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Last time I got side tracked a little, but it was a reminder to me, that even though I am passionate about the subject of my blog, and will continue to encourage everyone to be open minded and to trust in Gods word, before that of man, the most effective tool of evangelism is the manifestation of the gift of love. Sometimes we need to take a step back, look in the mirror and make sure that Gods love is shining through us.
Getting back to the evidences, after the flood, man was told to go out and repopulate the earth, see(Genesis11:1-9) but instead he decided to stay in one place. It was in the land of Shinar where they first started building, they built the city of Babylon and the tower of Babel. It was so called because it was here that God confused mans languages and scattered him throughout the Earth, and hence the various population groups and languages.
What I want to look at, is some of the building that took place back then, and what it tells us about the builders themselves. Some like to think that man is steadily progressing and evolving to a more intelligent and able being, much like all other creatures are supposedly doing. Well I've got news for you, it seems we are still trying to figure out many of the major feats of construction that our forefathers used, and that without all our modern technology, if anything man is regressing. Think of the great pyramids, where the smallest building blocks were 2000 tons, and the accuracy with which they were cut and laid to within microns. Some of the Roman columns that were taken from Egypt over two mountain ranges, or the pyramid of the sun in Mexico, built to the exact base specifications, to the foot as the great pyramid in Egypt. Coincidental? If we go to China we find another amazing feat of engineering (metallurgy) We find the Emperors terracotta army.This is an army of 7500 life-sized soldiers and 7500 horses made to scale. Every single face of these ceramic soldiers is unique. It was in this location that they found a sword. It was buried 2100 years ago and the sword today is still rust resistant. It was made of thirteen different metals alloyed together, amazing, when stainless steel was first made in 1916??? King Tut’s sarcophagus was made of precious stones and gold.The ancient Egyptians could also manufacture optical lenses. And they have discovered antibiotics like Aureomycin and Terramycin buried in some of the tombs.
What we are seeing here is a people who were doing things that we in some cases are still looking for the answers to, and in fact as the scriptures tell us in (Ecclesiastes 1:9)What has been will be again, what has been done will be done again; there is nothing new under the sun. History repeats itself! There is really nothing new under the sun. Whatever has happened before, it will happen again. If we want to understand what is taking place in the world today, we need to check out what has happened in the past.

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I want to step outside of the normal pattern that I've set in my blog, and invite you to see the world through my eyes for a moment. When I started writing this blog it started out as a way of trying to communicate with one of my daughters, as to how I feel about God, because every time I tried to broach the subject with her, it always ended up in tears. After doing a study on searching the truth of origins, I finally thought I had a way of getting through to her, well all I can say is that Darwin had done his job, let me rephrase that, the Devil had done his job.The following is the letter that ensued oat of that encounter, and if you are reading this blog I want the whole world to know how much I love you.
From an uneducated old fool who loves you more than life itself, and sometimes through lack of finesse (not sure if this is the right word) says things that come out all wrong. What I say however, is what I believe, and I can’t change that.I want to ask you something. If you knew of some happening or event that could or would have radical consequences for your loved ones or anyone in fact, and you really believed it what would you do? My answer is simple I will tell them because I love them, I would hate to see something happen to anyone, knowing that maybe I could have helped prevent it.I really love you and want you to give me a chance to sit with you and go over the facts that you were taught about what you believe I won’t mention my beliefs and will not get upset I will practice not to get upset or exited because I know this is my weakness. We will just talk about what can be proved I won’t quote anything from the bible.Or give me some facts about what you believe let me look at them and make comment if I can. Things aren’t always what they appear to be so let us both take a step backwards and look at what is the truth (one and a half minds are better than one.)We can even do this via emails. Who knows we both might learn something. If you don’t want to discuss it is also cool.You are the apple of my eye and I love you very much and never want to lose you not in this life or hereafter. I’m truly sorry for upsetting you last night it wasn’t done with intent. I will always love you no matter what.I hope this came out right I didn’t have you to check it first. If all else in life fails, you can depend on my love because it will always be there.
Love you more than life itself (I wrote this letter on the 18/3/09)
I want to say to all who read my blog, and those who don't, that I love you all, and care greatly what happens to each one of you.This love is Gods gift. (1 Cor13:3) If I give all I possess to the poor and surrender my body to the flames, but have not love, I gain nothing. As Jesus would say "Let My life be in you and you will prove to be a loving person. You will love your neighbor as yourself. You will love God with all your heart. And nothing can stop it because you have My grace, My working, My ability in you.”.This is what living is all about.(Amen)

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Now the waters stated to recede and finally the ark came to rest atop mount Ararat, after seven and a half months. Finally after about 370 days they were able to leave the ark. (Genesis 8:14) By the twenty-seventh day of the second month the earth was completely dry. Well what do you think the Earth must have looked like, and what the consequences of such an immense global catastrophe must have been? Fortunately none of us were there to witness it, but the scars of this great cataclysmic event, are still recognizable today if we take the effort to relate them to the biblical account. Most secular scientists refuse to even consider the possibilities of a global flood, when in fact there are evidences that point in that direction, and many of their questions could be answered by a global flood. What is the problem? Perhaps they are afraid that if they accept one biblical principal they might end up having to accept all the others.The bible says the Earth was completely flooded and all was destroyed (Genesis 7:20-21)The waters rose and covered the mountains to a depth of more than twenty feet. Every living thing that moved on the earth perished--birds, livestock, wild animals, all the creatures that swarm over the earth, and all mankind.According to this account there can be no misconception as to the extent of this flood.
What do we see today? What we don't see is neatly layered fossil levels, all arranged in order of age, what we actually do see is quite the opposite, so called simplistic life forms, in supposedly younger strata and visa- verso. In many cases large numbers of animals are found on top of one another and others still in the process of eating or giving birth.Thousands of trees found uprooted and strewn over large areas. When we look at things without a biased prejudice, it gives one a broader spectrum of choices to assimilate ones assumptions.
(Mathew 24:39) And they knew nothing about what would happen until the flood came and took them all away. That is how it will be at the coming of the Son of Man.

To me, as a Christian, and I speak for myself and not others, there is sufficient evidences to back up the scriptures, without the need to look further, and this we, myself included have been doing our whole lives. Its time to choose!

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Last time we spoke of thinking outside of the box, this being one of my favorite quotes, I want to dwell on the subject for a while. What am I talking about here? Well I believe that, our thinking for the most part is based on what we are taught. When a problem is encountered we tend to apply our minds, within the para metres of the specific problem to solving it. Now I'm even starting to confuse myself, what I'm trying to say is that we are mostly taught that there are limits to everything, hence words or phrases like, Cant; Not possible; Wont work; Maybe; That's my best; or it doesn't get better, so in fact we find ourselves following the route of least resistance, it is often easier just to follow someone else s belief or explanation. Lets look at a few simple challenges, this is the word I use in place of problems. How do you walk through a closed door without opening it? How can you eat an apple without biting it? What make all of these letters the same B C D E I K O X and which one is missing? What can you put in a box to make it lighter? A doctor and a nurse have a baby boy but the doctor is not the father and the nurse is not the mother? On Earth, "today" always follows "yesterday" , but there is a place where yesterday follows today, where?

These are all fairly simplistic challenges, but what happens when we encounter, those of a more complex nature, like the age of the Earth?; How did Noah get all the animals on the ark?; Why do people suffer? and many other such questions. Now the answers to some questions may elude us all the days of our lives, but rather that than believe anything, for the sake of an answer. I believe that God told us to think outside of the box. look at this verse in Isaiah55:8 "For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways," declares the Lord.

I believe that when we think with the minds of men, we limit ourselves to looking inward for the answers. God gave us many examples in His word and through the life of His Son Jesus as to how we should apply our minds. (2Cor3:14) But their minds were made dull, for to this day the same veil remains when the old covenant is read. It has not been removed, because only in Christ is it taken away. We are being told here that without living under Gods grace through the salvation of Jesus, we will be blinded and I believe the truth will evade the minds of the unbeliever.
Almost forgot here are the answers to those simple questions for those who didn't get them, in order as posed.Get someone else to open it; Liquidize and drink it; When turned upside down they remain the same, H; Holes; the doc was female and the nurse male; The dictionary.

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I want to move on to a man who through no fault of his own, became associated with one of the first so called fables in history, and more than likely, one of the most humiliated and ridiculed men of all time. Imagine yourself building a rocket of mammoth proportions, in your local neighborhood, and when questioned about it, you say its purpose is for the salvation of man kind, to take him of the planet, before it is totally destroyed. I wonder what sort of response you would receive, what would people say? Yes you guessed his name was Noah, and in my book his story is most definitely not a fable, but an actual event which changed the face of the Earth.
In (Genesis 6:14) God said to him So make yourself an ark of cypress wood; make rooms in it and coat it with pitch inside and out.(Genesis6:17) I am going to bring floodwater on the earth to destroy all life under the heavens, every creature that has the breath of life in it. Everything on earth will perish.(Genesis 6:19) You are to bring into the ark two of all living creatures, male and female, to keep them alive with you. Now most skeptics find problems with this account, and I suppose they could find many without looking to far, because when you look for problems they are easy to find, we'll just discuss two. First problem, what happened to all the water? and then how did Noah and his six companions have time not only to feed, but to clean up after all the animals aboard. I must say I have read many answers as to how it is possible and also as many telling why it is not. I find the problem with most people, is that they to easily accept the negative views of others, without trying to apply their own minds to the questions at hand. I want to say, that is far more interesting to try to come up with positive alternatives than it is to accept, No! Not possible, Can't be done or What are you smoking? I'm not talking about positive thinking here, it's more about practical thinking. "Think outside the box", this is one of my favorite sayings and as I think about it now a new page is appearing in my blog.So where am I going with all of this? Lets stop being negative and try and help Noah out of his predicament. (see here) this is the simplest and best answer I've yet seen. (interesting pics)

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Let us look at the creation of man, the Bible makes it clear that man has been man from the beginning, God created Adam and Eve. God made man. Man came on the scene suddenly. There is no place in the Bible that describes this concept that over millions of years there was a progression of development, from an amoeba to man. God does not say, "Over time, survival of the fittest, dog eat dog, brought about the existence of all forms of life." No, the Bible says that in the beginning God created and He gives us that account of the various kinds of life that He created. And at the end of the creation week, He created man from the dust. And this is what we read in Genesis 2:7 The Lord God formed the man from the dust of the ground and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life, and the man became a living being.

What attributes were given to man? In (Genesis 1:26) Then God said, "Let us make man in our image, in our likeness". Man was made complete with a body, a soul and a spirit and a free will, and look where it got us, that is the free will. They were creative beings, loving beings, and caring beings. I believe they were humble beings, having all of the characteristics and attributes of God. Man was created with a free will, so that he could choose whether or not he would remain in the relationship with the Creator. This is another story in mans history his fall.

As we go through the scriptures we find that man was given many amazing talents, and unlike some would like you to believe, man is not evolving into a more intelligent or complex life form. Let take a look at a few of these God given abilities, in (Genesis 4:17) And Cain knew his wife, and she conceived and bore Enoch. And he built a city, and called the name of the city after the name of his son—noch. Here you see that they were great builders and built cities, not mud huts. In (Genesis 4:20) And Adah bore Jabal. He was the father of those who dwell in tents and have livestock. They were making tents and were experienced in animal husbandry.In (Genesis 4:21) His brother's name was Jubal; he was the father of all who play the harp and flute. They could obviously make and play musical instruments. (Genesis 4:22) And as for Zillah, she also bore Tubal-Cain, an instructor of every craftsman in bronze and iron. It seems that they were able to alloy metals, and for anyone in the know, this is a complex task. What we are seeing here is the fact that man, way back at his very inception, had abilities not unlike what we have today, we will talk more about these abilities, later because I believe many of you will be amazed at some of them.

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Ernest Heckle had a graduate student by the name of Eugene Dubois, who he instructed to find the missing link and he even told him where he would likely find it in Indonesia. This is how Homo erectus first came about. Dutch archaeologist Eugene Dubois went to Java Indonesia, Dubois himself actually did not find these fossils. He hired some ex-convicts who were out on parole to go out and do the digging. They found a skullcap of a gibbon and then the following year, fifty feet away in that same location, a human leg bone and some molar teeth. Before Dubois died he admitted publicly actually what he had discovered. Sadly you will find models, or reconstructions of most of these so called missing links in your local museums. American scientists, in the 1930's, so as not to be left out, from a single tooth reconstructed the Nebraska Man, it later turned out to actually be the tooth of an extinct pig.
In 1980 scientist Richard Leakey,(see here) strangely enough another evolutionist who vowed never to become a Christian, made this statement regarding footprints discovered by his mother in Kenya."These footprints are the best evidence we have of what our ancestors were like. And we can trace our lineage back to them."National Geographic sponsored an artist by the name of Jay Matterness to create an artwork to reconstruct what it looked like 3.75 million years ago. And here is the painting.
In the footprints that look like Guinea fowl, the artist painted Guinea fowl, exactly like Guinea fowl look today. In the footprints that look like giraffe footprints, he painted a giraffe, identical to a giraffe that you would see today. In the footprints that look like elephant footprints, well he painted a herd of elephants that look like elephants. In the rabbit footprint, the artist painted a rabbit, just like a modern rabbit. But in the footprints that are identical to ours (the same, with no difference) the artist painted two adult baboon, part-human like creatures without any clothes. One carrying a baby, the other a stick. There it is in the name of science. But is this science or is this an interpretation of the evidence that shows strong bias to support the evolutionary assumption?
1Tim 6:20 Timothy, guard what has been entrusted to your care. Turn away from godless chatter and the opposing ideas of what is falsely called knowledge.