World View

Originally a comment I made to an article entitled "Washington Post Poll Claims Majority in Bible Belt State Support Gay Marriage," form a news website named The Christian Post.
http://m.christianpost.com/news/washington-post-poll-claims-majority-in-bible-belt-state-support-gay-marriage--96020/
Comments originally on a Facebook post which are to numerous to recite here.

After reading all of the comments here, several things stand out: 1) There are two basic groups here, one group that trusts in man (Science) as the highest authority, and the other that trusts in God (Holy Bible) as the highest authority. These are the two cited sources of authority supporting the arguments.

2) Also there is the volleying back and forth of truth and supposed truth. I say truth and supposed truth because of the disagreement. If all here were speaking truth there would be no disagreement as all truth is self agreeing. In other words truth is never in conflict with truth. Truth only conflicts with non truth, a construct outside of reality also known as a lie. Supposed truth is by default within the category of a construct lacking the total reality to define it as truth though it may have some component of truth it is not truth if tainted in the slightest. To use Biblical metaphor, this is why God by definition, who is perfect is also called Truth. Because there is no taint in God or in truth as they are one in the same. Satan, the Biblical nemeses prime of God was part of truth that became corrupted. Once the chief angel named Lucifer; God's most glorious creation before man was created, himself wanted to be coequal with God. His rebellion cost him his position, name and home. Now, Satan is twisted truth or the father of lies.

3) It is evident that truth has a quality that enables it to stand alone. It is not dependent upon interpretation to give it legs to stand if you will, rather truth gives the legs their ability. Truth is also not altered by natural forces including time. In the summation (2+2=4) which is true; it's nature of truth can never be altered by anything. Neither cosmic forces, denial, ignorance or time itself can change or somehow alter the nature that two plus two equates to four. Because of this, truth is eternal. It has always existed and will continue long after the universe.
Truth therefore has not been created by man, it can only be sought, discovered, acknowledged and received. Conversely, it can not be sought, missed, ignored or denied.

4) It is evident that man is not a perfect eternal creature (present state) but a limited, corrupted one. It stands to reason that man could not have created truth as nothing imperfect can create that which is perfect. Therefore, man can only accept or deny truth. Man cannot be depended upon for the sole source of knowledge as it is beyond man.

5) Science is man's imperfect methodology in search of truth or that which is perfect when honestly approached. Because it is man's methodology, by definition it is imperfect and therefore cannot be cited as a sole authority. It only has credibility when in agreement with truth. Because it is imperfect it is subject to scrutiny and change when unforseen truth illuminates it where it was once dark. Discoveries in science are arrived at through testing of physical material through physical processes. Conclusions are drawn from empirical data of results of the behavior of the tested processes with limited knowledge. Science is therefore limited and does not speak to all things as in that which is beyond the physical and natural or the spiritual and supernatural. There is a school of thought among scientists of not accepting the supernatural. Science however did not lead to that thought process as it does not speak to that area. It is a prejudice of only accepting the familiar, or nature, and rejecting the unfamiliar or super-nature. That belief however is not scientifically drawn through data as the the supernatural is not scientifically testable. It is a personal assertion based upon a preference. It is an act of faith.
It is reasonable to assert the existence of the supernatural as it possess the quality of truth. Truth is the brigade of both realms. It is therefore reasonable to cite the Bible as an authority of truth as it has uniquely withstood all assaults of it's integrity as concerns truth.

6) Science, when approached properly leads to truth within physical processes. It is therefore not in conflict with truth or the Bible. It is only the conclusions that some scientists have purported which were beyond the realm of science that conflict with the Bible. Evolution is a perfect example of this. Evolution is not testable, therefore conclusions drawn about it are not science, they're philosophical. This is why it is called the theory of evolution, not the law or fact of evolution.

7) Because science is limited knowledge and therefore subject to change as is evidenced by the history of science, it is reasonable to conclude science doesn't yet have a full grasp of the human genome or the supposed "gay gene." Even if it did that doesn't negate that homosexuality is the adverse condition that evolutionists would claim natural selection is in the process of eliminating, if you accept that theory. Homosexuality would tend toward the extinction of the human species not it's preservation. Homosexuality is therefore nature's adverse condition not a preferable one.

8) There is only one preference for homosexuality and that is the human will. The will is so powerful that often neither fact, evidence, truth or God himself can penetrate it. It takes humility to see and accept truth which is why children often can and adults can't.
This was something Jesus addressed when he said:

"Blessed are the pure in heart, For they shall see God." Matthew 5:8 NKJV

And, they shall see truth!

I was thinking a few days ago about John Lennon and his song. "Imagine" as well as his declaration to America in 1967 that, "the Beatles are more popular than Jesus Christ." Many Americans became outraged at Lennon's statement and that was the beginning of the end of the Beatles. A few short years after that they were no longer a band as in the U.S. they lost many of their supporters. A few years after the Beatles breakup John Lennon was assasinated by a man (albeit deranged) who believed he was on a mission from God.

I couldn't help but wonder that if Christians today would be indignant if they heard a declaration of that sort. Never mind secular society; I can confidently say it wouldn't bother them in the least. So what has taken place in America that in less than forty years we've gone from being a predominatly Bible believing nation to a Bible despising nation? How could that happen so quickly? I believe the church in general, out of the fear of apearing bigoted, racist, and intolerant, in the US has sold out and caved into the demands of an agnostic, humanistic culture, that has been more loud, vocal, and demanding than Christians thusly reshaping America into their vision. The church has idly sat by as the humanists have also been reshaping the church. Many Christians, as they call themselves, have not been transformed by the renewing of their minds through the Word of God; rather they have subscribed to a gospel of Humanism and caved into the pressure of the dominant influences in their lives as they feel the need to espouse the ever evolving value systems in this realm in order to be successful. Those influences would be the education system, the social order to include family and friends, the fianancial/market system (work and related), and the media. Also the breakdown of the traditional family which once cradled and nurtured a person to prepare and instill within them an arsanal to contend with the assaults from life in it's many varied forms. I shudder to think that the churchs have caved to the temptation that Christ eschewed when Satan tempted him with the kingdoms of this world, Those kingdoms of course being what I afore mentioned. In the dialogue twixt Jesus and Satan looky:

Mat 4:8-11
8 Again, the devil taketh him up into an exceeding high mountain, and sheweth him all the kingdoms of the world, and the glory of them; 9 And saith unto him, All these things will I give thee, if thou wilt fall down and worship me. 10 Then saith Jesus unto him, Get thee hence, Satan:for it is written, Thou shalt worship the Lord thy God, and him only shalt thou serve. 11 Then the devil leaveth him, and, behold, angels came and ministered unto him.

Satan hasn't changed his game. His temptations are still the same. Are you going to not live by bread alone but by EVERY WORD that proceedeth from the mouth of God...or not?

Inspired by this article.
http://m.christianpost.com/news/immigration-and-the-whatever-state--93913/

In light of the social change happening in America today with a pronounced militant, secular, anti-Christian leaning being propogated by all of the major institutions in the US such as the educational, governmental, entertainment, buisness and social; it's evident that their is a progression toward completely ridding American society of any Godly or Christian influence whatsoever. Though it has been subtle and in the background since the time I believe of the Enlightenment Period picking up momentum with Darwin's evolutionary theory (which brought secular humanism into the education system) it has especially, since the 1960's with the abolishment of prayer in school, increased at an exponential rate. This in turn has sent the message that bringing God into everyday affairs is a fringe practice and not relevent to the problems of society today and requires a more sophisticated (believed to be) set of humanistic knowledge and skill not provided in religion.
I believe the foundation has been set where society has grown ever the more intollerent of Bible believing Christians (Not Muslim, Hindu, Buddhist or New Age-ish beliefs) interfering with their goals such as homosexual marriage, abortion on demand, euthanasia, eugenics, infanticide, and all other death practices as well boundaryless morals; that society is on the twighlight of a Christian holocaust such as the world has never seen. Does this excerpt from a website of the beliefs and structure of the Russian Orthodox Church sound familiar at all in light of today's goings on?

By 1918 the government had nationalized all church property, including buildings. In the first five years of the Soviet Union (1922-26), twenty-eight Russian Orthodox bishops and more than 1,200 priests were executed, and many others were persecuted. Most seminaries were closed, and publication of most religious material was prohibited. The next quarter-century saw surges and declines in arrests, enforcement of laws against religious assembly and activities, and harassment of clergy. Antireligious campaigns were directed at all faiths; beginning in the 1920s, Buddhist and Shamanist places of worship in Buryatia, in the Baikal region, were destroyed, and their lamas and priests were arrested (a practice that continued until the 1970s). The League of the Militant Godless, established in 1925, directed a nationwide campaign against the Orthodox Church and all other organized religions. The extreme position of that organization eventually led even the Soviet government to disavow direct connection with its practices. In 1940 an estimated 30,000 religious communities of all denominations survived in all the Soviet Union, but only about 500 Russian Orthodox parishes were open at that time, compared with the estimated 54,000 that had existed before World War I.

If you are a born again Christian and you pray, now is the time to really stat praying for these United States!

http://www.sacred-destinations.com/russia/russian-orthodox-church.htm
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I was just listening to the Mike Huckabee radio show and he brought on a guest speaker that talked about the four "apocalyptic" horses of the Obama administration where fundamental changes of our government are well underway and are being swiftly ushered in by Barack. Those changes, according to the guest speaker, whom I happen to agree with, are as follows:

1.) The way Americans view government and it's roll in or lives.
2.) What Americans expect from government and the dependency upon it, i.e. welfare in it's many expressions like free condemns and, I would add, the expectation to be rescued by government agencies (FEMA, etc.) as a primary measure instead of self rescue during natural disasters. "Where's my money? I want my muuuny!"
3.) Foreign Policy. Our position and influence in the world is being weakened by a policy that is downplaying our relationship with Israel and linking arms with anti-American belligerents like Hamas (in Gaza), the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt, Syrian Rebels (Al Qaeda is known to be in that mix) and Iran by remaining idle.
4.) The right to life issue. You all know what that is. He said abortions were going down, before the Obama administration, but now the tend swinging back the other way.

Something that I thought was very interesting was that the guest speaker himself being Jewish said that the Jewish community in the US is mostly secular, liberal, and actually less suportive of Israel than the Christians who are more concerned about the goings on there and our foreign policy with. Immediately when he said that this scripture came to mind:

Rom 9:3-7
3 For I could wish that myself were accursed from Christ for my brethren, my kinsmen according to the flesh: 4 Who are Israelites; to whom pertaineth the adoption, and the glory, and the covenants, and the giving of the law, and the service of God, and the promises; 5 Whose are the fathers, and of whom as concerning the flesh Christ came, who is over all, God blessed for ever. Amen.
6 Not as though the word of God hath taken none effect. For they are not all Israel, which are of Israel: 7 Neither, because they are the seed of Abraham, are they all children: but, In Isaac shall thy seed be called.

God however has a salvation plan for (literal) Israel:

Romans 11:1-11 NKJV

I say then, has God cast away His people? Certainly not! For I also am an Israelite, of the seed of Abraham, of the tribe of Benjamin. God has not cast away His people whom He foreknew. Or do you not know what the Scripture says of Elijah, how he pleads with God against Israel, saying, “ Lord , they have killed Your prophets and torn down Your altars, and I alone am left, and they seek my life”? But what does the divine response say to him? “I have reserved for Myself seven thousand men who have not bowed the knee to Baal.” Even so then, at this present time there is a remnant according to the election of grace. And if by grace, then it is no longer of works; otherwise grace is no longer grace. But if it is of works, it is no longer grace; otherwise work is no longer work. What then? Israel has not obtained what it seeks; but the elect have obtained it, and the rest were blinded. Just as it is written:
“God has given them a spirit of stupor, Eyes that they should not see And ears that they should not hear, To this very day.” And David says: “Let their table become a snare and a trap, A stumbling block and a recompense to them. Let their eyes be darkened, so that they do not see, And bow down their back always.” I say then, have they stumbled that they should fall? Certainly not! But through their fall, to provoke them to jealousy, salvation has come to the Gentiles.

Israel is very much on God's heart and agenda therefore it should be very much on the gentile church's which has been engrafted in as a branch to the olive tree.

Hello girls and boys 4+4=8 and 4+3.99 will never equal 8 no matter how close it seems. You can argue it and dress it up all you want but you can never change the sum. You can get a consensus of a majority to agree with you that 7.99 is the same as 8, that it's close enough, but anyone who knows the truth and is reasonable will see right through the consensus no matter how popular or politically correct it is. You're told that you're bigoted, intollerant, rigid, even a hater, and steeped in tradition because you won't tollerate other "truths" like 7.99 =8 because for some people their truth is that 7.99 is also 8. So one is left with a coice: either believe truth (4+4=8) or deny it and believe a lie, but don't really think that 7.99 will ever be the equal to 8 simply because it's fashionable and you prefer it to be.