Some days I just shake my head... See for yourself.
Why Doesn't Answers in Genesis Tell You the Truth?
Tim Martin
www.BeyondCreationScience.com
The Naked Absurdity of Young-Earth Futurism
Thought you guys might find this interesting. I would welcome any comments, suggestions, or criticisms:
The Naked Absurdity of Young-Earth Futurism
Blessings,
Tim Martin
www.BeyondCreationScience.com
The Naked Absurdity of Young-Earth Futurism
Blessings,
Tim Martin
www.BeyondCreationScience.com
Homeschooling, the Genesis Debate, and Hypocrisy
I think some of you guys may find this article interesting. It is the most complete account of the situation that I have seen on the web:
Homeschooling, the Genesis Debate, and Hypocrisy
Tim Martin
www.BeyondCreationScience.com
Homeschooling, the Genesis Debate, and Hypocrisy
Tim Martin
www.BeyondCreationScience.com
Media Influence and Intentions: Propaganda via Futurism
Mark Chiacchira made a brilliant comment on the Death is Defeated site yesterday and it pretty much sums up why I choose preterism as my brand of eschatology.
"Today's Christians have no idea that Preterism offers the single best antidote to the futuristic Kool-Aid they are drinking. Having a realized eschatology destroys the Jehovah's Witnesses, The Church of Jesus Christ "Latter Day Saints", Islam, and a host of others that are dependent upon futurism. It is the secret weapon all Christians have been hoping for! It is the key which unlocks the scriptures and frees the minds of men.
If men believed that we have a future, they would live in terms of it. Our economy would become stable and world peace could eventually be achieved. Our economy would be based upon saving for the future rather than spending our children's inheritance. All ideas have consequences! We've seen the results of modern day futurism. It's produced Zionism, Wars, bad economic policies, and a defeatist mentality that allows hosts of anti-Christian doctrines to permeate society. Futurism creates a whole host of injustices and societal problems. Thankfully my children will carry the torch of Preterism into the next generation and give hope to many."
That was brilliant, Mark. Unfortunately we are bombarded with information daily that generally leads the populace towards futurism and feeds off of their fears.
I know I am going to stir up a hornet's nest of controversy with the link I am about to post but I have a feeling that David will thoroughly enjoy it! With a realized preterist eschatology, who the main people are in the media and why they are doing it is obvious. It is time we put two and two together here and we talked about it...
I encourage you to read through the end of this post with an open mind.
He is after us!!
Any idea who this person is?
www.preteristheresy.blogspot.com
Sorry Ryan, you haven't been called a heretic yet.
www.preteristheresy.blogspot.com
Sorry Ryan, you haven't been called a heretic yet.
They Finally Went After Him
Well, I guess it was only a matter of time.
Some of you might have heard about John Holzmann and Sonlight Curriculum for Homeschoolers based out of Colorado. John is a friend of mine who, a couple of years ago, expressed interest in Beyond Creation Science. (You can see his comments here.)
John is the inquisitive type who is always investigating various viewpoints. That shows in how Sonlight Curriculum is formulated. They tend to offer books with contrasting (and sometimes contradictory) views. The goal is to expose the home school student to different points of view so they can develop critical thinking skills. In a nutshell, Sonlight Curriculum is after real education -- which is probably why they are so popular with home schoolers.
Except this has now caused a problem for John in Colorado.
The Colorado homeschool association (CHEC) decided that Sonlight would no longer be allowed a booth at the annual Homeschool Convention in Colorado that is hosted by CHEC. Why not? Because Sonlight Curriculum includes material written from an old-earth creationist/Intelligent Design perspective. (GASP!!)
Apparently, this makes Sonlight Curriculum "not Christian enough" to participate in the Homeschool Convention since CHEC requires a strict 6 Day/Young-Earth statement of faith for all its vendors. Of course, Sonlight has been displaying their material at this annual convention for years. They make no official stand on the YEC-OEC debate as an organization. They include YEC material along with OEC material in their curriculum. None of this matters now. Somebody just decided they don't meet up to the standard required by CHEC.
Hmm....
I suspect that some of John's recent articles on the subject might have something to do with Sonlight getting the ax. The irony, though, is that there appears to be a backlash against CHEC from loyal Sonlight supporters. Gotta love those home schoolers! It appears that some of them think that loving God with all their mind means actually learning about opposing views whether they agree with those views or not. I am also willing to bet that the OEC home schooling contingent will be getting larger in the future rather than smaller. Sonlight Curriculum is sure positioned to serve this niche within the home school community! Looks like free advertising to me, courtesy of the nanny CHEC! (Who needs state control of education when you can have have your state Christian home school association filter vendors at the convention for you! Ironic, no?)
Now we get to wait on an official response from CHEC regarding the situation. This one will be fun to watch. I don't know if CHEC realized this, but they just put the subject of old-earth creationism front and center for a lot of new people who probably had no interest in it before.
You can read John's account of the details here.
Tim Martin
www.BeyondCreationScience.com
Some of you might have heard about John Holzmann and Sonlight Curriculum for Homeschoolers based out of Colorado. John is a friend of mine who, a couple of years ago, expressed interest in Beyond Creation Science. (You can see his comments here.)
John is the inquisitive type who is always investigating various viewpoints. That shows in how Sonlight Curriculum is formulated. They tend to offer books with contrasting (and sometimes contradictory) views. The goal is to expose the home school student to different points of view so they can develop critical thinking skills. In a nutshell, Sonlight Curriculum is after real education -- which is probably why they are so popular with home schoolers.
Except this has now caused a problem for John in Colorado.
The Colorado homeschool association (CHEC) decided that Sonlight would no longer be allowed a booth at the annual Homeschool Convention in Colorado that is hosted by CHEC. Why not? Because Sonlight Curriculum includes material written from an old-earth creationist/Intelligent Design perspective. (GASP!!)
Apparently, this makes Sonlight Curriculum "not Christian enough" to participate in the Homeschool Convention since CHEC requires a strict 6 Day/Young-Earth statement of faith for all its vendors. Of course, Sonlight has been displaying their material at this annual convention for years. They make no official stand on the YEC-OEC debate as an organization. They include YEC material along with OEC material in their curriculum. None of this matters now. Somebody just decided they don't meet up to the standard required by CHEC.
Hmm....
I suspect that some of John's recent articles on the subject might have something to do with Sonlight getting the ax. The irony, though, is that there appears to be a backlash against CHEC from loyal Sonlight supporters. Gotta love those home schoolers! It appears that some of them think that loving God with all their mind means actually learning about opposing views whether they agree with those views or not. I am also willing to bet that the OEC home schooling contingent will be getting larger in the future rather than smaller. Sonlight Curriculum is sure positioned to serve this niche within the home school community! Looks like free advertising to me, courtesy of the nanny CHEC! (Who needs state control of education when you can have have your state Christian home school association filter vendors at the convention for you! Ironic, no?)
Now we get to wait on an official response from CHEC regarding the situation. This one will be fun to watch. I don't know if CHEC realized this, but they just put the subject of old-earth creationism front and center for a lot of new people who probably had no interest in it before.
You can read John's account of the details here.
Tim Martin
www.BeyondCreationScience.com
THE PAROWAN PROPHET: WE'RE DEAD.
Leland Freeman is a PROPHET, according to no less authority than himself. He is known as the Parowan Prophet (Parowan, Utah). He said God speaks to him and he is the true prophet of God. According to him Obama will not be the next President of the U.S. because Russia will drop nuclear bombs all over the U.S. Millions of us will die. It will happen on December 21, 2008. Of course I am sure it is no problem for "The Prophet" of Parowan that today is January 19, 2009 and there has been no reports of a nuclear attack by anybody (much less the Russians). Maybe we're all dead and just don't know it - we must be living in a "Matrix" kind of reality.
If you have tickets for tomorrows inaugeration you better sell them on ebay tonight, but what good will money do you when you're dead, or very sick from nuclear fall-0ut.
I could never be deceived by a "PROPHET" - why, because I know there are no "Prophets" of God since August 70 a.d. when all prophecies ceased. If you do not believe in the "full preterist" view you could be deceived, oh yes you can. A billion people have been deceived into believing that Mohammad was the last Prophet of God. The Jehovah's Witnesses have been deceived by False Prophets. The Seventh-Day-Adventists have been deceived over and over again by false prophets. Cults exists because of False Prophets. Don't be deceived - THE LAST DAYS ended by 70 a.d.
If you have tickets for tomorrows inaugeration you better sell them on ebay tonight, but what good will money do you when you're dead, or very sick from nuclear fall-0ut.
I could never be deceived by a "PROPHET" - why, because I know there are no "Prophets" of God since August 70 a.d. when all prophecies ceased. If you do not believe in the "full preterist" view you could be deceived, oh yes you can. A billion people have been deceived into believing that Mohammad was the last Prophet of God. The Jehovah's Witnesses have been deceived by False Prophets. The Seventh-Day-Adventists have been deceived over and over again by false prophets. Cults exists because of False Prophets. Don't be deceived - THE LAST DAYS ended by 70 a.d.
