The Message of Truth

1. God given rights are by definition freedom. The U.S. Constitution’s purpose is to protect those rights against people who want to oppress them.
2. Kirk is right about praying and reading Bibles in many schools across America.
3. In America, government property is public property. Churches are private property. I don’t know of any bus stops that have the 10 Commandments posted. If they were, they’d be pulled down right quick Any government property that has the 10 Commandments displayed had them displayed before it was outlawed in our country by the Supreme Court (not the Constitution). Some have been removed since then.
4. Re: Koran in schools--Smokescreen argument.
5. Atheism closes minds to any valid reasoning that threatens it.
6. If you’ll refute what Kirk said of the Origin of the Species, I’ll refute your straw man arguments against Christianity and the Bible.
7. Darwinian Evolution has everything to do with origins of the universe.  When did the evolution of everything begin if not with the "Big Bang"?  How could biological beings evolve without having evolved from the cosmos?  What are biological beings if not a bunch of molecules kept in motion by natural laws?  In a purely material universe, where does cosmology end and biology begin?
8. Just because atheist scientists don’t know where everything came from doesn’t mean they don’t believe it came from nothing. Do you believe in the concept of an infinite regress? Is that logical to you? Because that’s the only choice you have if it didn’t all come from nothing.
9. How is DNA compatible with evolution? Evolution assumes random chance. Everything about DNA defies random chance.
10. Transitional Forms: another smokescreen. TF’s are understood to be those life forms which change from fish to reptile or reptile to bird or amphibian to mammal based on new information in the genetic code, as opposed to genetic adaptations to the environment which does not involve new information in the genetic code. There are no examples of true TF’s in the fossil record.

"'The Christmas sweater is the metaphor for me of the atonement for Christ,' Beck says in the now-nixed [Focus on the Family] interview about the book that he confesses is partially autobiographical." (World Net Daily, 12-27-08)

I've been noticing a lot of chatter lately among Christians and even Christian pastors extolling the inspirational value of Glenn Beck's new book, The Christmas Sweater.  I have not read the book, nor is this blog entry a review of the book.  But I do think a comment is due, particularly to Christians who are tempted to read this book.

In light of the fact that Glenn Beck is a Mormon, is it wise to recommend that Christians read a book that is metaphorical of the life and conversion of a member of a false religion? Glenn Beck's Christ is not the Christ of the Bible, nor was his atonement in any way related to the atonement God offers from His Word. Surely there are inspirational books out there we can recommend for spiritual encouragement that are written by Christians rather than cultists, aren't there?