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mid-week apologetics booster (12-8-2022)

Good morning friends, Quote of the week: The chance emergence of man is like the probability of typing at random a meaningful library of one thousand volumes using the following procedure: Begin with a meaningful phrase, retype it with a few mistakes, make it longer by adding letters; then examine the result to see if the new phrase is meaningful. Repeat this process until the library is complete. – Murray Eden, Professor of Engineering at M.I.T. Now, here are your weekly links:

Cosmologist Luke Barnes answers 11 objections to the fine-tuning argument | WINTERY KNIGHT: https://winteryknight.com/2022/12/03/cosmologist-luke-barnes-answers-11-objections-to-the-fine-tuning-argument-13/
Dr. Jason Lisle: Dinosaurs and the Bible – YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9kXHiOVdEPM
Medieval misconceptions: https://creation.com/medieval-misconceptions
The Purposes of God in the Pain of the World | Desiring God: https://www.desiringgod.org/messages/the-purposes-of-god-in-the-pain-of-the-world
JOHN and CHARLES WESLEY Evangelists Extraordinary – Liberty Sentinel: https://libertysentinel.org/john-and-charles-wesley-evangelists-extraordinary
Jesus Calling: Channeling A False Christ | Reasons for Jesus: https://reasonsforjesus.com/jesus-calling-channeling-a-false-christ/
Lighthouse Trails Newsletter – SPECIAL – Jesus Calling book (Sarah Young) was inspired by a channeled New Age book: https://www.lighthousetrailsresearch.com/newsletters/2014/newsletter20141110.htm
10 Serious Problems with Jesus Calling | Tim Challies – 10 Serious Problems with Jesus Calling: https://www.challies.com/articles/10-serious-problems-with-jesus-calling/
Why do people reject Jesus as their Savior? | GotQuestions.org: https://www.gotquestions.org/reject-Jesus.html
How Critics of Christianity Often Distort the Story of Galileo: http://1peter315.blogspot.com/2014/02/how-atheists-distort-story-of-galileo.html
Blinded by evolutionary brainwashing Genes tend to mutate/degrade with time, not get better, he said. Mutations, even small ones, are very rarely, if ever, really beneficial and even when they are, they generally either involve loss of function and/or are in some way a corruption of information. For example, a mutation that breaks down the efficiency of molecular pumps for a bacterium to draw nutrients from its environment means that it will better survive certain antibiotics. But it is a damaged bacterium, so when the antibiotic is removed, it will be less able to cope than its non-resistant fellows. Sure, one can put an insulin gene into a microbe and get it making lots of insulin but it will still be a microbe. No amount of detailed genetic manipulation in the laboratory will turn a microbe into a worm or a fly. So it certainly won’t happen spontaneously even over millions of years. And natural selection won’t change that. We can see it happening, but the effects are trivial compared to this downhill tendency in our DNA. So, to me, evolution or Darwinism just can’t happen. See more at:: https://creation.com/ainsley-chalmers-interview
The Cain’s-Wife Mystery | iApologia – Skeptics, in an attempt to discredit the Bible, ask a burning question. Who did Cain marry? If Adam and Eve were the first, and only, people on earth, who did their son, Cain, marry? Obviously, Cain couldn’t have been wifeless because the account said he had a wife and she had kids; plus, we are all here now. However, the Bible does not give us a name or tell us where she came from.: https://iapologia.com/the-cains-wife-mystery-iapologia/
12 Diagnostic Questions I Ask of Those Doubting Their Faith Credo House Ministries: https://credohouse.org/blog/12-diagnostic-questions-i-ask-of-those-doubting-their-faith
How Darwin Failed His Own Test | Explore God Article: https://www.exploregod.com/articles/how-darwin-failed-his-own-test
Church: Mormon founder Joseph Smith wed 40 wives | CNN – The founder of the Mormon church, Joseph Smith, wed as many as 40 wives, including some who were already married and one as young as 14 years old, the church acknowledged in a surprising new essay.: https://www.cnn.com/2014/11/11/living/mormon-founder-polygamy/index.html
Transgender: Truth and Compassion – Many people today reject the notion that gender is a fixed trait based on biology. Rather, they believe gender is a flexible trait based on society. As feminist and social theorist Simone de Beauvoir wrote, One is not born, but rather becomes, woman. Anatomy, therefore, is not destiny. One can choose what gender one wants to be.: https://www.str.org/w/transgender-truth-and-compassion
Earth age opinions of prominent Christians – pre-1800 – Conservapedia: https://www.conservapedia.com/Earth_age_opinions_of_prominent_Christians_-_pre-1800
3 Reasons Why the Historicity of Jesus Matters | Cold Case Christianity: https://coldcasechristianity.com/writings/3-reasons-why-the-historicity-of-jesus-matters/
What Is Religious Pluralism and Why Is It False? Tim Barnett from Stand To Reason – YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jRAGzWrFnOE
What distinguishes humans from other animals? | Ken Miller – YouTube – Brown biology professor, Ken Miller, explores the question of what distinguishes humans from other animals. In the full-length Forum, Ken Miller (Brown) and Alex Byrne (MIT) discuss what it means to be human at The Veritas Forum: “What Makes Us Human? – A Christian and Atheist Discuss” at MIT, 2016. : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j7PeKJjQaF0
Arches of Utah | Answers in Genesis – Located just outside Moab, Utah, is a wonderland of more than 2,000 natural arches. Towering 85 feet (26 m) overhead and spanning 65 feet (20 m) is the best-known rock arch in the world, Delicate Arch. Nearby is one of the world’s longest natural arches, Landscape Arch (a whopping 291 feet, or 89 m, long). Everywhere you turn are spectacular arches of various shapes and sizes, such as Double Arch, Skyline Arch, and Tower Arch. Why are there so many natural arches in this one area?: https://answersingenesis.org/geology/natural-features/arches-utah/
The Fine-Tuning Argument | Worldview of Jesus: https://worldviewofjesus.com/2012/06/07/the-fine-tuning-argument/
What to say to Mormons – bethinking.org – If you ask a Mormon if he believes the Bible, he will refer to a Mormon document, The Articles of Faith, verse 8, which says: We believe the Bible to be the word of God as far as it is translated correctly; we also believe the Book of Mormon to be the word of God. Mormons do not believe the Bible has been translated correctly, but that it has been corrupted over the years.: https://www.bethinking.org/mormons/what-to-say-to-mormons/3-the-bible-is-reliable
Why Did Jesus Have To Die? Couldn’t God Just Forgive Sins?: https://www.whatchristianswanttoknow.com/why-did-jesus-have-to-die-couldnt-god-just-forgive-sins/
Lobster eye design – The exquisite designs of the organisms on Earth have served as inspiration to countless engineers and scientists. Important inventions, such as Velcro or the airplane, owe their inceptions to those who first observed these qualities in Gods handiwork and then sought to mimic these abilities.: https://creation.com/lobster-eye-design

It is the glory of God to conceal a matter; to search out a matter is the glory of kings. Proverbs 25:2 Blessings to you all