Published: June 18, 2009 08:39 pm         

Reader's Forum: June 19, 2009

All creation theories are about principle

As a professing Christian and follower of Jesus Christ and the person who appears to have started the current science vs. evolution debate, I would like to clarify the Christian position very simply; since those who do not believe in a Creator God are trying to define our beliefs and positions for us.

Simply stated, the Bible is the Christian’s ultimate authority in all things including creation, morality and eternal destiny. It is the true history book of the universe. God was there in the beginning, we were not. “All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness.” 2Ti 3:16.

It is an either or proposition. Either you believe God created the way He said, or you don’t. Sadly many Christians have developed compromise positions such as Progressive Creation, Theistic Evolution, Day Age Theory, Gap Theory, etc. All these compromise positions originate from man’s opinions outside of the Bible.

There is a war going on; a war of the worldviews. It is not a war between religion and science as most people think. It is a war between religion and evolution.

The definition of science in Webster’s 1828 dictionary states this: Science; knowledge; the comprehension or understanding of truth or facts. Evolution attempts to explain creation by unguided chance processes without a God.

In most cases evolution does not use real science to make its case, it uses faith. They do not know where the matter came from, or how life came about from chemicals, or how the information in the cell originated. But the evolutionists say, given enough time, we have faith that it could happen. This is not logical. It surely is not science. Evolution is a religion. The definition of religion is: a cause, principle or system of beliefs held to with ardor and faith.

I already have a faith. If you’re an evolutionist, tell me what your faith has to offer and I’ll tell you what my faith in Jesus Christ has to offer.

A building has a builder, a painting has a painter, and a table has a maker. Why would time, space and matter not need a creator? God is the miracle maker who, in six days created the heaven, the Earth, the sea, and all that in them is, Exodus 20:11. Creation cannot be explained by science, only by a creator God, who created outside the physical laws of nature.

For since the creation of the world God’s invisible qualities — his eternal power and divine nature — have been clearly seen, being understood from what has been made, so that men are without excuse. Romans 1:20.

When it comes right down to it, what I believe or what you believe is totally irrelevant. What is relevant is this; what is the truth? Jesus said, “I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the father, but by me.” John 14:6.

— David A. Brown, Terre Haute



More to know about Free Choice Act

After reading recent letters to the editor encouraging people to support the Employee Free Choice Act (EFCA), otherwise known as “card check”, we would like to present some of the not-often mentioned terms of this proposed legislation.

First of all, employees already have the right to organize. The EFCA changes the current process. The EFCA eliminates the waiting period after card signing and goes directly to union representation after 51 percent of the employees have signed cards.

It also eliminates the employee’s right to a secret ballot. The secret ballot protects employees from intimidation and coercion by both employers and union organizers. Have you ever been asked to sign a union organizing card and felt you did not want to? The EFCA will eliminate your chance to vote secretly without fear of reprisal.

Any piece of legislation that eliminates an American’s right to a secret ballot is dangerous and should be opposed. We urge readers to contact their legislators and ask them to vote “no” on the Employee Free Choice Act.

— Chris and Phyllis Koszewski, Terre Haute



Who decided to invest in Chrysler?

I read with interest the June 9 newspaper with the front page story of schools with declining enrollment (such as Vigo County) receiving less money from the state. However, the most interesting and thought-provoking thing I saw was the letter to the editor from the treasurer of Indiana, Richard Mourdock.

In his letter he criticized the recent federal government effort to reorganize Chrysler because the federal government has not protected the rights of secured creditors. He goes on to say that retired Hoosier state policemen and retired Hoosier teachers are not unpatriotic, greedy speculators.

However, Mr. Mourdock seems to think that U.S. workers are responsible for the state of the U.S. economy as he said in a previous letter to the editor a few Sundays ago. I DO believe that the term “workers” also applies to teachers and state policemen, does it not, Mr. Mourdock? Whose side are you on?

I think, Mr. Mourdock, that the unpatriotic, greedy speculators label belongs to the one who made the DECISION to invest the retirement money of the teachers and state policemen in Chrysler, not the teachers and state policemen themselves.

Since the “millions of taxpayers” (of Indiana) will have to eventually cough the money that has been lost I guess that taxpayers should be grateful for your lawsuit and pray that they are not throwing good money after bad. However, you should come clean tell us who made the DECISION to invest the teachers and state policemen’s retirement funds in Chrysler.

You see, some greedy, unpatriotic speculation such as the leasing of American roads to foreign interests pays off well and others do not.

— John Garner, Terre Haute