What the eyes cant see 43

Erasmus Darwin was a religious man, and worshipped the gods Bacchus and Venus, he seemed to have a personal agenda to attack biblical authority. He was not alone, in fact, he was one of fourteen members who formed what was called the Lunar Society. The Lunar Society met in Birmingham on the Monday closest to the full moon, which may give you some insight into the spiritual interest that some of these men had. Erasmus Darwin himself worshipped Bacchus and Venus, and was interested in Eastern philosophy, Eastern religion. The Lunar Society projected the concept that the biblical view of the origin of man was a mythological concept and what we need to do is rely upon science in order to determine the truth. It is interesting that Erasmus Darwin was one of the members of the Lunar Society, but so was Josiah Wedgewood,Darwin’s grandfather on his mother’s side.

Most people know the story of Charles Darwin, and some claim that because he was buried at Westminster Abbey that it was his or his families wishes, and it was only because of his daughters death that he became bitter, I think not. Read this statement by him."Thus disbelief crept over me at a very slow rate, but was at last complete. The rate was so slow that I felt no distress, and I have never since doubted even for a single second that my conclusion was correct. I can indeed hardly see how anyone ought to wish Christianity to be true; for if so, the plain language of the text seems to show that the men who do not believe—and this would include my father, brother, and almost all my best friends—will be everlastingly punished. And this is a damnable doctrine".What Darwin was doing, was setting a precedent for all those who followed in his footsteps, one just needs to look at Richard Dawkins,and some of his statements Many of us saw religion as harmless nonsense. Beliefs might lack all supporting evidence but, we thought, if people needed a crutch for consolation, where's the harm? September 11th changed all that. (see more here) as can be seen here, there seems to be somewhat more to all this, and the deeper you scratch beneath the surface the more scary it becomes.So what does the bible tell us?

(Colossians2:8)See to it that no one takes you captive through hollow and deceptive philosophy, which depends on human tradition and the basic principles of this world rather than on Christ.