Angels & Evolution   Click To Read This

The supernatural origins of humanity is deduced from angels, our body/soul/spirit, and Jesus material/supernatural miracles (1Th 5:23 "Now may the God of peace Himself sanctify you completely; and may your whole spirit, soul, and body be preserved blameless at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ." )
In response to atheist Richard Dawkin's statement: "DNA neither knows nor cares. DNA just is." Out Of Eden. pg 133 : There's questions such as : Where did all the information come from for DNA/RNA, what is energy and Life, what are the strong and weak forces, what constitutes intellect/mind/personality - as is purported to also be required of angels, and that of our own body/soul/spirit, what are instincts intuition and inspiration, what is language and why does it differ so widely, how do angels employ language, how does the brain work, quite a lot of profound mysteries that evolution glosses over. It's deduced that we were created supernaturally not by naturalism's random materialistic processes. If you explain angels as having their origins through supernatural laws ("without having any regard for physics, reality, etc.") no longer is "naturalism" the only laws at work in the universe. A precedent is set which can apply for the origins of humanity, our body, soul & spirit too. Spiritual people, and those who assume the existence of Angels, cannot have it both ways with a false dichotomy that argues for a purely naturalistic origins of humanity - theistic evolution - while accepting we have a spirit, mind, intelligence, personality - which originated like that of angels. No longer is "naturalism" the only laws at work in the universe, to explain our body, soul, and spirit requires supernatural origins for humanity. See more analysis of this below - contrasting the natural and supernatural.
Have you considered below unexplained supernatural events.

Pascal's Wager - There Is A God & After-Life    Click To Read This
One can not know for 'certain' that God, an afterlife, heaven or hell exist; we aim for being 'beyond reasonable doubt' (Christian Apologetics N Geisler pp 128, 293, 314, 315) (Tit 2:13 looking for the blessed hope). The unique heptadic structure of the Bible, (example above), gives us confidence, along with other evidences seen here and at other philosophical/apologetics websites (see Compelling Info.) God gives enough proof to satisfy any reasonable person who is willing to submit to the truth, but not enough to convince the proud skeptic who is bent on unbelief. Renowned Harvard law professor Simon Greenleaf observed: “Christianity does not profess to convince the perverse and head-strong, to bring irresistible evidence to the daring and profane, to vanquish the proud scorner, and afford evidences from which the careless and perverse cannot possibly escape. This might go to destroy man’s responsibility. All that Christianity professes, is to propose such evidences as may satisfy the meek, the tractable, the candid, the serious inquirer” (The Testimony of the Evangelists Examined by the Rules of Evidence). (An Unshakeable Faith p 17)

Aliens, UFOs - Are We Alone In The Universe ?   Click To Read This
A review of Cosmology and origins unlike many others.

Can angels or aliens travel up to or faster than light speed ? Are wormholes, subspace, hyperspace, slipstreams, corridors or conduits, warp speeds, trans-warp, folding of space, or inter-dimensional travel real ? If any of them are real, what would that tell us about the age of the universe ? If alien/UFO advocates believe it is possible for angels or aliens to span the heavens (the universe) within very short time frames then the universe has a mechanism useful for rapid interstellar travel (which would have existed before any creatures did, for the universe's own existence & creation) and dating the universe by implication that billions of light years is the yardstick need not be correct. The universe need not necessarily be old in such a scenario, since it can be spanned quickly. Inter-dimensional and material beings would rely on those dimensions or mechanisms of our universe to rapidly move around - which would have existed before any creatures did, for the universe's own existence & creation. (Again, if you explain angels as having their origins through supernatural laws ("without having any regard for physics, reality, etc.") no longer is "naturalism" the only laws at work in the universe. A precedent is set which can apply for the origins of humanity and the universe.) And, if any faster-than-light phenomena exists, that would become the benchmark for measuring the size of the universe, rather than the current light speed. It is thought, "old" aliens could not exist in a universe dated by the existence of it's own rapid travel mechanism. Panspermia must be out too. Any events seem likely to be low-life (abduction) fallen angels, reported to be masquerading as "old" grays.
Have you considered The Case For A Creator Ch 6 - youtube for the many scientifically determined factors required for life to exist on a rare, maybe uniquely, habitable planet ? (or perhaps the book may be of interest)
Also, from a Biblical reference point, the angels & Christ? that met with Abraham on the way to Sodom had a meal with Abraham, they were part of that time+space (Genesis 18:2-8). Genesis 19:10 "But the men put forth their hand, and pulled Lot into the house to them, and shut to the door." They were part of that time+space to physically handle Lot - yet had come from heaven.


For a more academic and philosophically sound study of what is Truth see the book Christian Apologetics by N. Geisler.
Have you considered an intriguing range of helpful books , especially An Unshakeable Faith.
Starlight, Time and the New Physics - an excellent read     or Kindle eBook Edition
Beyond Opinion Challenges From Science - Google Books - an excellent read for Dr John Lennox's in-depth analysis of Science's boundaries or limitations
Beyond Opinion: Living the Faith We Defend (amazon.com)

There are testimonies about raising people back to life who were dead for a notable amount of time, and remarkable healing's (those being less controversial than most are), which most likely could not have been done without the power of God through His Spirit (for those specific examples).
See Daniel Ekechukwu video.

The video appears to show a death certificate or mortuary notice from Dr Josse. He claims to have used a stethoscope and there were no sounds from Daniel's heart, his pupils were fixed and dilated. The mortician also confirms that Daniel was stiff and lifeless, and so he performed the poisonous embalming procedure. Others thought he was a corpse too.

This isn't the same as other near death experiences. It's doubtful that other religions have a comparable example, can someone cite one with details (like poisonous embalming, etc) that are as good as this - or only lesser NDE's ?

What is the time limit for one's heart to be stopped, (with pupils fixed and dilated and body stiff so as to warrant embalming), before the damage of that overrides testing for a flatline with an EEG ? There must be a limit to how long the heart can be stopped before brain and maybe heart damage becomes significant.

Do you think if they'd spent a notable amount of time driving around the area, (with what a number of people believed to be a corpse), that Daniel would have suffered significant brain damage since his heart had stopped - as attested by the doctor and mortician, and he was stiff so as to warrant embalming ? Yet he revived, back to perfect health, despite previously having stoved into the steering wheel and windscreen at some speed (which later caused breathing difficulties serious enough to warn his wife of impending death), and having gone through the poisonous chemical embalming procedure.

Raised from the Dead, Reports on The Afterlife - The Lazarus Phenomenon can be obtained here (may require a multizone DVD player if not in the US)

By supposed lack of evidence, one or two assume we know much that there is to know about science and the universe. There's no doubt more yet to be discovered that explains the nature of the strong and weak forces rather than merely acknowledging their effects. It's not like science has a theory of everything, science really is still relatively recent on the timeline of human achievements.
As we all know, we live by the axiom that the truth, and the devil, is invariably in the details, the bleeding edge of human knowledge and wisdom, for which critical thinking and learning proves essential, as long as it doesn't contravene biblical truths - remember the bible's unique heptadic structure (have you considered Any Absolutes? Absolutely!) As is commonly said, a little knowledge (or even a good amount) can be a dangerous thing. As far as the so called 'science' of origins is concerned, the jury ever remains out on partial evidence, with profound mysteries, for which sampling errors and successive approximation dominate.
Something that may clarify our thinking on the so called 'science' of origins is to point to the claim that human knowledge increases exponentially over time (for example try and read all the books and websites on offer). It's perhaps part of the reason that God tells us we walk by faith more than by sight. It's virtually impossible to know the majority of details in many subjects of science, no one can be an all knowing mathematician/biologist/microbiologist/chemist/physicist/ nuclear physicist/astrophysicist/philosopher and all the fields of science.Humanity never will know it all, there are many profound mysteries; though there are some, in the so called 'science' of orgins that have been able to get away with faking it for too long.
Where did all the information come from for DNA/RNA, what is energy or what are the strong and weak forces, what constitutes intellect/mind/personality as is purported to also be required of angels, and that of our own body/soul/spirit, what are instincts intuition and inspiration, what is language and why does it differ so widely, how do angels employ language, how does the brain work, quite a lot of profound mysteries that evolution glosses over.
Another question is, how on earth did God confuse the tongues at the tower of Babel ? (eSword Genesis 11:9) There's a real mystery about human language that humanity doesn't really comprehend yet. It has been suggested that there may be a real connection (perhaps supernatural) between language and the things of God; see the above mentioned heptadic structure as one example too.

Ian McCormack Glimpse of Eternity - Stung/Poisoned A Number Of Times To Death Then Revived Later On


Evolution Just So Stories   Click To Read This
It would be surprising if mapping of all DNA to morphology and variations would explain any more than adaptation, rather than morphological emergence through speciation or transmutation. I don't know of anyone that doubts or denies adaptation. But given the vastly complex supposedly inter-related morphologies of the Phylogenetic_tree, it seems that induction or extrapolation from simple adaptation to arrive at this vastly complex "tree" stretches credibility into the realms of being poor science (science dereliction). It's tempting to over simplify it all by reducing it to DNA mapping, as though grass is related to ass. Someone commented that there isn't a linear one-to-one relationship between variations in DNA and morphology, and the matter apparently is subject to ongoing research and notable controversy, probably for some time yet.

The Case For A Creator excerpts on Youtube.
Can we recommend - The Case For Christ, The Case For a Creator, The Case For Faith 3-DVD Collection (They may require a multizone DVD player if not in the US, otherwise the books may be of interest)
    The Case For Christ book, The Case for a Creator book, The Case for Faith book

Compelling Info . . .                     

Mat 16:13 And coming into the parts of Caesarea Philippi, Jesus asked His disciples, saying, Who do men say Me to be, the Son of Man? Mat 16:14 And they said, Some say, John the Baptist; some, Elijah; and others, Jeremiah, or one of the prophets. Mat 16:15 He said to them, But who do you say I am? Mat 16:16 And Simon Peter answered and said, You are the Christ(Messiah), the Son of the living God.

If you encountered such a genealogy, would you attribute such characteristics as these to random chance ?

The above have all been met in the first 11 verses (in the Greek) in the genealogy of Jesus Christ in Matthew
chapter 1. Also refer to the works of Dr Ivan Panin on the heptadic structure of the Bible, unique from all other literature. (one example of evidences for supernatural design) - Jesus Christ is our afterlife. Rev 1:11 saying, I (Jesus Christ) am the Alpha and Omega, the First and the Last.

The best deceptions often contain a lot of truth, interlaced subtly with error/s, as many scientists usually know - including when the sampling errors and approximations of statistics are involved. It comes down to whether we're going to trust/put our faith in God, or Fog - the all seeing eye's theories [full of holes and many unanswered profound mysteries described above].

What must I do To Have The Afterlife ?

Which churches do we recommend. A key starting point to the knowledge of God is the reality of the supernatural - as far as Jesus is involved. Above evidences of the supernatural - as far as Jesus is involved - and the heptadic structure of the whole Bible are keys to that reality, overthrowing the naturalism or materialism worldview. No longer can a bunch of monkeys type the Bible (or the works of Shakespeare) by chance, the heptadic structure of the Bible doesn't allow for chance, and opens the door to God's reality. We recommend protestant churches and their home/cell groups, such as found here http://www.wayoflife.org/directory/index.html

(A Briefer History Of Time. S. Hawking. p 117; A Brief History Of Time. S. Hawking. pp 131-136) " ... it would be very difficult to construct a complete unified theory of everything in the universe all at one go. So instead we have made progress by finding partial theories that describe a limited range of happenings and by neglecting other effects or approximating them by certain numbers. The laws of science, as we know them at present, contain many numbers -- for example the size of the electric charge of the electron and the ratio of the masses of the proton and the electron-- that we cannot, at the moment at least, predict from theory. Instead we have to find them by observation and then insert them into equations. Some call these numbers fundamental constants; others call them fudge factors. (p132) The remarkable fact is that the values of these numbers seem to have been very finely adjusted to make possible the development of life. ... One can take this either as evidence of a divine purpose in Creation and the choice of the laws of science, or as support for the strong anthropic principle. (See pp 132-133 for objections to the strong anthropic principle.) ... In quantum theory, particles can be created out of energy in the form of particle/antiparticle pairs. "

(The Theory of Everything. S. Hawking. p 165) "We can ask about the nature of God even if there is only one possible unified theory that is just a set of rules and equations. What is it that breathes fire into the equations and makes a universe for them to describe ? The usual approach of science of constructing a mathematical model cannot answer the question of why there should be a universe for the model to describe. ... Is the unified theory so compelling that it brings about it's own existence ?"

(A Brief History of Time. S Hawking. pp 54-55) "So in the end our work became generally accepted and nowadays nearly everyone assumes that the universe started with a big bang singularity. It is perhaps ironic that, having changed my mind, I am now trying to convince other physicists that there was in fact no singularity at the beginning of the universe ... it can disappear once quantum effects are taken into account. ... However, general relativity claims to be only a partial theory, so what the singularity theorems really show is that there must have been a time in the very early universe, when the universe was so small, that one could no longer ignore the small-scale effects of the other great partial theory of the twentieth century, quantum mechanics. ... efforts to combine the two partial theories into a single quantum theory of gravity."

Starlight, Time and the New Physics - an excellent read       or Kindle eBook Edition

(Stephen Hawking's Universe. D Filkin. p 157) "However well established the current evidence for the expanding evolving universe might seem to be, it is well to remember that it is largely based on analyzing the light from the proportion of the universe which we can actually see. And there is good reason to believe that there is much more of the universe for us to still detect" (ie see discussion of dark matter - without which the equations give only a rough model). "In fact what we can actually see may turn out to be less than a tenth of all there is in the universe. Most cosmologists believe that 90 percent of the essential nature of the universe has still to be revealed. It is as if we have only so far looked at the tip of the (light) iceberg." Have you considered Beyond Newton - Plasmas

News article :
"Don't forget that the Standard Model only explains four per cent of the Universe," Rolf Heuer, Director General of CERN, said at a press conference. "We have a long way to go."
Scientists speculate that the other 96 per cent of the Universe consists of dark matter (26 per cent) and dark energy (70 per cent), neither of which has been directly observed.


Hebrews 11:3 says that "By faith we understand that the universe was prepared by the word of God, so that what is seen was made from things that are invisible. "

Christianity For Skeptics: An Understandable Examination of Christian Belief
  Does God exist ?
  If there is a God, why is there evil ?
  Is atheism rational ?
  Is the Bible the word of God ?

Ethics & Absolutes

Dating in Archaeology: Radiocarbon & Tree-Ring Dating

"The coal deposits are said by evolutionists to have formed over millions of years, but they contain the fossils of perfectly-preserved skeletons, including two-ton dinosaurs, which would have had to have been covered almost instantly. In 1878, miners working in the Mons coalfield in Belgium discovered 39 iguanodon dinosaur skeletons, many of them complete, at a depth of 322 meters. They were 10 meters long and weighed two tons each. “For their bodies to be rapidly buried would require rates of deposition thousands or even millions of times greater than the average 0.2 millimeters per year proposed by uniformitarians” (Milton, Shattering the Myths, p. 84)."
"The results of carbon-14 dating demonstrated serious problems for long geologic ages. Samples were taken from ten different coal layers that, according to evolutionists, represent different time periods in the goelogic column (Cenozoic, Mesozoic, and Paleozoic). ... The coal samples, which dated millions to >= hundreds of millions of years old based on standard evolution time estimates, all contained measurable amounts of C¹⁴. This is a significant discovery. Since the half-life" of C¹⁴ is relatively short (5,730 years), there should be no detectable C¹⁴ left after about 100,000 years. The average C¹⁴ estimated age for all the layers from these three time periods was approximately 50,000 years. (The New Answers Book 1, pp. 85,86). An Unshakeable Faith pp. 224, 295.


The Bible And The Age Of The Earth
"Adam, the first man, was created in the sixth day, lived through the seventh day, and into at least a portion of the eighth day. If these days were long geologic periods of millions of years in length, we have the interesting situation of Adam having lived in a portion of one age, through the whole of another age, and into at least a portion of a third age, in which case he was many millions of years old when he finally died!"

What must I do To Have The Afterlife ?


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