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Wednesday, December 18, 2024

Genetic Virgin mother mouse & Jesus' Virgin Birth Debate

In the virgin birth, the immaterial (the Spirit) and the material (Mary’s womb) were both involved. Just as, at creation, “the earth was formless and empty” and dark (Genesis 1:2), Mary’s womb was an empty, barren place. And just as, at creation, “the Spirit of God was hovering over the waters” (Genesis 1:2), the Spirit of God came upon Mary (Luke 1:35). Only God can make something out of nothing; only God could perform the miracles of creation, the incarnation, and the virgin birth.

https://youtu.be/lGD0yzV8EH4?si=xrl52ymJCEkJksP7

You may not agree with the above arguments, simply from human logic?

In fact, if we believe that God created the entire universe, and if Jesus Christ really has resurrected from the death 3 days after His crucifixion, wouldn’t it be a piece of cake for God to allow a Child to be born by a virgin? Joseph was a righteous man, but he was not a stupid foolish man to completely believed in Mary's innocence. In private, he did want to cancel his engagement with Mary. Well, the angel Gabriel told him the truth in a dream and told him the baby had to be named Jesus! Before Joseph’s dream, angel Gabriel also appeared to Mary in person and told her that she would have a virgin conception and the baby's name should be Jesus because He is going to save people from sins! So Mary & Joseph could have talked privately and discovered that the name of Baby Jesus the angel told them was same! This is amazing! Traditionally, when Jews name their children, they often commemorate the names of their ancestors and do not use a new unrelated name. Therefore, John the Baptist and Jesus were not existing names among their relatives and ancestors! It’s an unusual naming then! The birth of John the Baptist, the pioneer of Jesus, was a miracle, and it was a public event, because many witnesses were present at the time and discovered that his father, Zacharias the priest, did not believe in what Gabril told him that his old aged wife would bear him a son. So, Zechariah became mute and unable to talk! It wasn't until John the Baptist was born, whom he named John, that Zechariah regained his ability to speak! Angel Gabril also told Mary that her relative Elizabeth was much older and already in her sixth month of pregnancy, so Mary hurriedly visited Elizabeth, the mother of John the Baptist, and stayed with Elizabeth there for more than three months! Thus angel Gabriel’s predictions were completely confirmed! Occasionally, if they still had questions and doubts, they could surely get firm answers!

Of course, the birth of Jesus cannot be made public with great fanfare! Look at what King Herod did! He had killed all the babies in Bethlehem who were under two years old! Not one of those babies under two in Bethlehem were spared except Jesus. So for such an intimate private story, Luke might have personally heard the historical account that an angel Gabriel appeared to her through Mary herself! It was also possible that Luke had heard lis from what Mary’s family said, and of course the Holy Spirit certainly could simply have enlightened and inspired Luke to write down this intimate true story of Jesus’ birth.

All in all, “In God nothing is impossible!” ; “Is anything too hard for God?”

So many important figures in the Bible gave birth to sons because of God’s interventions. Their births indeed carry God’s special responsibilities and missions! Like Issac, Samuel, Samson and Baptist John…etc. God directly intervened in their births since their mothers were infertile or pretty old; they were not just like us ordinary people! These historical events, in fact, laid the foreshadowing of Mary's virgin birth. They tell us again and again that “ In God nothing is impossible” If Jesus were not God, He would not have been able to fulfill so many prophecies which had been from a long long time ago.

Nowadays, IVF artificial insemination and embryo transfer have become very common and well developed! Since Dolly the sheep was cloned, cloned monkeys and other animals are now being released one after another! Recently, there have been reports of mice being genetically modified to reproduce asexually. We humans have been able to create asexual reproduction in the laboratory, but is it ironically that the Almighty God cannot do it single handed?

Wednesday, December 11, 2024

John Lennox vs Peter Atkins - Can science explain everything? LIVE DEBATE

https://youtu.be/EER1-9nflJY

Can Science Explain Everything? ( only 2.49 minutes)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fCe4HpjJQy4

Wednesday, November 20, 2024

Sigmund Frued and C.S. Lewis Debating "The Question of God"

The Question of God: C. S. Lewis and Sigmund Freud Debate God, Love, Sex, and the Meaning of Life by Dr. Armand M. Nicholi Jr., Robert Whitfield, et al.

( Click the following link for a complete interview from PBS)

https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/questionofgod/program/int_nicholi.html

An Interview with Dr. Armand Nicholi Harvard University professor and author of The Question of God: C.S. Lewis and Sigmund Freud Debate God, Love, Sex, and the Meaning of Life

Q: You have been teaching a popular Harvard course on the question of God for more than 30 years. What was it about the subject of faith versus science that originally sparked your interest?

A: As a practicing psychiatrist, I came to realize that one's worldview, or how one answers the basic questions concerning meaning, values, purpose, identity, motivation and destiny, influences not only who we are, but how we live our lives. Taking it to the next level, it was important for students, I felt, to have the opportunity to critically assess the arguments for both the worldview that they embrace and some form of the worldview they reject.

Q: Who are Sigmund Freud and C.S. Lewis, and why did you choose to focus on Freud and Lewis specifically?

A: The founder of psychoanalysis, Sigmund Freud's great impact on our culture has led historians to speak of the 20th century as the century of Freud. C.S. Lewis, a celebrated Oxford don whose literary and religious works, including the widely popular children's series The Chronicles of Narnia, is perhaps the 20th century's most popular proponent of faith based on reason. Together, Lewis and Freud, the believer and unbeliever, represent conflicting sides of ourselves. Both are eloquent and incisive spokespeople for the worldview the other attacks.

Q: You describe Lewis as a celebrated Oxford don, literary critic and perhaps this century's most influential and popular proponent of faith based on reason. What does it mean to base faith on reason?

A: Faith based on reason is faith based on critical assessment of evidence that leads one to a strong conviction. For example, assessing the historical authenticity of Biblical documents might strengthen one's conviction in what one believes is true or not true...

Wednesday, November 13, 2024

Akhenaten, Moses & the Origins of Monotheism

Akhenaten, Moses & the Origins of Monotheism - Guest Lecturer: Dr. James K. Hoffmeier https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RvHU0zyfRpk At the end of the above video, Dr. Hoffmeier came up with his theory of Akhenaten's theophany encounter like Moses' encountering God in the burning bushes! Also James traced back to Akhenaten's father, AmenhotepIII's emphasis of Sun god ATEN at the end of his reign! That reflects the influences of 10 plagues which made all Egyptian gods impotent! Though there were 3 days darkness that the Sun disappeared, but the Sun did reappear and recover. Therefore the conclusion could be only the Sun and its rays survived the 10 plagues and could be the only universal god! James also concluded Moses was the first one who had a tablet downloading data from the cloud! So Moses' monotheism wasn't influenced by Akhanaten at all! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PFBn_pVb11w https://youtu.be/sTycZ0hMz1E?si=C1mw3bongVYuPtV_ See also the link below https://truthinlionsden.blogspot.com/2023/09/did-queen-hatshepsut-of-egyptian.html

Wednesday, October 16, 2024

Who was the Pharaoh of Exodus?

https://youtu.be/oeLHrHQnlGw?si=73KpVgOrpoBNlkL0 https://youtu.be/2JusQxiTXnE?si=Or6fRKC7jDnPi6nx

Ancient Egyptian Ipuwer papyrus & Exodus

https://youtu.be/7F656eLHAKg?si=2KlCz5D8kJv16Z2N https://youtu.be/gnF5nWMvIbo?si=i2tpblvMbanR_VLE