Double Trouble

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Ummmm...Lipson is NOT a Creationist.

End of thread. - Nov 18 2003

"Fearfully Made"

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The image itself is 2d, but the sonogram was a '4d'. I'm sure BrandyBuck can explain it much better, but the 'slop-o-metric' definition (a term I got from my college biology prof) is 'a 3D sonogram that includes motion'.

Tim - Nov 17 2003

"Fearfully Made"

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I am in full agreement with you. - Nov 17 2003

"Fearfully Made"

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Yeah!, and I didn't even say a word about abortion...just show a picture. 'tain't no "blob of cells"!

I think you said it pretty well...and the picture even more so.

Great to hear a good word from someone who knows this stuff!

Thanks,

Tim - Nov 17 2003

Double Trouble

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uh huh. Yeah... - Nov 15 2003

Double Trouble

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Thanks! Yeah, I kind of like it too!

Tim - Nov 15 2003

Beginnings

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Boy, it sounds like you already have all the answers! Well, no need to waste my time or yours then...!

Tim - Nov 13 2003

Transformed!

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Thanks! - Nov 12 2003

Transformed!

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Thanks Alex; the "guy" is a believer...

Tim - Nov 10 2003

Beginnings

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Thanks! - Nov 07 2003

Beginnings

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Flanders;

One day, you will die and stand in judgement before Jesus Christ, to Whom all judgement has been given. According to the scriptures, you will have an intact memory, which means that you will be able to recall all the information you've been presented with regarding the existence of God and your need for reconciliation with Him through the finished work of Christ on the Cross.

Your philosophial arguments won't help you, your arrogance won't help you. Nothing will help you. You won't be able to escape inevitable judgement from the very hands that were nailed to a cross to keep you from that same judgement.

Rabbit-chase argument bait won't help. Nothing. And unless you turn, you will spend a conscious, Christless eternity in hell, for all practical purposes all alone while you know you could be with the Lord, which is where the celebration will be.

"there shall be wailing and gnashing of teeth"...in other words, a constant remorse over your "couldabeen".

Your life is of infinite value. Contrary to what evolutionists want you to believe, there is an ultimate purpose for your life...to spend eternity with God and enjoy Him forever. You're only here to make a decision as to whether or not you want to do that. Believe it or not, we believers at KDE-LOOK care about you deeply.

I pray that eventually the Spirit of God will open your eyes and heart and that you will one day join the ranks of former unbelievers who have learned just how precious this decision is.

I am responsible TO you, not FOR you. You have the truth which I am responsible to pass on to you.

I pray the best for you.

Tim - Nov 03 2003

Beginnings

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Sorry Steels, I didn't complete my statement...

"Matter cannot be eternal, but must have a beginning."

Let me add to the end of that; God is spirit.

Matter is therefore limited by the laws of thermodynamics and biogenesis...they can't be eternal and non-life doesn't produce life.

Let me add to the end of that; God is spirit.

Tim - Nov 03 2003

Beginnings

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No one needed to create God; God is outside the dimension of time, which is linked to matter and space per Einstein's 'general relativity'.

Therefore, time began with matter and space, which were created by God, who is outside the 'timeline', in other words, eternal.

Matter cannot be eternal, but must have a beginning.

Thanks,

Tim - Nov 03 2003

Beginnings

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Thanks, zombics! Great to hear a good word now and then!

Tim - Nov 03 2003

Beginnings

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Sure will!

Thanks, Chris!

Tim - Nov 02 2003

Beginnings

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Yeah, you've got a point. I can fix that oversight. Thanks!

TIm - Nov 02 2003

Herald of Praise

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You said it very well; and all I can say is "praise God" for my finding the the trumpet image; it was perfect for this. I only wish I could do something with the reflections in the gold wash in the bells; Oh well! I'd rather not mess 'em up!

Again thanks, and blessings to you,

tim - Oct 31 2003

Job's Hydrology

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Great! That's the kind of idea I had for them; that people would take some of them out to what is referred to as "the real world".

Just glad to help,

Tim - Oct 31 2003

Herald of Praise

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Thanks Chris...! - Oct 31 2003

Job's Hydrology

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Cool! will do!

Tim - Oct 31 2003

Job's Hydrology

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Leviticus 15:13 is about the handwashing.
YOu might also be interested in knowing some background on circumcision...
Remember the Lord stated that a male child is to be circumcised on the 8th day after birth...recently we've come to know that that day is when the baby's immune system is peaked...!

Tim - Oct 30 2003

Job's Hydrology

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SHouldn't be a problem. I'll get on it today...

Tim - Oct 30 2003

Job's Hydrology

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Bye flanders...

Tim - Oct 30 2003

Don't take no Einstein...

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HI GVS:

That makes it even more intriguing. Again, without having intellectually known (been aware of) God's law, what you said a few rungs up lines up with it. Again, Romans 1 tells us that God puts "right and wrong" on the human heart. Lots of people smother it, and harden their hearts.

What I see is confirmation of what God has said.

Take care...

TIm - Oct 29 2003

Pleiades Bound, Orion Loosed

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Goodbye Soyburg...

Tim - Oct 29 2003

Pleiades Bound, Orion Loosed

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...and I leave you with whatever you wish to think.

Bye Flanders.

Tim - Oct 29 2003

Pleiades Bound, Orion Loosed

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Thanks Alethia, you hit it on the nose.

Tim - Oct 29 2003

Pleiades Bound, Orion Loosed

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*try thinking about why your feelings are so strong towards this.*

thanks; I'm glad you noticed this too.

Thanks for the support.

Tim - Oct 29 2003

Pleiades Bound, Orion Loosed

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"Touchy" can be very appropriate in a believer's life. And I get touchy around hypocrisy, which is very ugly.

You seem to want "Tolerance" but don't care to show it to those who don't share your views. That is an illustration of what hypocrisy is.

If you don't like it; pass it by! Vote it down!

Can you do that?

Tim - Oct 29 2003

Pleiades Bound, Orion Loosed

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...by the way, I think it would be simple enough for you to ask if KDE will *Officially* accept religious art...no need to lower yourself to using loaded words like "propoganda". When you do that, you are just showing how you want them to vote. not exactly neutral.

Tim - Oct 29 2003

Pleiades Bound, Orion Loosed

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Hmmm.

Linuxbunny is kde related? Nude male pics are kde related? Tux is kde related? Just how do you define *KDE art*?

*Not appropriate*? According to whom?

...and it's a poll about *tim* and *his* art, not just a certain type of paper?

Sounds *tolerant* to me! SO much for accepting *all* cultural and religous backgrounds!

You know, I know a user here by the name of Soyburg (who oddly enough has used the word "Flanders" when messaging me...and I see you are a "brand new user"...go figure!). Anyway, HE said in a general discussion forum that people who don't like this work should just *ignore it*.

Don't you agree? I think that's what I've been doing with many things here.

By the way, I'll let you tell the 200+ Believers here that they *really don't count*.

Thanks,

Tim - Oct 29 2003

Don't take no Einstein...

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Well, it sounds like the "ten commandments" were at least a small part of your life...which, I imagine are still at least partly responsible for how you live now.

Just wondering, if you believe that there is no God (and I really don't mean this antagonistically) then where did this sense of "right and wrong" come from? Just random synapse firings?

Romans 1 says that this is "the law of God" written on your heart. In other words, deep inside you know what's right and wrong because God put it there. It's called a 'conscience'.

Again, don't take me wrong; I'm not trying to start something but I do wonder how this works out....

Thanks,

tim - Oct 29 2003

Pleiades Bound, Orion Loosed

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...and there are plenty of them here...and this is, after all, an open forum.

As for the rest...thanks for your opinion. - Oct 29 2003

Heavenly Declaration

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Yes, check out the link in the message below; they have what you want there. It's not copyrighted and if you use it, all they ask (I think) is that you give them credit.

--Tim - Oct 28 2003

Heavenly Declaration

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When I get time, I'll see what I can do. The ones I got here were not copyrighted.

THanks

Tim - Oct 28 2003

Pleiades Bound, Orion Loosed

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I think you need to go back and read why I put this here..

*Presented from a believer to other believers to build us all in our trust in God's Word.*

...and there are plenty of them here...

As for the rest...thanks for your opinion.

Tim - Oct 28 2003

Heavenly Declaration

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Thanks Chris...but I certainly can't take credit for the artwork...The glory goes to God!...all I did was arrange two pictures.

I like those gas pillar formations in the smaller one...great stuff!

Tim - Oct 28 2003

Linux Bad Boys

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...I'm not sure but I think he's saying "It rocks, period."

By the way, it does look good!

TIm - Oct 27 2003

Don't take no Einstein...

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No, I'm just saying that those things you mentioned are not motive enough to achieve the goal you are looking for much less the higher goal that Jesus set.

You mentioned being an atheist for about 12 years. Well, I would guess that before that you were raised on some sort of absolute, such as the Judeo-Christian ethic. Maybe not a "christian home" but by those kind of guidelines. So was I.

Because of that, we restrain ourselves. Our conciences were trained while we were young.

Problem is today, that's being tossed for moral relativism, which teaches that each person must make up his or her own set of values..."values clarification". If you come along and say that any set of values is right "over and above" any others, you are called a bigot.

My point is that you and I were raised in a way that is bearing a certain amount of good fruit...and even though we are departing from the Judeo-CHristian ethic, we are living off "borrowed capital". As time goes by, you'll see things get far worse than they are already (school shootings, etc.) as the "borrowed capital" is depleted.

I used to work on a University campus up till three years ago. I can tell you, the next generation won't be that way. There are no guidelines (because of moral relativism) that these kids have to follow; they are making up their own. If you tell them that something they are doing is "wrong", they will tell you you have no right to push your values on them.

That is what I was talking about.

The problem is the heart. Jesus pointed this out when he amplified the true meaning of the ten commandments. He said "You've heard it said 'you shall not kill' but I tell you that if you are angry with your brother you are guilty of murder....if you look upon a woman with lust, you have committed adultry." His point was that the HEART is the issue. The corruption of the HEART is what makes us guilty. Murder is a physical act that comes from a heart that hasn't been transformed. The fact that we haven't all killed doesn't change the fact that the "seed" for the act of murder resides in each one of us.

That's why I said what I did about the transforming act of God being the only solution.

Political correctness (no matter how well intended) won't do it, it only effects the outer man, not the heart...and the heart is the problem.

Maybe that makes what I said clearer.

Thanks,

Tim - Oct 26 2003

Don't take no Einstein...

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Yes, I understand that. He was no Christian. The point that he, and many others who are heavily involved in the sciences,makes is that there are "fingerprints" for a *someone* who designed things...others have called it evidence of design.

--TIm - Oct 26 2003

Heavenly Declaration

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...might be a day or two...

Thanks,
Tim - Oct 26 2003

Heavenly Declaration

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Thanks.

I know what you mean. I debated the drop shadow. I might try redoing it with one that is more transparent.

Thanks for the encouragement...

Tim - Oct 26 2003

Heavenly Declaration

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Thanks Reks;

Actually, the line is a portion of Psalms 19:1 and 2; "The heavens declare the Glory of God, the skys proclaim the works of His hands".

When a Christian looks at these things, we don't just see "stuff"; we see the majesty and power of God...and it is all meant to point back to God, the One who made us.

Again, thanks.

Tim - Oct 25 2003

Don't take no Einstein...

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...then you don't understand the motive found in the heart of someone such as a Biblical Christian...and no offense but I'm not surprised...you are confused by all those who are merely "religious"...and I don't care what "label" that religion has. It's not fear of punishment that motivates us, but love for God and those He created.

Educated people kill. Sophisticated people kill. None of the above will give people a right relationship with each other...only being rightly related to God.

Would the factors you mention lead people to *love their enemies*? Are they part of the "social ties" you mentioned? According to Christ, it has nothing to do with social ties. I think that kind of "concern" or "Love" is reserved for "friends", which Christ had little regard for. "Even the heathen do that" He said. In other words, "Big Deal".

If there is no God, then there is no ultimate overriding "right" or "wrong". Why care what society says?...if it's about *Me being happy before I die* then ultimately I make my own rules...and so do you.

If all we have is the here and now, why have any restraints at all? Just take what you want, use whatever means you have to in order to get what you want. Society is just another "artificial construct" that seeks to limit you.

It would all come down to naked brute force...Whoever is most powerful is the one who sets the rules. This is a schoolyard bully mentality...and I know of one school superintendent who has gone along with this mentality.

In order for people to do what they need to do, they need a change from the inside. A spiritual, literal, change of heart only God can give. Political correctness can't do this; it only addresses the external...it's only a list of rules. As long as people believe they have no ultimate purpose save what they invent on their own, the problems will continue.

Selfishness is the root cause of so much trouble...stealing, etcetera. Worship of Self stems from the effort to fill the "God Shaped Vacuum" with something else other than Christ.

James 4:1 and following says, (My paraphrase) "Why do you kill each other? Why do you fight among yourselves" is it not the war that rages in your soul? You want but you don't have...". The bottom line is that God wants us to come to Him.

Until people do that, the problems will continue. Don't "trust me", trust what God has said.

Tim - Oct 25 2003

Come To Me...

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Sure thing!

Tim - Oct 24 2003

Don't take no Einstein...

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..actually, I think I need to make a small correction...He didn't say "I know I had it..." I believe the correct version was something like "I know, but I can't remember where I was going..."

Doesn't make much difference...but I wanted to point that out.

My wife says that this sounds like me...!

I was tempted to use a picture of him sticking his tongue out but figured it'd be overkill...!

Tim - Oct 23 2003

The Heavens Declare...

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Here's a source and the greater context...

"Atheists all over the world have... called upon science as their crown witness against the existence of God. But as they try, with arrogant abuse of scientific reasoning, to render proof there is no God, the simple and enlightening truth is that their arguments boomerang. For one of the most fundamental laws of natural science is that nothing in the physical world ever happens without a cause. There simply cannot be a creation without some kind of Spiritual Creator.

I find it as difficult to understand a scientist who does not acknowledge the presence of a superior rationality behind the existence of the universe as it is to comprehend a theologian who would deny the advances of science."

T. McIver, 1986,
From "Ancient Tales and Space-Age Myths of Creationist Evangelism", The Skeptical Inquirer vol 10:258-276.

Verify my source...if you're willing.

Tim - Oct 23 2003

The Heavens Declare...

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...If you can prove it, do it!

Tim - Oct 23 2003

got purpose?

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I think the following pretty much sums up what I keep seeing out there regarding mutation...

"Mutation can't create the immense amounts of useful information required for creative evolution. Even the exceptional mutations that have beneficial effects (like the human sickle-cell gene) do not involve the creation of new organs or capabilities. The developmental mutations on which you [Kenneth Miller, whom he is debating] rely are no exception. Most are harmful, and the few that are not only explain the loss of a structure, or its replacement by a pre-existing one in the same organism, never the emergence of a new complex organ. Adding natural selection to the mechanism doesn't help, because selective death only preserves what mutation has already created."

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/odyssey/debate/deb08joh1209.html )

The mechanism of obtaining "truth" in science has already been defined by Bacon. Sadly, this mechanism is all but ignored in the name of modern "science". As Lewontin has stated in the New York Review, "...we have a prior commitment to materialism." So, belief in this stuff is maintained regardless of the evidence, not because of it. Again, the whole evolutionary lie started at least as far back as Epicurius in the 3rd century a.d., not because of any discovery, but by preference for a hedonistic lifestyle.

Tim

Tim - Oct 23 2003

got purpose?

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I think the following pretty much sums up what I keep seeing out there regarding mutation...

"Mutation can't create the immense amounts of useful information required for creative evolution. Even the exceptional mutations that have beneficial effects (like the human sickle-cell gene) do not involve the creation of new organs or capabilities. The developmental mutations on which you [Kenneth Miller, whom he is debating] rely are no exception. Most are harmful, and the few that are not only explain the loss of a structure, or its replacement by a pre-existing one in the same organism, never the emergence of a new complex organ. Adding natural selection to the mechanism doesn't help, because selective death only preserves what mutation has already created."

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/odyssey/debate/deb08joh1209.html )

The mechanism of obtaining "truth" in science has already been defined by Bacon. Sadly, this mechanism is all but ignored in the name of modern "science". As Lewontin has stated in the New York Review, "...we have a prior commitment to materialism." So, belief in this stuff is maintained regardless of the evidence, not because of it. Again, the whole evolutionary lie started at least as far back as Epicurius in the 3rd century a.d., not because of any discovery, but by preference for a hedonistic lifestyle.

Tim

Tim - Oct 23 2003