Darwin was not starting from a blank page when he developed his theory of evolution.
He was a pastoral botanist, educated for the Anglican ministry and trained in botany under the Reverend John Stevens Henslow. In the early days of biology, theology and the study of nature were not the disconnected disciplines we often imagine today.
Now look at Genesis 1.
The Greek word is genos, translated as species in the Latin Bible and commonly as “kind” in English.
And here is the interesting part:
“All animals were created after their kind.”
Not kinds.
Their is plural. Kind is singular.
Plural living things, after a singular kind.
Even the Latin species is singular, a word that existed long before modern biology adopted it as a scientific classification.
So the biblical picture was not necessarily that every individual species appeared independently, from nowhere. There was already a concept of living things coming from an original “kind.”
Many people read the English translation through the lens of what they were taught in Sunday school, as though Genesis describes every individual species appearing independently, almost like magic. But that is not necessarily what the underlying Hebrew, Greek and Latin texts present.
And these were the Scriptures being read by the very Christian scholars who helped build the foundations of modern biology, many of them pastoral botanists like Darwin.
Darwin carried this biblical and botanical knowledge with him aboard HMS Beagle. His journey, including his observations in the Galápagos, became part of his pursuit of the patterns and laws governing living things.
He already had a biblical conceptual framework.
He went looking into nature.
And what he eventually formulated was the law of evolution.
This is why, at the time of his scientific discovery, Darwin could still regard God as the ultimate Lawgiver and First Cause.
He wrote that he was compelled to look to “a First Cause having an intelligent mind”, and said:
“I deserve to be called a Theist.”
Darwin later struggled with his faith, particularly as religious Christians pushed back against his discoveries. But that later struggle should not be projected backwards onto the time of his scientific work.
At the time, his biblical knowledge was not something he had simply discarded. It was part of the intellectual framework with which he approached the natural world.
The Bible gave him the pattern.
Nature gave him the evidence.
And Darwin formulated the law.
@nessimmersion@ANickB85@learnpaladin And had the US government continued to use tariffs purely as a means of raising revenue, rather than as a protectionist weapon, His Majesty’s Government might have reclaimed the estate we once lost.
Shame nobody takes your opinions on taxation seriously. 😜
What economic crash?
the potato nation colonised by Britain?
Is that your template for modern taxation ?
Scandinavian countries, Singapore , Japan- all high tax economies with the highest standard of living .
The tax is spent on enriching citizens lives.
It’s what you do with taxes - war or development!
@nessimmersion@learnpaladin So how should government pay for -
Child education
Healthcare
Clean water
Good roads
Air traffic control
Defence
Police.
Maternity support payments for new borns
You anti ta. people aren’t realistic.
Even Jesus said give to Caesar in taxes what belongs to the govt of Caesar
Jesus said:
“But if you refuse to forgive others, your Father will not forgive your sins.”
That is remarkably clear. I genuinely wonder why you feel the need to argue that this is somehow out of context.
But remember the parable of the unforgiving servant?
The very man whom God had forgiven an enormous debt of sin ?
Well God rescinded his forgiveness because he was unwilling to forgive a fellow servant , a relatively insignificant debt of sin.
@thepalmerworm@FeserEdward Nobody forced him to profess his hate and unforgiving character.
He is a big boy- he took responsibility for his character,
And how you blame the media?
Stop making excuses for Trump.
You had no issues with him claiming he was religious
An intellectually reasonable question.
I refer you to two witnesses:
1. Psalm 119:89
“Eternally (in the invisible world), O Lord, Your Word is settled (agreed) in heaven.”
2. John 8:16–18
“My judgment is true, for it is not I alone who judge, but I and the Father who sent me.
In your Law it is written that the testimony of two people is true. I am the one who bears witness about myself, and the Father who sent me bears witness about me.”
As you can see from the above, the Word is not yet to be prescribed; it has already been agreed upon by the Father and the Son.
Therefore, judgement regarding Hitler’s actions and their consequences has already been settled. He is in hell because the Word confirms it.
Here is confirmation of his suffering in hell:
Psalm 9:17: “The wicked shall be turned into hell, and all the nations that forget God.”
Daniel 12:2: “And many of those who sleep in the dust of the earth shall awake, some to everlasting life, some to shame and everlasting contempt.”
Matthew 25:46: “And these will go away into eternal punishment, but the righteous into eternal life.”
Eight scriptures confirm that, in the mouth of two or more witnesses, every Word of God is established.
It is like reading what the law says about defrauding someone of more than $10,000. It is specific.
“The Word (confirmed by two of the 40 writers of the 66 books) is God.” — John 1:1
So, judgement is the Lord’s = judgement is the Word.
Justice, forgiveness, love and compensation are all independently enshrined in the statutes of God’s eternal law.
“Judgement is mine,” says the Lord.
I forgive Hitler, but earthly human justice is God-appointed (even if it is corrupted by men), and God’s justice in the invisible world judges Hitler’s mind/consciousness in Hell.
Forgiveness is not the same thing as justice.
A rapist must pay for his sins, even though we may individually forgive him.
He must pay, both in this life and in the life to come.
But if he repents, he must go back and settle/compensate the abused. There is NO free lunch on earth, just because you ask for forgiveness from God in heaven .
Consider Zacchaeus: after repenting, he committed to repaying those he had defrauded, fourfold.
Jesus acknowledged his response.
Love without justice = WRONG
Forgiveness without accountability= WRONG
Repentance without restitution = WRONG
Give him credit, he’s authentic. But this is why Christians don’t believe he’s actually a Christian. When you understand how filthy each of us is and the consequences that we all deserve for our own sins, you finally understand the importance of forgiveness. To harbor this type of hate in your heart permanently tells you he’s not receiving the love of Jesus, or he wouldn’t feel this way. This is a hardened heart.
Brilliance?
Fairness, love and equality under the law are principles worth defending. There is nothing remotely brilliant about dressing up racism, division and hypocrisy in eloquent rhetoric.
Hitler was also a compelling orator. The ability to persuade is not proof of the virtue or intelligence of the argument.
Much of Stephen Miller’s rhetoric follows the same troubling pattern: making divisive ideas sound reasonable through calculated language and political spin.
He might sound reasonable today, but eloquence does not erase history. His previous comments have drawn comparisons to the propaganda techniques associated with Nazi propagandist Joseph Goebbels.
Don’t confuse the ability to sell an argument with the merit of the argument itself.
@KitchenNatnma@Isobel_waby@BeeHypedMemes@RoyalFamily Educate yourself!
You don’t comment on police investigations until it’s made public or all the facts are out.
She and The Royal family distanced themselves from Thomas whilst it’s was an allegation.
Same old spin, seeking a reason to blame Meghan 🧐
@MrMarkW67 Scotland Yard should be your target!
They informed Meghan and the RF,
The real subject for your scrutiny is why the RF, having known this, wanted Meghan to visit her dad?
I am speaking facts.
History notes that the land has been renamed several times before and after it was called ancient Israel and after 1948 when it was renamed in the modern era.
You trying to claim that modern Palestinians and a Palestine does t exist is like saying USA doesn’t exist.
It’s just a name
Wait, so your issue is with the Roman’s 135 AD naming of
the land they conquered Palestine?
Hope you realize people also lived on the land before Jews conquered it and named it Israel?
So how far should we go?
The fact is that the Untied nations named a piece of real estate Israel.
Thats the law that established what is recognized as Israel.
Almost all nations were named recently, and that is legitimate.
@FredLittle55 They? They were born where they live. More than 50% of the country were born in the land they call Palestine, so how can they go back to a country they were not born in. Trying to understand your logic here brother