A message for today

I am a few days late writing this message. Actually I am barely recovered from shock that such an accurate and unbiased report would surface in the Emporia Gazette. To this extend, fellow believers, There is Hope!

Since there is apt to be much interest in this subject, I believe this information should be widely circulated especially to those having influence on the agenda of schools in the State of Kansas. This article also reaffirms Hebrews 13:8. Jesus Christ is the same, yesterday, today, and forever.

SCIENTIST DISPUTES EVOLUTION
By Gwendolynne Larson, Emporia Gazette, April 7, 2005

The theory of evolution doesn’t fit with the immutable laws of physics, a speaker told a group Thursday night at Emporia State University.
David Penny, a former Emporian now living in Lawrence, spoke to a group of nearly 40 students and others during a presentation sponsored by ESU’s chapter of Fellowship of Christian Athletes.
Penny graduated from Emporia High School in 1962 and headed to MIT, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, as part of a group of young scientists and engineers tapped to develop the United State’s fledgling space program.
Eventually, Penny told the group, he came to realize that the scientific facts he was learning couldn’t support the assertions of evolutionists.
Evolution was first proposed by Charles Darwin, a naturalist, who proposed that all life on earth developed gradually over time from common ancestors.
“All these guys who promoted it were scientific types,” Penny said. “But none of these guys were taught the scientific method.”
“Science works on the theory that the universe is based on absolutes, “ Penny continued. “The scientific method is based on a given experiment always having the same conditions will always have the same results.”
Penny spent a good deal of time explaining the two laws by which he says all scientific equations and solutions are derived. The first, the law of quantity, says that there are only two things in the universe --- matter and energy. And the amount of the two never increases or decreases, but remains constant at all time.
So, he said, if a stone is thrown into a pond, the energy from the moving stone is displaced across the surface of the pond.
“We have the same amount (of matter and energy) today as we did a thousand years ago and will have a thousand years from now,” he said.
The second law, the law of quality, says that the amount of useful energy is decreasing at a constant rate. This law, Penny said, explains why our bodies age, plants die, and clothes wear out.
Evolution --- the belief that all life in the universe started from one spontaneous origin point and developed from there --- doesn’t fit with the laws, Penny said.
For instance, if scientists tried to work backwards to the origin point, they would find a single atom spinning at a rate of 10 to the 100th power (that’s 10 with 100 zeroes after it) times the speed of light, which isn’t possible.
Evolutionists, Penny said, try to create order in disorder. His example was a child with three favorite toys --- a truck, airplane and a train. The child’s moher has one place she wants each of the toys stored, but the child has 1,000 places to choose from to place each toy in his room.
Every time the child leaves the toys out of place, there is disorder.
“Mom is constantly reordering,” Penny said.
The only explanation based on scientific laws, Penny said, is that the universe was created. We’re walking around in someone else’s laboratory,” he said.
The theory is called “Intelligent design” and is set to be presented at two sets of hearings scheduled by the State Board of Education, which is trying o develop new science standards for Kansas Public Schools.
The first public hearing is set for May 5 through 7. Penny is scheduled to be back at Emporia State University before then. Organizers plan to sponsor his return on April 21 for an expanded lecture or possible debate.

What a week!

The older I get, the more amazed I am at the way America is sliding down the slippery slope into the “place of darkness”. I don’t expect everyone to agree with me, perhaps only one or two will, but I write for fun and not for food so allow me the liberty to express my view of the current events. As I told a friend earlier today, one of the drawbacks of growing old is that we have so many experiences, so many things we have learned from others, gleanings from the teaching of others whom we admire and respect, that when something totally absurd, stupid, ungodly, and tragic happens, I for one have a hard time trying to believe that I am still in America.

Probably the most publicized event of the past two weeks was the pending death of Terri Schindler Schiavo. Then if that wasn’t stressful enough, the Holy Father, Pope John Paul II relapsed with what appears at this writing, as a terminal illness. I am not catholic, however, I know that Jesus loves both of them so I am left to morn and pray for them as they journey to their destiny.

As I attempted to sort out the tragic events leading to the demise of Terri Schiavo, I tried to digest some resolve and legitimate rationale of the decisions being made by politicians, judges, lawyers, medical experts, religious authorities, psychologists, media persons, and others. First, I had to realize that most of the politicians, all of the judges and lawyers, and some others with input were lawyers. This group of folks is suspect at best. Gleaning the pages of the Holy Scriptures, I fail to see many good things God had to say about them. As the medical experts go about the practice of their profession, I dare say they have little experience in dealing with a case like this one. I am a member of the medical profession and know that the ‘oath’ directs us recovery, not death. It is with pride that I direct the reader to previous posts I have made on this venue. Finally, I concluded that I must start at the beginning for some possible idea of what might have been. Since all of the information I have has been gleaned from the media, I find it necessary to hypothesize what may have been ‘the rest of the story’. At the onset, let me say I believe the legal beagles, the media, and most of those actively involved, have failed to see the true picture of what has taken place here. Contrary to any sound judgment, the rhetoric lacks common sense, logic, motive, intent, or sincerity with very little honesty.

How about allowing me to hypothetically reflect upon the scene some 15 + years ago. Terri Schindler Schiavo was seated on the living room sofa with her loving husband, Michael, watching a movie. This movie reportedly had a few scenes of a person who was receiving extensive life-enhancing procedures. Since I do not know the name of the movie, and consequently never seen it, I will conclude that it was, perhaps, a depressing scene. Having observed this activity of questionable merit, Terri apparently made the comment that has gone down in history as ‘Fact one’. Perhaps the rest of the conversation may have gone like this.
Michael: What do you mean, darling?
Terri: I mean I would not want to spend the rest of my life hooked up to all that medical apparatus.
Michael: How would you like to spend the rest of your life, honey?
Terri: I would like for you to introduce some antigen or etiological agent into my body that would interrupt all vital activity, i.e. breathing, pulse, deviate blood pressure, and consciousness for a time so that my brain would be severely damaged. Don’t you think that would be an exciting option, darling?
Michael: Let me think about it for a time, possibly I could come up with something. I will work on it.
Terri: Possibly it would be nice if you would refuse therapy, companionship, visitations, restrict diagnostic procedures and or medication also if you don’t mind. Also you might not allow the shades to be opened on the windows, no TV, or radio so that I am not distracted from meditation. You know how easily excited I can become, don’t you? This would preclude any sexual activity between us also. Don’t you think that would be nice? You have always complained about my sexual appetite so this might open the door for you to seek your satisfaction from other sources. You might even want to have some illegitimate children. Then, Honey, after you have arranged for my medical rehabilitation from vital degeneration, a basis would be established for legal compensation if you played your cards right. Perhaps I would have to be hooked up to feeding and hydration apparatus until you have all your ‘ducks in a row’, then Honey, if the Lord has not called me home, I would like to be starved to death and incidentally, it would go faster if I was denied hydration as well. Don’t you think this is a great idea???
Michael: WOW! That is a great idea! Honey, I love you so very much… I am not sure what I would do without you.

To coin a phrase from Paul Harvey… NOW YOU (might) KNOW THE REST OF THE STORY

I suspect that you, Michael, being such a loving and shy person, had a struggle for some time before implementing this procedure.

I realize it is ridiculous of me to suggest such a conversation between two devoted lovers, but frankly, it makes more sense than the story that Michael come up with. Too bad we were denied Terri’s rendition. But then, there are some of us who are going to be able to ask her, face to face, one great day. Most of us are just plain curious as to the truth. God knows the truth. Isaiah 45:23 shares “Every knee will bow, and every tongue will confess”. Whether or not you believe this, Michael, doesn’t change the facts… it will happen. Plan on it. It has the same chance as gravity. Whether or not you believe in it, it is a part of God’s plan.

In conclusion, I seriously cannot believe the courts and other authorities did not give some consideration to the possibility that her true wishes were denied. As for her making that statement 15 or more years early, I have no doubt that she may have. No one in their right mind would have said anything different when they are experiencing good health. No one wants to survive by artificial means until it becomes the only way.

Perhaps you, Michael, can organize your notes and have them published. Perhaps you could sell them to Ted Kennedy, Jesse Jackson, or some other individual actively experiencing denial. In all probability there are other liberals who are willing to agree with you, perhaps even some family members. It would be good to be cautious until the final autopsy reports have been make public, there could be an element of truth that you have failed to suppress.

I have admired the patience and demeanor of the Schlinder’s, obviously a gift from God.

I do have one strong piece of advice and a message for you, Michael Schiavo. In the event you get tired of having your favorite dog, cat, or bird around and treat it the same way that you have your wife, Terri, do NOT do it… You will go to jail. Without a doubt, we Americans do not tolerate starving or withholding fluids from animals.

May God have mercy upon you.