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Friday 1 December 2023
The design filter tells us when the dice are loaded?
Thursday 30 November 2023
Vestigial science?
Human Vestigial Organs: Some Contradictions in Darwinian Thinking
In my recent article on vestigial organs in man I discuss two key points: First, one of the most egregious contradictions within the present theory of evolution, and second, the recently “discovered” non-existence of a rudimentary organ that has been hailed over the last 140 in most embryology textbooks and papers as a proof of the origin of humans from lower vertebrates.
Let’s take those here in reverse order. Start with the second point: The definition of vestigial (in the original evolutionary sense) is: “Of a body part or organ: remaining in a form that is small or imperfectly developed and not able to function.” Or according to Darwin and Haeckel, a vestigial organ is a rudimentary structure that, “although morphologically present, nevertheless does not exist physiologically, in that it does not carry out any corresponding functions” (Haeckel 1866, p. 268, similarly Darwin 1872, p. 131). (For all references, see my paper.)
The design inference is science's security officer?
Mendel’s Peas and More: Inferring Data Falsification in Science
Wednesday 29 November 2023
First Corinthians Chapter 6 New international version
6.If any of you has a dispute with another, do you dare to take it before the ungodly for judgment instead of before the Lord’s people? 2Or do you not know that the Lord’s people will judge the world? And if you are to judge the world, are you not competent to judge trivial cases? 3Do you not know that we will judge angels? How much more the things of this life! 4Therefore, if you have disputes about such matters, do you ask for a ruling from those whose way of life is scorned in the church? 5I say this to shame you. Is it possible that there is nobody among you wise enough to judge a dispute between believers? 6But instead, one brother takes another to court—and this in front of unbelievers!
7The very fact that you have lawsuits among you means you have been completely defeated already. Why not rather be wronged? Why not rather be cheated? 8Instead, you yourselves cheat and do wrong, and you do this to your brothers and sisters. 9Or do you not know that wrongdoers will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived: Neither the sexually immoral nor idolaters nor adulterers nor men who have sex with men a 10nor thieves nor the greedy nor drunkards nor slanderers nor swindlers will inherit the kingdom of God. 11And that is what some of you were. But you were washed, you were sanctified, you were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and by the Spirit of our God.
Sexual Immorality
12“I have the right to do anything,” you say—but not everything is beneficial. “I have the right to do anything”—but I will not be mastered by anything. 13You say, “Food for the stomach and the stomach for food, and God will destroy them both.” The body, however, is not meant for sexual immorality but for the Lord, and the Lord for the body. 14By his power God raised the Lord from the dead, and he will raise us also. 15Do you not know that your bodies are members of Christ himself? Shall I then take the members of Christ and unite them with a prostitute? Never! 16Do you not know that he who unites himself with a prostitute is one with her in body? For it is said, “The two will become one flesh.” b 17But whoever is united with the Lord is one with him in spirit. c
18Flee from sexual immorality. All other sins a person commits are outside the body, but whoever sins sexually, sins against their own body. 19Do you not know that your bodies are temples of the Holy Spirit, who is in you, whom you have received from God? You are not your own; 20you were bought at a price. Therefore honor God with your bodies.
On the universe as God
A Philosopher Rejects the Multiverse but Embraces Mythology
Tuesday 28 November 2023
Monday 27 November 2023
Chance as blind tinkerer.
Natural Selection as the Great Designer Substitute
We reject the militant stupidity of the trinity
Psalms ch.83:18KJV"That men may know that thou, whose name alone is JEHOVAH, art the most high over all the earth."
Thus no person or thing not numerically identical to JEHOVAH Can be the most high God ,in as much as JEHOVAH ALONE is the most high God and no person or thing not numerically identical to the most high God can be JEHOVAH in as much as the most High God is JEHOVAH.
Superlative as defined by Webster's: surpassing all( not most) others : SUPREME
Thus by definition no one can be coequal to the most high God.
Thus in as much as The Jesus of Christendom is by common consent not superlative he simply cannot be the JEHOVAH of scripture.
How about we just stick to the plain reading of the text II
John Ch.14:28NKJV"You have heard Me say to you, ‘I am going away and coming back to you.’ If you loved Me, you would rejoice because [h]I said, ‘I am going to the Father,’ for My Father is GREATER than I."
Hebrews Ch.6:13NKJV"For when God made a promise to Abraham, because He could swear by NO ONE greater, He swore by Himself,"
John Ch.17:3 Ch.17:3KJV"And this is life eternal, that they might know THEE (second person singular)the ONLY true God, AND Jesus Christ, whom thou hast sent. "
John Ch.8:50KJV"And I seek NOT mine own glory: there is one that seeketh and judgeth."
John Ch.12:28NIV"FATHER, glorify YOUR(Not our) name!” Then a voice came from heaven, “I have glorified it, and will glorify it again.”"
Matthew Ch.20:23NIV"Jesus said to them, “You will indeed drink from my cup, but to sit at my right or left is not for me to grant. These places belong to those for whom they have been prepared by my FATHER.”"
Luke Ch.18:19NIV"“Why do you call me good?” Jesus answered. “No one is good—except God alone."
Sunday 26 November 2023
Officially Junk no more?
Newly Published Paper in BioEssays Recognizes Kuhnian “Paradigm Shift” Against Junk DNA
Jeremiah Chapter 14 American Standard Version.
14.The word of JEHOVAH that came to Jeremiah concerning the drought.
2Judah mourneth, and the gates thereof languish, they sit in black upon the ground; and the cry of Jerusalem is gone up.
3And their nobles send their little ones to the waters: they come to the cisterns, and find no water; they return with their vessels empty; they are put to shame and confounded, and cover their heads.
4Because of the ground which is cracked, for that no rain hath been in the land, the plowmen are put to shame, they cover their heads.
5Yea, the hind also in the field calveth, and forsaketh her young , because there is no grass.
6And the wild asses stand on the bare heights, they pant for air like jackals; their eyes fail, because there is no herbage.
7Though our iniquities testify against us, work thou for thy name's sake, O JEHOVAH; for our backslidings are many; we have sinned against thee.
8O thou hope of Israel, the Saviour thereof in the time of trouble, why shouldest thou be as a sojourner in the land, and as a wayfaring man that turneth aside to tarry for a night?
9Why shouldest thou be as a man affrighted, as a mighty man that cannot save? yet thou, O JEHOVAH, art in the midst of us, and we are called by thy name; leave us not.
10Thus saith JEHOVAH unto this people, Even so have they loved to wander; they have not refrained their feet: therefore JEHOVAH doth not accept them; now will he remember their iniquity, and visit their sins. 11And JEHOVAH said unto me, Pray not for this people for their good. 12When they fast, I will not hear their cry; and when they offer burnt-offering and meal-offering, I will not accept them; but I will consume them by the sword, and by the famine, and by the pestilence.
13Then said I, Ah, Lord JEHOVAH! behold, the prophets say unto them, Ye shall not see the sword, neither shall ye have famine; but I will give you assured peace in this place. 14Then JEHOVAH said unto me, The prophets prophesy lies in my name; I sent them not, neither have I commanded them, neither spake I unto them: they prophesy unto you a lying vision, and divination, and a thing of nought, and the deceit of their own heart. 15Therefore thus saith JEHOVAH concerning the prophets that prophesy in my name, and I sent them not, yet they say, Sword and famine shall not be in this land: By sword and famine shall those prophets be consumed. 16And the people to whom they prophesy shall be cast out in the streets of Jerusalem because of the famine and the sword; and they shall have none to bury them-them, their wives, nor their sons, nor their daughters: for I will pour their wickedness upon them.
17And thou shalt say this word unto them, Let mine eyes run down with tears night and day, and let them not cease; for the virgin daughter of my people is broken with a great breach, with a very grievous wound.
18If I go forth into the field, then, behold, the slain with the sword! and if I enter into the city, then, behold, they that are sick with famine! for both the prophet and the priest go about in the land, and have no knowledge.
19Hast thou utterly rejected Judah? hath thy soul loathed Zion? why hast thou smitten us, and there is no healing for us? We looked for peace, but no good came; and for a time of healing, and, behold, dismay!
20We acknowledge, O JEHOVAH, our wickedness, and the iniquity of our fathers; for we have sinned against thee.
21Do not abhor us , for thy name's sake; do not disgrace the throne of thy glory: remember, break not thy covenant with us.
22Are there any among the vanities of the nations that can cause rain? or can the heavens give showers? art not thou he, O JEHOVAH our God? therefore we will wait for thee; for thou hast made all these things.
Romans Chapter 1 Legacy Standard Bible
1.Paul, a slave of Christ Jesus, called as an apostle, having been set apart for the gospel of God,
2 .which He promised beforehand through His prophets in the holy Scriptures,
3 .concerning His Son, who was born of the seed of David according to the flesh,
4 .who was designated as the Son of God in power, according to the Spirit of holiness, by the resurrection from the dead, Jesus Christ our Lord,
5 .through whom we received grace and apostleship for the obedience of faith among all the Gentiles for the sake of His name,
6 .among whom you also are the called of Jesus Christ;
7 .to all who are beloved of God in Rome, called as saints: Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
8 .First, I thank my God through Jesus Christ for you all, because your faith is being proclaimed throughout the whole world.
9 .For God, whom I serve in my spirit in the gospel of His Son, is my witness as to how without ceasing I make mention of you,
10 .always in my prayers earnestly asking, if perhaps now at last by the will of God I may succeed in coming to you.
11 .For I long to see you so that I may impart some spiritual gift to you, that you may be strengthened;
12 .that is, to be mutually encouraged, while among you, by each other’s faith, both yours and mine.
13 .I do not want you to be unaware, brothers, that often I have planned to come to you (and have been prevented so far) so that I may have some fruit among you also, even as among the rest of the Gentiles.
14 .I am under obligation both to Greeks and to barbarians, both to the wise and to the foolish.
15 .In this way, for my part, I am eager to proclaim the gospel to you also who are in Rome.
16 .For I am not ashamed of the gospel, for it is the power of God for salvation to everyone who believes, to the Jew first and also to the Greek.
17 .For in it the righteousness of God is revealed from faith to faith; as it is written, “But the righteous will live by faith.”
18 .For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men who suppress the truth in unrighteousness,
19 .because that which is known about God is evident within them; for God made it evident to them.
20 .For since the creation of the world His invisible attributes, both His eternal power and divine nature, have been clearly seen, being understood through what has been made, so that they are without excuse.
21 .For even though they knew God, they did not glorify Him as God or give thanks, but they became futile in their thoughts, and their foolish heart was darkened.
22 .Professing to be wise, they became fools,
23 .and exchanged the glory of the incorruptible God for an image in the likeness of corruptible man and of birds and four-footed animals and crawling creatures.
24 .Therefore God gave them over in the lusts of their hearts to impurity, so that their bodies would be dishonored among them.
25 .For they exchanged the truth of God for a lie, and worshiped and served the creature rather than the Creator, who is blessed forever. Amen.
26 .For this reason God gave them over to dishonorable passions; for their females exchanged the natural function for that which is unnatural,
27 .and in the same way also the males abandoned the natural function of the female and burned in their desire toward one another, males with males committing indecent acts and receiving in their own persons the due penalty of their error.
28 .And just as they did not see fit to acknowledge God, God gave them over to an unfit mind, to do those things which are not proper,
29 .having been filled with all unrighteousness, wickedness, greed, evil; full of envy, murder, strife, deceit, malice; they are gossips,
30 .slanderers, haters of God, violent, arrogant, boastful, inventors of evil, disobedient to parents,
31 .without understanding, untrustworthy, unloving, unmerciful;
32 .and although they know the righteous requirement of God, that those who practice such things are worthy of death, they not only do the same, but also give hearty approval to those who practice them.
Saturday 25 November 2023
Romans Chapter 10 The Bible in Living English.
10.Brothers, my heart’s goodwill and entreaty to God is in their favor for their salvation. 2 For I testify that they have zeal for God, but not with insight; 3* for, not knowing about God’s righteousness and trying to make good their own, they did not let themselves depend on God’s righteousness. 4 For Christ is the end of the law for righteousness to every believer. 5 For Moses writes of righteousness on the basis of law “the man who does the things will have life” by it; 6 but righteousness on the basis of faith says thus: “Do not say to yourself ‘Who will go up to the sky?’” (that is, to bring Christ down;) 7 “or ‘Who will go down into the abyss?’” (that is, to bring Christ up from the dead). 8 But what does it say? “The word is near you, in your mouth and in your heart”; that is, the word of faith which we are proclaiming; 9 because if by your mouth you acknowledge Jesus to be Lord, and in your heart you believe that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved. 10 For it is with a heart believing is done leading to righteousness, and it is with a mouth acknowledgment is made leading to salvation. 11 For the text says “Anyone who believes in him will not be put to shame”; 12* for there is no distinction between Jew and Greek, for the same one is Lord of all, rich toward all who call on him; 13 for “everyone who shall call on the name of the Lord shall be saved.”
14 How are they then to call on him in whom they have not believed? And how are they to believe in him of whom they have not heard? And how are they to hear without a proclaimer? 15 And how are they to proclaim unless they are sent? as it is written “How beautiful are the feet of those who bring the news of good!”
16 But they did not all listen to the good news; for Isaiah says “Lord, who believed what they heard from us?” 17* Then believing comes out of hearing; and hearing, through Christ’s word. 18 But I say, did they not hear? why, “the noise of them went out into all the earth and their words to the ends of the world.” 19 But I say, did Israel not know? First Moses says “I will challenge your jealousy with what is not a people, provoke you with an insensate nation.” 20 And Isaiah comes out boldly and says “I was found by those who were not looking for me, I showed myself to those who were not inquiring of me.” 21 But as to Israel he says “all day I have spread out my hands to a disobedient and dissident people.”