Intelligent Design or "not too Intelligent" Design

The recent ruling in PA on whether or not to allow 9th grade children the option to hear about any theory or idea that would compete with evolution has me thinking... and I guess it boils down to what the definition of "science" is (or is not). It seem to remember, back when the evolutionists were breaking into public schools, the arguments AGAINST teaching evolution were based on the accepted scientific model (observation, predictability, etc...). These are the same arguments now being used by the honorable judge to suppress ID (or Creationism).

The argument at that time was, "What would it hurt to expose school kids to both and let them make up their own minds...". Isn't it amazing that all these years later, the first thing to go was anything that would actually make kids think about what they are being taught or anything that opposed the evolutionists position. Although it is a "theory", if you were to ask most school kids, they would tell you that it is "FACT" based on the way it is presented in the classroom.

To the believer of either side, both ideas (or theories) require a leap of faith or a notion that coincides with your pre-determined belief system. Since neither can be PROVEN without making assumptions based on what we believe (faith???), then I suppose we should not teach either in public schools. Based on my worldview, my opinions and my belief system, evolution appears to be the same to secular humanists as Creation is to Christians who accept the Bible as God's Word and ultimate arbiter of Truth (not to be confused with "truth").

Based on the end result of today's' public education system, it appears that the goal of education is not to teach kids HOW to think, but WHAT to think. The United States of America is losing ground every day to the rest of the industrialized nations in math and science because we spend too much time teaching kids how to feel good about themselves, or how bad our Founding Fathers (and Mothers) really were, or how evil conservatives are, or how to be tolerant of everything but Christianity... anything but math and science.

This was the principal reason my wife and I chose home-schooling 20 years ago. The safety issues only reinforced our choice. It looks like many of my fellow American citizens feel the same... and more would if they had the resources.

None so blind...

Is America DETERMINED to destroy itself??? We are in a war for our very existence, and we are quibbling over how to let the enemy, that wants to destroy us, know all our business. Is there any doubt that the radical Islamists and those who support them with their silence are in this till the end? Why is it that the men and women in Congress do not understand this? This war will not end until one of us is gone... either America and its' ideals based in freedom will emerge victorious or it will be completely gone... no middle ground.

How can you reason with people who can chop off the heads of three young girls because of the school they attend? How can you trust the word of a group of people who would take over a school full of children fro days, then as a final act of barbarism, shoot naked children in the back as they are running for their lives... how can ANYONE confuse these acts as anything but what they are.. TERRORISM!!!

I am ashamed that the democratic party has become the American wing of the world-wide socialist movement.. I am also ashamed that many republicans are so corrupt that they can no longer stand on any morale high ground. I am ashamed that from the outside looking in, it appears that the ONLY important issue for the democratic party is to preserve the "RIGHT" of a woman to kill her unborn child... how can anyone see that as a good thing? I believe that for whatever reason the politicians injected themselves into this issue, it was one of the worst, if not the worst, mistakes ever made. This is a morale/medical decision that belongs with a woman and her doctor.. it is not the right of anyone else to make those decisions.. after all, the woman and the person who performs the abortion are the ones who have to live with the results of that choice.. it is they who will stand in front of their Maker some day to account for that choice... every one else will be judged on their own decisions in life. We have removed shame for our choices by passing the blame to others... none of us is perfect, we all fall short of the mark we were created to live by... but by God's grace and the price Jesus paid at Calvary, we all can be justified by the only blood that can truly pay the price of sin... the Blood of Jesus, shed for all... we need only ask Him to be our personal Lord and Savior... then repent from the wickedness we were in bondage to and start to live the life He created for us... the one that brings TRUE happiness... and look forward to that day when He returns to claim His children...

I am not looking for a Theocracy, but I do want a moral and just government.. that can only happen when the foundation is moral and just.. and that is found only in the Bible... the same one that guided the Founding Fathers. It is clear in their writings that what they gave us could not survive without that foundation... it appears that we are going to see how true that is because we have so many in leadership that are determined to remove God from our country... I see that as another war that will have only one survivor... we either chose God or we lose America... it is up to us..............

One last time around the mountain....

When I was in high school and college, I remember hearing my history teachers and professors say "Those who don't learn from history are doomed to repeat it..."

Trails we leave behind....

The biggest mistake we as a country have made in the past 30 years (my adult life perspective) is that we have allowed people who immigrate (legally or illegally) to dictate thru the courts what those who PAID THE PRICE TO CREATE THE AMERICA THAT WAS THE LIGHT OF THE WORLD, would be allowed to keep...Those whose ony contribution is that they somehow got here are now the ones who are the ones who have the final say in what traditions must be abolished because they are offended.

It is hard for me to believe that they did not know what America believed in and what kind of country we created (with God's help and direction). In my America, I have NEVER seen anyone forced to give up their traditions and heritages except Christians. In America today, we MUST give preference to EVERY alternative, even though those that are demanding we indoctrinate our school children in every major world religion and cult see no problem with removing EVERY reference to the faith and works based on following the principles of Jesus the Christ for no other reason than to not offend people who have come late to the party, paid NONE of the price, but now DEMAND EQUAL rights and protections that the founders paid for with their life savings, reputations and even their own lives.

I don't know a single, truely practicing Christian that advaocates that ALL must worship the God of the Bible. They all witness at a personal level with those whom they come into contact with that are hurting and are looking for answers that they are not able to find within their own belief systems, but they in no way DEMAND that certain practices MUST be disallowed under penalty of law suits, fines and the threat of imprisonment... we share the personal testimony of what God does in our lives and then leave them to chose what they should do (that choice is given to us all by a God that wants only a free-will, loving relationship). We do not tell them they MUST follow our ways, but they are free to reap all that is good when they choose the God of the Bible, and are allowed the to reap the negative that comes with rejecting the Gospel of Jesus.

When we look around and see the lack of respect for any authority, does anyone wonder WHY? Children are no longer taught that there is anything more important than their own wants of the moment... the courts have created no-win situations for parents. We can not monitor their behavior, but when they do break the law... it is the parents who are held accountable.

The state of confusion reigns everywhere... our leaders in government are morally bankrupt and offer no real leadership... everyone gets along to go along... rock the boat and you will lose your place within the Amercian Royalty class. The sports professionals have shown that it is ok to do whatever it takes to succeed... after all, a $100 million dollar contract is certainly worth "helping" you own natural gifts... especially when NO AMOUNT OF HARDWORK ALONE WILL EVER PRODUCE THE NEXT HOME-RUN KING.... oh well... who cares that thousands of young boys will learn too late that the cost of steriods will NEVER be reimbursed by ANY amount of money they might make... and only when it becomes a liability to the bottom-line will "leaders" speak out against these CHEATERS... when they are filling the stadiums and TV ratings are up... they are hero's... when they finally cut deals to save themselves and what ever is left of their self-respect... then the hand-wringing begins...

If every Christian in America would start this THANKSGIVING AND CHRISTMAS season to take back OUR America, we could do it in less than a year. Stores that are willing to offend 80-90% of their customer base to avoid offending a few atheists would find out quickly how fast the bottom line is affected. When courts no longer hold any respect from the people they derive their power from, they will soon realize that the WILL of the people is to honor God.. not chase Him from the home He gave us... America thrived when immigrants came to America to BE Americans. The era of the hyphenated American has to go.. it divides us and we all know that a house divided against itself can not stand!!! If the heritage and values of your homeland are so great, then stay there.. don't presume to come to America and demand we change to accomodate you. All who want to embrace what America was founded on are welcome... those values are freedom to worship as you see fit (not freedom FROM religion), persue happiness as long as it does not encroach on the happiness of others and to live a life free to follow your dreams as long as you understand that you have responsibilty and accountability that goes along with that freedom.

More to follow... keep dialed in.. the best is yet to come :-)

What will America look like?

It is interesting to see how systematically the foundations of what made America the place where people yearned to be are being taken away... In the name of security or tolerance, the people and BELIEFS that created America are slowly being removed from the fabric of American life more and more every year.

WHO wins in this endeavor? The only true winner at EVERY turn is some lawyer. I wonder how much of the GNP is actually winding up in the pockets of lawyers and politicians (most of whom are lawyers). The demand for more and more investigations by an increasingly corrupt system, I now think that the only profession that will survive outsourcing and cutbacks with be the legal industry...

For all of you who are being outsourced or cut-back, demand law school training instead of business, computer or administrative skill upgrades... if you can stand the daily dipping in slime.. you should do pretty well over the balance of your working life... right up to the point where the light that was America dims forever and we become just another 3rd world country.

We are no longer able to produce what we need simply because we have exported many or most of the manufacturing jobs that used to be the catalyst of so much innovation. Where manufacturing is done, innovation springs forth... when that is no longer happening in America, our advantages will disappear overnight.. much like the Cloud of Glory that proceeded the children of Israel during their tribulations on the way to the promised land, when the Blessings of God move beyond an America that is no longer able to honor Him in ANY public forum... the decline is not far behind... we move further away from the broad middle-class that separates us from all other industrialized countries and history is a pretty accurate guage of what happens during the decline of once GREAT societies.

WAKE UP WASHINGTON... time is almost up. The people spoke this past election and it took you less than a month to go back to business as usual... it is time to remember what the monarchs of England overlooked... the FOLKS will eventually grow tired of the yokes and bonds placed on them by people they are trusting to do what is right for the future generations... if the WASHINGTON elite has become so self-centered they can not look beyond their own political future's, then the next generation of Godly American patriots will take their place in history and get this country back on track. We were more than a good economy or healthy corporate profits... we will be again.. God willing!

How did we get here?

How did 200 years of the unabashed belief in the promise of Christianity at the founding of the social experiment called America suddenly became UNCONSTITUTIONAL? How is it that in American schools today, our foundational documents can no longer be brought into the classroom because they acknowledge the dependance in the Almighty at the very foundation of this country? How can the same body of men and women who submit to that authority in the traditions of the Senate and the House of Representatives are now working OVERTIME to deny that same expression anywhere else in America?

It seems to me that while Bible believing, God fearing men and women have gone about the business of raising families and CONTRIBUTING to their communities and churches... those who OPPOSE God's plan for America have invested in the enemies of historical American values.... they have created organizations like the ACLU (Anti-Christian Lawyers United) .

With their almost limitless resources and commitment to socialist utopia, they have taken powerful positions in government, education and the judicial (CRIMINAL JUSTICE not victim justice) system. Since they don't have a commitment to the traditional family values that BUILT America and the God of the Bible that blessed the US... they have more time to influence a growing segment of society that has NO REAL PERSONAL KNOWLEDGE of Christianity or Christ (except the constant reminders of high-profile failures in Christian leadership that the enemies of America keep exploiting).

While Christians know and understand at a very personal level that we are ALL sinners saved by the miraculous grace God showed at Calvary when He allowed His Son to be crucified so that all of His children could be joined back to Him in eternity, those who have not experienced God's true salvation and accepted the sacrifice of Jesus for their own sins can not see or understand the benefits that God has showered on this country... they are blinded to His bounty and have fallen under the illusion that man created this for himself... sadly, unsaved America won't see the Truth until we have fallen... then it may be too late (for them).

The followers of Jesus have to start to hold fast to what is important... Jesus LOVED those who were against Him, but He did NOT tolerate nor compromise with those who were actively perusing evil... living in the sinful lives they chose. He spoke the Truth to those who were hurting... did not tell them they were ok... told them to turn from their sin (repent) and honor God with their lives, not just with their words. Those that did went on to live amazing lives that impacted the world for centuries... we should do no less since we already KNOW the Truth and have lived in His grace most of our lives...

The work of the Church is not done... we just have to find time in our already filled up lives to make sure that we represent the Lord in the world we live in until He returns to take us back home... and make it a priority to put Christ FIRST when we are called on to deal with tough issues that are threatening to destroy the country that God has blessed us with...

Thought for the day: JESUS is the reason for the season... the rest is frosting on the cake :-) May you all have a politically incorrect MERRY CHRISTMAS and a Happy New Year!!!

Maybe we NEED a clue...

With the latest round of photo's from Iraq from kids showing off to family and friends back home, it may be time to FORCE some intellegence and maturity back into the lower levels of the military... when I was in the military back in the early 70's, and having spent my entire life as a GI brat before I enlisted, I don't remember having the amount of freedom to do STUPID things that these young GI's seem to have. I don't recall having any rights (except to do the job I was assigned). If the leadership is telling these guys NO pictures.... WHERE ARE THEY GETTING CAMERAS TO TAKE THE PICTURES???

I remember having to stand at attention at the door of my room regularly while those who were appointed to watch over me made sure that the things I had in my possession were first AUTHORIZED and that they were where they were supposed to be, and secondly for me to understand that THEY took their job regarding my conduct VERY seriously... and therefore I took it seriously.

I know there are a minority of STUPID, emotionally needy people that will always drag those around them down... but why are there so many of them in the military now? Perhaps we need to teach civics and the responsibilities of citizenship in a free society in schools again instead of self-esteem. Perhaps if they understood WHY this was important (values based on something other than the shifting sands of public opinion of the moment), it would be easier for them to make better decisions.

FREEDOM COSTS SOMETHING.. for some it costs them ALL that is dear.... lets start wanting to be better, not just better off...

Let's not forget

What country (besides America) extends ALL the benefits of citizenship to visitors and temporary workers.... does the Middle East embrace my Christianity and DEMAND I be able to worship God and His Son Jesus just like I do in America??? I think not... in fact, if an American women travels to middle east countries, she MUST adapt the to the clothing and second class treatment of their own women citizens or face SERIOUS reactions (Ms. Hassan who was recently beheaded seems to be a pretty good example of how they treat those who would try to help them...)

Seems we need to EDUCATE our elected officials and judges.... CITIZENS HAVE SPECIFIC RIGHTS GUARANTEED BY OUR CONSTITUTION and BILL OF RIGHTS.... NON-citizens have the RIGHT TO GO BACK TO THEIR COUNTRY OF ORIGIN if they don't like OUR country.... they DO NOT HAVE THE RIGHT TO CHANGE OUR COUNTRY INTO A 3RD WORLD replica of what they left behind...

Our MAJOR business leaders need to understand what they are trading away for their own bonus package... being a bizillionaire won't mean much if they destabilize the American working middle-class... they will wind up spending all their fortunes to insure the safety of their families and property from a growing class of people who have nothing.. and nothing to lose....