Spoonseeking

Three decades I have walked the Earth.  Almost four.  I have known what it is to be loved by good parents, to be alienated and abused by classmates, to be a failure at scholastic pursuits, to be a success at scholastic pursuits, to find a family apart from heredity, to know love with the joys and pains that brings, to be a father of three wonderful children, and to be a master craftsman at my profession.  I have seen the glory of man, and the failure of man. When I was a young child, I gave my life to Christ.  I still remember the event, or at least I think I do.  Evergreen Baptist Church.  Vacation Bible School.  Altar call.  I was moved to move, to walk the path, to commit my life to Christ.  I have never had a burning passion for Christ, but I have held him in my heart.  In college I drifted away, as is the tendency.  When I became serious with my now wife, we agreed to walk the road of life together as a Christian family.  I have done this for the last 15 years. I believe

In reference to:  The New Answers Book 3, Chapter 3 Several assertions are made that are false, and several questionable tactics are used. Abiogenesis and Evolution [Humanists] want a monopoly on the teaching of molecules-to-man evolution in the public school science classroom. ... evolutionism in the sense of the belief aspects of evolution [life arising by natural processes, etc.] ... Embedded in this assertion is that evolution includes the formation of life from non-life.  This is incorrect.   Evolution  is a biological theory that describes how species of life change into other species of life.   Abiogenesis  is the development from life from non-life.  It is fair to characterize abiogenesis in a pre-consensus state.  It is not fair to consider this a shortcoming of evolution as they are distinct. Advocating Evolution as Religious An effort is made to show that "belief" in evolution is religious, and as such, teaching evolution and not creationism repre

Recently an old friend of mine, upon seeing me post about finally finishing The Origin of Species , suggested that I take a look at a video by Ray Comfort, Evolution vs. God .  Reluctantly, I did so.  The video seems to be created by Ray Comfort in an interview-style on the UCLA campus.   He does the following: Interviews Students Led to believe they are mostly students in a science-related discipline All seem to be portrayed as agnostic or atheist Main Interviews PZ Meyers Craig Stanford Gail Kennedy Peter Nonacs Main Interview During the video, Ray repeatedly seems to come back to the question:   Can you give me one example of Darwinian Evolution , where one kind evolves into another kind .   While he doesn’t define kind , he does provide minor clarification that suggest that he thinks kinds are people, cats, fish, or bacteria.   Biologists use, as best as I can tell, 8 classifications for different kinds of animals: Life Domain [proposed classifica