The scandal of liberal Presbyterianism does not make Mormonism orthodox. The failures of our own house do not erase the boundaries of the apostolic faith. The issue is not whether Mormons are nicer than Presbyterians, or more serious than some Protestants. The issue is whether they confess the Christ of Scripture and the gospel of grace. On that question, historic Mormon doctrine stands outside Christianity.
@megbasham 0 See, I have set you this day over nations and over kingdoms,
to pluck up and to break down,
to destroy and to overthrow,
to build and to plant. - Jer 1:10
Russia is not a bastion of Christianity. Anyone telling you otherwise is lying to you. This lie was manufactured to get the American right (which is predominantly Christian) to support Russia.
God intends the Gospel, the good news about Jesus, to be at the center of the Christian life, it's not just what we believe to become Christians, it's the ongoing power of God to transform us, to equip us, to help us to grow into maturity.
The deeper we look into foundations for life, and reality, the more complexity we see. This was not predicted by Darwin and is incompatible with evolution.
The most detailed 3D reconstruction of a cell ever created.
Blows my mind every time.
But what exactly are we looking at here?
The average human cell contains:
~ 15-20 total distinct organelle types, totalling between ~1-10 million working together per cell.
All these nano-machines in the cell are made up of proteins.
~ 8,000-10,000 distinct types of unique proteins, adding up to between 40 million - 10 trillion total proteins making up all those cellular systems.
~ 10,000 - 15,000 distinct types of RNA shuttling information around the cell, totalling up to ~10 million RNA molecules moving around the cell simultaneously.
~ Billions of Lipid molecules packed together into the cell membrane, which is also packed tightly with millions more protein-based nano-machines.
And let's not forget billions of lines of DNA information to build and run it all.
That's TRILLIONS of of individual molecular pieces working together to make a single cell function.
That means there is more complexity in a single cell than humanity's largest cities.
And people still believe this wasn't Divinely Designed.
This is God's Glory on Display.
But to make the point.
A cell couldn't have evolved from some nebulous simpler "protocell" because even the simplest cells still require massive complexity.
The "simplest" cell ever created was engineered by scientists knocking out pieces of a functional cell until it stopped functioning.
Here is what they found is the absolute necessary minimal requirements of a cell to function:
- Over ~531,000 lines of coded DNA information
- 473 total genes to create hundreds of unique protein products (they later added 19 genes back in because the cell was so weak)
- Hundreds of thousands of total proteins all working together
- Extensive regulatory networks guiding all these interactions
If the cell doesn't have all these systems in place, from the start...
it doesn't live.
Cell rely on an intricate network of complex systems, which are themselves built from complex interconnected pieces woven together into an incomprehensibly complex web of functionilty.
Only intelligence has ever been observed creation vast interconnected systems like this.
Life was clearly Created.
It couldn't happen any other way.
@megbasham Well said. The post commits a false equivalence, with a bit of equivocation. It treats two very different claims as if they are morally and logically identical.
That may be rhetorically powerful to his audience, but logically it blurs categories.
I have a tough time trusting analysts with paid membership that constantly use marketing flair (e.g., I was the only bull in April). Why use hyperbole when you should be able to provide objective evidence of success?
The wicked plots against the righteous
and gnashes his teeth at him,
but the Lord laughs at the wicked,
for he sees that his day is coming.
The wicked draw the sword and bend their bows
to bring down the poor and needy,
to slay those whose way is upright;
their sword shall enter their own heart,
and their bows shall be broken.
Psalm 37:12-15
God’s justice is certain.