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One line of scientific reasoning that points to a Creator is the intricate design found in all living organisms. This is known as the teleological argument. William Paley presented one of the most famous versions of this argumentthat of the watch and the watchmaker.1 Since the nineteenth century, however, it has been widely believed that Paleys argument for a universal Designer was effectively answered by the philosopher David Hume. Hume claimed that Paleys analogy between living things and machines was unfounded and unrealistic in that life does not need an intelligent designer as machines do.
In addition to his philosophical argument, Hume advanced a theory of natural selection similar to Darwins, which he claimed could account for the apparent design seen in nature. Atheist Richard Dawkins writes in The Blind Watchmaker, Biology is the study of complicated things that give the appearance of having been designed for a purpose.2 Dawkins goes on to explain that there is no need to postulate God as the Designer since natural selection can perform the miracles.
However, in spite of Dawkins claims, scientists can no longer ignore the idea of design. Recent discoveries reveal that life is indeed analogous to the most complex machinery, thereby reinforcing Paleys argument. Michael Denton, a molecular biologist, states, Paley was not only right in asserting the existence of an analogy between life and machines, but was also remarkably prophetic in guessing that the technological ingenuity realized in living systems is vastly in excess of anything yet accomplished by man.3
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Science is re-learning an old lesson: the more we uncover details about the universe and living organisms, the more we discover design. Many notable scientists inadvertently support Paleys arguments as they describe the design in nature revealed to them through science. Physicist Paul Davies, who does not profess to be a Christian, supports teleologyand ultimately creationismwhen he says, Every advance in fundamental physics seems to reveal yet another facet of order.4 Albert Einstein said, The harmony of natural law . . . reveals an intelligence of such superiority that, compared with it, all the systematic thinking and acting of human beings is an utterly insignificant reflection.5 And Robert Jastrow, an agnostic, shook up his fellow scientists when he said, The Anthropic principle is the most interesting development next to the proof of the creation, and it is even more interesting because it seems to say that science itself has proven, as a hard fact, that this universe was made, was designed, for man to live in. It is a very theistic result.6
Evolution assumes that the universe came into existence and continues to run by chance rather than laws designed by a Law-maker. When world-class non-Christian scientists like these declare that the universe cannot be viewed as a product of chance, they strike a severe blow to materialistic evolutionary theory.
Michael Behe details in his book, Darwins Black Box, a number of molecular machines (such as the bacterial flagellum) and chemical pathways (such as the process for blood clotting) that are essential components for particular organisms. He coined the phrase irreducible complexity to highlight the fact that these features cannot be reduced to simpler parts and still perform their required function. The theory of irreducible complexity thus eliminates the possibility of these features arising through a gradual evolutionary process.
When we truly understand the ordered complexity of life,7 it is hard to imagine chance producing even bacterial cells, the simplest living systems. Denton explains, Although the tiniest bacterial cells are incredibly small, weighing less than 10(-12) gms, each is in effect a veritable micro-miniaturized factory containing thousands of exquisitely designed pieces of intricate molecular machinery, made up altogether of one hundred thousand million atoms, far more complicated than any machine built by man and absolutely without parallel in the non-living world.8
As Paley pointed out almost two centuries ago, this kind of complexity requires an intelligent mindchance processes cannot produce such intricate order. Norman L. Geisler and Frank Turek make the same argument in I Dont Have Enough Faith to Be an Atheist.9 And while David Berlinskis article On the Origins of Life does not argue for an intelligent mind, it does describe the complexity of life in great detail.10
Rendered with permission from the book, Understanding the Times: The Collision of Todays Competing Worldviews (Rev. 2nd ed), David Noebel, Summit Press, 2006. Compliments of John Stonestreet, David Noebel, and the Christian Worldview Ministry at Summit Ministries. All rights reserved in the original.
1 Christians need to remember that it was the Psalmist who said the heavens declare the glory of God and His handiwork (Psalm 19)a teleological observation.
2 Robert T. Pennock, Intelligent Design: Creationism and its Critics (Cambridge, MA: The MIT Press, 2001), 644. Dawkins spends 300 pages in The Blind Watchmaker trying to show that design is only appearance, not fact.
3 Michael Denton, Evolution: A Theory in Crisis (Bethesda, MD: Adler and Adler, 1986), 340.
4 Paul Davies, Superforce (New York, NY: Simon and Schuster, 1984), 223.
5 Albert Einstein, Ideas and Opinions (New York, NY: Crown, 1982), 40, quoted in Geisler, Systematic Theology, 2:666.
6 Robert Jastrow, A Scientist Caught Between Two Faiths, Christianity Today, August 6, 1982, quoted in Geisler, Systematic Theology, 2:591. Clearly, the Humanist has no patience with the Anthropic Principle, which states that the world was tailored for our existence. For an excellent defense of this principle, see Roy Abraham Varghese, ed., The Intellectuals Speak Out About God (Dallas, TX: Lewis and Stanley, 1984), 102ff.
7 See Michael J. Behes Darwins Black Box: The Biochemical Challenge to Evolution (New York, NY: The Free Press, 1996) for a full discussion on the complexity of the cell. Also, David Berlinskis article On the Origins of Life in Commentary (February 2006). Darwinian evolution, says Berlinski, begins with self-replication, and self-replication is precisely what needs to be explained (29).
8 Denton, Evolution, 250.
9 Norman L. Geisler and Frank Turek, I Dont Have Enough Faith to Be an Atheist (Wheaton, IL: Crossway Books, 2004).
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According the Episcopal Church Annual of 1993 (itself based on parochial reports of 1991) there were 6,813 baptized members in the diocese of Montana, the 2004 annual lists 6,441 members, and the most recent diocesan statistics from the national church for 2007 lists 5,414 members. This represents a decline of just over 20.5% in this 16 year period.
According to the U.S. Census data, the population of Montana grew from 786,690 in 1980 to 799,065 in 1990, and then to 902,195 in 2000. The most recent estimate of Montana's population in 2005-2007 is 946,815.
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At what point will people begin to confront the reality that many entire 'dioceses' in TEC are functional pocket-boroughs? The Diocese of Montana has an aggregate ASA only twice that of one local ACNA parish with which I am familiar, and its budget is roughly 50% higher than that of a single parish. The does not convey a picture of health or strength.May 26, 9:41 am | [comment link]
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I must ask, Why is this news to post? This is just a snapshot of the whole of TEC in rural/small town/small city demographics. TEC is on an inexorable path toward being an urban ecclesial refuge for people who are proud they are not fundamentalists.
Without the full gospel of Jesus Christ as Savior and Lord, there is no hope of reversing this trend.May 26, 2:34 pm | [comment link]
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And the urban isn't doing all that well…May 26, 2:42 pm | [comment link]
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Without the full gospel of Jesus Christ as Savior and Lord, there is no hope of reversing this trend.
Of course, the ECUSA does preach the full Gospel of Jesus Christ. What they don't do is preach the full gospel of Gator.May 26, 3:06 pm | [comment link]
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[Elves—Sorry for the one-worder]May 26, 3:41 pm | [comment link]
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Oh, and FFV, I found out recently that one of my ancestors came to Jamestown within the first 10 years. He was probably an indentured servant, but I guess I'm an FFV too.
[Badly off topic; hoping the elves are at late lunch]May 26, 3:49 pm | [comment link]
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some of the ECUSA explaining away of declining attendance is that dioceses in the NE and Great Lakes are experiencing overall population decline. And it's a valid point. What Kendall has demonstrated,with Montana's stats, though is that overall decline is not the only issue. I would imagine a similar dynamic is at play throughout the Rockies - declining dioceses and growing populations….May 26, 6:19 pm | [comment link]
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For the years 2002 through 2007 the trends for Members, ASA, and even nominal Plate & Pledge are all seriously negative. Anf in 2007 there were 81 Infant Baptisms and 111 Burials. And it took 5,414 members to produce those 81 baptisms, or 67 to ONE. And in 2007 85 percent of its churches had Plate & Pledge of less than $150,000. But the one bright spot is that with so many small budget churches, there has been no whole churches leaving the diocese. At least the bishop has had a quiet administrative life. StatmannMay 26, 6:40 pm | [comment link]
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dioceses in the NE and Great Lakes are experiencing overall population decline
Except they aren't.
and so on…
I remember Bp. Spong once made this argument to justify the collapse of his diocese during his tenure; a quick check showed that New Jersey population increased during those years, as other rust belt states are increasing now.May 26, 10:14 pm | [comment link]
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Two my predecessors here at St. John's in Detroit were elected bishops of Montana (pre-1920's).
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Pop's Popular Clothing has been in business in North Brooklyn since 1949, weathering four wars, three recessions, and on rezoning. But the city's constructions work on Kent Avenue, nearby the store's 7 Franklin Street location, may force Pop's to close its doors after 60 years on the waterfront.
The work clothing retailer sits adjacent to the Department of Transportation's proposed redesign of Kent Avenue, which would add two bicycle lanes and cut traffic to a one-way northbound lane.
Pop's owner, Steve Rosenberg, believes that the addition of the bike lane, which eliminated parking in the surrounding area last November, has prevented many of his most loyal customers, truck drivers, tradesmen, and construction workers, from visiting his shop.
"I've lost 70 percent of my business. Most of my customers come here by car or by truck," said Rosenberg. "During the week, you cannot get a parking space here. You drive around for hours. Truckers do not come here anymore. My truck business is down to nothing."
For Rosenberg, that is a major problem. He just completed a large order for Carhatt jeans and it's Pop's busiest time, when many construction workers come to restock on work boots and clothing they have worn out over the past six months.
"We get some orders over the Internet, but guys my age (over 40) don't use the Internet," said Rosenberg. "I'm going to keep supporting the business until I run out of money, and then I close down."
On August 21, Rosenberg wrote a letter to Mayor Michael Bloomberg, Councilmember David Yassky, Assemblymember Joseph Lentol, Rep. Nydia Velazquez, Community Board 1 District Manager Gerry Esposito, and DOT Borough Commissioner Joseph Palmieri, expressing disappointment in the way the city implemented the Kent Avenue plan and urging the DOT to restore parking on Franklin Street.
"Recently I have heard a lot of our leaders speaking about the benefits that the small businessmen provide to our economy and how we need to help them in these extremely tough economic times," said Rosenberg, in a letter to Mayor Bloomberg. "I do not solicit or request any help monetarily. I only appeal to let me conduct my business without the DOT making it impossible for me to perform my business."
A spokesperson from the DOT said they have spoken with Rosenberg and are looking into how they can address his concerns.
Rosenberg has proposed extending a shared bicycle lane one and a half blocks, allowing for parking and loading on North 14th Street and Kent Avenue, near his business.
At a recent Community Board 1 Transportation Committee meeting, DOT officials addressed the possibility of turning Banker Street into a two-way street and working with the Parks Department to change the triangle intersection at Calyer Street in Greenpoint.
Rosenberg stresses that he is supportive of cyclists and even has a special room for customers to store their bicycles when they shop at Pop's.
Transportation Alternatives spokesperson Wiley Norvell knows that, saying he shops at Pop's for Carhatt clothing and socks, but says he would hesitate to add a shared lane to Kent Avenue along that corner.
"On a street with trucks and high vehicle speeds, shared lanes do not tend to be safe for anybody," said Norvell, while adding, "Pop's is definitely an anchor in the neighborhood. It's a business that everybody knows and it's a business that everyone wants to keep."
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Makes about 36 cookies.
Tasty butter cookies cut into pumpkins and other halloween shapes make festive treats for trick-or-treaters or ghoulish ornaments for a Halloween cookie tree.
1-3/4 cups sifted all-purpose flour
1/2 teaspoon baking powder
1/4 teaspoon salt
2/3 cups butter at room temperature
1/2 cup granulated sugar
1 egg
2 cups confectioners' sugar, sifted
4 tablespoons milk,
plus more as needed
food coloring as desired
Preheat an oven to 400 degrees F. Sift the flour with the baking powder and salt together onto a piece of wax paper In a medium bowl, cream the butter and granulated sugar together until light and fluffy. Beat in the egg, then add the flour mixture in thirds, each time stirring until the dough is smooth.
On a lightly floured board, roll the dough to a thickness of 1/8 inch. Cut into desired cookie shapes and put them on an ungreased baking sheet. If you are making cookies to hang on a cookie tree, use an ice pick to make a 1/4-inch diameter hole in each one. Gather up the scraps of dough and roll them out again until all the dough is used.
Bake just until lightly browned on the bottom and pale golden on top, 6 to 8 minutes. Let the cookies cool on the pan for 5 minutes, then transfer them to wire racks.
To make the frosting, put the confectioners' sugar in a medium bowl and stir in milk until a stiff but spreadable paste forms, Though it may seem overly stiff, too much milk will make an unworkable frosting. If more milk is necessary, add only 1/2 teaspoon at a time. Divide the frosting among separate bowls and color as desired. To make an almost black frosting, use equal amounts of red and green food coloring. Frost either warm or cooled cookies. If the cookies are warm, the frosting will spread more easily.
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