{"id":37,"date":"2014-01-07T19:55:01","date_gmt":"2014-01-07T19:55:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/new.creationdata.com\/?p=37"},"modified":"2014-01-07T19:55:01","modified_gmt":"2014-01-07T19:55:01","slug":"free-to-believe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/creationdata.com\/index.php\/2014\/01\/07\/free-to-believe\/","title":{"rendered":"Free To Believe"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4>Believing in God<\/h4>\n<p>1. Look at the vast expanse of unique galaxies, stars, nebulae.<\/p>\n<p>2. Consider the laws upon which the universe is sustained. These\u00a0laws are not born out of chaos. They exist because of design.<\/p>\n<p>3. DNA is a code screaming out that all living things are the product\u00a0of intelligence; not time, chance mutation, and adaptation.<img title=\"More...\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/dev.creationdata.com\/wp-includes\/js\/tinymce\/plugins\/wordpress\/img\/trans.gif\" \/><\/p>\n<p>4. Never in recorded history has something been created from nothing.\u00a0\u00a0God is the only logical explanation.<\/p>\n<p>5. Life has never been observed to be created from non-living\u00a0inorganic chemicals. To believe so is not science, but faith.<\/p>\n<p>6. Observable evidence in the fossil record doesn\u2019t support the theory\u00a0of evolution. Fossils came into existence rapidly, not gradually,\u00a0consistent with biblical creation. Having so many fossils around the\u00a0world to study underscores the biblical flood account.<\/p>\n<p>7. If evolution theory were true, we would see millions of fossils in\u00a0transition, but we don\u2018t. Instead we see drawings in books, and\u00a0man made models of what transitional fossils might look like if\u00a0indeed they actually existed. This is not real science, it is a belief\u00a0system void of genuine observable evidence.<\/p>\n<p>8. Most species require both male and female to procreate. Based on\u00a0evolution (small changes over long periods of time) it is a vast\u00a0stretch of faith to expect that both a male and female of every\u00a0species could evolve at exactly the same point in time, and in the\u00a0same location, in order to then procreate.<\/p>\n<p>9. Human body &#8211; Evolution could not have created the complex eye,\u00a0because the eye would not have had purpose at any stage before\u00a0it was fully formed. This applies to the heart, lungs, kidneys, brain,\u00a0stomach, reproductive system.\u00a0\u00a0Evolution is a fraud. Believing each\u00a0of these complex co-dependant systems, which don\u2019t exist on their\u00a0own, came into existence at the same time, same place, and fully\u00a0formed, is a biblical concept, not an evolutionary one. To suggest\u00a0that the human heart that beats over 100,000 times a day is the\u00a0product of a mindless, random series of events is equally foolish.<\/p>\n<p>10. The mathematical probability of 8 &amp; 9 is basically zero.<\/p>\n<p>11. Mutations always produce less information, never more.<\/p>\n<p>12. Adaptation occurs within kinds, but never result in a new species.<\/p>\n<p>13. With the development of micro-science, the \u201csimple cell\u201d has been\u00a0proven to be highly complex, not simple at all. Darwin had no idea that\u00a0even the smallest cell has numerous systems and functions taking\u00a0place within it like communications with the brain, absorption of energy,waste disposal, the ability to replicate or not, and other functions.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h4>Believing the Bible<\/h4>\n<p>1. The bible is claimed to be the \u201cinspired\u201d Word of God. This means\u00a0that although written by over 40 diverse authors from 3 different\u00a0continents, over a period of about 1500 years, and in 3 different\u00a0languages, the bible has characteristics, which makes it remarkably unique.\u00a0\u00a0The bible is remarkable in the consistency of its content, the accuracy of\u00a0its prophesy, and the timelessness of its message. It\u2019s the single most widely\u00a0distributed book in the world.<\/p>\n<p>2. Biblical authors claim that events and written words are inspired by\u00a0God Himself. (2 Tim. 3:16). The Bible reveals that&#8230; a) God exists,b) What He is like, and c) What His will is for our lives.<\/p>\n<p>3. Hundreds of fulfilled biblical prophesies are observable evidence\u00a0that this book is like none other.<\/p>\n<p>4. The bible\u2019s archaeological accuracy has been long-established.<\/p>\n<p>5. Discovery of 972 Dead Sea Scrolls between 1947-56 confirms once\u00a0more the accuracy of the bible over time, as do other ancient texts.<\/p>\n<p>6.The book of Genesis provides a clear explanation of how the earth,universe, and life came into being. This explanation is supported by\u00a0observable evidence in micro-science, cellular biology, astronomy,\u00a0DNA research, the fossil record, and other scientific endeavors.<\/p>\n<p>7. Before scientific discovery, less than 5000 stars were visible in the\u00a0night sky, the bible compared stars to grains of sand. Jeremiah 33:22.\u00a0\u00a0The bible suggests stars are unique. Corinthians 15:41. Scientists have\u00a0recently discovered billions of galaxies, each with billions of stars. Notwo stars appear the same. The bible is filled with brilliant revelations\u00a0in the fields of astronomy, medicine, biology, physics, geology\u2026..<\/p>\n<p>8. Human population is consistent with the biblical account of creation.<\/p>\n<p>9. Observable science and the bible do not conflict. Newton, Pascal, Lister,\u00a0Herschel, Simpson, Bacon, Morse, Compton, Da Vinci, Durham,\u00a0and many other renowned scientists agree.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h4>Believing in Jesus:<\/h4>\n<p>1. Most of Jesus\u2019 disciples suffered violent deaths for their belief that Jesus\u00a0was indeed the Son of God, and for their belief in Jesus\u2019 resurrection. Many\u00a0were eye witnesses to the event. Who do\u00a0you know who would give their life for what they knew to be a lie?<\/p>\n<p>2. Jesus suffered a most violent death. He was not a man protecting\u00a0His\u00a0material wealth or oppressing people for some ulterior motive.\u00a0He shared\u00a0his knowledge with all those who would listen regardless\u00a0of the consequences\u00a0 to his\u00a0own personal being. He lived what He\u00a0preached with perfection. He\u00a0performed miracles as evidence of\u00a0the greatness of God, not for his own benefit.\u00a0\u00a0He taught life\u2019s\u00a0lessons in simplistic ways so they could be easily understood. His\u00a0teachings are timeless. He washed the feet of his disciples to\u00a0demonstrate servitude.\u00a0 Nothing in recorded history that would lead us to believe Jesus was in possession of less than 100% of his faculties.\u00a0In that state, he would not have given\u00a0his life for a known lie.<\/p>\n<p>3. The Old Testament foretells of the coming Messiah, a savior of\u00a0our world. Many\u00a0thought that the Messiah would come as a great\u00a0warrior and could not get beyond those images.\u00a0\u00a0Jesus was not\u00a0recognized for who He was by many when he went to the cross,\u00a0just\u00a0as today. Yet Christianity is the foundation for the leading, most\u00a0wide spread, religion\u00a0in the world.<\/p>\n<p>4. Jesus fulfilled so many prophesies in the Old Testament that it is\u00a0estimated that the\u00a0mathematical probability of one man fulfilling these is zero.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Believing in God 1. Look at the vast expanse of unique galaxies, stars, nebulae. 2. Consider the laws upon which the universe is sustained. These\u00a0laws are not born out of chaos. They exist because of design. 3. DNA is a code screaming out that all living things are the product\u00a0of intelligence; not time, chance mutation, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":""},"categories":[31,1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/creationdata.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/creationdata.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/creationdata.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/creationdata.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/creationdata.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=37"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/creationdata.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/creationdata.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=37"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/creationdata.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=37"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/creationdata.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=37"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}