More Nonsense...

Albert Mohler has two posts that bring us face to face with the challenges of nonsense in today's culture.

The New Atheism and the Dogma of Darwinism
Monday, February 7, 2011

We can draw a straight line from the emergence of evolutionary theory to the resurgence of atheism in our times. Never underestimate the power of a bad idea.

The Dogma of Darwinism is among the first principles of the worldview offered by the New Atheists. Darwin replaces the Bible as the great explainer of the existence of life in all of its forms. The New Atheists are not merely dependent upon science for their worldview; their worldview amounts to scientism – the belief that modern naturalistic science is the great unifying answer to the most basic questions of human life.

Read the whole which gives a brief highlight of the 4 chief proponents of the New Atheists' ideas.

Even worse is the discussion about to new books supposedly Christian based that reinterpret the Bible's teaching about sexuality.

What the Bible Really Says About Sex . . . Really?
Wednesday, February 9, 2011

The Bible is brutally honest about human sinfulness in all its forms, including sexuality. Nevertheless, the Bible presents a consistent and clear sexual ethic. The issue is not a lack of clarity.

The article is predicated by Lisa Millers article in Newsweek Magazine promoting the two books.

Lisa Miller summarizes the arguments of Coogan and Knust by explaining that they are each ttempting “to steal the conversation about sex and the Bible back from the religious right.” utting the two books together, Miller explains that they argue along these lines: first, that “theBible is an ancient text, inapplicable in its particulars to the modern world.” Second, that “sex in the Bible is sometimes hidden.” Third, that “that which is forbidden is also allowed.” And fourth, that “accepted interpretations are sometimes wrong.”


The real problem here is not that the Bible is misunderstood and in need of revision. To the contrary, the real problem is that the ethic revealed in the Bible is both rejected and reviled.

The above link also has links to the original articles in Newsweek.

There are obviously big Agenda's at work here. Nothing new but a growing and continuing pounding away on the culture. Chuck Swindol calls this the errosion of the church and faith in his book:

The Church Awakening: An Urgent Call for Renewal
By: Charles R. Swindoll