is reportedly a known cure even for advanced Lyme disease, but it requires getting stung by a swarm of African killer bees, just not to the point where they might kill you. Or, perhaps a safer and more effective option is to purchase the Lyme Disease Protocol from Logos Nutritionals. Experienced Lyme-literate physicians know that a comprehensive approach is needed to restore integrity to the human bioterrain, and Logos has been developing protocols to do just that for over thirty years! These natural medicines are designed to help your body to form a strong and balanced defense by strengthening immunity, cleansing harmful toxins, improving digestion, reducing inflammation and restoring cellular energy potential. In the unfortunate event you begin to experience symptoms of Lyme disease, Logos Nutritionals recommends for the first month of … [Read more...]
Christ-led Company Offers Nutritional Supplements That Transform Lives
[AUTHOR'S NOTE: This is NOT a paid endorsement. I’ve received no compensation of any kind for writing this article. I have chosen to write about this company because I use their products and endorse them only because I believe in them.] About a year ago, my wife and I decided to move closer to our grandchildren. We left north Georgia and the city where we’d lived our entire married lives down near Florida, where the word “swelter” was probably invented. It was already hot when we moved in April, and it only got hotter as the summer progressed. Out of necessity I was involved in quite a bit more physical than normal, which meant that I was sweating more often and more profusely. The water down south seems a bit harder than the water where we’d lived previously, and I often chose to drink iced tea instead. Thus, I wasn’t properly flushing my kidneys on a regular basis, and within a couple of months I’d developed a kidney stone roughly the size of a guitar pick, or so it appeared on the MRI scan. Without getting too graphic, when a kidney stone passes from the body it must exit through the meatus, and an object approximately the size of a guitar pick cannot fit through a hole that small. It had become a very serious health concern that required a surgery called a lithotripsy, which without going through all the gory details, made for a miserable month of July as surgical stents were implanted to keep my kidneys from experiencing renal failure until the surgery could be performed, and lasers pulverized the stone into gravel. It became an important learning … [Read more...]
The Associated Press SUCKS
On October 10, 2022, Auron MacIntyre famously tweeted, "You don't hate journalists enough. You think you do, but you don't." And MacIntyre wasn't the first person to express this sentiment, either. Earlier in August of that same year Carl Witmer may have been the very first one to declare, "No matter how much you hate the media it’s not enough." Naturally, many others have followed suit and more or less said the same thing. If you want to know why I hate the media as much as these other people, check out the headline of this story from ESPN, of all places: "Vice President Vance Fumbles Buckeyes' Championship Trophy." Okay, so the anonymous author from Associated Press earns a single point for the use of proper grammar, and that is awarded begrudgingly. That same author loses all the other points by writing the rest of the story that goes with the article. Follow this hyperlink to read the story at ESPN, but first watch the accompanying video to see how exactly the Vice President "fumbled" the trophy--it literally fell apart when he tried to pick it up because the trophy wasn't attached to its base. The word "fumble" typically conveys a sense of carelessness or recklessness. In football, a fumble is almost always a bad thing. A fumble is a blunder, and in football it means a failure to maintain possession of the ball. It most often describes a mistake by the ball carrier. Even a forced fumble is still a turnover. You can't sugarcoat it--a fumble is an error, a mistake. Furthermore, as you watch the video, please notice that Ohio State running back TreVeyon … [Read more...]
Did Saul/Paul have free will?
If you've read my book The God Conclusion or some of my articles at Southern Prose, you'll know I'm a rather strong advocate for the concept of free will. While many atheists and secularists would love to assert that intelligence is the defining characteristic of one's decision on whether to believe in a God, that simply isn't true. There are many intelligent people who believe in a supernatural God. Likewise, there are more than a few stupid atheists. Probably the most important factor in religious beliefs is free will. We may choose what evidence we are willing to view and consider and many simply refuse to even look at any evidence that appears to conflict with their existing worldview. Some intelligent people choose to pursue evil goals and may be classified as a criminal mastermind. Others may choose to pursue noble goals and become detectives who solve crimes. Determinism is the idea that our choices are mere illusions. Chemical reactions in our brain and our environment determine our fate. Contrary to the opinion of people like Sam Harris, free will appears to solve so many problems--it potentially answers very difficult questions such as why does evil exist, if God is good? But free will can only effectively solve philosophical problems if it can be demonstrated to exist. If evidence can be identified that contradicts the idea of free will, the existing worldview should be modified or perhaps even discarded. Then the question becomes, could free will only be an illusion? On the other hand, if free will exists, could it exist with rare … [Read more...]
