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The Pinnacle of Evolution

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The parts that are unbelieveable are all those beyond
adaptation within a species.

Can you explain why that would be? What exactly tells you that species are immutable?
Lets dig into this.
 
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No, and he doesn't believe in intellectual honesty, and so presents a mill-degree doctorate and insist on being called doctor. And he also doesn't believe in the law and so was charged with 58 felonies and got 10 years in jail.

OH, how typical.....attack the scientist...forget the science.

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According to singularityhub Humans are not the Pinnacle of Evolution they are only a rung on the ladder. According to Theistic Evolution JESUS is the Pinnacle of Evolution. Also atheist evolution pretty much centers on the earth and actually having something to evolve. Theistic Evolution goes back to the Big Bang or the beginning of the Universe. They go so far as to say all of the universe revolves around mankind. That this was God's plan and purpose for all of creation and for that reason Jesus is the Pinnacle of Evolution. Jesus is the point where the Creator became a part of Creation. As Christians we believe that Jesus lived His life as an example for us to follow. Many people get confused and try to pattern their lives after the followers of Jesus. As a carpenter you do not use a copy of a copy for a pattern. You always have a master pattern or template and all of the copies are made directly from the master. This is pretty much the biggest mistake that the atheistic evolutionists make is they try to make a copy from a copy from a copy and that simply does not work. You have to have a master pattern to work with and that is Jesus. He sets the example for us to follow. That is why He is the Pinnacle of Evolution for Creator and Creation to become one.

I would speculate that some may argue there is no Pinnacle only co-dependency or co-evolution where you have symbiotic relationships. So they may argue against a pinnacle.

"Then the devil taketh him up into the holy city, and setteth him on a pinnacle of the temple", Matt 4:5

"Then the devil took him to the holy city and had him stand on the highest point of the temple". Matt 4:5

http://singularityhub.com/2014/07/2...on-and-consciousness-were-only-the-beginning/
Posting blind, but if it hasn't already been said... evolution doesn't real with eather pinacles or rungs. Evolution is not directional or working toward anything.
 
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OH, how typical.....attack the scientist...forget the science.

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It is just a matter of public record that all of his supposed degrees were from unaccredited colleges. Even if they were genuine, which they are not, none of them are in science subjects. It is also a matter of public record that he spent ten years in jail.
 
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Posting blind, but if it hasn't already been said... evolution doesn't real with eather pinacles or rungs. Evolution is not directional or working toward anything.
I have been waiting for someone to come along and say that. But I think that Francis Collins would have a different perspective. Because He believes that God uses evolution to accomplish His purpose. So there are people that believe that Jesus is the Pinnacle of Evolution and He set the example of what we are to become.
 
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It is just a matter of public record that all of his supposed degrees were from unaccredited colleges. Even if they were genuine, which they are not, none of them are in science subjects. It is also a matter of public record that he spent ten years in jail.

You do realize a true Calvinist can't be a theo-evo guy. The "T" goes away.
 
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No, and he doesn't believe in intellectual honesty, and so presents a mill-degree doctorate and insist on being called doctor. And he also doesn't believe in the law and so was charged with 58 felonies and got 10 years in jail.
He does not believe in man's law. I do not know what he thinks about God's law. He things he is only responsible and accountable to the Law of Christ. Whatever he perceives that to be. I wrote him an email once before he went to jail and I tried to reason with him but he ignored it. There is an easy way and a hard way and sometimes we choose to do it the hard way. Either way we will end up where God is wanting us to go. God has a plan for him and God has a plan for you and we need to do what we can to yield to the plan that God has for us. When I look at people and see how hard headed and stubborn they are, then I look at myself and see that I can be pretty hard headed also. So I can not really judge them for the things I need to deal with in myself.
 
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You do realize a true Calvinist can't be a theo-evo guy. The "T" goes away.
There is a difference between Calvinism and hyper calvinism. Calvin asked some questions and began a conversation. Only the hyper people think what he said was engraved in stone.
 
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He does not believe in man's law. I do not know what he thinks about God's law. He things he is only responsible and accountable to the Law of Christ.

Clearly he doesn't read the Bible very closely; if at all (Romans 13.1-7)
 
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Clearly he doesn't read the Bible very closely; if at all (Romans 13.1-7)
It is a little difficult to believe that a Bible teacher does not read his Bible. Although in the churches he goes to they often have a pastor with only a two year degree. Compared to mainline denominations where the pastor or priest is required to have a Phd level degree from a Seminary.
 
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Then explain how through one man sin and death entered. How does evolution allow for Total Depravity...or Radical Corruption?
So far as I am concerned, Genesis contains a story which relates the fact; I do not read into it an account of how the falleness of man arose.
 
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Just like Berretta used to say; don't do the crime, if you can't do the time.
Unless you have a million dollars and can convince the jury that you were set up. I use to watch that program back in the 70's and was surprised when Beretta himself went on trial.
 
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It is a little difficult to believe that a Bible teacher does not read his Bible. Although in the churches he goes to they often have a pastor with only a two year degree. Compared to mainline denominations where the pastor or priest is required to have a Phd level degree from a Seminary.

You shouldn't need any kind of degree to be familiar with the Bible. Especially when it involves a book that has been pivotal in the history of Christianity.
 
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You shouldn't need any kind of degree to be familiar with the Bible. Especially when it involves a book that has been pivotal in the history of Christianity.
There are lots of people with two year degrees that do a wonderful job of preaching and teaching the Bible. I know of people that graduated from our sunday school program that can preach the Bible. But they can not council or advise people. That is when you need a post grad degree. According to what I am reading he was making between one and two million dollars a year. So when you have that amount of money involved I can see where he could run into a lot of problems. Still if your going to go to court you need a good attorney, someone that gets along with that judge. He had the money to hire an attorney to work out a deal but he did not seem to be smart enough to do that. He does not seem to understand how the good ol boy club works.
 
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So far as I am concerned, Genesis contains a story which relates the fact; I do not read into it an account of how the falleness of man arose.

So, you just ignore that portion of the bible? Did you actually rip those pages out of your bible or line out the verses with a magic marker?
 
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So, you just ignore that portion of the bible? Did you actually rip those pages out of your bible or line out the verses with a magic marker?

Um, did I say that I ignored it? I am sure I didn't.
 
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