That Portland Oregon picture is only the half of it. That street of Winnebagos and portable homes goes on for *miles*- and that was two *years* ago. How they can possibly police that level of rubbertramping is beyond me. The sad truth is, there is no place to put regular people anymore. Not at these prices. And the American Empire continues to fall.
I love this Sarah, thank you. I'll need to reread it and check out some of your other links too. I get frustrated when I feel like I'm in a minority at my church when it comes to believing in miracles. Yes, at my church! So I will reread this. Thanks again.
Sarah, Wonderful post and beautifully written. What I find interesting about the "decline of Christianity" is that it is phenomenon mostly in Europe. And even there it's possible that it has bottom. In the US, church attendance is up, and Christianity is exploding in Africa, China, the middle East and other parts of the third world. Even Iran and Iraq have growing Christian communities. I am an optimist about the future, for all the reasons you cite. People need spirituality and purpose as much or more than they need reason. You and I and many others are doing our part by showing that the idea of a science/faith conflict is a myth, and I think this is also helping to turn the tide.
"Genesis 1’s alignment with science: Its dozens of testable creation steps, from the universe’s origin to life’s progression, match modern cosmology and biology in precise order—odds of this being chance are incomprehensibly low."
According to AI (Search Assist): The Book of Genesis is traditionally attributed to Moses and is believed to have been composed around 1450–1410 BCE. However, scholarly consensus suggests it was written several centuries later, possibly in the fifth century BCE, after the Babylonian captivity.
Scientifically precise, 1450–1410 BCE, without telescopes, particle colliders, satellites, spacecraft, or Dawkinses. Truly amazing.
I used to teach middle school earth science, including evolution. I've always been intrigued at how much the creation story in Genesis got right. I don't for a moment suggest that anything about the Bible is based on science, or that it should be. But some capable minds were at work, imagining how the universe and the world came into being, and they got the basics mostly right.
p.s. We STILL don't know what caused the 'Big Bang'.
That Portland Oregon picture is only the half of it. That street of Winnebagos and portable homes goes on for *miles*- and that was two *years* ago. How they can possibly police that level of rubbertramping is beyond me. The sad truth is, there is no place to put regular people anymore. Not at these prices. And the American Empire continues to fall.
Thanks for this. Keep on. +1
I love this Sarah, thank you. I'll need to reread it and check out some of your other links too. I get frustrated when I feel like I'm in a minority at my church when it comes to believing in miracles. Yes, at my church! So I will reread this. Thanks again.
Atheists: Spend the better part of a century and a half chipping away at the Christian foundation of the West.
Also Atheists: “we’re bummed that the house is tilting.”
Thanks Sarah. I appreciate your work and have passed it along to a dear member of the parish I serve for his enjoyment.
Sarah, Wonderful post and beautifully written. What I find interesting about the "decline of Christianity" is that it is phenomenon mostly in Europe. And even there it's possible that it has bottom. In the US, church attendance is up, and Christianity is exploding in Africa, China, the middle East and other parts of the third world. Even Iran and Iraq have growing Christian communities. I am an optimist about the future, for all the reasons you cite. People need spirituality and purpose as much or more than they need reason. You and I and many others are doing our part by showing that the idea of a science/faith conflict is a myth, and I think this is also helping to turn the tide.
"Genesis 1’s alignment with science: Its dozens of testable creation steps, from the universe’s origin to life’s progression, match modern cosmology and biology in precise order—odds of this being chance are incomprehensibly low."
According to AI (Search Assist): The Book of Genesis is traditionally attributed to Moses and is believed to have been composed around 1450–1410 BCE. However, scholarly consensus suggests it was written several centuries later, possibly in the fifth century BCE, after the Babylonian captivity.
Scientifically precise, 1450–1410 BCE, without telescopes, particle colliders, satellites, spacecraft, or Dawkinses. Truly amazing.
I used to teach middle school earth science, including evolution. I've always been intrigued at how much the creation story in Genesis got right. I don't for a moment suggest that anything about the Bible is based on science, or that it should be. But some capable minds were at work, imagining how the universe and the world came into being, and they got the basics mostly right.
p.s. We STILL don't know what caused the 'Big Bang'.