Well, here it is, my friends.

It all comes down to this: in the most important election in my lifetime (6+ decades), we have a clear, stark, undeniable choice.

One candidate for President of the United States of America would march us forcibly into Big Brother socialism, while the other would at least maintain a semblance of our traditional republic.

One candidate would penalize the engine and very heart of our economy, those entrepreneurs and corporate leaders who create jobs and wealth, by creating law to steal their money and give it to artificially protected classes. The other candidate understands that capitalism, especially as it’s practiced in America, is the only economic system that takes human nature into account.

One candidate would grovel before Islam, begging for a hug, while the other candidate clearly understands that someone who says he will fight on until he cuts your head off or makes you a slave most likely means what he says.

One candidate would eliminate the definition of sovereignty in this nation by opening our borders for free and unfettered entrance to every uneducated, disease-ridden, violence-prone welfare aspirant who sees a chance to leach off America’s prosperity. The other says he has now seen the light.

One candidate would nominate and secure appointment for Supreme Court judges who will make a mockery of the Constitution that governs our nation. The other has pledged to nominate judges who cherish the wisdom and clear thinking of our Founding Fathers.

One candidate equates God-given human life as the equivalent of a cancerous growth: of no value, in the way, and imminently disposable. The other has consistently espoused respect for the sanctity and undeniable right to birth of the life created by God Almighty in His image and likeness.

One candidate would create a vast, bloated, ludicrously inefficient health care bureaucracy in the image of the failed European and Canadian cesspools. The other seems to recognize that only a free market makes sense.

And now we have a choice. Do we pout and sit home whining that our guy didn’t secure the Republican nomination? Or do we recognize the danger, the looming disaster, of either Democrat winning this election?

I know what I’m going to do. I don’t particularly like John McCain, and some of what he has done in the past leaves me cold. But I’m going to knock on every door I can, make every phone call I can, and contribute every dime I can to the cause of getting this man into the White House. The alternative is simply too scary. I don’t think I could live with the knowledge that by being petulant or lazy I handed my grandchildren’s future to those who would drag my beloved country into a Soviet or Chinese-style miasma of failure and despair.

And I’m going to get on my knees and pray.

Posted by Hale Meserow
February 7, 2008

     As a new Christian many years ago, I read this passage from Second Timothy and shuddered. "Sounds awful!"  I mused. "Sure hope I’m not around when the last days come!"

     Lately I’ve begun to wonder whether we’re closer to those days than we ever might have imagined.

     As a basis for this possibility, I’m going to suggest that we get past the "Is there a God?" question and just stipulate that the God of the Bible is indeed alive, large, and in charge. That being the case, the accounts of God’s activity in the Old Testament are also factual. Evidence of this is the account in Genesis of the destruction of the cities of Sodom—a wickedly carnal community from which the favorite degenerate act of male homosexuals is derived—and Gomorrah. The ruins of these cities have been credibly discovered southeast of the Dead Sea. Both cities were destroyed simultaneously by an enormous conflagration. One current theory is that an earthquake caused a vein of underground bitumen to spew onto the cities and become ignited by streaks of lightning. The fact that God foretold their destruction and attributed it to their homosexual abominations cannot be a coincidence.

     Now we have the bombshell news that former Republican and now liberal governor of California, AH-nold, has signed into law two appalling bills generated by the radically liberal legislature in that state. Last year he vetoed them. This year he handed his manhood to the homosexual lobby and put pen to paper.

     These two bills are likely to take homosexual indoctrination in the public schools to an extreme level. For example, new textbooks for elementary-age children will bar the words "Mom" and "Dad" because they’ll be viewed as discriminatory. In addition, the schools may soon have to allow children to use whatever bathroom facilities they choose, depending on which gender identity they happen to feel on the day. History textbooks will be rewritten to glorify homosexuals, trumpeting their positive contributions to society and denigrating those with traditional Judeo-Christian values who have maintained the notion that homosexuality is an abomination to the same God who destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah.

     That’s California. How awful it would be to be a Christian in that once-magnificent state, especially if your job and property are not easily traded for life in a less "enlightened" state of the union.

     But that’s not all, friends. The Congress of the United States of America is debating similar bills at the present time. The Democrats in Congress are sold out to the homosexual lobby, the same way they’re chained by their private parts to the teachers’ union and the abortion profiteers. How long will it be before it becomes illegal in this nation for a pastor to stand at the pulpit on a Sunday morning and read from Leviticus 18:22—"You shall not lie with a male as with a woman; it is an abomination"—and be subjected to arrest, crippling fines, and even imprisonment?

     We know that all things, every detail, are sifted through the Lord’s holy fingers before they take place on this planet. Perhaps we’re seeing the growing onslaught of filth, truth turned upside down, and abomination because God is growing weary of the wickedness of this once-great nation which He initially blessed and is now arrogantly spitting in His face. If that’s the case, all we can do is pray for His mercy. After all, He does say in Exodus 34:6-7 "The Lord, the Lord, a God merciful and gracious, slow to anger and abounding in steadfast love and faithfulness…forgiving iniquity…"

     But it’s also possible that God is allowing this cancerous destruction of American society because He’s sending a wake-up call. If that’s the case, what are we doing, conservatives? Are we staying in touch with the issues of the day? Are we phoning and e-mailing our Congresspersons to express our opinion and urge them to vote our way? Are we supporting good solid conservative candidates (forget Pawlenty and Coleman; I’m talking about real Republicans) with our treasure? The homosexuals and abortionists and other liberal special interest groups are certainly in their lackey’s ears. Can we do any less if we hope to turn the tide of sewerage they’re churning out in Congress these days?

Posted by Hale Meserow

October 18, 2007

     To quote from my earlier blog posting, "The Incredibly Dangerous Left,"—

     Such a moment occurred yesterday at Columbia University when Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad was invited to speak.  Having blithely announced the booking and then suffering the firestorm of outraged indignity from conservatives—and more importantly, from alumni, many of whom no doubt threatened to cut off future contributions unless he "made it right"—Columbia University President Lee Bollinger ‘introduced’ Ahmanutjob with a withering thirty-minute series of probing questions and accusations.

     Tellingly, Bollinger challenged the Iranian Hitler-wannabe to explain why Iran is a state sponsor of the ruthless terrorist organization Hamas, which is responsible for thousands of horrific deaths and mutilations of Americans, Iranians, Iraqis, Lebanese, and Israelis.  He demanded to know why Iran is supplying Shiite insurgents with materials to make advanced and terribly lethal IED’s, or improvised explosive devices, which rip American soldiers limb from limb on a daily basis in Iraq.  Bollinger pointed the finger at Iran’s documented sponsorship of terror throughout the Islamic world and insisted upon a justification for such atrocities.  Oh, he was in fine form, our President Bollinger.  On this, his world stage opportunity, he put the indefensible Iranian madman clearly on the spot.

     Naturally, Ahmanutjob responded with indignity.  My, my, how dare you Americans make such unpolite statements about the peace-loving people of Iran! and blah, blah, blah.  So what else is new?

     What’s sooooooo interesting, however, is not the Iranian psychopath’s responses.  His rambling, almost incoherent drivel was boringly expected.  The really revealing moment was Bollinger’s accusations and statements of fact prior to the Iranian’s address.  One is led to scratch one’s head and ask "Wait a minute, Lee…didn’t I hear John Edwards say ‘The war on terror is just a bumper sticker’?  Didn’t Senator Dick ‘Turban’ Durbin compare American soldiers to Nazis in their zeal to murder innocent Islamic soldiers and civilians?  Didn’t Senator John Kerry accuse American soldiers of raiding Iraqi homes at night and killing innocent women and children?  Didn’t Senator Harry Reid say ‘There was no Al-Queda in Iraq before we invaded the country.’?  Hasn’t moveon.org labeled President Bush the world’s leading terrorist?

     If all this is true, how in the world can Ahmawhackjob be a bad guy?

     Here is the naked truth, dear friends: Lee Bollinger, in a moment of enforced candor, revealed that the left’s opposition to the war on Islamofascism is nothing but pure, unmitigated, disingenuous, corrupt, treasonous, hypocritical, power-seeking lies.  If he can stand there and state the clear, documented, and obvious truth, i.e. that Islamofascism is the enemy (not President Bush) and Iran is the leading character in that gang of bloodthirsty, hateful, power-hungry 13^th-century savages, he is saying what conservatives have been asserting for years.  What Bollinger blurted is the basis for America’s reasoned response to Islamofascist terror.

     Bollinger told the truth.  He was forced to put down the mask of deception and state the obvious.

     In so doing, he dismantled the entire rationale for the left’s opposition to President Bush and the American presence in Iraq.  In a moment of compulsory honesty, he showed the left to have no clothes whatsoever.

     How precious, how sweet, are these moments.  We must savor them for the gems that they are.

    The much-respected Pew Research Center has conducted political satisfaction polls since 1987. Their margin of error is normally less than 3%. It’s like the old E.F. Hutton ad: "When Pew speaks, people listen."

    The latest Pew poll is very bad news for the Republican Party. The country in general, and independents in particular—and this is significant because independents swing elections—think that the GOP is wrong in its thinking and faulty in its leadership. For example, in 2002 the country was evenly divided politically: 43% voted or leaned Republican and 43% voted or leaned Democrat. Today that has changed to 35% Republican and 50% Democrat. In the 2004 elections, independents split their votes evenly between Bush and Kerry; in 2006, they voted Democrat by 57% to 39% Republican.

    What’s going on here? Why the shift in independents toward the Democrats?

    The answer is that it is not the facts which are at issue here but the public’s perception of the facts. The old saying, "perception is reality," absolutely applies in America today. Why is that, in some cases despite the facts (such as a robust and healthy economy due to President Bush’s tax cuts)? Four reasons:

2.     Absolute ruthlessness on the part of the Democrat leadership. Liberals have two rules: (a) Get into power, and (b) Stay there. In their minds, there are no boundaries which cannot be crossed in pursuit of these goals. Downright lies, slander, libel, innuendo, welfare cheating, vote fraud, treason against the Constitution, and jeopardizing America’s security are all readily employed by liberal leadership, both in and out of Congress, if they deem it useful toward the Almighty and Only Goal, power.
1.     Republicans (not RINO’s, or "Republican in Name Only) are motivated by bedrock principles, whereas Democrats have only one. For example, most Republicans believe in the God of the Bible while Democrats are either atheists or lie that they are religious in order to win votes. Most Republicans believe in secure borders and want a real fence on our southwest border; Democrats are aborting their own babies so they encourage open borders in the hopes of recruiting future Democrat voters. Most Republicans believe in personal charity, especially if it fosters growth (such as job training); Democrats profess to "love the poor" but have an abysmal personal record of charitable giving as their tax returns attest. Republicans respect some personal restraints in the name of dignity and propriety while Democrats continually manufacture false "crises" in order to keep the sheeple in a nervous state so they, the Dems, can appear to be wise and fatherly. Republicans believe (perhaps naively) in fair play; Democrats find sham reasons to smear opponents and destroy their careers. The sole principle in which Democrats believe, which is anathema to Republicans, is "Government solves all problems and therefore must be large, ever-growing, and in total control of taxation."
1.     Almost total bias by Hollywood and the mainstream media against conservatives. The MSM will give a liberal a pass every time. They lob softballs that liberal politicians knock out of the park, not questioning the validity of the answers, and they fail to ask any sort of penetrating question that might embarrass the Dem. If possible, they ignore positive news that might reflect favorably upon a conservative, especially President Bush (whom they hate viscerally and irrationally because of his conservative values, professed faith in the God of the Bible, and aversion to high taxes) and play up ad nauseum any "news" that puts a GOP leader in an unflattering position.
1.     Abysmal political incompetence by the GOP. Republican spokespersons, from President Bush on down, almost inevitably swoon in a dead faint when a liberal spews out venom that is either twisted or untruthful or both. They’re like little kids on the playground when the bully swaggers in, running to find a place to hide. Bush is only now beginning to use the bully pulpit when the game is in the bottom of the ninth inning with two outs and no one on base.

    As a result of this constant barrage of hatred against conservatives and traditional American values, the liberal base is encouraged and made even more maniacal. The conservative base is nervous and upset. The independent pool of voters is largely swayed, showing increasing distaste for anything Republican. What else would one expect? The sole source of truth, fact, rationality, and reasonableness is talk radio (with Fox News contributing somewhat). When the public is barraged day after day with bad news, sad news, and mad news, all of it pro-Democrat and anti-Republican, naturally poll numbers will begin to pile up in favor of liberals.

    If the GOP doesn’t do something about this dismal situation fast, Hillary will be President and both houses of Congress will be solidly liberal. Nothing could be more of a disaster for America. After eight years of Billary and the Dems, we will not recognize the America of today. It will be largely socialist, stripped of protection for anyone who disagrees with liberals, Muslims, and homosexuals, and among the highest taxed nations in the world. Little will distinguish us from the failing countries of Europe.

    So what’s to be done? How can this tide of sludge be reversed, cleaned up, and made favorable for conservatives (and therefore America)? Seven strategies:

2.     Stand for something! Quit trying to woo the middle by edging to the left. As Sean Hannity correctly points out, when voters have a choice between a Democrat and a pseudo-Democrat, why vote for the fake? Republicans, take heed: a majority of Americans still want conservative values to form our ethics and morality, shape our laws, and influence our conduct. For example, poll after poll (the ones which escape the media news strangulation machine, at any rate) demonstrate clearly that more and more Americans are wise to the medical facts about abortion and know it to be the murder of a human being. The Pew Poll quoted above shows that 76% of Americans favor ‘old-fashioned values about family and marriage’ (sic). When a Republican stands up and says, in effect, "I am not wishy-washy; I do not have a wet finger in the air to gage today’s voter sentiment; I stand firmly upon demonstrated faith in God and allegiance to the Constitution (the Founding Fathers document, not the liberal ‘dynamic and changing guideline’ variety) as the foundations of my political philosophy", half the voting public is going to rally toward that kind of honesty and integrity. After all, that’s what we want in our leaders. Democrats cannot offer even one presidential candidate who can claim core values that reflect our American traditions. Not one.
1.     Fight back, dammit! Quit trying to play the nice guy. When a Democrat tells a lie, call a press conference and lay out the facts. Then call the Dem to explain himself. If he or she responds by playing the typical liberal game of ignoring the facts, attempting to spin the facts, or attacking the fact-bringer, expose them for what they’re doing. Don’t let them continually frame the issues so that they automatically win. Anticipate the Democrat tactic of blowing up every unfavorable incident (e.g. Congressman Mark Foley’s misbehavior, legal wiretapping, and the quite-Constitutional firing of nine U.S. Attorneys) and prepare to do battle when they and their sleazy pals in the mainstream media try to make these molehills into mountains. Fight back! Stop this nonsense of ‘reaching out across the aisle’ when the consistently result is the loss of your hand at the wrist. Republican leadership, hear this: we conservative voters are sick, sick, sick of watching you roll over and play dead every time a Democrat tells a lie and attempts to stir up a dust cloud of discontent. Perhaps that’s a big part of the growing popularity of Fred Thompson. He is who he is, he stands for conservative American principles and values, and he smacks the Dems in the mouth (with consummate homespun humor) when they try to pull their shenanigans. We can see him using the bully pulpit to righteously lambaste the Ted Kennedys and Pat Leahys and Harry Reids and ‘Reverend’ Jacksons of the world, and we delight in the vision.
1.     Anticipate the liberal hot issues and develop counter-strategies of your own. The Pew Poll referenced above demonstrated that 73% of Americans agree with the sentiment that ‘the rich get richer and the poor get poorer.’ Moreover, it showed that 48% of Americans believe our nation is divided between ‘haves’ and ‘have nots.’ What utter nonsense! These figures are a dramatic representation of the chilling effect of the class warfare, political correctness, and welfare mentality that the liberals have been foisting upon this great nation ever since FDR. It amounts to a national mental illness. Hey, Republican leadership: tell the truth! Trumpet the truth, and take great pride in it. America is besieged by would-be immigrants from everywhere on the planet because this is the greatest nation in the world! Look around you: we’re richer, healthier, generally happier, and better off than anyone else. You don’t need to apologize for it! And you surely don’t need to accept the liberal bushwah that says it’s wrong. Our prosperity has been increasing for decades, and the stark difference between American economic success and liberal failure is becoming more pronounced every year. Why? Because it’s the capitalist economy, stupid! (to paraphrase a sick Clinton-era mantra). When the liberal bureaucracy manages to stay out of the way, Americans make tons of money and live high off the hog. In so doing, we create millions of jobs so others can start up the ladder and live well in the climb. We make profits, thank God! And we’re very, very generous. Our largesse enables us to feed starving millions of foreigners, rush volunteers and supplies to weather-damaged areas of the world, and fund international aid programs. Why is all that a crime, or something that should cause us to hang our heads? For Pete’s sake, Republican leadership, celebrate the opportunity in America, and don’t let the liberals frame it as "those nasty, rich, selfish, tax-dodging Republicans want you to starve to death!"
1.     Lead, don’t react. This should be easy. Democrats have no solutions; they only complain. The last time a Republican attempted to demonstrate real leadership was when Newt Gingrich lead the "Contract with America" in 1994. That was a stated set of principles and a concomitant program of initiatives to lead America to a solid, stable, prosperous future. Here’s a free tip for the Republican who really wants to win the Presidency: do what Newt did. Draw up a set of principles, match them with aggressive (Americans love a challenge), forward-thinking, high-potential programs, and tell the world you’re the man to make it happen.

 
    Build the fence.  Do I really need to belabor this one?  Of course we need secure borders!

1.     Get real with foreign policy. Iraq was a justifiable exercise. Saddam Hussein had created a highly unstable and dangerous situation in the heart of oil country. It reached a crisis point when he refused U.N. inspections, thus virtually guaranteeing that he had WMD’s and was willing to use them. The initial effort was commendable: "Shock and Awe" blew the raggedy pants off the insurgents and caused them to run screaming into the hills. But boy, did we piddle around from there! Again, it’s like the schoolyard bully: you don’t tap him with a feather, you pick up a baseball bat and hit him so hard that he loses teeth and remembers you for the rest of his life. So what’s the lesson for dealing with other tinpots, e.g. this insane character in Iran? Smack him in the mouth. Use tactical nukes in strategic places and blow away his capability to respond. When the world (which is almost 100% liberal anyway and thus opposed to U.S. success) screams in horror, tell them to shut up their faces. Remind them of two important facts: they’re not doing so hot themselves, and we don’t mess around with our enemies. That’s why America is the consistent winner and they’re scrambling for crumbs. (Note: our only competition in this regard is other capitalist economies, such as China and other Asian nations. Bless their hearts! Competition is the lifeblood of progress.)
1.     Get out of the U.N. Oh, where to start! Anyone with any common sense and basic reading skills knows that the United Nations has descended from noble ideals into a cesspool of corruption, anti-American venom, and veneration of socialist or totalitarian dictators. So pull the plug. Announce that in one year’s time, the United States of America will cease its membership in this useless collection of arrogant fools and will instead spearhead the formation of the Organization of Democratic States. In this new organization, member states will pledge to honor basic principles of democracy, monitor each other’s elections, and favor trade with one another. Give the U.N. the one year to vacate the New York facilities and go back to Swaziland or Disgustistan or wherever they originated.

    These are only seven means by which Republicans can recapture the American voter’s attention and bring them back to their senses. There are many more. Our conservative politicians should be making a list now. Isn’t that why we call you "leaders"?

Posted by Hale Meserow
August 28, 2007 

    Why do they do this? The ostensible answer is "to save lives."  But I suspect that a large part of their motivation is the same sin that drove the original builders of Babel: we will create, and be equal with God!

    Can you picture how God views this? Try to imagine your perfectly healthy boy or girl being taken to a lab, where vital organs are removed by arrogant scientists and various animal parts are inserted into your precious child.  Would you put up with that?  Do we really expect God, the Creator of the universe who holds all existence in the palm of His hand, to put up with it?  Will He view this assault upon His image-bearers with continued patience, or will His righteous wrath soon be delivered upon us?  What form will it take?  Will He send fire, as He did to the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah when their blatant homosexuality and carnal lust became too disgusting for Him? 

    I fear that the Lord will not tolerate such egregious human arrogance much longer.  The Book of Revelation predicts its coming.  The wrath of God will not be restrained.  He will destroy the earth, plain and simple.  The breathtaking haughtiness of mankind, most likely inspired and encouraged by satanic forces, will be our own undoing.

    But my friends, there is a safety net.  There is an escape.  Those who have repented of their sinful hearts against God and His Anointed, Jesus Christ, will be spared.  Moreover, they will enjoy an eternity of glory with God in the newly rebuilt earth, where there will be no tears.  If you have not accepted the free gift of salvation that Jesus so longs to give you because of His infinite love for you, please send me an e-mail: halewriter@comcast.net.  I long to help you to escape the conflagration of God's wrath.

Posted by Hale Meserow

                  The heavens declare the glory of God, 
                  and the sky above declares his handiwork. (Psalm 19:1)

                 When I look at your heavens, the work of your fingers,
                 the moon and the stars, which you have set in place,
                 what is man that you are mindful of him, 
                 and the son of man that you care for him? (Psalm 8:3-4)

    "Yeah, right," says the evolutionist with a sneer.  "This 'God' thing is so much nonsense!"

    Oh, really?  Well, perhaps that evolutionist, whom we'll call Darwin, would care to debate the existence of God.  And if he did, I presume he would agree that only physical evidence should determine the truth or falsehood of the statements made or implied in the psalms quoted above.  No reference to faith or things unseen will be made.  However, he is obliged to accept the truth and relevance of physical evidence that is presented.  Fair enough, Darwin?

    So let's examine the physical evidence regarding the earth and the "heavens" (celestial bodies) with the stipulation that he who presents the best or most abundant evidence wins the debate.  

    Representing the Bible and what it says about the existence of God, I present the following:

    1.  If the earth was 5% closer to Sol, our sun, all water in the atmosphere would be burned off.  Other gases would remain, but water vapor would disappear.  Hence no life on earth.

    2.  If the earth was 20% further from Sol, there would be insufficient heat in the atmosphere to keep water vapor from migrating to the poles and freezing, a la Mars.

    3.  If the earth was 12% smaller, there would not be enough iron in the core to move about and create the magnetic field which surrounds the earth, protecting it from Sol's powerful solar (radiation) winds.  Thus the earth's atmosphere would be stripped away and blown into space.

    4.  If the moon was not one-fourth the size of earth and placed just where it is relative to earth, its gravity would not be able to maintain the earth's tilt at twenty-three degrees, twenty-seven minutes.  Thus there would be an uninhabitable zone at the equator, narrow temperate zones a few degrees either side of the equator, and solid ice on the rest of the planet.  Similarly, the moon's size and placement allow its gravity to move the tides around the earth, thus continually refreshing the seas and coasts with nutrients.  A smaller moon couldn't do that, and a larger moon at the same distance would collide with the earth due to gravitational forces. 

    5.  If "something" (God, Darwin?) had not set the earth to rotating, there would be perpetual frozen night on one side and perpetual scorching day on the other.  Again, only a narrow band, this time vertically, would support life.  Similarly, if the earth's rotation was not its exact speed, i.e. once per 24 hours, plant and animal life would be lessened or eliminated due to insufficient or too much sunlight.

    6.  If Sol varied more than 3% in size and intensity, it would be too hot or too cold to support life on earth.

    7.  The earth's crust is between five and twenty miles thick.  If it were significantly less, it would not support land masses since they would continually be blown apart by volcanic forces.  If it were significantly more, it would not allow the tectonic plates to move, thus creating continual rebirth (over millenia) of the land masses.

    8.  Four forces determine the existence and state of matter--gravity, electromagnetism, a strong nuclear force, and a weak nuclear force.  All four exist in precise balance with one another.  If any force is "tweaked" more than one-half of one percent, it has enormous consequences for the other three and completely eliminates all possibility of the existence or life-supporting state of matter.

    9.  The earth is situated approximately half-way out from the center of the Milky Way galaxy.  If it were closer, it would be subject to the dangerous novas (exploding stars) and radiation from giant stars that prevent any possibility of life.  If it were farther out, it would not have sufficient heavy metals to constitute matter.

    10.  The earth is situated in between two of the spiral arms of the Milky Way galaxy.  Again, this offers protection from dangerous galactic bodies.

    11.  The earth's moon is 400 times smaller than Sol.  It is also 400 times further from Sol than its distance from earth.  If this were not the case, there could be no total eclipse, where the moon appears to blot out the sun and only the chromosphere, or atmosphere closest to the surface of Sol, could be studied.  Thus Einstein's theory of relativity could not be tested and proven.

    12.  Points 9, 10, and 11 above also demonstrate a truly jaw-dropping fact: the size and location of our moon, combined with the earth's placement in the galaxy, create exactly the best conditions for observing the heavens.  There is little cosmic dust and an open view of the skies from the earth.  Moreover, of the seven bodies in our solar system which have atmospheres, only earth's has little carbon dioxide and an abundance of oxygen and nitrogen, thus creating a clear, unobstructed view of the heavens.

    Now, Darwin, let's assign a value of 1 - 10 to each of these variables, plus a few more essential facts that I haven't explored.  Upon examination, it turns out that each of the variables needs a ten in order to allow life; anything less is like a zero.  Thus ten times ten times ten times ten, for twenty-two iterations necessary to produce the precise conditions we enjoy, yields a probability for intelligent design of 1,000,000,000,000,000 to one.

    Statistically, that means you lose, Darwin.  The crushing weight of evidence just buries you.  Your theory that denies the existence of God is just so much hot air generated by your gaxaxy-sized ego.

    There is indeed a God.  He did indeed create the heavens and the earth, just as He tells us in the first verse of the Bible.  He made it such that we can live, and such that we can clearly see His glory in our planet and in the heavens.

    So that debate is over.  Now another question arises: why would the God who has the power to create all this and hold it together give a hoot about mankind?  The answer is given to us just a few verses later, in Genesis 1:26.  God the Father says to Jesus Christ the Son and to the Holy Spirit, "Let us create man in our image, after our likeness."  Now, this does not mean that God has arms and legs and eyes and skin cells.  Rather, it means that mankind bears the spiritual likeness, or the essence if you will, of the Spirit of God.  That is why we are so important, so precious to Him.  That's also why He gave us a pleasant environment in which to live and a clear view of the magnificence of His creation.

    It's enough to make you want to fall on your face and worship with mind-numbing awe and reverence.  And so we should.

Posted by Hale Meserow
May 3, 2007