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The Supplemented Origin of Species

Sep 25

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The evolution versus creationism debate has been raging through the Christian community for a long time now.  Some Christians are literal 7 Day, the Earth is 10,000 years old creationists and some believe the earth could be billions of years old, and the God created everything through the mechanism of evolution.  Both sides can be dogmatic and overbearing.

One such group that isn’t shy about what the believe in is a ministry called The Way of The Master.  Fronted by Christian celebrity Kirk Cameron and quasi-apologist Ray Comfort, this ministry is finding new ways to sneak in the gospel to an unsuspecting audience.  (And yeah, these are the same guys who unsuccessfully tried to “prove” that God exists without using the Bible. See the video here)

Watch the video below to see what their new plan is.

I’ll be the very first to admit that I am not a fan of this ministry at all.  I think this is a propaganda piece with a lot of false information.  Our kids can’t pray in public?  Can’t open a Bible at school?  What planet are these guys living on?

A friend of mine posted the following rebuttal video on Facebook. There is some minor language, just to let you know.

I gotta say, I like this girl.  She is spunky and really feels passionate about what she is saying.  She has some bad arguments at the end, but more importantly, she has some very good facts to present at the front of the video.

My original intent in writing this blog post was to talk about differing views of creationism.  But after watching the videos again, I have a different problem with Way of the Master.

Why sneak in the Gospel?  Are they going to be telling everyone they give the book to that there is a Gospel track inside?  Are the life giving words of Jesus something to hide?

Leave some comments and tell me what you think.

Nice, real nice

Sep 23

metalman777Life relaxing 2 Comments

Nothing big to report.  I finally have a minute to sit and enjoy Nathan’s soccer practice and it isn’t a million degrees out here.

Feels real good to just sit for a minute and relax in the moment.

And I Didn’t Even Die!

Sep 15

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As I sit here and type these words, my legs are feeling both awesomely strong and amazingly feeble….I just ran my first 10K!

Lucy the Running Dog

I’ve been running since June of this year. Running started out as a love/hate relationship, but some time this last month, I’ve started to really love it. I actually anticipate and long to get out on the road with my dog Lucy and some good tunes in my ears. Never in a million years would I have thought I’d enjoy running!

I am happy to have done 6.22 miles, but am still nervous as that is only 1/2 of a 1/2 marathon! I plan on running in the Santa Cruz Half Marathon in April. As good as I feel about finally running a 10k today, the idea of that being only the 1/2 way mark in the Santa Cruz race is still in my mind. I’m glad that I still have quite a long time to train.

My short term goal is to get my 10k down to an hour and with a long range goal of completing the 1/2 marathon in 2 hours 15 minutes or less.

This was the route I ran today. Almost made it to the UC! I was very proud of Lucy as she trotted the entire time right by my side. I was hesitant to take her as I new it would be long, but when she saw me putting on my running shoes she got excited and I just couldn’t tell her no!

She is one pooped pup now: