Terri Schiavo and Darwinism
I have included below an article from James White from Alpha Omega Ministries. You can view this article in it's original setting/context by clicking the title of the post above. Mr. White echoes my long-held beliefs and sentiments concerning Darwinism (evolution) and the now-prevalent "Culture of Death" that has been the obvious result from years of teaching a chaotic theory. Woe unto the USA! May God grant us repentance and revival!
31 March Charles Darwin Killed Terri Schiavo I have not addressed the Schiavo situation over the past number of months, not because I have not been watching the situation with great interest, but because everyone else has been saying almost everything you could possibly say about it. Now that Mrs. Schiavo has been put to death in the most inhuman possible way (who can argue otherwise? We show more mercy to mass murders and rapists than to those whose brains do not function "up to par") through the actions of a godless judiciary and an adulterous husband who is living with another woman and has already fathered children with her, there will be no end to the commentaries and discussion. So I wish to look at the foundational issue that will not be discussed at all in the MSM (mainstream media): the culture of death that has blossomed in Western culture. First, I truly believe the speed with which Western culture has embraced a view of mankind that is utterly opposed to God's truth is a mark of His judgment coming upon a culture that has shown its deep hatred of His law and His rulership over mankind. God's wrath is being revealed against all the ungodliness of man who suppress the truth in unrighteousness (Rom. 1:18), and that wrath is becoming clearer and clearer in its impact to anyone who has eyes to see it (eyes that require a mind enlightened by God's Word). Those who hate God's law will be given a darkened mind, and that mind, devoid of God's light, will become more and more opposed to His truth and more intent upon self-destruction. Since the reprobate mind hates God's truth, the fact that man is created in God's image will be one of the primary things suppressed and attacked. And the past history of Western culture is replete with evidence of the accuracy of this observation. Next, I have titled this short entry "Charles Darwin Killed Terri Schiavo" simply to make one point: when culture as a whole embraces the idea that man is merely an animal, the random result of the chance toss of the cosmic die, a purposeless biological accident without any meaningful superiority to an ape, a dog, or a microbe, no firm basis can be provided for a culture of compassion and life. The natural realm is a savage place, and there is no reason, within an evolutionary framework, to seek such things as compassion, tenderness, or mercy. We are seeing, especially in European culture, but more and more in the United States as well, the long-term impact of a belief in not the theory of evolution, but the religion of evolution. The impact of religious naturalistic materialism is tremendously clear as we see the judiciary abandoning the rule of law (especially as law reflects God's creatorship and sovereignty) and issuing edicts that treat man as a mere animal, or worse (in the case of Terri Schiavo). Given that the evolutionary worldview cannot provide any basis for morality, the moral fiber of the culture is collapsing into a mass of internal self-contradiction due to the fact that forces of evil cannot immediately wipe out all monuments of our past recognition of God's law. God's grace continues to produce people who will not shut their mouths about the fact that we are created in God's image, and the result is seen all around us. Terri Schiavo is gone, but the forces that killed her are not only still with us, but they are now setting their sights upon doing more and more to continue to suppress the truth of God in culture.
posted by Mike at 4/01/2005 08:02:00 AM
5 Comments:
Most don't see a "leap" here as much as a logical progression that stems from the supposed "tenets" of the Theory of Evolution. The idea of "survival of the fittest" and the equation of man to the simplest animals have caused much prejudice over the years as well as lowered society's value of human life. It is a natural outpouring of the theory. Speaking the truth about evolution does nothing to demean Terri's battle or situation. So are you an evolutionist-Christian too? LOL
Silliness is equating a belief in Heaven with a teaching of "survival of the fittest." You're not even making sense..... and yes, it is a logical progression in the theory of evolution....after all, if we are indeed "evolving" then aren't we at a more primitive state now that man will be in the future? We have not attained "perfection." In evolution "we have evolved from animals and are still evolving." To say that this doesn't devalue human life is to have one's head buried in the sand. I might add, that you, yourself, have made this argument on another of my posts......
Aside from the fact that most credible scientists today no longer embrace the theory of evolution as stated.
Alan said, "You're lying and assuming that people aren't going to read my previous posts (which they likely aren't.) This is your blog, and you're free to post what you like, but lying about my previous posts seems quite un-Christian. I can say catagorically, that I've never made such a statement, and I can only assume by your use of quotation marks that this was a direct quote directly attributed to me. Where?? That is simply untrue.
I never attributed that quote to you, Alan....and, since you've claimed to be a Christian and in my 2 encounters with you, you have chosen to A. support homosexuality and claim the Bible does not speak against it and B. that evolution is "the best scientific explanation we have right now on the origin of species, but I certainly don't "believe" in it. I'm simply a Christian who believes God gave me a brain in order to use it." you'll understand if I don't flinch at you condemning my "actions as unChristian." Secondly, of course it's ludicrous and typical to try to paint the "Christian" side of this debate as one "not believing in atoms since they aren't mentioned in the Bible." To the contrary, the existence of atoms and subatomic particles (information to which Darwin was not exposed) further proves the complexity of life and creation and serves to stretch the mind's credulity to the breaking point to put so much stock into a theory of chaos.
Alan stated, "I see now you've posted about evolution. Not having made the case linking Miss Shaivo to evolution, you modify the debate. Typical. I look forward to reading what you choose to post on evil-ution. :)
The debate has not been modified. This post is still open for comments and the debate has not been closed. So I don't know what you're talking about. For someone who likes leveling the charge of "building straw men" you certainly construct enough of them. Secondly, the post was written by someone else (stated in the post itself.) It seems, Alan, that perhaps you should read past the title of the post and stop assuming you know what was stated in the post......
Perhaps, Alan, I was taught evolution incorrectly....you stated, "In evolution "we have evolved from animals and are still evolving." Mike, you say I've made that argument? You use quotation marks around the phrase to indicate that I've said that? You're lying and assuming that people aren't going to read my previous posts" Though I didn't attribute this quote to you, you still leaped to that assumption, when, in fact, this is simply what evolution itself states. Is it your intent to state that evolution does not purport that we have evolved from simple animals?
Alan said, "There it is. According to you, I'm only claiming to be a Christian. Those are your words. "claimed to be a Christian." This is where the truth comes out. What you imply is, you're not a real Christian.
I'm not implying anything. All I have is your claim....I don't know you and have nothing by which to discern whether you are Christian or not, hence the statement, you "claim" to be Christian simply stating that I do not know this to be or not to be the case. In seeing and understanding your defense of homosexuality and of evolution, you must know that you are in opposition to Classic Christianity. You are throwing out a lot of semantics here.....as the Creationist would more typically than not also be a Christian...so, for the purpose of this topic, I was using the 2 terms (Creationist and Christian) interchangably. What point was it you were trying to make by the statement, "But then, I'm sure you don't believe in atoms either...after all, they're never discussed in the Bible!"??? What did I mischaracterize in that statement? Was this not a personal attack? This is an ad hominem attack not pertinent to the debate.
As for not flincing at my accusation that your actions aren't exactly loving, I'm not surprised. More's the pity. I'm sure that it would never occur to you that this person whom you only think of as some "gay evolutionist" might actually deserve a little respect as a child of God. I'm sure that it would never occur to you to actually read what I write carefully, rather than just jump to conclusions and making assumptions because of your preconceived notions about me.
.....simply more tripe and ad hominem attacks and straw men......making statements I've never made...but you play the victim quite nicely....
And I never stated I didn't agree with James White.....I think it was an excellent article which is why I posted it and linked to it in the first place. Your idea of believing in God and also embracing evolution simply doesn't wash.....
For other treatments of the idea of evolution and "theistic evolution" see here and here and here.
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