Monday, May 4, 2009

Muhammad - Legacy of a Prophet

This is a video of a documentary of Muhammad the Prophet. This is pro-Muhammad video. One day I will do a more full post about the other side. Just a few comments for now.





There is one questions that come up for me (I'll give one for now).
Muhammad's theophany does not match the Judaeo-Christian examples.
He could not breathe and was terrified. In the Bible, God always told the people He met with not to be afraid. Why didn't the thing Muhammad's experienced matched people like Moses' and Isaiah's experiences?

Sunday, May 3, 2009

Atheism is Dead: From Zeitgeist to Poltergeist, Part 5 of 13



This post is the fifth in Mariano's series of articles discussing Hitler's relationship to Christianity and Atheism. Check it out!

Atheism is Dead: From Zeitgeist to Poltergeist, Part 5 of 13

S.M. Lockridge's Famous Message - "That's My King"


Dr. Shadrach Meshach Lockridge was a minister of the Gospel for years. He was born March 7, 1913 and died April 4, 2000. He was an evangelist and a pastor. Please read more about him on Wikipedia. He preach a famous message called "That's My King" in Detroit, MI in 1976. In this message explain who Jesus is. It's awesome. If you have not heard it there have been several videos made out of it on YouTube. Here is a playlist containing my favorite versions!



Hamas' Rhetoric


This video is scary? Do members of Hamas really believe that Jews control the world. Judaism has the Torah at its basis. I don't agree with everything the modern nation of Israel does, but you can't blame all Jews or think that they are trying to take over the world. Extreme Muslims tell us that they are trying to take over the world and force everyone to worship Allah their way or die.



Saturday, May 2, 2009

Couple of Videos Taken April 29, 2009

April 29, 2009 was a big day. My son, Matthias, was born. Literally a few minutes after he was stabilized and pronounced healthy, my in-laws brought my daughter Makayla in to the room to see us. Always happy to be the center of attention, Makayla did a song a dance right in the labor and delivery room.





Here is our boy at 10 pounds and 4 ounces just as he had been weighted...counted...and found perfect! Matthias lives up to the meaning of his name: "Gift of God".



Matthias - First Few Hours!

Mathias' first few hours.

Makayla - 04-25-09

This is a couple of pictures of what Makayla was doing during the time a friend's bridal shower was going on. I took her to the park.


A Documentary about Islam


This is a well made video showing Muslims following the violence prescribed in the Koran along with the verses demanding such behavior!



Fitna - Documentary about Islam - Watch more Funny Videos

Friday, May 1, 2009

Atheism is Dead: From Zeitgeist to Poltergeist, Part 4 of 13



This post is the fourth in Mariano's series of articles discussing Hitler's relationship to Christianity and Atheism. Check it out!

Atheism is Dead: From Zeitgeist to Poltergeist, Part 4 of 13

Condoleeza Rice Sets the Record Straight

Towards the end of the Bush Administration I had not heard much from Condolezza Rice in general or about the allegations of torture in particular. Yesterday a student, named Reyna Garcia, uploaded a video of YouTube she recorded of Condolezza Rice making an appearance as a guest speaker at Stanford. She answers a question posed by another student challenging the Bush Adminstration concerning torture. Here is the video.






Ms Reyna Garcia was also interviewed concerning the video. Here is what she had to say.





I think Rice took the question very personally. As if the student cursed her to her face. "Defensive" is an understatement. I can see why the Bush Administration seemed to keep her underwraps to keep her from being labeled as an "angry black woman". I'm not sure if I agree with her conclusions. I mean it seemed like to me what she said was "Well that depends on what torture means. No law or treaty was broken." She was not willing to call "water-boarding" torture, but I would. I think more human, but just as effective would be making them watching bad television and movies. Something like the the live-action Street Fighter films.

William Lane Craig vs. James Robert Brown MP3 Audio - Does God Exist? - Apologetics 315


I have found another great debate between William Lane Craig and James Robert Brown over at Apologetics 315!
William Lane Craig vs. James Robert Brown MP3 Audio - Does God Exist? - Apologetics 315

Thursday, April 30, 2009

Heroes Webisodes "Nowhere Man" Part 2 of 4



The latest Heroes webisode series, Nowhere Man" just started. Here is part 2 called "Statement of Character". The series follows the character Doyle whom has the power to make anyone do what he wants. He attempts to go straight after already been shown to be a villain. Lots of luck there.



Wednesday, April 29, 2009

Obama the Christ? Naah!


On Wednesday, 29 April 2009, there was scheduled to be an unveiling of a painting depicting Barack Hussein Obama as the Christ Messiah.
The painting audaciously entitled, “The Truth” done by artist Michael D’Antuono is a 30” x 54” acrylic painting with Obama appearing much like Jesus Christ did on the Cross of Calvary.

Fortunately, this farce has been avoided. The artist had decided to stop the public unveiling of the painting under the pressure of public outcry. It's part of a trend dubbed as "Obama Worship". I have never heard of an American President getting this type of honor or reverence ever before. It kind of scares me. There is only one Messiah...one Christ. It's not Barack Obama. I'd like to see President Obama weigh in and say something about this trend. Unless of course he is comfortable with being viewed this way. I hope he isn't. You can read a great article called
Obama Worship Goes Into Overdrive as 100-Day Mark Approaches.

Islam: Scientific Miracles in the Koran

I came across the following video that alleges that the Koran must be the word of God because it contains knowledge and facts that have only been confirmed relatively recently by science. The video is top notch. I even agree with the science explained in the video. I know of nothing that proves any of that wrong. This same argument has been used to substantiate the Bible. I will attempt to demonstrate in this post that the Bible has a better claim to this line of argumentation because it predates the Koran by about 500 years. I will concede the following points:

1. The Koran was revealed 1400 years ago
2. Although it may be argued that the scientific interpretation that was imposed on the Koran is by hindsight, we'll accept that with the stipulation that argument is off-limits against the Bible.

Here is the video.





Let's take a few of the points the video raises.

The Earth's sky is suspended and supported by nothing

The Koran says:

"God raised up the Heavens without any support"
Surah ar-Rad, 2


The video is right most ancient cultures believed that the earth was flat and was supported by something. The Bible even goes further. It states that the whole earth is not supported by anything.

The Bible says:

He spreads out the northern skies over empty space; he suspends the earth over nothing. - Job 26:7

The Book of Job is at least 2000 years older than the Koran. It's not correct to say that the Koran reveals this information first.

The universe was created out of nothing.

The Koran says:

"He is the originator of the heavens and earth!"
Surah al-An'am, 101

The Bible says:

In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. - Genesis 1:1

Everyone agrees that Genesis is much older than the Koran! The Koran is not the first place this information has been revealed!

Heavenly bodies move in orbits

The Koran says:

It is He who created the night and the day, and the sun and the moon. They swim along each in an orbrit. - Surah al-anbiya, 33

"And the sun runs to its resting place. That is the decree of the Almighty, the All-knowing;" - Surah Ya'sin, 38

"By the sky full of paths and orbits." - Surah adh-Dhariyat, 7

The Bible says:

Judges 5:20 - They fought from heaven; the stars in their courses fought against Sisera.

Explains that there are different layers in the atmosphere

The Koran says:

"By Heaven with its cyclical systems and the earth, bursting forth with plants!" - Surah at-Tariq, 11,12

"It is He Who created everything on the earth for you and then directed His attention up to heaven and arranged it into seven regular heavens. He has knowledge of all things." - Surah al-Baqarah, 29

"In two days He determined them as seven heavens and reveals, in every heaven, its own mandate. - Surah Fussilat, 11-12"


The Bible does not give the total number of heavens there are. We can see that the Bible does at times refer to heavens (plural). Ali Sina wrote a post showing what the Koran really says. Not everyone thinks that the Koran is referring to the the layers in the atmosphere.

Mountains keep continents in place

The Koran says:

"Have We not made the earth as a bed and the mountains its pegs?" - Surah an-Naba, 6-7


The Bible does not say anything like this because this is not good science. Here is an article by Syed Kamran Mirza called “Koran on Mountain”: Rebuttal to Islamic hypocrisy.


Continental Drift

The Koran says:

"You will see the mountains you reckoned to be solid going past like clouds. Such is the artistry of God, Who disposes of things in perfect order; surly He is Aware of what you do." - Surah an-Naml, 88

The Bible says:

The Bible actually records when the event of when the super continent began to break apart into the seven continents we see today. See this link.

Water Cycle - Water goes from liquid to gas and back to liquid in a balanced cycle

The Koran says:

"And We send the fecundating winds, then cause water to descend from the sky, therewith providing you with water in abundance." - Surah al-Hijr, 22

"It is He Who sends down water in due measure from the sky by which We bring a dead land back to life. That is how you too will be raised (from the dead)." - Surah az-Zukhruf, 11

The Bible says:

Here are some verses from the Bible that show that there is a hydrological cycle:

Ecclesiastes 1:7
- All the rivers run into the sea; yet the sea is not full; unto the place from whence the rivers come, thither they return again.

Psalms 104:8 - They go up by the mountains; they go down by the valleys unto the place which thou hast founded for them

Deuteronomy 11:11 - But the land, whither ye go to possess it, is a land of hills and valleys, and drinketh water of the rain of heaven:

2 Samuel 21:10
- And Rizpah the daughter of Aiah took sackcloth, and spread it for her upon the rock, from the beginning of harvest until water dropped upon them out of heaven, and suffered neither the birds of the air to rest on them by day, nor the beasts of the field by night.


Because of surface tension, neighboring seas do not mix

The Koran says:

"He has let loose the two seas, converging together, with a barrier between them they do not break through." - Surah ar-Rahman, 19-20

The Bible says:

"Who shut up the sea behind doors
when it burst forth from the womb,

when I made the clouds its garment
and wrapped it in thick darkness,

when I fixed limits for it
and set its doors and bars in place,

when I said, 'This far you may come and no farther;
here is where your proud waves halt'?

- Job 38:8-11

The Bible clearly says that God sets the limits for how far seas go so that they are separate from land and from each other.

Man determines the sex of children due to he gives an X or Y chromosome

The Koran says:

"That he created pairs - male and female - out of a drop of sperm as it is poured forth." - Surah an-Najm, 45-46
The Bible Says:

Then the word of the LORD came to him: "This man will not be your heir, but a son coming from your own body will be your heir." Genesis 15:4

Abraham is told that he will have a son coming from his own body. I think this shows that Isaac's gender is coming from Abraham

Tuesday, April 28, 2009

Atheism is Dead: From Zeitgeist to Poltergeist, Part 3 of 13




This post is the third in Mariano's series of articles discussing Hitler's relationship to Christianity and Atheism. Check it out!

Atheism is Dead: From Zeitgeist to Poltergeist, Part 3 of 13

Who Knew Twitter Was Useful?

I just read an article from G4TV's blog and it contains a new interesting use for Google Maps and Twitter.

Outbreak 2.0: Tracking Swine Flu Through Google Maps And Twitter

Outbreak 2.0: Tracking Swine Flu Through Google Maps And Twitter

Can't get enough swine-flu excitement? Who can?!? Thankfully the Internet has evolved to the point where everyone can track their favorite diseases and outbreaks like never before. First up is a Google Map that pinpoints every reported case of swine flu around the world. From Mexico to America to Spain to New Zealand, you can follow swine flu victims across the globe.

Speaking of follow, your day isn't complete unless you've received Twitter updates from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Busting out emergency updates one tweet at a time, CDC's Twitter page gives you up-to-the-second information on the latest swine flu conference calls, respirator suggestions, and recommended antiviral drugs.

Now if I may be serious for a moment (channeling Lance Storm), it's pretty amazing that the Internet has evolved to the point where millions of people can easily get updates on a disease outbreak. While some will check out the information simply because it's there (Wikipedia syndrome?), others will use it to keep their family and friends safer. It's truly amazing.

Source

Steve Harvey: Stick To What You Know

I was shocked to find out that Steve Harvey has written a book about male/female relationships. After picking my Jaw off the floor, I realized that I have no reason at all to take his advice. I happen to have the book as a PDF. Take a look at the book






Harvey's book is called "Act Like A Lady; Think Likeex A Man". I think fundamentally this is bad advice. He is right when he says that women can't expect men to act and think like women. Unfortunately, he doesn't seem to mention from what I read that men can't expect women to think like us either. The fundamental problem is that Harvey's advice conflicts with the Bible. I think he's right many men are driven by:

his title (who he is), how he gets that title (what he does), and the reward he gets for the effort (how much he makes)


The question I have is this: Is this the right motivation we should have?
According to our creator...no. Our motivations should be centered to follow Jesus.
I also wanted to point out that although Harvey has gone on record saying that he has not turned his life over to Christ. He at least has that much sense. I would argue that he has a "head" knowledge of who Jesus is because no way he could say what he does in the following video unless he knew something about Jesus.



Monday, April 27, 2009

Norman Geisler vs RC Sproul - Free Will vs God's Sovereignty

I do not agree with everything Dr. Geisler says in this video but I know it's worth sharing. It's interesting. I read his book Chosen But Free but he was unable to convince me that humans have complete total free will when it comes to accepting salvation. I used to think that. I used to think that a person who chooses to reject Christ is just just more stupid than I. This is not true. I can't believe I was ever so stupid to think that. Geisler's book is a response to Dr. RC Sproul's book Chosen By God (which I still need to read). I did read Dr. James White's book The Potter's Freedom. I'm planning to write a more substantial post detailing what I've learned. For now here is Dr. Geisler lecturing on Calvinism.

Here is RC Sproul lecturing on the material he presented in Chosen By God




Here is the lecture by Norman Geisler on the material in which he used in Chosen But Free and it's call "Why I am not a 5 point Calvinist".




I really wish Dr Geisler would either debate Dr White or Dr Sproul on this subject.

Too Much Time?

I have seen a video on YouTube where someone made a life-size (and I assume working) Batmobile! I'm torn in opinion. On one hand, I think that dude had too much time on his hands! On the other, I think it's really, really cool!


What?!! The Earth Is Flat?

Many Atheist criticize Christianity because of the persecutions of Galileo and other scientists during the Renaissance for announcing that the earth is round. They tell us that the Bible is unreliable and stifles science because the religious leaders who considered the idea of a round earth being an anathema based on what the Bible says. No where in the entire Bible does it say that the earth is flat! Those people said that because of their own cultural biases. They did not want to admit that they were wrong. Today, I don't think that you will be able to find a Christian try to assert a flat earth. What about Islam? James White has posted a video from YouTube where a Muslim scholar defends the Islamic teaching of a flat earth! I'm shocked. The man is from a school of interpreting the Koran in such a way that it cannot be wrong! Even if it is wrong compared to everyone else you know to be true. That's scary!