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_{Cornelius Hunter

January 29, 2013

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I believe there are big problems with evolution. But I could be wrong. Or perhaps I’m right but some form of evolution is nonetheless true. Evolutionists, on the other hand, are much more certain and there is a never-ending drum roll of high truth claims from their camp. These truth claims are unwarranted and it is them, rather than the theory itself, that are the problem. So I’m not so much concerned about the theory itself as I am about the certainty with which it is presented. Read more

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Joe, the Islamic contention that Jesus did not really die on the cross is laughable. The Shroud itself tells that that Christ was dead and the moment when the image was formed on the Shroud by a burst of light emanating from the body: Here a forensic pathologist examines the Shroud: Forensic evidence of the Shroud of Turin – video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nYG6wETAxjI Here is a recent paper testifying as to the intensity of the light coming from the body to form the image on the Shroud: Scientists say Turin Shroud is supernatural - December 2011 Excerpt: "The results show that a short and intense burst of UV directional radiation can colour a linen cloth so as to reproduce many of the peculiar characteristics of the body image on the Shroud of Turin," they said. And in case there was any doubt about the preternatural degree of energy needed to make such distinct marks, the Enea report spells it out: "This degree of power cannot be reproduced by any normal UV source built to date." http://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/scientists-say-turin-shroud-is-supernatural-6279512.html Here Dr. William Lane Craig takes, in my opinion, a Islamic scholar apart on the death and resurrection of Jesus: William Lane Craig vs Jamal Badawi Debate (HQ) 1/11 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h51YwIMxtrQ As well Joe, perhaps you can help me with a little problem. You see Joe, in the Christian west, we have millions upon millions of people who have had near death experiences where they say they have gone through a tunnel to a higher heavenly dimension and experienced paradise with unspeakable love and joy,, etc.. etc..,,, Such as this example: Coast to Coast - Vicki's Near Death Experience (Blind From Birth) part 1 of 3 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e65KhcCS5-Y My problem is that I can't seem to find any Muslim Near Death Experiences that speak of Muslims going to such a wonderful higher dimension. In fact, in spite of my spending a few hours on the web searching for positive Muslim Near Death Experiences, I found only one, a young teenage boy, that could be termed pleasant but it did not have the tunnel or 'the Being of Light' as is common in the Judeo-Christian Western NDE's. Why is this Joe?bornagain77_{January 31, 2013
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Peter J: Having read your comment again I'm a little suspicious that its fabricated . It is an article of faith for us Muslims to love and believe in Jesus whom we are waiting and looking forward to his return so the what does the ' man who we despised' rubbish supposed to mean? So If your friends 'vision' is genuine it sounds not like Jesus that came to him but some evil jiin/demon spirit......JoeMorreale1187_{January 31, 2013
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Peter J: Interesting story but is subjective so let's move on from the classic 'have you felt Jesus / Holy Spirit in your life?' Sayings shall weJoeMorreale1187_{January 31, 2013
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The reason for Jesus' body not being found is very simple . God spared him the humiliation and death of the cross and raised him up to Himself where soon he will return to defeat the anti-Christ . Sadly the majority of the Jews back then and since mistakenly and gloatingly believe they managed to kill/crucify Jesus which to them as per Old Testament would have meant he was cursed and therefore proof that he was not the genuine article . The Quran refutes this vain wishful thinking on their part by clearly stating that they failed in this mission. At the same time also annulling the concept of Original Sin / sacrifice atonement doctrine of the Church/s. Btw next to the Prophet Muhammad's pbuh grave a space has deliberately been left by the Muslims because that is where Jesus pbuh will be buried after his mission is over on his return......JoeMorreale1187_{January 31, 2013
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Bornagain, the Islamic viewpoint on the 'problem of evil' is detailed on a good website of Hamza Tzortzis. We believe tha botht Adam and Eve not out of maliciousness but forgeffullness after a long time ( the Bible gives the impression that after a literal 24 hour 6 day creation and then only a few days after they were tempted by Satan) made a mistake and sinned allowing themselves to be deceived by Satan . As a result God expelled them from Paradise to earth and that was sufficient punishment for them. We do not accept that the concept of Original Sin which their progeny thereonwards inherited as a curse and stain awaiting its liberation by the alleged sacrife by man/God Jesus on the cross according to Church/s. Every individual is responsible for their own sins and no one comes along to pay the price for them . It is illogical in my opinion that for eg in a classroom full of bad kids the only one that gets killed/sacrificed or punished is the teachers son who is good!! God the Self Sufficient and inimitable Creator knows our every thoughts and how we feel and does not need to become like an element of His own creation I.e human like Jesus to understand us . If you manufacture a DVD player do you need to BECOME the DVD player to know how it works??? Obviously not , you simply give an instruction manual to go along with the product. God''s instruction manuals are His chosen one a prophets and Messengers who's guidance we should do our best to follow in the hope of attaining success in the Hereafter. if ones insists that Jesus died on the cross does that mean you believe that the eternal God died?!JoeMorreale1187_{January 31, 2013
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Hi BA77, I would just like to add a little testimony here if i may. For almost 25 years of my life I was a drug addict, dealt drugs to feed my habbits as well as comitted various other crimes. At the age of 38 however, after a failed suicide attempt I found myself in a Christian rehab where after giving my life to Jesus I experienced a miracle and was completely set free. This was almost 7 years ago and I have recently published a book about this called 'Design for Life'. However, plugging my book was not the aim of this post but to share a testimony, so I better get on with it! In 2008, almost 2 years after leaving the rehab, to celebrate my 40th birthday, I decided to attend a school reunion in my home town of Lerwick (shetland Isles). When I was there I was approached by an old school friend, who I hadn't seen since leaving school, a man of Pakistani origin. A year before this event there had been an article in The Shetland Times telling my story 'Addict cured at Papa Stour', and in that article I shared my expereince of Jesus appearing to me in a dream and talking with me. My friend told me that he'd read it and wanted to find out a little more so I told him as much as i could. When I'd finished he looked at me and with tears in his eyes began to tell me of how his life had been. Although he had become a succesful buisinessman there was a period in his life where he had suffered great loss, his wife had suffered terribly in an accident, and various other things had gone wrong for him. He told me that although he had great faith in Allah, being a Muslim, he had felt there was nothing else for him to do but take his own life, until ... like me he had a dream. 'Peter' he said 'For weeks I had cried out to Allah to help us, but nothing ever came, and just when I thought it was over I had a dream in which this Christ you talk about came to me and spoke to me, just like wrote in that article, and he told me that everything was going to be okay' His life changed at that point. He didn't take his life, and sure enough, over the years things began to improve. He now firmly believes in Jesus. I will never forget that conversation, especially when he added 'it wasn't Muhammed who came to me, but the very man who we despise' Make of that what you will!PeterJ_{January 31, 2013
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Joe, moreover, we have assurance that Jesus paid the penalty of death on our behalf by the fact that Jesus rose from the dead. The fact is that, as I've heard said by many preachers before, you can go to the graves of all the other founders of all the other major religions of the world and find the remains of a body,
Muhammad's grave lies within the confines of what used to be his wife Aisha's and his house. During his lifetime it adjoined the mosque, which was expanded during the reign of Caliph al-Walid I to include his tomb.[3] Muhammad is buried next to the first two caliphs, Abu Bakr and Umar. Umar was gifted a spot next to Muhammad by his wife Aisha, which she had intended for herself. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burial_places_of_founders_of_world_religions#Islam
yet, as the Shroud of Turin stubbornly testifies despite many attempts by atheists to refute the Shroud’s authenticity, if you go to the tomb of Jesus (i.e. the Church of the Holy Sepulchre) you will not find the remains of a body because Jesus has risen from the dead. i.e. The penalty of death has been paid!bornagain77_{January 31, 2013
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JoeMorreale1187, as to this comment:
earning good deeds that over balance the bad but ultimately it is still by the mercy of God
Joe, you don't seem to grasp the severity of 'the problem',,,
Is God Good? (Free will and the problem of evil) - video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rfd_1UAjeIA
Man, in his free will, sinned against Almighty God who is infinitely just and infinitely holy,,, And the penalty for sinning against Almighty God is separation from God and thus the penalty of sinning against God is death. Thus the only way for true reconciliation of man, who is under the penalty of death, to be accomplished with Almighty God is by God Himself, since only He had/has the moral perfection necessary to pay the penalty of death on our behalf.,,, Heaping up 'good works', as Muslims, and as Buddhists, do (karma), hoping they will be enough to outweigh the bad deeds in your life when God judges the deeds of each man, is to seriously underestimate the gravity of the situation.bornagain77_{January 31, 2013
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I realise that from your point of view you believe that only Jesus was perfect and this is probably due to the fact that falsities and erroneous behaviour are attributed to the Old Testament Prophets. As a Muslim we don't believe and accept that because the Quran rejects this and logically speaking and thinking the purpose behind God choosing His Prophets / Messengers is so that they are perfect role models for humanity to follow. This is what distinguishes them from the common folk. Their behavioural example combined with the accompanied miracles from God make them very easy to recognise as the genuine article.JoeMorreale1187_{January 31, 2013
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The Bible Series - Part 1 - video - "The Bible," an epic 10-hour-five-part film that will premiere Sunday, March 3 at 8pm ET on History Channel - Mark Burnett (Producer of The Voice, The Apprentice, and Shark Tank) and Roma Downey (Touched By an Angel) are here (on 100Huntley) to talk about their project "The Bible" premiering March 3 on History Channel. Roma Downey & Mark Burnett - Executive Producers, "The Bible" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XrOEcyxS4Js The Bible Part 2 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LBLLrIp-OnU "The Bible," an epic 10-hour-five-part film that will premiere Sunday, March 3 at 8pm ET on History Channel - official site http://www.bibleseries.tv/bornagain77_{January 31, 2013
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Bornagain77 In Islam salvation is attained by the correct creedal belief followed by a life striving to be righteous and earning good deeds that over balance the bad but ultimately it is still by the mercy of God that we are entered into Paradise. The Quran makes it clear that God's Prohets and Messengers as His chosen ones were morally perfect human beings who's Guidance should be followed as they are perfect role models that we should do our best to imitate because in so doing we please God and can hope to achieve salvationJoeMorreale1187_{January 31, 2013
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JoeMorreale1187, if you don't mind me asking, how is a right relationship with Almighty God restored in Islam? Is it through our own limited efforts? In Christianity it is God who makes propitiation on our behalf. Falling Plates - video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hfEBfLhKktQ G.O.S.P.E.L. – (the grace of propitiation) poetry slam – video https://vimeo.com/20960385 In Islam, much like in Judaism, I see a legalistic system that is based on the works and efforts of sinful man instead of being based on the work of God, and I don't see how it is logically possible for complete restoration (propitiation) to be made for sinful man, in the eyes of a perfectly good and just God, in such a legalistic system: The problem is this. – Despite what is commonly believed, of someone being 'good enough', 'working hard enough', to go to heaven, in reality both Mother Teresa and Hitler fall short of the moral perfection required to meet the perfection of God’s objective moral code. Top Ten Reasons We Know the New Testament is True – Frank Turek – video – November 2011 (41:00 minute mark) http://saddleback.com/mc/m/5e22f/ Thus it follows since moral perfection is impossible for man to achieve through his own efforts then reconciliation for fallen, sinful, man must be achieved by God.bornagain77_{January 31, 2013
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OK, let me rephrase that: Actually the only thing that really matters is the reality behind our existence, ie how did we really get here? And thanks JoeMorreale1187, I am well aware of the Muslim contribution to the world's knowledge. It's too bad it seemed to have peaked and then virtually stopped many years ago. And thanks again bornagain77- but perhaps you should ease up on the caffiene :) But in all fairness I knew someone was going to hammer me with the "truth". :cool:Joe_{January 30, 2013
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JoeMorreale1187, welcome!bornagain77_{January 30, 2013
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Apologies , that was £1:92 on KindleJoeMorreale1187_{January 30, 2013
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Thanks Joe There is an absolutely brilliant book by an ex atheist Laurence Brown 'the First and Final Commandment: A search for Truth in Revelation within the Abrahamic Religions' For only £1.92 Regarding the Muslim contribution to science and as a result the scientific revolution/Western civilisation I recommend : 1001 Inventions : Muslim Heritage in Our World The Hidden Debt to Islamic Civilisation - S.E Al Djazairi Science in the name of God - Dr Kasem Khaleel When you then add to that what Christian scientists then achieved following on from that the historical documented record makes it clear that Religious Theistic believers in God founded modern Science . Sadly and tragically then came along in the last 150 years the false and ugly fairy tale theory of goo to you by way of the zoo blind , unguided and purposeless theory of NDE.....JoeMorreale1187_{January 30, 2013
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Welcome, JoeMorreale1187! You said:
As a Muslim I don’t agree with that...
Ask your Muslim friends to join in! UD needs fresh perspectives to broaden the focus of ID science beyond sectarian Christianity. After all, science is science and Islam has made signal contributions to scientific progress.Daniel King_{January 30, 2013
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Joe as to:
"Actually the only thing that really matters is the truth, ie the reality, behind our existence."
To which it is natural to ask:
John 18:38 "What is truth?" Pilate asked. With this he went out again to the Jews and said, "I find no basis for a charge against him.
Joe, to varying degrees everyone looks for truth. A few people back in the 60's, such as the Beatles, have traveled to distant lands seeking gurus in their quest to find “Truth”. People are happy when they discover a new truth into the mysteries of life. People who have deep insights into the truth of how things actually work are considered wise. In the bible Jesus says “You will know the truth and the truth will set you free.” So, since truth is considered such a good thing, let us look for truth in a common object; a simple rock. Few people would try to argue that a rock is not real. Someone who would argue that it is not real could bang his head on the rock until he was satisfied the rock is real. A rock is composed of three basic ingredients; energy, force and ‘truth’. From Einstein’s famous equation (e=mc2) we know that all matter (all solids, liquids and gases) of the universe are ultimately made up of energy and therefore the entire rock can “hypothetically” be reduced to energy.
E=mc²: Einstein explains his famous formula - video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CC7Sg41Bp-U
This energy is “woven” by various complex, unchanging, transcendent, universal forces into the atoms of the rock. The amount of energy woven by these complex interactions of various, unchanging, universal forces into the rock is tremendous. This tremendous energy that is in the rock is clearly demonstrated by the detonation of nuclear bombs.
Atomic Bomb Explosion - video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-22tna7KHzI 6.4 mg of mass converted to energy in Hiroshima A-bomb 4,400,000 Hiroshima A-bombs equivalent to one ounce of mass 1 drop of water equivalent to 10 Hiroshima A-bombs Entire energy consumption of America, for 1 year, equivalent to 1 bowling ball 52 X 10^55 Hiroshima bombs equivalent at ‘Big Bang’ Big Bang After its (The Big Bang's) initial expansion from a singularity, the Universe cooled sufficiently to allow energy to be converted into various subatomic particles, including protons, neutrons, and electrons. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_Bang
This woven energy is found in each and every individual “particle/wave” of every atom, in the trillions upon countless trillions of atoms in the rock. While energy can be said to be what gives “substance” to the rock, energy in and of itself is a “non-solid” entity. In fact, it is the unchanging, transcendent, universal constants/forces, which are 'unseen', that tell the energy exactly where to be and what to do in the rock, and are what can be said to be the ONLY solid, uncompromising “thing” in the rock. The last part of this following video, starting at the 5:09 minute mark, has some excellent photographs of atoms that gets this 'non-solid' point of the energy/matter of a rock across as well as giving a tiny glimpse of where the universal constants come into play.
Uncertainty Principle – The ‘Uncertain Non-Particle’ Basis Of Material Reality – video and article http://www.metacafe.com/watch/4109172
,,,Yet there is another ingredient which went into making the atoms of the rock besides the universal constants/forces and matter/energy. An ingredient that is often neglected to be looked at as a “real” component of the rock. It is the transcendent and spiritual component of truth. If truth did not exist the rock would not exist. This is as obvious as the fact that the rock would not exist if energy and/or unchanging force did not exist. It is the truth in and of the logical laws of the interrelated unchanging forces of the universal constants that govern the energy in the rock that enable the rock to be a rock in the first place. Is truth independent and dominant of the energy and force? Yes of course, there are many philosophical truths of reason that are not dependent on energy or force for them to still be true. Yet energy and unchanging force are precisely subject to what the unchanging “truth” tells them they can and cannot do in the rock. To put it another way, the rock cannot exist without truth yet truth can exist independently of the rock. Since truth clearly dictates what energy and/or unchanging force can or cannot do, it follows that truth dominates energy and unchanging force. Energy and unchanging force do not dominate truth. It is also obvious that truth is omnipresent in this universe. That is to say, the truth that is in the rock on this world is the same truth that is in a rock on the other side of the universe on another world. Thus, truth is present everywhere at all times in this universe (Indeed, Science would be extremely difficult, to put it very mildly, if this uniformity of truth, for all of nature, were not so). It has also been scientifically proven, by quantum non-locality, that whenever something becomes physically “true” (wave collapse of entangled electron, photon) in any part of the universe, this “truth” is instantaneously communicated anywhere/everywhere in the universe to its corresponding “particle”.
Light and Quantum Entanglement Reflect Some of the Characteristics Of God - video http://www.metacafe.com/watch/4102182
Thus, truth is “aware” of everything that goes on in the universe instantaneously. This universal, instantaneous, awareness of a transcendent truth also gives truth the vital characteristic of being omniscient (All knowing). This instantaneous communication of truth to all points in the universe also happens to defy the speed of light; a “truth” that energy and even the unchanging force of gravity happen to be subject to (I believe all fundamental forces are shown to be subject to this “truth’ of the speed of light). This scientific proof of ‘instantaneous’ quantum non-locality also proves that truth is not a “passive” component of this universe. Truth is actually scientifically demonstrated, by quantum non-locality (and quantum teleportation), to be the “active” dominant component of this universe. Thus, truth is not a passive set of rules written on a sheet of paper somewhere. Truth is the “living governor” of this universe that has dominion over all other components of this universe and is not bound by any of the laws that “truth” has subjected all the other components of the universe to. Truth is in fact a tangible entity that enables and dictates this universe to exist in a overarching non-chaotic form so as to enable life to exist. This "Truth", which is shown not to be subject to time in any way, shape, or form, by quantum non-locality, has also demonstrated foresight and purpose in the extreme fine-tuning for this temporal universe and, as such, can be said to be “alive” from the fact that a “decision” had to be made from the timeless/spaceless dimension, that ‘Truth’ inhabits, in order for this temporal reality to become real in the first place.
“The Big Bang represents an immensely powerful, yet carefully planned and controlled release of matter, energy, space and time. All this is accomplished within the strict confines of very carefully fine-tuned physical constants and laws. The power and care this explosion reveals exceeds human mental capacity by multiple orders of magnitude.” Prof. Henry F. Schaefer – What Properties Must the Cause of the Universe Have? - video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1SZWInkDIVI
i.e. ‘Truth’ is a major characteristic of the necessary Being, “uncaused cause”, the Alpha, that created all reality/realities. Moreover, that a photon would actually be destroyed upon the quantum teleportation of its "information" to another photon, is a direct controlled violation of the first law of thermodynamics, and provides yet another direct line of evidence that ‘Truth’ is the foundational entity of this universe that gives rise to everything in this universe. Well, lets see what we have so far; Truth is eternal (it has always existed and will always exist); Truth is omnipresent (it is present everywhere in the universe at all times); Truth is omnipotent (it has dominion over everything else in the universe, yet is not subject to any physical laws); Truth has a vital characteristic of omniscience (truth is apparently aware of everything that is happening in the universe); and Truth is alive (Truth has created a temporal universe from a reality that is not subject to any physical laws of time or space for the express purpose of creating life; (fine-tuning) Surprisingly, being eternal, omnipresent, omnipotent, omniscient, and alive are the foundational characteristics that are used by theologians to describe God. Thus, logically speaking, spiritual/transcendent truth emanates directly from God and is coexistent with the Character of His Being. So in answer to our question “What is Truth?” we can answer that ‘Truth’, as far as the scientific method is concerned, is God. Now to bring all this into the focus of the Christian perspective, Jesus says that He is “The Truth, the Way and The Life”. And in regards to what is currently revealed in our scientific knowledge, I would say that this is a VERY, VERY fantastic claim to make! If Jesus is speaking the truth, which I believe He is, then by the rules of logic this makes Jesus equivalent to God Almighty. Well,,, Is Jesus God??? Well, believe it or not, there actually is now some fairly strong scientific evidence that gives a very credible, and very persuasive, indication that the number one problem in physics and mathematics today, of reconciling General Relativity and Quantum Mechanics into a 'Theory of everything', finds a very credible resolution in the resurrection of Jesus Christ,, and In my book, if Christ is the "Theory of Everything" that means that Jesus Christ is God i.e. The Jesus Christ is "The Truth" just as He claimed to be!
The Center Of The Universe Is Life - General Relativity, Quantum Mechanics and The Shroud Of Turin - video http://vimeo.com/34084462 Centrality of Each Individual Observer In The Universe and Christ’s Very Credible Reconciliation Of General Relativity and Quantum Mechanics - notes https://docs.google.com/document/d/17SDgYPHPcrl1XX39EXhaQzk7M0zmANKdYIetpZ-WB5Y/edit?hl=en_US
Verse and Music:
Matthew 28:18 And Jesus came and spake unto them, saying, "All power is given unto me in heaven and in earth." Natalie Grant - Alive (Resurrection music video) http://www.godtube.com/watch/?v=KPYWPGNX Lyric from song: "Death has lost and love has won!"
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Actually the only thing that really matters is the truth, ie the reality, behind our existence.Joe_{January 30, 2013
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As a Muslim I don't agree with that but although in a different way to you I believe in Jesus Christ pbuh and the Muslim and Christian world combined make up half of the worlds population.JoeMorreale1187_{January 30, 2013
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Transformation in Christ is the only evolution that matters.StephenB_{January 30, 2013
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There is a great book 'The Spiritual Brain: A Neuroscientist case for the existence for the Soul' by Mario Beauragard and Denyse O'Leary which I highly recommend .JoeMorreale1187_{January 30, 2013
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Even our own dreams show us that the body has a Soul .JoeMorreale1187_{January 30, 2013
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It's been proven that NDE cannot account for the origin of information and neither of its increase and continuation. This is not Religion but the scientific evidence that has demonstrated this .JoeMorreale1187_{January 30, 2013
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There is massive problems with the myth and fairy tale theory of natural selection acting on random mutations NDE. Its false and its about time over 150 lie and disgrace is made public and official.JoeMorreale1187_{January 30, 2013
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corrected link: The Science of Heaven - Nov 18, 2012 - Dr. Eben Alexander http://www.thedailybeast.com/newsweek/2012/11/18/the-science-of-heaven.htmlbornagain77_{January 30, 2013
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Of related note: Dr. Eben Alexander: Heaven Is Real - video The neurosurgeon and author of Newsweek's recent cover story on heaven talks with Tina Brown about his near-death experience - and journey to the afterlife. http://www.thedailybeast.com/videos/2012/10/26/answers-from-heaven.html I think Dr. Alexander did an excellent job of 'scientifically' defending his Near Death Experience against his critics in Newsweek: The Science of Heaven - Nov 18, 2012 - Dr. Eben Alexander Excerpt: I am as deep a believer in science, and the truth-respecting values that created it, as I ever was. As such, I want to affirm again—not just to my fellow scientists but to everyone—that there is a larger, more real world out there. Those who have experienced it are neither deluded nor dishonest, but they are hampered by the limits of language to convey the sheer exponential vastness of what they encountered. This world of consciousness beyond the body is the true new frontier, not just of science but of humankind itself, and it is my profound hope that what happened to me will bring the world one step closer to accepting it. Here is the original article in Newsweek that created so much controversy for Dr. Alexander Heaven Is Real: A Doctor’s Experience With the Afterlife - Dr. Eben Alexander - Oct 8, 2012 Excerpt: One of the few places I didn’t have trouble getting my story across was a place I’d seen fairly little of before my experience: church. The first time I entered a church after my coma, I saw everything with fresh eyes. The colors of the stained-glass windows recalled the luminous beauty of the landscapes I’d seen in the world above. The deep bass notes of the organ reminded me of how thoughts and emotions in that world are like waves that move through you. And, most important, a painting of Jesus breaking bread with his disciples evoked the message that lay at the very heart of my journey: that we are loved and accepted unconditionally by a God even more grand and unfathomably glorious than the one I’d learned of as a child in Sunday school. http://www.thedailybeast.com/newsweek/2012/10/07/proof-of-heaven-a-doctor-s-experience-with-the-afterlife.html A proof of heaven - November 2, 2012 - video Dr. Eben Alexander shares his thoughts on whether science can explain that heaven really does exist. http://video.msnbc.msn.com/the-cycle/49665334#49665334 Near-Death Experiences: Putting a Darwinist's Evidentiary Standards to the Test - Dr. Michael Egnor - October 15, 2012 Excerpt: Indeed, about 20 percent of NDE's are corroborated, which means that there are independent ways of checking about the veracity of the experience. The patients knew of things that they could not have known except by extraordinary perception -- such as describing details of surgery that they watched while their heart was stopped, etc. Additionally, many NDE's have a vividness and a sense of intense reality that one does not generally encounter in dreams or hallucinations.,,, The most "parsimonious" explanation -- the simplest scientific explanation -- is that the (Near Death) experience was real. Tens of millions of people have had such experiences. That is tens of millions of more times than we have observed the origin of species (or origin of life), which is never.,,, The materialist reaction, in short, is unscientific and close-minded. NDE's show fellows like Coyne at their sneering unscientific irrational worst. Somebody finds a crushed fragment of a fossil and it's earth-shaking evidence. Tens of million of people have life-changing spiritual experiences and it's all a big yawn. Note: Dr. Egnor is professor and vice-chairman of neurosurgery at the State University of New York at Stony Brook. http://www.evolutionnews.org/2012/10/near_death_expe_1065301.html "A recent analysis of several hundred cases showed that 48% of near-death experiencers reported seeing their physical bodies from a different visual perspective. Many of them also reported witnessing events going on in the vicinity of their body, such as the attempts of medical personnel to resuscitate them (Kelly et al., 2007)." Kelly, E. W., Greyson, B., & Kelly, E. F. (2007). Unusual experiences near death and related phenomena. In E. F. Kelly, E. W. Kelly, A. Crabtree, A. Gauld, M. Grosso, & B. Greyson, Irreducible mind (pp. 367-421). Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield. Of related note: The following evidence provides a viable mechanism for Dr. Alexander's 'pure consciousness' Near Death Experience that was different from 'typical' NDEs Quantum Entangled Consciousness - Life After Death - Stuart Hameroff - video http://vimeo.com/39982578 Dr. Alexander's NDE was rather unique from typical NDEs in that he had completely lost brain wave function for 7 days while the rest of his body was on life support. As such he had what can be termed a ‘pure consciousness’ NDE that was dramatically different from the ‘typical’ Judeo-Christian NDEs of going through a tunnel to a higher heavenly dimension, seeing departed relatives, and having a life review. His NDE featured his ‘consciousness’ going outside the confines of space/time, matter/energy altogether to experience ‘non-locally’ what he termed ‘the Core’, i.e to experience God. It is also interesting to note that he retained a ‘finite sense of self-identity’, as Theism would hold, and did not blend into the infinite consciousness/omniscience of God, as pantheism would hold. A Conversation with Near Death Experiencer Neurosurgeon Eben Alexander III, M.D. with Steve Paulson (Interviewer) - video http://www.btci.org/bioethics/2012/videos2012/vid3.html supplemental note: Oprah & Neurosurgeon Eben Alexander: Proof of Heaven — Full Episode - video was loaded 5 days ago http://www.oprah.com/own-super-soul-sunday/Oprah-and-Neurosurgeon-Eben-Alexander-Proof-of-Heaven-Full-Episodebornagain77_{January 30, 2013
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Jesus Saves. Evolution Doesn't. If you are going to believe in something, believe in Jesus.Mung_{January 30, 2013
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Apocalypitca - Nothing Else Matters - music http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RSMXMv0noY4 Strange But True - Miracle Testimony It was in the summer of 1993, I was down and out in Ft. Myers, Florida. This was about the second year that I was homeless. I was staying at the Salvation Army in Ft. Myers working temporary day labor and paying 8 bucks a night to stay at the homeless shelter. Once again I had come up with yet another grand plan to defeat the destructive desires for drinking and using that had kept me bound to the street. I was going to read the Bible cover to cover. Surely, this would cure me once and for all. Every night before I would go to sleep I made sure that I would read though at least 30 minutes worth of the Bible. This was done in my bunk in the open dormitory of the salvation army. Well, after a month or 6 weeks of this, I was getting pretty far into the Bible and had pretty much established myself, among the guys staying there, as some sort of Jesus Freak. One evening a man, who like me wasn't fairing to well in this world, comes up to my bunk, as I was reading the Bible, and angrily says this to me," Where Is God? Just where is God ? If I knew where God was my life would be alright." So I told him the truth "Well I know that it may sound strange, but sometimes when I really need it, God speaks directly to me from the Bible. I believe that He may speak directly to you since you seem to be in a bad spot." Then I closed the Bible and handed it to him. Then he asks me “Do you mean like this?” and he just randomly opens the Bible up, but instead of gently reading the first words his eyes landed on, as I thought he would do, he went and stabbed his finger down onto the page that the Bible had fell open to. Then, he looks over to me and asks "Like That?" I nervously said, in spite of my reservations of the brazenness of his act, "I guess that will work". Well his brazenness paid off for his finger landed right on top of Job 23:3 which says "Oh, that I knew where I might find God, that I might come to His seat!" Well, needless to say, we both were in awe about God revealing Himself to him in the Living Word that clearly, so we went to the chaplain of the Salvation Army and got him his very own Bible. Let me end this by saying that I believe God speaks to all people in many different ways. Don't be upset if God doesn't speak in this certain way to you. He very well could be speaking to you in ways that He doesn't speak to other people in. He could speak through your dreams, or visions, or He could speak to you through other people. He could be in that still small, intuitive, voice that speaks warnings to you every so often, or T.V., or radio, or the clouds, or even a lightning bolt could express His feelings and guidance to you, or etc... etc... . The point I'm trying to make clear is this. I'm firmly convinced that God does indeed desire to speak to each and every one of us, His children! BUT, we have to open our minds up enough to allow the possibility that God, the Father of all creation, might actually care enough for us, His children ,to actually want to speak intimately to each of us. Think about it. What parent doesn't talk personally to each one of their very own children every once in a while? I truly believe it is a very powerful thing to have the Lord speak into our lives, more powerful than we can possibly understand right now. My reasoning for this is this: He who speaks living words into the voids of our life, Is the very same One who spoke living words into the void of the night and brought the entire universe into existence out of the infinity of the glory of his Being. John 3:3-8 Jesus answered and said to him, “Most assuredly, I say to you, unless one is born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God.” Nicodemus said to Him, “How can a man be born when he is old? Can he enter a second time into his mother's womb and be born?” Jesus answered, “Most assuredly, I say to you, unless one is born of water and the Spirit, he cannot enter the kingdom of God. That which is born of the flesh is flesh, and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit. Do not marvel that I said to you, 'You must be born again' The wind blows where it wishes, and you hear the sound of it, but cannot tell where it comes from and where it goes. So is everyone who is born of the spirit.” DC Talk - Jesus Freak- song http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2jDnVpCNlyY A few more notes on 'serendipity'; From the former producer of Good Morning America, When God let’s you know He’s thinking of you; SQuire Rushnell Good Morning America "GodWinks" - video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UYJRddhzFG4 Miracle Testimony - One Easter Sunday Sunrise Service - video http://www.metacafe.com/watch/3995314/ I like this 'message from above' that SETI (Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence) received SETI - Search For Extra-Terrestrial Intelligence receives message from God,,,,, Almost - video http://www.metacafe.com/watch/4007753 Isaiah 45:18-19 For thus says the Lord, who created the heavens, who is God, who formed the earth and made it, who established it, who did not create it in vain, who formed it to be inhabited: “I am the Lord, and there is no other. I have not spoken in secret, in a dark place of the earth; I did not say to the seed of Jacob, ‘seek me in vain’; I, the Lord speak righteousness, I declare things that are right.”bornagain77_{January 30, 2013
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