Newton

Since yesterday's post, I have been thinking over the Isaac Newton story on wikipedia. I'd like
to take just one more day to comment on Isaac Newton. The tough part is trying to condense
comments to something coherent that I can post in an hour or so every morning, and still remain generally on topic. This is a blog about Jesus. It's just that one of the hot topics today
happens to be the creation debate. It's not like me to shy away from a little bit of controversy. You see, I can go after the origins issue with no regard, because I don't have any skin in the game. I don't have an academic credential to protect. So I don't have to be bothered with a scientific reputation. For those of you who do, however, have a credential to protect, I would suggest you remain cautious about the subject of origins IF you want to maintain professional standing. That's the way it is today.


Over the years I spent some time researching topics related to origins. Probably too much time. But it is a fascinating area of study. One of the first things I found was the wide range of opinion among the scientific community. From the main stream media, you would think that there is a single scientific opinion on the subject of origins. That's not what I found. What I found was that over the years, the scientific community tends to wander all over the board. There isn't a fixed opinion that has held since 1865 or whenever Darwin published Origin of Species.


Looking over the wikipedia story on Newton I can't help but notice the inference that he suffered a mental disorder of some kind, as the wiki story goes, related to mercury exposure. That implies he was as mad as a hatter. Interesting. The man did more original creative work on a good day than most people do in an entire lifetime and he was mad. You can still look at his work. Almost any university library will have a collection of his most famous Principia and Optics volumes. The man was
prodigious. And he wrote more on theological topics than physics.


Poor Isaac. He suffered from a G-d delusion.


Oh, I see. Since he was a theist or deist, he had to have a mental condition. Yeah, that's the ticket. They never give an inch once the secular delusion takes hold. Whenever I read stuff like that, I tend to think of the 'Who's on first?' routine by Abbott and Costello .


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Who


What, if anything does Jesus have to say on the topic of origins?


Mk 10:6 But from the beginning of the creation,
`G-d made them male and female.


Jesus quotes the book of Genesis.


There are, I believe, reasons why the staunch position on origins, in spite of the fact that it will always be the realm of faith rather than science. In addition to the passage from Romans 1, there is another passage that draws my attention. It's a controversial passage from the letter to the Thessalonians. It's interpreted by some to refer to the future event known as the rapture of the church. I have not taken alot of time to study this particular issue and passage. In-house, there is endless debate about pre-trib, mid-trib and post-trib raptures. I really can't say for sure which is the more accurate. I think that the pre-trib viewpoint is currently the more popular. What they call the 'rapture' is called 'the day of Christ' in this passage. That's the return of Jesus to earth.


II Th 2:1 Now we beg you, brothers, concerning
the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, and our
gathering together to him,


2 to the end that you won`t be quickly shaken in
your mind, nor yet be troubled, either by
spirit, or by word, or by letter as from us,
saying that the day of Christ had come.


But within this passage is an unusual statement.


II Th 2:11 Because of this, G-d sends them a
working of error, that they should believe a
lie;


12 that they all might be judged who didn`t
believe the truth, but had pleasure in
unrighteousness.


The King James says it this way:


11 And for this cause G-d shall send them strong
delusion, that they should believe a lie:


So, there is a reason that people believe what doesn't make much sense. G-d will send them strong delusion, because they don't believe the truth. It's a good explanation. In fact,whether you believe that G-d is involved or not,there is a human tendency to be fooled by things that we WANT to believe. This is central to all con-games. If people did not have a tendency to want to believe things that are false, then they would never be taken in by con-artists. Sad,but true.


Some con-artists even carry Bibles.


Mt 7:15 Beware of false prophets, which come to
you in sheep's clothing, but inwardly they are
ravening wolves.


Mt 24:24 For there will come up false Christs,
and false prophets, who will do great signs and
wonders; so that if possible even the saints
might be tricked.


II Cor 11:14 And it is no wonder; for even Satan
himself is able to take the form of an angel of
light.


II Pet 2:1 But there were false prophets among
the people, as there will be false teachers
among you, who will secretly put forward wrong
teachings for your destruction, even turning
away from the Lord who gave himself for them;
whose destruction will come quickly, and they
themselves will be the cause of it.


It comes down to one thing really -- trust
Jesus. On the Jesus Bus, I hope to be able to show that Jesus is the one we want to put our faith in, not Darwin or anyone else. Jesus is
the one who died in our place to redeem us from the penalty of sin, so that we might
have access to eternal life and fellowship with
G-d. It doesn't matter how many PhD's a person
might have, or any other achievement they may
brag about. There is only one Jesus, the savior
of my soul. Trust him.