An excerpt from the "The God Alternatives" (Religion Evolution and Man). When I was halfway through writing "The God Fighters" (Religion Restoration and Confusion) I found that there were many topics that I could not address in the book and I had chapter headings for most of "The God alternatives" before I completed writing "The God fighters." This is a book written for laypersons by another layperson. It does not contain the theological arguments that even the theologians cannot explain.

The God Alternatives (Religion Evolution and Man)
Published by Create Space
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The physical and the spiritual

       The physical is that which is of or pertaining to the body as opposed to the mind. The physical can be further extended to that which can be perceived with the senses in that it can be seen, heard, touched, tasted or felt. The physical although often used as a reference to the human body can be further extended to describe the material universe. The opposite of physical is logical, virtual or mental.

      The spiritual is of, relating to, or affecting the human spirit or soul as opposed to the physical or material things. The spiritual can also be of or relating to religion or religious beliefs.

      Material is the matter from which a thing is or can be made. Material can also be denoting or consisting of physical objects rather than the mind or spirit. Material is not limited to the physical because information, data, facts, ideas etc. are vital elements in creating works.

      Man is both a physical and a spiritual being. The physical aspect of man is easy to identify because his body is made from matter and is easily identified by the senses. The mental aspect of man is expressed through intellect and logic and is expressed through his speech and actions.

        The soul of man is closely linked to the spirit of man and it is hard to separate and define the two. The soul of man is that which knows and comprise the intellect or mind, the emotions and the will. These are not physical and therefore cannot be destroyed. The body which is the physical serves as a house for the soul and spirit and these leave the body when the body dies. It is the body which is the physical aspect of man that can be destroyed. There is not any question as to man possessing emotions, intellect and a will but there is much debate as to whether these comprises the soul of man and if they continue in existence after the body dies or if they cease to exist and is destroyed. Some pundits will argue that as soon as the body dies these faculties ceases to exist also.

       There are many kinds of spirits and it is the spirit that makes each species uniquely distinct. The Bible identifies many kinds of spirits; the Spirit of God, angels, man, demons, heavenly beings and also the spirit of the animals. In man the spirit of man is the breath that the Lord God breathed into man and it is this breath that makes man an intelligent being. The Bible places a very high value on man by presenting man as the beloved of the Lord God and his agent upon the earth. The treatment meted out by man to his fellowman is seen as similar to the way he would treat the Lord God his creator. The breath of man or the spirit of man returns to the Lord God when the body dies.

     The Bible and The evolution Theory give different version as to the origin of life. The Bible includes the people who embrace The Evolution Theory when it states that it is the Lord God that created all things. The Evolution Theory suggests that life began billions of years ago out of the result of an accident. The two cannot be right and the stakes are high as it pertains to the ultimate destiny of man. The Bible has nothing to prove but if The Evolution Theory is wrong there will be a God to face in judgment and he will not accept ignorance as an excuse.

     As  physical beings there are standards of perfection that are used to judge individuals as to  perfection based on what the senses can detect. This is why there are beauty pageants and body building competitions held each year to crown the most beautiful female on the earth and to find the most perfect physical body among the men.  The Evolution Theory suggest that man has evolved over millions of years until he has  gotten to what he physically look like now.  Those who believe The Evolution Theory can show what they think man looked like in the past but they do fail to show what they think man will look like in the future. It is reasonable to assume that since evolution is not static but dynamic then the process of the evolution of man will continue into the future. Science has only identified about 10% of life forms on earth and some argue that evolution may not continue but that mutation will continue. It is a pity that man cannot imagine any species or beings more intelligent than he is so as far as his thinking goes this is where evolution stops. The evolution process appears to be at its zenith and science cannot envision the process continuing into the future. It should be a small thing to program a computer to trace the progress of the evolution of man from the time he first appeared to the present. Then using the same program predict what man will look like one hundred million years into the future.

     Maybe the evolution process will continue and man will become even more intelligent, or he may grow wings and learns how to fly or he may grow gills and someday live in the sea.

        In many cultures there are myths and legends about giants. These giants were supersized beings that resembled or were close to humans in appearance but were not quite humans. Normally such myths should be ignored except that many myths and legends are based on facts and there are possibilities that these mythological giants were real. Reliable historical records document that these giants were real but historically man has been selective in the records that he accepts. The Bible mentions the existence of giants many times and they would have been in existence for hundreds of years. Josephus the Jewish historian wrote in such a way as to suggest that the bones of these giants existed in his days. Mention is made of the giants because should they be proven to have been real it may pose some problems for science. The existence of dinosaurs is more readily accepted than the existence of giants by science.

    Many Bible students and commentators believe that the original giants were the children of angels and women. When the evidence that giants lived upon the earth in the past is found science will have to present another theory for their existence.

        The Bible records cannot be ignored because the ancient scribes regarded copying the Holy Scriptures as a sacred task and were meticulous in going about it. In 1947 the Dead Sea Scrolls were discovered. These were records that were written and had been preserved for nearly two thousand years. When comparisons were made with the Bible, the present Jewish Scrolls and the nearly two thousand years old Dead Sea Scrolls the differences that were found were minor. If for two thousand years Jewish scribes had been faithful in copying the Holy Scriptures there is little reason to believe those scribes before were any less faithful in copying the Holy Scriptures. It should not be ignored that the Lord God of the Bible will ensure that his word is faithfully preserved.

       One of the Bible writers claim is that the proof of the Bible lies in its prediction of events before they happened. The Evolution Theory is about providing an alternative to the Bible account of the origin of life.  The Evolution Theory and the Bible are on a collision path and sooner or later one will be proven wrong. If the giants of the Bible were what some theologians claim then the scientists may need to rewrite the science books. This would be taking science into the realm of the supernatural and facts will be discovered that is outside of what science can dissect.

       Science is based on taking the facts, examining the facts and then providing a possible answer as to how the fact came about. The Bible makes allowance for going into the supernatural realms and even delving into the occult. These realms are real but even if the scientist should enter these realms he will not find the facts to support what exist in these realms although they are real.

    The present advancement in the explosion of knowledge and awareness in modern man have not been adequately explored. The availability of vast amount of information has left man with the inability to assimilate all the available knowledge and also the inability to distinguish between truth and error. There could be the possibility that since man has existed for millions of years according to The Evolution Theory his existence could also be a process of peaks and valleys. Therefore present man could then advances to a stage where he peaks and then everything comes crashing down and once again man returns to being primitive and the process begins all over again.

     The great thing about The Evolution Theory is that the scientists has shown that man have been able to survive in spite of every adverse circumstance for over millions of years. This however gives rise as to which aspect of man have been responsible for his ability to survive millions of years whether it was his physical capability or his intellectual capability to read the change and then adapt physically..

 The Bible gives a different version about the origin of life from The Evolution Theory. The Evolution Theory have life coming into being but originating in the accidental coming together chemicals which formed self-reproducing molecules and man evolving from this after billions of years. The Bible states that there is a God who is responsible for the creation of man and by extension life, the universe and everything. The Bible presents the Lord God as the divine creator who ordained that everything must reproduce after its own kind. This order has remained in place and there have been few exceptions. A mule is the offspring of a donkey and a horse but in most instances mules have remained sterile and there have been occasional cross between species but the resulting offspring in most cases remain sterile. The good thing about this is that there is not any animal walking about which when seen it is difficult to determine what species of animal it is or its source of origin, the same can be said for the birds as the animals. Based on The Evolution Theory there should be alive some animals, birds, fishes and plants with some questionable gene pool.

        There have been cross breeding among animal and birds and the resulting offspring reproduce their own kind that is whether birds or animals. The same kinds have to be bred however to keep the blood line pure. That is where there is the desired to acquire stock or species that is pedigree, purebred or thoroughbred.

      It is also true that in recent times man has gone about scientifically engineering and altering the natural order that has been in place. The scientist readily agrees that they are not sure what problems may arise later as a result of these changes that they have seen fit to institute.

     The Bible makes many open ended statements and because of this many have drawn the wrong conclusions as to what is written in the Bible. This has also led to a clash between science and the Bible at times. Modern man is unique in that in the history of mankind modern man is the only group that has totally rejected God and worship himself. Historically man saw himself as needing and being accountable to the gods. The gods were the greater beings who were in charge of the uncontrollable factors, events and things in life that was outside man’s control. Modern man has abandoned the gods and taken charge of his own life, future and destiny. Therefore he sits and works out his life, his hopes, his desires and concentrates on what he wants and if there is a god he either work alongside and assist or step aside and do not hinder the  progress of the individual.

        The Bible states that at some point in the future every man shall appear before the Lord God to give an account of the things done in his body and this applies to man whether he is an atheist, agnostic, embraces or rejects religion. The Bible’s declaration is that all man will appear before The Lord God but if the Evolution Theory is right then everything will end at death and there will be no Lord God before whom to stand in judgment.

       The Evolution Theory theorizes that   man has evolved to his present state over millions of years while the Bible places present man as being on earth for a little over six thousand years. Many erroneously say that the Bible says that the earth is a little over six thousand years old. There is no saying really as to how old the earth is and the possibility does exist that there were men who had occupied the earth prior to Adam whose record is in the Bible.

        Adam who is mentioned in the Bible must have been a perfect specimen of what God intended and expected man to look like and the Bible says that all men descended from Adam.   Sin may have marred some aspect of man but there is no reason to believe that man’s physical appearance has changed since the time of Adam. ......

 

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