Re: Columbine Rejects God In Favor of Darwin's Theory
Originally posted by JesusIsAlive
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Repercussions of "Natural Selection"
By Frank Peretti...[It has been some time since] the tragic shootings at Columbine High School, where disturbed teens Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold killed 13 people before taking their own lives. And [since the murders], people have been asking Why? Allow me to suggest one possibility which continues to remind me how important it is to help teenagers see the world—and each other—from God’s perspective.
On his Web page, Eric Harris listed many things he hated, but Darwin’s theory of evolution, particularly his suggestion of natural selection, stood in stark contrast. “YOU KNOW WHAT I LOVE??? Natural SELECTION!,” he crowed. “It’s the best thing that ever happened to the Earth. Getting rid of all the stupid and weak organisms … but it’s all natural! YES!”
On the day of the massacre, Eric Harris wore a white T-shirt with the inscription “Natural Selection” on the front. To some, that’s just a footnote in the coroner’s report. But when we pause to ponder it further, we are well on our way to explaining why that tragedy happened. Highly respected author and theologian Ravi Zacharias offered a profound insight in the days following the Littleton incident:
“When we have told our young people today that Naturalism is true—we have evolved from nothing more than some primordial slime; when we have told them objective moral values do not exist—you decide what is right and wrong for you; when we have told our young people that there is no ultimate Designer; when we have told our young people that there is no ultimate destiny; when we have told them that man is the measure of all things, that there is no transcendent basis on which to find out what life is about and what life’s goal is, why then are we surprised when we see the hell that is unleashed by that kind of philosophy?”
Ravi is right! I wish every teacher who indoctrinates his or her students with Darwinian
evolution, pawning off unproven theories as fact, could be shown Harris’ bloodstained T-shirt. Remember the old movie Inherit the Wind, in which Christians were portrayed as bigoted nincompoops for opposing the theories of evolution? I wonder if the makers of that movie (and a host of films similar to it) might change their minds if they were called upon to survey the carnage in the Columbine High School library April 20, 1999. Oh, we’ve inherited the wind, all right—and a lot more.It’s all perfectly logical: If evolution is true, then there is no God. If there is no God, then there is no fixed, external source of truth and morality. If there is no fixed, external source of truth and morality, then truth and morality are left up to the individual. If the individual judges that killing all the “stupid and weak organisms” in his life is justified and right, then by what basis can we question his judgment? He’s only following the moral compass evolution provides. The question is not “Why did the tragedy at Columbine happen?,” but rather, “Why shouldn’t it have happened?”
With God rejected, morality becomes arbitrary. The rights and dignity of others become secondary. Unbridled violence by a Hitler or a Harris, to get what he wants, to guard what is his, or to seek revenge, becomes a perfectly logical alternative.
On the other hand, if a personal, loving Creator God does exist and rule this universe, then we have in Him a transcendent source for meaning, value, sanctity and dignity, not to mention a fixed and objective point of reference for determining right and wrong—God’s Word, the Bible (for starters, Luke 10:27 and Matt. 7:12). If we attempt to remove God from our culture, from our value system, and from our thinking, then we have none of these things, and neither do our children.
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Author Frank Peretti has written best-selling novels including This Present Darkness and The Oath. This article is based on excerpts from his first nonfiction book, The Wounded Spirit, Published by W Publishing Group.
Is it mere coincidence that those innocent people lost their lives to those Darwinian Theory proponents? I say no. I believe that there is a correlation between what we believe and what we do. If we believe that we are just animals then perhaps this will lower our inhibitions to behave like animals.
http://www.oh-12.us/2006/10/03/columbine-father-school-shootings-due-to-teaching-evolution-abortion/
http://www.creationists.org/columbine.html
http://www.bcafa.com/article.php?story=20040316122604830 [/B]
Are you claiming that God send those two guys to punish everyone ? IS IT ANOTHER PLAGUE ? fear
Re: Columbine Rejects God In Favor of Darwin's Theory
Originally posted by JesusIsAlive
[B]The Repercussions of EvolutionViews: 197 Why does it matter that the unscientific farce called evolution is taught in our public schools? Please click below to find out (from www.pluggedinonline.com). [/B]
The height of idiocy.
Afterwards they blamed it on everything from Marylin Manson to vidiogames to drugs and all the rest. The claim evolution did this? Absurd.
Oh, and here is a wild idea - do you think gun control might have made a difference?
First of all - there is 0, read IT 0% of statistical evidence that shows evolution and its teaching leads to increases in crime, moral degradation, depression or anything else. Need me to say it again? 0%
Second - Christianity has existed for 2000 years - oh my, all manner of bad things continued through that time. Oh dear, what does that say about Christianity? All that violence? Oh and those people that boil their children? And the ones who beat them for not living up to unnatural biblical standards? Or the gay children who commit suicide after protracted depression due to bad reactions from Christian families? And...
Newsflash: Christians commit crime. Muslims commit crime. Atheists commit crimes. INDIVIDUALS commit crimes.
But to use a bit from Talkorigins.com:
Claim CA001.1:
Since evolution began to be taught in public schools, crime rates and other social ills have increased.
It is a popular Christian claim. One, that sadly, has even less evidence supporting it then most (if that is even possible.)
Response:1. Crime rates go up and down and are associated mostly with the age of the population. There does not appear to be any correlation between crime rates and teaching evolution. The United States was generally more violent in the years 1870-1910 before evolution was taught. In recent years, crime rates have been dropping since 1989.
Regional trends show a negative correlation between crime and teaching evolution. Other developed democracies accept evolution to a far greater extent than the United States and have lower homicide rates, juvenile and early adult mortality, sexually transmitted disease infection rates, teen pregnancy, and abortion rates (Paul 2005). In the United States, southern states tend to emphasize creationism more, but they also have generally higher crime rates.
2. Correlation does not imply causation. Since the teaching of evolution, death rates from most cancers have decreased, air travel has increased, and the earth's temperature has risen, but we do not attribute any of those to teaching evolution.
Well, would you look at that? The point is you couldn't find a single demographer or social scientist that would argue that teaching evolution is the source of mankind's ills. And if you did, well, you would be equally justifying those claims religion is the cause of all war.
Ravi is right! I wish every teacher who indoctrinates his or her students with Darwinian
evolution, pawning off unproven theories as fact, could be shown Harris’ bloodstained T-shirt. Remember the old movie Inherit the Wind, in which Christians were portrayed as bigoted nincompoops for opposing the theories of evolution? I wonder if the makers of that movie (and a host of films similar to it) might change their minds if they were called upon to survey the carnage in the Columbine High School library April 20, 1999. Oh, we’ve inherited the wind, all right—and a lot more
And I think any person thinking of becoming a bigoted nincompoop should be made read posts like yours. I suspect many would reconsider faster then you can say "Watch me exploit the dead."
Because I love the way to make your points you feel happy exploiting terrible situations to make claims based on other claims that are viewed as having no legitimacy. "Oooo, all you grieving parents, evolution killed you children. But don't disappear, God loves you, even though he let the bullets fly straight and true." Disgusting.