Let's Talk About Sex

Albert Mohler has given me the opportunity to talk about a topic I have been meaning to get to for a long time.

I am going to focus more on a sermon by John Macarthur (which I, sadly, don't have a link for). John was talking about some statistics he had seen about sex.

There are some good stats from the US government, probably similar to what John was looking at.

An average couple has sex for a few hours a week. A really active couple might have sex for a few hours a day (7-14 hours per week).

Compare that with:

• 56 hours per week sleeping (33%)
  
• 40 hours per week working (24%)
• more than 17 hours watching TV (5.1*.5*7)
• 8 hours eating and drinking

I'm not sure where they hide the data for driving to and from work. It's got to be at least 15 minutes each way, probably 30 or 60 for a lot of people... Plus all the driving for groceries, etc. Could be easily 10 hours a week or more.

Now imagine that someone would reject the Good News of salvation, because it would interfere with their watching television. Or the way they drive to work. It would be ridiculous.

Sex is less of a percentage of our day than any of these things.

Yet, for sex, people would turn the world upside down. Reject Christianity, the Bible, hearing the Good News, even friendly relations with other people.

Constitutional Creationism

An interesting article on Science Daily. I am most interested in one comment:

"The studies say that more than 25 percent of biology teachers do not know it is unconstitutional to teach creationism."

Apparently 100% of the editors of this article do not know it is not unconstitutional to teach creationism.

The Supreme Court has found it unconstitutional for a state law to require the teaching of creationism.

It is not illegal for a teacher to teach whatever they feel is appropriate to their class (subject to their working agreement with the school administration).

Dinosaur Proteins

I've previously commented on the repeatability and falsifiable nature of evolution science. The claim of 65 million year old t-rex proteins has gone back and forth a couple of times (with some saying it is an error, and others supporting it).

Now, we have 80 million year old hadrosaur proteins.

Give me 80 million years, and we might be able to repeat the experiment (although no one is sure how to set up the experiment...)

ASC and Blood Vessels 2

I posted previously on a clinical study using adult stem cells to rebuild blood vessels. There is another researcher advancing similar techniques in the Netherlands.

The Rationalist's Dilemma

The rationalist must be completely fair in his decision making. Otherwise, his notion of "truth" will be slanted towards his preconceptions (which I argue is true for all rationalists).

Science Daily has coverage of a scientific study showing this notion of "tabula rasa" is unfounded:

"The findings of this research show that risk preferences may be manipulated – while the person making those decisions is unaware of it."

The Bible tells us that the mind of the unrepentant is unable to comprehend the things of God:

"because the mind of the flesh is enmity against God; for it is not subject to the law of God, neither indeed can it be" - Romans 8:7

Not only that, but that their minds do not work correctly, at all, whatsoever:

"Who changed the truth of God into a lie, and worshipped and served the creature more than the Creator, who is blessed for ever. Amen." - Romans 1:25

"And even as they did not like to retain God in their knowledge, God gave them over to a reprobate mind, to do those things which are not convenient" - Romans 1:28

The Greek word translated "reprobate" means "worthless" or "rejected".

Atheism's Victory 2

Albert Mohler is continuing coverage of the ARIS poll. I last commented on this issue and the pessimistic nature of my theology.

The key points:

"There is more than a little truth in Prothero's observations. Atheists are suddenly very hopeful about the secular trends and evangelicals are habitually prone to jeremiads about Christianity in cultural retreat. Nevertheless, there is more to this story than Prothero allows here."

"The real issue here is that I define Christianity in very different terms than those of either the ARIS study or Professor Prothero's minimalist use of the term."

Another interesting point:

"when he [Prothero] discusses the 'Christian America' question in his classes, evangelical Christians describe America as a multicultural nation of religious diversity while non-Christian students see the nation as pervasively Christian."

So America is "Christian", in the sense that our culture is still largely influenced by Christianity, rather than atheism or Islam. But this is "cultural Christianity". And largely inertia. Cultural Christianity is all about ignoring Biblical warnings: "that we may be no longer children, tossed to and fro and carried about with every wind of doctrine, by the sleight of men, in craftiness, after the wiles of error" Ephesians 4:14

ASC and MS

I commented previously on a treatment for multiple sclerosis using adult immune stem cells.

Now, a different procedure, using fat stem cells.