What does the mindless idol say?

What does the mindless idol say? Nothing.

His servants must make up his lies for him, because he has no breath of life.

http://www.miaminewtimes.com/issues/2005-12-29/news/metro2.html

"It is our task to inform the world [about intelligent design]," he implored. "Or the child growing up will grow up with unintelligent design.... Unintelligent design is our ignorance, our stupidity."

This is a true saying. If we, as men as human beings, are not the product of some intelligence, then there truly is no such thing as intelligence. If we are not made in the image of a True and Real Consciousness, then there is no such thing as a true reality, and consciousness, self, intelligence are merely illusions. If we are the product of blind chance and necessity of natural accidents with no Cause, no Meaning... then our intelligence, our consiousness, our sense of self and even of individual reality, are merely illusions, merely reflex survival mechanisms which have developed from nothing, for nothing.

But this is not true flatly on it's face. For who indeed is the man trying to convince of these "theories"? Who is he speaking to if we are "no mind from no mind"? And who is the one speaking?

If conciousness is an illusion, if our individual selves are mere survival apparatus - who are they an illusion to?

We are not only matter and energy. Neither is life the product of only matter and energy.

We are clothed in matter and energy, but we are spirit of Spirit, made in the image of the One Who Is, the One Who says of Himself "I Am that I Am". There is no other basis for saying or believing anything but upon the necessary existence of the Self Existent One in Whom we live and move and have our being.

"Our speaker has fuzzied the main issue," complained Nathan Aviezar, who teaches physics at Bar Ilan University in Israel. "The whole enterprise of science is to explain life without invoking supernatural explanations. Intelligent design is not science, it's religion, and it shouldn't be taught in science class."

Wrong. The whole enterprise of science is to acquire true knowledge through the faculty of reason and observation based on the premise that such knowledge can be found, not based upon the premise that "such knowledge cannot point to a cause beyond our method".

If the "enterprise of science is to explain life without "supernatural explanations", how did you decide beforehand that there was no supernatural explanation to be found? By what method did you decide that this could not be the actual truth of the matter at hand? If science cannot affirm the supernatural, then by that same definition it cannot deny it through the scientific method. It simply has nothing to say on this subject.

The fact that modern biology has revealed to us hallmarks of a designer in the cell means nothing more than that. There is a designer. But why does this make so many supposed seekers of truth so afraid? It is because they have committed themselves, seemingly inexorably, to a premise of materialism, of naturalism, and they know very well what the implications are of life being designed by a mind.

Never mind that science does not know the implications of life being designed. Science could simply discover that it is so, and it would not blink. "Life is designed, who designed it? I don't know, with what evidence should we seek the designer's identity?" This is what science says. Science does not know if it is a "god" or an "alien" or a robot, or any other thing - only that it was designed. Science is unperturbed. After all, the scientific method itself is a construct of man, why should "it" then have an objection with man himself being equally 'a construct'?

Which leads me to another thought. The Scientific Method is not self-existent. It is not autonomous. Neither is man's reason an autonomous distiller of pure truth. Man's reason, and the scientific method, both stand upon and begin from certain premises which were not arrived at by using reason or the method. The method and reason stood upon these premises before they could even begin to operate. But the naturalist treats the method as though it were the self existent, right along with matter and energy.

This is their idol and their god, upon which and to whom they give all glory and all credit, for life, for mirth, for mind and for morals, for happiness and for beauty, for all things at all times they dedicate all of this, and all of us, to mindless, self-existent matter.

I refuse to bow to this "god" who is blind and deaf and dumb and dead. I shall serve YHVH, as He Lives and I in Him.

You Claim To Be Seeking the Truth

The following is addressed to relativists and materialists who on the one hand deny absolute truth, while on the other hand claim to be seeking the truth. It is likewise addressed to the honest seeker who is blinded by these same vain philosophies of fallen man.

It is also addressed to materialistic scientists who seem to imply that if a matter not testable using the scientific method, it cannot be considered real, or knowledge of such a phenomena cannot be considered true.

I have great respect for the scientific method, but it is a utility that has both a beginning and an end and exists in a reality for which it has no means of accounting. It is to those who claim that the scientific method does have a means of accounting for itself (by itself) and for the whole of reality in general, and that it can do so solely on a materialistic basis, that I address these words:

You claim to be seeking the truth. But I say how can you claim to be seeking in that which you do not believe?

Understand: The Truth exists with or without science. The Truth existed before the scientific method, and certain aspects of "that which is true" are unknowable using science in and of itself.

Science, you claim, does not believe in anything that cannot be explained by natural processes. But the foundational mystery that anything exists at all cannot be explained by that which has found itself to be existing. At least, not in and of itself.

The creature does not have the luxury of having always existed at all times, coming from itself alone with full knowledge of all facets of the totality of time/space we find ourselves in. And of course not! For that would make the creature itself the creator, and no longer the creature. But the mere fact that we are asking questions at all proves that we creatures cannot answer all of them ourselves, especially the most important ones.

The answers must be given by one with true knowledge.

And yet even so we have a myth today which claims that science is able to plumb the depths of the mysteries, and has even done so. It tells us that the universe has always existed, or that the universe begins and ends an infinite number of times. These both to overcome the insurmountable improbability and absurdity that life could arise by chance from nothing for no reason whatsoever.

This “infinite existence” of the physical is the “magical” or divine ingredient. It is the ingredient that does away with any need for an infinite creator. Rather, we simply have infinite “nothing whatsoever”, which just happens to be matter for no reason at all. And this is the source and destiny of our minds, our conciousnesses, our very souls?

Hardly. And hardly science.

These claims that the physical “universe” has always existed are not matters which science can reveal or give certainty to.

Not being able to prove that the cosmos is “all that was, is or ever will be”, neither being able to scientifically affirm or deny that statement, leads any such line of reasoning outside of the domain of science.

Example: The law of gravity would be turned on its head if tomorrow we all woke up floating in our bedrooms. Or Pasteur’s law of biogenesis, if we had a perfectly sterile environment in which a living organism suddenly appeared, would then be shown to be false. Simply, these theories are falsifiable in that we have demonstrable measures in the present by which we could do so.

Point: I cannot demonstrate that the universe(s) has always existed or that it has not by any natural or observable or testable means. Therefore, the answer to this problem has left the realm of operational science and entered the realm of metaphysics. The two should never be confused, yet sadly today this confusion is most commonplace.

Furthermore, since science, in itself, cannot account for itself or answer its own existence, it is not able to say with any authority anything regarding the origin of reality and/or of life and consciousness, or any of those things upon whose prior existence the scientific method depends. The scientific method is not some Platonic ideal having a life and existence of its own outside of men's minds.

And this is one reason I am so against Darwinism. Because it is the false god of the west that millions believe in, if not worship and adore. Indeed, many serve it and bow to it either abjectly or through acknowledgement of it’s supremacy and deferment (obedience) to it’s proclamations. And by these descriptions, the materialist likens the creation to God, in the place of God.

I hate false gods and false belief systems and false worldviews because they cause men to sin and be disobedient and unthankful towards the Creator Himself, Who is to be Loved and Worshipped and adored and obeyed above all other things.

He is that One Whom we do no know. And Who we do know through Christ Jesus, who reveals Him to us. He is the First and the Last.

The Beginning and the End of all things, and Who holds all things in His hand, through Whom all things consist and hold together.

Seek the Answer not from any man, but from God alone. Direct your petitions and earnest requests unto Him. For in Him, you live and move and have your being, your every thought.

If you do not believe in that which you seek for, then what is it for which you seek?

You must seek Him believing in Him, and believing He is a rewarder of those that diligently seek for Him.

Because: He Is.

The Crown Of Life

I've decided to repost content from my old blog, "A Blazing Light, A Burning Flame", so that all of my content can be in one place and because I am not sure how long I will continue the upkeep of that old site and don't want the posts to be lost.

The Crown Of Life

The power of the anti-christ, the “instead-of christ”, the militant “anything but Christ” spirit has nearly sealed it’s control over the peoples of the West. Everywhere, Christians are now captive players in what used to be called The West, or Christendom - countries once governed by men of conscience with sincere faith in the Bible, by laws modeled after The Law, whose families were blessed and protected by God. In these lands, they are now told from the top to the bottom that God and His Christ are officially wrong, by proclamation of man and state.

We see the effects of this on everything from abortion, to anti-blasphemy or hate speech laws (which target primarily Christians), to starving disabled men and women to death, to legalized infanticide, to state-encouraged sodomy, to the government trampling of property rights and nurses being fired for refusing to dispense abortion pills. The abominations are innumerable and unmentionable.

Day in and day out we are subjected to an unending, ever increasing barrage of propaganda and mind numbing, slanderous lies. Likewise, wicked corrupt men and women distort and defy our laws even as they create abominable “interpretations” of law that institutionalize unrighteousness. Officially cursing the nations as they curse God and His Law which is written in their conscience. Openly they defy Him, saying “The Lord shall not see, the Lord shall not judge”. In their arrogance is their deception made complete. The spirit of iniquity is at its full.

And what shall we Christian soldiers do?

It is time to wake up and heed the call. Mount up and join/rejoin your units. Or, form new ones as the Lord commands - it is His army. Maybe you are Special Forces? (If so, you must seek the Lord’s training, now and absolutely.)

Every soldier in an army is given a weapon of war. Whether he is a cook, or a mechanic, or a janitor, or a pencil pusher or an infantryman - when they are in the field, in the battle zone, all are armed. This is because, at any given time they may be called to fight for their kingdom, for the power which they represent, under whose authority they are compelled. And truly, when an army is encircled, and all positions are taken by the enemy, and the final attack has begun - every soldier is called to his primary duty to fight for life. To war. Not to mop floors, or cook or to educate. To fight with every last ounce of his being because it is the final battle, and all the stops are loose.

Today, is spiritually such a day.

It is time to wake our brothers and sisters in the Lord, and exhort them before the coming battle. For we as Zion are in this very same situation. The world and the forces of antichrist are mobilizing for the final battle, even as they see the wrath being prepared to be poured out upon them (defiant and proud to the very end).

These are days in which great deeds will be done. These are also days in which great opportunities will be wasted by foolish, lazy servants. The servants will not be lost, but they shall bring very little with them to eternity. “If any man’s work shall be burned, he shall suffer loss: but he himself shall be saved; yet so as by fire.”
(1 Corinthians 3:15)

Why else are we here? We must fight and prepare as soldiers, as athletes. Laying aside every encumbrance and weight and striving against the sin that so easily besets, preparing to run this race as if to win. For why practice? Why prepare? Because we strive for the prize, of the HIGH calling in Jesus Christ. The crown of Life. As soldiers, we must not entangle ourselves with the ways of this world, but be ready at all times to answer the call of Christ to give up what we call our lives and live and die for Him, and for His Life which is eternal.

These are great days. Great Light is growing even as the darkness grows deeper. We are called to live and to die for the Lord Jesus. And die most of us will. And die some of you won’t, but will persevere unto the coming of the Lord Jesus, standing and prevailing over the power of the enemy through the grace of God, by which you are *sealed*.

But none of these things can be yours, none of this glory shall be revealed to you, lest you are willing to give Him everything. Are you truly willing and ready to die for Him? The time of your testimony may be closer than you think. And it is by the word of our testimony, by the Blood of Jesus Christ, by which the enemy will be overcome.

In this final battle, it is beside the deaths of many, precious in God’s sight, that the prince of death finally be defeated, judged, cast down and destroyed. How long will we suffer, and how long shall the blood of our brethren soak the earth? Until the full number is complete. Until the testimony is sealed. Until the mystery of God is made complete, and then the prince of this world shall be judged. And truly, he is judged already. But these things must be fulfilled. “… until their fellow servants also and their brethren, that should be killed as they were, should be fulfilled.” (Revelation 6:11)

This wicked world has turned openly against Christ. And the momentum is gathering, though this is hidden to many. But what do we continue to hear? That we must enshrine homosexuality and every other manner of unrighteousness set at liberty the rapist and the murderer, and that the Jews and Religions are the barrier to world peace. Meanwhile crime and drug use are rampant in the West. Children and men and women and societies are being swallowed whole by the power of the evil one, no longer hedged about by the protection of God - by the faithful men of God in their midst. And the solution the world offers us? Institutions. “Counseling”. Anti-depressants. But the gospel of Christ? The only real and true solution to every ill of man and the world? Unacceptable. Politically incorrect. Shameful. Illegal. Punishable by death. You name it. Anything, anything but Christ - the world howls.

It is time for those who are called by the name of Christ to no longer fear men or false authorities. To no longer be ashamed of the Name and the Power of the Lord Jesus Christ. To turn from our own ways and seek God with all that we are. That time is now, for the flood is coming. The lie is coming. And many shall be washed away by it, and will be unable to stand.

Do not turn back. Walk out your door today and stand up for Christ in the face of the prince of this world. Follow this testimony wherever it leads you, until the morning dawns and the day star arises in your heart.

We must all pick up the Sword the Lord has given each of us, and fight this last battle. In the face of death, and even to it.

To the Crown of Life.

Some Thoughts on the Mark of the Beast

I just had a view of how the Mark of the Beast could possibly come about. Perhaps some glimmering into the thoughts and justifications that may come about for it. Granted, this will take place in a society that has completely apostatized from any view of absolute truth - including and particularly the truths of Holy Scripture.

Check this story. It is very good, and a bit long:

http://wnd.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=57517

Don't read it all if you don't want to. If you are gonna read it, ignore what I write below in italics:

The gist of the article is that Iraq is really dangerous just because nobody trusts each other. It is not Sunnis vs. Shiites, or whatever, but just that it is all total chaos and greed and envy and murder which are causing neighbors to murder neighbors' entire families and take their possessions, form street gangs and groups for protection and stability in the absence of any real legitimate police force.

Anyway, the US Military is getting in "buddy buddy" with all the neighbors, all the people, asking "How can we help you?". Intelligence is being gathered face to face, through tips and rumors and reports of suspicious activities and just people saying "there is a guy we do not trust". This has really led to a quell in the violence as the "Strongman", the military, is becoming ingrained into the society and is in a place to monitor and intercept bad-guys better. (Even though they are all bad-guys, really.)

So, what really got me in this article was this part:

"One day, there was a tip that a man driving a black BMW had a suicide vest and was threatening the residents. There was even a name attached to the possible attacker. So, the 1-4 Cav quickly found someone matching the description. They detained one man in a black BMW and checked him out through the database. He was clean, or at least never previously detained. The incident was noted and the man released."

Here's why this is important: They view that good was done because the incident was "noted and the man released". But now the man was in the system and that is where the key is. He is in the system. If he gets picked up for more things, they will be able to with some certainty begin to say that this guy could in fact be a bad guy. There will be "history" and "pattern" to this now "defined individual identity" because he is "in the system".

This is the key.

Now read the next part:

"At a joint security service meeting between the police, Iraqi Army, National Police and American soldiers, the head police pleaded with Americans that he could not process more detainees. He wanted a moratorium on arrests, but as suspects were detained and shuffled through the system, the violence went down – remarkably. Suspects, almost all men, had to be released within 48 hours, but they were now in the system, no longer anonymous."

Again, we see that any who "need to be released" are - but this is ok, because now they are "in the system, no longer anonymous". This is the key. You catch the fish, tag it, and release. It is now under control and can be "known" because it is now "interfaced with the system on an individual basis".

And now, the next part:

"It was the strangers who were not allowed into the neighborhood."

The anonymous need not apply. Those not in the system are not accepted.

Do you see where I am going with this?

Now this is not now, nor even very soon, I believe, but in the wake of whatever massive, unearthly chaos this world will yet experience - may we not think that such a logical solution as requiring every living breathing human being to receive some sort of permanent "mark", an "interface" into the system that completely, securely and certainly validates their identity for all methods of tracking and inquiry into their activities might not be introduced? This may ultimately be billed as the only solution to keep us all safe from the mind bending chaos and evil in the streets. All the deeds done in darkness, in the shadow away from the protecting eyes of the State could now have the light shined upon them all.

And we would all need the mark. Because we are all criminals now, aren't we? And if you aren't, what do you have to hide? Why is it that you do not want to take this mark?

Great in theory, but for one point. The "one" giving the mark is the biggest criminal of them all.

The murder of mankind is the warden of the prison. "The Prince of this world, the angel into whose hands the whole world is delivered."

Just a thought.

"Homosexual Flags" Over Government Buildings?

http://wnd.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=57026

This is just insane. I can't believe that governments in Canada (City, County, Provincial, etc.) are being pressured to fly Gay-Pride Rainbow flags on government buildings. And apparently, some of them are doing it!

And what happens when one city's mayor refuses to do it? Heh... well - of course he is a hate filled bigot who is inciting genocide and should be put in prison and have all of his assets seized and his children taken away from him for filling their minds with 'unapproved' ideas, which are evil.

Well ... that didn't quite happen, but that is what this "movement" would like to see happen. I am afraid it won't be long before they are successful.

Here (archive) is another article on the same situation.

But truly, this whole issue deserves some serious attention. And this is the kind of thing I think about all the time: the propaganda, the doublespeak, the "goodthink" "badthink" that is being pushed incessantly into the public consciousness.

I mean, think about it: A Gay Rights Flag. What the heck is this? Why should governments be pressured to fly such a flag? And why should government officials who refuse to be vilified?

To examine the meaning of such a symbol, we must first explore what is meant by "Gay Rights".

The term "Gay Rights" as defining a movement implies that there are certain, inalienable rights that homosexual humans are being denied and that other humans are not being denied. What could these rights possibly be? What rights have I been given, as a man who does not practice homosexual acts, that a man who does practice homosexual acts has been denied?

The most common reply would be: that I have the right to get married, whereas the "homosexual" does not.

That is correct. In my state I do have the right to marry to the woman of my choice, provided I am not already married to another. However, I know of no government that has denied the right of a man who practices homosexual acts to marry the woman of his choice.

Of course, this is not what the promoter is suggesting in his use of the word "marriage". And this is the subtle doublespeak used by the promoters of the "Gay Rights" movement. We know of course, that marriage by definition is that sacred covenant between a man and a woman and has no other definition. Form follows function, and marriage is the human function that unites the forms of woman and man in the covenant upon which all societies are based, and by which all societies are maintained.

Should men be allowed to marry men, or their pets, or perhaps inanimate objects, or _insert_idea_here_? Such concepts are utter foolishness, and are not a "marriage", but a "mashing together" of incompatible parts towards an unprofitable end.

Really, this one issue seems to be the crux of the "Gay Rights" movement. It seeks the normalization and legitimization of all homosexual activity. Even further, it demands the promotion and celebration of this activity as well. It then insists that political and legal penalties be enacted against anyone that speaks out against these things, or even those who fail to celebrate them.

Never mind that the vast majority of people in the United States and Canada have religious and personal convictions which prohibit them from supporting such a harmful condition as homosexuality. These convictions, no matter how normal or historical or implied by common sense, can no longer be tolerated.

I will post more on this soon.