Then it came to me ....Oliver North.
Over 25 years ago, he was summoned to testify before televised hearings of a joint Congressional committee that was formed to investigate the current scandal. The televised trials were very extensive, unlike what we see today.
I view both Oliver North and the 'Science Guy' as intelligent and good speakers. The difference is, one believes in God and the other doesn't. That gives one access to something the other one does not value ...the wisdom that comes from God.
The 'Science Guy' tried to present discovery as an instinct inbred in us through our evolutionary advancement. I think he mentioned that he had a dog ...as I recall him implying that dogs have the inbred attribute of being discoverers. I laughed to myself, imagining a possible new show entitled, 'Dog Discoverers' ...where they would dig up old bones that they themselves had buried, hopefully in the correct strata layer, so as not to confuse the evolutionists.
To be honest, I don't have a problem looking at animals as discoverers ...as God created all the animals, each with traits, many of which we could learn from their stellar examples of character.
Actually, I was taking care of some sheep for some friends of mine who'd went on vacation. It was during the time where the ram was allowed with the ewes ...for obvious purposes. The ram would charge at me, seemingly seeing me as a threat to the arena that he was attempting to gain dominance in. But, after he saw I was not going to interfere, the ram would calmly look at me with a look that seemed almost like gratefulness. But, then again, I could be wrong ...maybe I was the one who was grateful, for not getting rammed.
Well, to make a short story long ...being with that ram among all those 'ewes', I realized something about some of 'yous'.
I saw order, whether civilized or not. And I saw behaviors between males & females, and though they acted as they were ...animals, their behavior was acceptable among their kind.
I think it is safe to say that people are different ...and behaving like animals is not acceptable. God has given people standards ...and we group some of the behaviors, calling them moral behavior. With evolution, there is no standard of morality ...other than that which is decided upon by a society or culture for a particular period of time. And those times vary according to the stage we claim those people have advanced to. Survival is the measure of the past, and ultimately for the future. So, by evolutionary standards, can we judge cannibalism as wrong? Or any other behavior, for that matter??
It's not right to ram religion down someone's throat ...but it's not fair to have the wool pulled over your eyes either. There are wolves in sheep's clothing ...and I'd much rather be sheared of a comfortable coat, than to be sheer wrong and unable to look forward to a new coat.
What other revelation do we seek? From the Book of Revelation: "After this I looked, and behold, a great multitude that no one could number, from every nation, from all tribes and peoples and languages, standing before the throne and before the Lamb, clothed in white robes ..."
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