Evolution Zips By In Six Minutes

And how does this exclude God?

Jeanne Assam: Security Guard at New Life Church

Security Guard at New Life Church of Colorado Springs, Colorado who confronted and shot Matthew Murray, the 24 year old shooter. Note in the following report that Assam and other volunteer security guards at the church are trained and licensed. Assam acknowledges God's help and presence, but she is not a vigilante.

Bea Karnes writes:

Assam said that it felt as if it was just she, the gunman and God in the church. "I give the credit to God. I say that very humbly," said Assam. "Because of the fire power he had versus what I had, (it) was God. I did not run away, and I didn't think for even a minute to run away. I just knew that I was given the assignment to end this before it got too much worse....My hands weren't even shaking."

Assam acknowledged that it was loud and scary. She repeated "so loud" three times during the news conference.

Assam is part of a security detail at the church that's licensed, trained and equipped with firearms. They're all church members who worship at one service, while being assigned to provide security at a different service. Assam didn't hesitate to shoot the gunman. "I just knew that I wasn't going to wait for him to do further damage," she said.

A.W. Pink: 'God Governing the Nations'

Comment on "Dance Monkeys Dance"

It took me a few perusals of Ernest Cline's "Dance Monkeys Dance" video to respond...(see my post "Monkeys/Monkees" dated November 23rd, 2007.)

Mr. Cline postulates that human beings are no more than monkeys.

Yet, he states that human beings "are at once the ugliest and most beautiful creatures on the planet." That is, if human beings "would apply themselves."

Cline recognizes that these monkeys (aka human beings) are self-aware; and states what separates them from other animals (other monkeys) is their ability and propensity to HATE...

So, if human beings (aka monkeys) hate, does it not follow that these monkeys (unlike other monkeys) NEED GOD...(for forgiveness)...

Because these monkeys (aka human beings) hate, they are ALONE. They are separated from each other and from the remainder of the creation by their HATRED. This indeed is what separates these monkeys from the other monkeys.

Now, of what value is a made-up GOD?

If monkeys worship made-up gods, perhaps there is a REAL GOD... one who made these particular monkeys in HIS/HER OWN IMAGE... and who was extraordinarily distressed when these monkeys turned to self-hatred and so to other-hatred... just to be like the made-up gods...

No wonder some monkeys (aka human beings) believe that they are only monkeys (aka animals.)

Sinclair's Musings: "... and scientists predict that by 2050 there will be 32.9 scare stories for every person in Britain"

If the frequency of hurricanes has nothing to do with climate change then, as far as I and other lay observers are concerned, it is a pretty random pattern. God may not play dice but as we don't know the factors driving hurricanes let us assume they're random.

Laughing 'God' in White

Terrifying 'God' in Red