“Don’t tell me amino acids can be created by accident. Don’t tell me about “billions and billions” of years for life to arise. Don’t tell me about “countless” stars and planets in the universe. It all doesn’t matter. Using simple concepts of number—exponents—one can expose as false claims that life arose by accident. You cannot seriously expect to get a specified protein of 75 linked amino acids in the history of the universe, except as a product of already existing life, even if you assume that everything in the universe is made up of amino acids and even if you assume that amino acids will freely combine into 75-unit chains.n Period. And there actually is no dispute about this fact.”
― Counting To God: A Personal Journey Through Science to Belief
― Counting To God: A Personal Journey Through Science to Belief
“Think of progressives as a species of religious fundamentalists planning a redemption. Like fundamentalists, they look at the world as fallen – a place corrupted by racism, sexism and class division. But the truly religious understand that we are the source of corruption and that redemption is only possible through the work of a Divinity. In contrast, progressives see themselves as the redeemers, which is why they are so dangerous, because they regard those who oppose them as the eternally damned. Progressives are on a mission to create the kingdom of heaven on earth by redistributing income and using the state to enforce politically correct attitudes and practices in everyone’s life.3”
― The Snapping of the American Mind: Healing a Nation Broken by a Lawless Government and Godless Culture
― The Snapping of the American Mind: Healing a Nation Broken by a Lawless Government and Godless Culture
“Misplaced belief in the Miller-Urey experiment continues. A 2011 study of twenty-two high school textbooks found that nineteen discuss the Miller-Urey experiment as a possible explanation of the origin of life.4 I have met many people who think life began simply because lightning struck some primeval pond billions of years ago. The Disney movie Fantasia contains such a scene, set to the music of Stravinsky’s “Rite of Spring.” Despite this popular perception, the Miller-Urey experiment is no longer considered good science. We”
― Counting To God: A Personal Journey Through Science to Belief
― Counting To God: A Personal Journey Through Science to Belief
“You are My friends if you do what I command you.”
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“recent studies have debunked the oft-repeated assertion that half of all marriages end in divorce. A closer look at the statistics indicates that a majority of marriages actually last a lifetime. Furthermore, surveys show that the vast majority of married people describe themselves as happy, fulfilled, and unwilling to contemplate any other condition of life.1”
― We Cannot Be Silent: Speaking Truth to a Culture Redefining Sex, Marriage, and the Very Meaning of Right and Wrong
― We Cannot Be Silent: Speaking Truth to a Culture Redefining Sex, Marriage, and the Very Meaning of Right and Wrong
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