If Jesus of Nazareth was not the Son of God, he still would not be an ordinary man. Consider:

1. He has over 2 BILLON followers currently.
2. His book, the bible, a book written about Him, has been the number 1 best seller, every year,  for over 600 years.
3. His book was the first book ever printed.
4. All top Universities that have around for more than 250 years, were originally dedicated to the study of Him and his book.
5. The organization, that He founded, has been in existence for over 2000 years. There is no other organization on the face of the earth that can claim that.
6. He is the most famous man that ever lived.
7. No one is supposed to be forced to be a disciple of his.
8. Christianity exists in about 99% of the world.
9. The bible has been translated into every major language, and hundreds of minor ones.
10. The Catholic Church dominated Europe for 1000 years, and ended the Roman Empire not the Germanic barbarians. The Germanic barbarians all ended up becoming Christians.
11. The organization that Jesus started, invented Universities, Hospitals, Modern Libraries, and the Non Prop charity.
12. Many quotations from Jesus are well known, and quoted by people who may not know that Jesus was their source.

During this Christmas season, we need remember what a great gift to the world that Jesus is, and He is the “reason for the season”, and the “true meaning of Christmas”.

You may have read my commentary under “Gay Issues”. I am pleased to inform you that the Breakpoint organization agrees with me!

See http://www.breakpoint.org/2016/12/no-we-cant-agree-to-disagree-on-marriage-rebroadcast/

John Stonestreet points out that we really cannot “agree to disagree” on this issue. He points out, that gay marriage is one of those issues that need to be dealt with by the Christian community as a whole, just like when biblical cannon was identified, and the concept of the trinity upheld by the council of Nicaea. I agree. Gay Marriage is a joke, a redefinition of a long (6000 years?) held view of marriage and an illogical argument. Christians who uphold the concept of gay marriage are just caving into pop culture. It is time to call out these people and inform them that friendship with the world is enmity with Christ.

Life’s Ratchet is a book I read about molecular machines. I have to admit a lot of the book was over my head, but I got a lot out of it. Basically the author (Peter Hoffmann) goes into gory detail about how molecular machines work. These machines work inside of cells, enabling cellular function. The book brought up some interesting points:

1.  The author describes how energy can come from decay (2nd law of thermodynamics) and how this energy could be the “fuel” for evolution. This was the author’s answer to the problem creationists like me have about evolution; that decay does not produce order. He describes in this book how this energy is used to create order. My humble opinion? He does not show how this energy is used by cell function to produce the order we see. He merely explains the existence of the energy and how it “could” have been the energy source for certain functions.
2. The author explains away “irreducible complexity” with an analogy of a car, while being irreducibly complex, it does contain parts that could come from different simpler machines. He says because all the parts could come from simpler machines than a car, like a generator or a wagon, then the car is no longer irreducibly complex. I would argue that all those parts didn’t just fall into a hole and a car drove out. It really all boils down to the reality that these scientists have not even come close to describing the mechanism of evolution, even at its simplest level, these molecular machines. As you drill down, these systems do not become simpler, they become more complex.
3. He also describes an encounter he had with a fellow scientist who accused him of being from Texas, because of a question he asked after listening to the guy’s lecture. The question concerned evolution in molecular machines. According to the fellow scientist, this is the type of question that creationists like me always ask. At first, I felt insulted, like what is wrong with being a creationist from Texas, but then, I realized that these guys really don’t have good answers for questions like this, and they are feeling rather insecure about it. Instead, they  insult anyone who would dare question their belief in evolution! Its the educated man’s way of saying “You’re wrong and ugly too!”