A common criticism of God is that He seems to love war. After all, He sent David out to kill and enslave those who worshipped other Gods. On the other hands, God didn’t want a house made with hands of blood. And so, God had Solomon build Him His house. Apparently, God finds war as distasteful as we, but knows when it is necessary.
1 Chronicles 14:15-16 says:
15 And when you hear the sound of marching in the tops of the balsam trees, then go out to battle, for God has gone out before you to strike down the army of the Philistines.” 16 And David did as God commanded him, and they struck down the Philistine army from Gibeon to Gezer.
When I read this, I notice something interesting. God went before David to defeat the philistines. Then, David’s armies go and defeats the philistines. These appear to be separate actions, yet the same action. They are separate because God has taken a action distinct from the army to defeat the philistines… but it is the same because it’s the same …
I found a post on a very interesting theory on evolution in Genesis. Though disagree that most of the references in the blog refer to evolution, I do agree with his opinion that the verses in Genesis 1 of the “let the earth bring forth” variety are in fact direct references to evolution. After all, it’s the earth doing it, though at God’s command.
I recommend reading the article above in its entirety. While I may not agree that every verse referenced is to evolution, I agree with what may be the writer’s larger point, that the concept of progression from the simple to the complicated is integral to God’s plans.
I encourage reading “A Fine Tuned Deception”.
Moreover, if religious dogma manages to breach the defenses of science, there is every reason to believe that it will proactively encroach on every other secular institution of society. The new stealth creationism is, in short, as dangerous as its older cousins, Intelligent Design and Young Earth creationism. It can and should be defeated in the same way they were.
I don’t think the author knows of Geocreationism, but she’d consider it dangerous. Unfortunate, but one cannot avoid the defeat she speaks of, by avoiding the conflict!
I have just posted an introduction to Geo-Creationism, entitled “http://geocreationism.com/what-is-geo-creationism-an-introduction-to-genesis-1/“ It’s It is basically the bottom line, if you will, without the evidence for it. The evidence will be posted as I can.
Enjoy!
What you are reading is hopefully just the first of many articles on the subject of Geo-Creationism. Geo-Creationism is a term I recently coined to describe the unification of mainstream Geology and the Bible. The discoveries have only just begun…