Absolutely nothing cause something (5). Neither can one contingent kind (mode) of being cause another contingent being (6). So, if anything comes to be, it must be caused a Necessary Being.
Therefore, this Necessary Being must be a personal, rational, and moral kind of being, since I am similar to him by the Principle of Analogy (12).
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jguXSBk-tAI
Friday, December 9, 2016
Thursday, December 8, 2016
The truth about natural selection
Natural Selection: the process by how individuals possessing a set of traits that confer a survival advantage in a given environment tend to leave more offspring on average that survive to reproduce in the next generation.
Natural selection is an observable process that falls into the category of operational science. We have observed mosquitoes, birds, and many microorganisms undergoing change in relatively short periods of time. New varieties have been observed to arise. Biblical creationists agree with evolutionists on most of the ideas associated with natural selection, except the idea that natural selection leads to molecules-to-man evolution.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yWn48CAWt2k
Natural selection is an observable process that falls into the category of operational science. We have observed mosquitoes, birds, and many microorganisms undergoing change in relatively short periods of time. New varieties have been observed to arise. Biblical creationists agree with evolutionists on most of the ideas associated with natural selection, except the idea that natural selection leads to molecules-to-man evolution.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yWn48CAWt2k
Wednesday, December 7, 2016
The perfect love
The apostle having shown that the tabernacle, and ordinances of the covenant of Sinai, were only emblems and types of the gospel, concludes that the sacrifices the high priests offered continually, could not make the worshipers perfect, with respect to pardon, and the purifying of their consciences. But when God manifested in the flesh, became the sacrifice, and his death upon the accursed tree the ransom, then the Sufferer being of infinite worth, his free-will sufferings were of infinite value. The atoning sacrifice must be one capable of consenting, and must of his own will place himself in the sinner's stead: Christ did so. The fountain of all that Christ has done for his people, is the sovereign will and grace of God. The righteousness brought in, and the sacrifice once offered by Christ, are of eternal power, and his salvation shall never be done away. They are of power to make all the comers thereunto perfect; they derive from the atoning blood, strength and motives for obedience, and inward comfort.
Hebrews 10:8-10
8 First he said, “Sacrifices and offerings, burnt offerings and sin offerings you did not desire, nor were you pleased with them”—though they were offered in accordance with the law. 9 Then he said, “Here I am, I have come to do your will.” He sets aside the first to establish the second. 10 And by that will, we have been made holy through the sacrifice of the body of Jesus Christ once for all.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FvGUvu6yNcw
Hebrews 10:8-10
8 First he said, “Sacrifices and offerings, burnt offerings and sin offerings you did not desire, nor were you pleased with them”—though they were offered in accordance with the law. 9 Then he said, “Here I am, I have come to do your will.” He sets aside the first to establish the second. 10 And by that will, we have been made holy through the sacrifice of the body of Jesus Christ once for all.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FvGUvu6yNcw
Saturday, December 3, 2016
The principle of contingency (or dependency)
If something cannot be caused by nothing (5), neither can anything be caused by what could be nothing, namely, a contingent being. For what could be nothing does not account for its own existence. And what cannot for even its own existence cannot account for the existence of another.
Since it is contingent or dependent for its own being, it cannot be that on which something else depends for its being. Hence, one contingent being cannot cause another contingent being.
This shows the existence of God. It is shows God is personal, rational and moral kind of being (since he engage in these kinds of activities.)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8KMd_eS2J7o
Since it is contingent or dependent for its own being, it cannot be that on which something else depends for its being. Hence, one contingent being cannot cause another contingent being.
This shows the existence of God. It is shows God is personal, rational and moral kind of being (since he engage in these kinds of activities.)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8KMd_eS2J7o
Mutations and science
Textbooks present evolution in two different ways-small, observable changes (natural selection, speciation, adaptation) and large, unobservable changes (molecules-to-man evolution). They show evidence for the former and then conclude that this proves that the latter took place as well.
As our understanding of genetics has improved, it has become clear that mutations + time + chance do not equal evolution. All observed mutations demonstrate a loss of genetic information from the genetic code or they are neutral. Evolution claims that the process has no direction or goal. If you look at the complexity of the "first" organism, it must be accepted that a massive amount of information has been produced to explain the variety of life we see today. Mutations cannot generate new genetic information; so they cannot be used to explain how evolution has produced from a cell with less information than is present in modern cells.
Despite the claims of evolution, the appearance of new species, antibiotic resistance in bacteria, pesticide resistance and sickle-cell anemia are not evidence in favor of evolution. They do, however, demonstrate the principle of natural selection acting or existing traits-a concept that creationists and evolution agree on. The creationist model of how life spread across the globe after the Flood of Genesis uses many of the same principles of natural selection and adaptive radiation that are used in the evolution model. One of the main difference is that the biblical creation model recognizes that one kind can't change into another and that change are a result of variation within kinds- not descent from a single common ancestor. As a result of the Curse, genetic mutations, showing a loss of information, have been accumulating, but these do not cause new kinds to emerge. Accepting the idea of a single common ancestor denies the authority of the Bible.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9IfV5iRQbIU
As our understanding of genetics has improved, it has become clear that mutations + time + chance do not equal evolution. All observed mutations demonstrate a loss of genetic information from the genetic code or they are neutral. Evolution claims that the process has no direction or goal. If you look at the complexity of the "first" organism, it must be accepted that a massive amount of information has been produced to explain the variety of life we see today. Mutations cannot generate new genetic information; so they cannot be used to explain how evolution has produced from a cell with less information than is present in modern cells.
Despite the claims of evolution, the appearance of new species, antibiotic resistance in bacteria, pesticide resistance and sickle-cell anemia are not evidence in favor of evolution. They do, however, demonstrate the principle of natural selection acting or existing traits-a concept that creationists and evolution agree on. The creationist model of how life spread across the globe after the Flood of Genesis uses many of the same principles of natural selection and adaptive radiation that are used in the evolution model. One of the main difference is that the biblical creation model recognizes that one kind can't change into another and that change are a result of variation within kinds- not descent from a single common ancestor. As a result of the Curse, genetic mutations, showing a loss of information, have been accumulating, but these do not cause new kinds to emerge. Accepting the idea of a single common ancestor denies the authority of the Bible.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9IfV5iRQbIU
Tuesday, November 29, 2016
He has came
We like to live by our good deeds and we hope that will save us but the law requires perfection.
The law of the Old Testament in the Bible showed Isreal that the Messiah was going to the fulfillment of the law.
The Jews sacrificed animals as a credit card for their sins. They still had a sin debt. We have a sin debt as non-Jews. Everyone needs Jesus to forgive us for our iniquities.
The cure for sin is Jesus and we need accept Jesus. The animal was just medicine, and the Jews needed to take medicine every year.
Jesus is the second person of the Trinity and he came to this world. He lived a perfect life and died on the cross. He arose from the dead so we can be forever clean before the Lord.
Have you received this in your heart and life?
The law of the Old Testament in the Bible showed Isreal that the Messiah was going to the fulfillment of the law.
The Jews sacrificed animals as a credit card for their sins. They still had a sin debt. We have a sin debt as non-Jews. Everyone needs Jesus to forgive us for our iniquities.
The cure for sin is Jesus and we need accept Jesus. The animal was just medicine, and the Jews needed to take medicine every year.
Jesus is the second person of the Trinity and he came to this world. He lived a perfect life and died on the cross. He arose from the dead so we can be forever clean before the Lord.
Have you received this in your heart and life?
Hebrews 10:1-7
The law is only a shadow of the good things that are coming—not the realities themselves. For this reason it can never, by the same sacrifices repeated endlessly year after year, make perfect those who draw near to worship. 2 Otherwise, would they not have stopped being offered? For the worshipers would have been cleansed once for all, and would no longer have felt guilty for their sins. 3 But those sacrifices are an annual reminder of sins. 4 It is impossible for the blood of bulls and goats to take away sins.
5 Therefore, when Christ came into the world, he said:
“Sacrifice and offering you did not desire,
but a body you prepared for me;
6 with burnt offerings and sin offerings
you were not pleased.
7 Then I said, ‘Here I am—it is written about me in the scroll—
I have come to do your will, my God.’”
but a body you prepared for me;
6 with burnt offerings and sin offerings
you were not pleased.
7 Then I said, ‘Here I am—it is written about me in the scroll—
I have come to do your will, my God.’”
Thursday, November 24, 2016
The principle of causality, part two
Another way to understand why nonbeing cannot cause being is by noting that everything that "comes to be" must have a cause. If it comes to be it is not a Necessary Being, which by its nature must always be. So what comes to be is, by definition, a contingent being, a being that is capable of existing or not existing. For every contingent thing that comes to be there must be some efficient action that causes it to pass from a state potentiality (potency) to a state of actuality (act).
For, Aquinas noted, no potency for being can actualize itself. To actualize itself it must be in a state of actuality and before it is actualized it must must be in a state of potentiality. But it cannot be both at the same time (a violation of the principle of noncontradiction). Hence, one cannot deny the principle of causality without violating the principle of noncontradiction.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FrBpSr2JbCo&index=1&list=PLIpO3BUiq2IHKHZVzyzayj5yemo03pxfY
For, Aquinas noted, no potency for being can actualize itself. To actualize itself it must be in a state of actuality and before it is actualized it must must be in a state of potentiality. But it cannot be both at the same time (a violation of the principle of noncontradiction). Hence, one cannot deny the principle of causality without violating the principle of noncontradiction.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FrBpSr2JbCo&index=1&list=PLIpO3BUiq2IHKHZVzyzayj5yemo03pxfY
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