And the snow came down down down…

Okay,  normally I don’t like saying things political, but I can’t help myself this time.

IT IS FREAKING COLD OUT!!!

Okay, so that means little, but the fact of the matter is that many places are having record cold winters. Not just Washington State (where I reside). Texas had an unusual snow fall. Bagdad last summer had snow (explain that to me). Chicago is having extremely cold weather. Everywhere I hear about is having unusually cold weather. The only people having unusually hot weather are the global warming advocates who think everything is going to burn up.

Now, the excuse I hear about the cold weather is that the polar ice caps are melting so we are feeling the cold leaving the earth’s poles. That’s nice, but there is absolutely no evidence of that. Al Gore used computer generated images for his film or just took clips from other fictional movies. There are no instruments to measure all of the ice in the arctic and antarctic. As a matter of fact, in the 1990s they closed down a lot of the Siberian measuring stations. The global temp. spiked at the time. I bet the average temp. would go down if they reopened those stations.

Well, okay, I went on my little rant about global warming. I hope you don’t mind. If you are interested further though, here are some good vids on global warming and Al Gore’s movie. You’ll have a hard time believing it after you hear this guy talk.

Oh yeah, and this is also a good link: http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=57605

Atheism: is there sufficient morality?

In my discussions with atheists, the issue of morality comes up an awful lot. Many of them claim that ethics and morality is relative to society or the individual or they say it is “culture-dependant.” They mean that morality changes over time and that it is not absolute. What may be “right” for one person or one culture may not be “right” for another person or culture depending on the time, place, and technology.

As a Christian, my morality is and must be based on the Bible because it is an unchangeable concrete foundation for all morality and ethics. The thing about that is, though, that man is fallen. For anyone to deny that man is fallible and corruptable, they are either a lyer or just plain stupid. It is everywhere. We see it in the news everyday. We hear about it on the radio. We often times witness its horrors first hand. Even ourselves, we are corruptable and tend toward bad behavior.  I do not think this fact is disputable.

That being said, it is of utmost importance to me as a Christian, to share my faith in Christ, the only means I see for hope of a more perfect, good, and holy existence, not in this world by trying to create a utopian society, but after death.

For the atheist, though, I do not understand why they feel the necessity to challenge Christians. If they are right, what difference does it make? People will eventually die and that is the end of it, no matter how much money or pleasure you amase to yourself in this world. However, if the Christian is right, would it not be advisable that as many people as possible come to faith in Christ?

If there is no God and people believe in Christianity or some other religion, what ultimate difference does it make? But, if God does exist and people do not believe in him, we are all in a lot of trouble since we decided not to follow God’s morality, but our own or some culture’s morality. In either case, as a religious person, and I believe as a Christian, I will always have the upper hand.

To depend on a changing morality, one that either changes over time or is relative to the person or culture creates a delema when one wants to challenge someone else’s actions. As a Christian, with an unchanging moral foundation, I do believe I have the right to challenge others on their behavior.

This is not to say that everything must be exactly the same between cultures and people, but that there are certain underlying principles that all people must abide by. Those are moral principles. Not everything deals with morality and so it is wrong to treat everything as though it did (i.e. some people, and even some Christians, seem to think trivial things such as going 1 or 2 miles over the speed limit is a moral issue). Some things are advisable, but not all things are moral.

Interesting…

Some good news

AG and WEA reach settlement in case initiated by EFF; WEA pays nearly $1 million

Read about it here: http://www.effwa.org/main/article.php?article_id=2623

IOUSA

I found this to be interesting. In late September, I made a trip to Chicago and with my uncle who lives out there drove to Michigan to visit Hillsdale college. While I was there, I sat in on an Intro to Microeconomics class and the instructor mentioned this film. I took note and looked it up when I got home. It will likely be very interesting to see. I look forward to viewing it.

Expelled for the second time (If you haven’t seen it yet, you should)

I went to see Expelled: No Intelligence Allowed for the second time. I must admit, I have a hard time seeing what people are ranting about. Ben Stein’s point is hard to argue against. The whole film boils down to freedom of speech and freedom of inquiry. Ken Ham even points out on his blog that the film does not argue that ID should be taught in the schools along side evolution, but rather that people should be able to ask questions and not get in trouble for it. Science is at stake, our freedoms are at stake, and people need to speak up about this even if they are not creationists or intelligent design proponents; yes, even if they are evolutionists, they need to speak out for freedom.

A good point Ben Stein made in several interviews is that if something is true, people should not be afraid to answer questions on it, but rather, they should be willing, open, and ready to answer questions on it. I know that I find it encouraging when people want to ask questions about my beliefs. For me, one of the hardest things to deal with is apathy, but I digress. People asking questions is a good thing and should not be blocked, especially in academia.

It seems to me that people who argue against Ben Stein’s film are either afraid and unsure of their own belief system or just plain ignorant of the whole debate and show their prejudice against creation and ID. Really, their argument is a self defeating argument against Expelled as it usually proves Ben Stein’s point, that there is a lack of academic freedom concerning science.

RC Sproul and Ben Stein (You have got to see this)

Great New Trailer for Expelled

Super Trailer #2

A Thought on Global Warming

It seems to me that global warming has become a scientific “fact” as evolution is a  scientific “fact.” If you challenge it in anyway, you are a heretic of the religion of secularism. In many ways, the censorship concerning anything opposed to global warming and evolution reminds me of Galileo. He faced censorship of science from the church (which by the way was just a humanist political system at the time) much like people face censorship today from the media, academia, and the liberal left.

Barack Obama needs serious help

Running the risk of this blog becoming too political, here is a video that I really think you’ll enjoy. Have a nice day!