Showing posts with label Scientists. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Scientists. Show all posts

Sunday, June 19, 2022

Before the Beginning

 

What Happened Before Time Began - Catherine Toon

 

Before the beginning

There was not nothing

And since God cannot not be

There had to be a being.

 

Without a being

There can be no beginning

And without a beginning

There is nothing.

 

The fact there is something

Speaks to a beginning

And so, before the beginning

There has to be a being.

 

This is not pre-ramble

Or wandering willy-nilly,

This is trying to grasp the idea

Of an eternity.

 

Most scientists will agree

The Universe came to be,

That it had to have a beginning

They can clearly see.

 

It was not its own cause

Such would be an impossibility,

It would have to have a cause

That did not come to be.

 

Everything that came to be

Had to have a beginning

Thus, indicative of the reality

Of an eternal being.

 

One before the beginning

Self-existent and uncaused,

Independent and transcendent

Before the beginning, God…

 

What Happened Before Time Began - Catherine Toon

 

God in the beginning

Yet before the beginning

Transcending the beginning

Creating the beginning.

 

First cause without a cause

The Creator of it all,

In and before the beginning

The Creator God.

 

Given all of time

Since the Genesis creation

Evolution dissipates with a big bang

And is its own cremation.

 

Before the beginning,

God!

And in the beginning,

First Cause!

 

Stewart Russell © December 8, 2021

 

Tuesday, January 04, 2022

How Can This Be?

 

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How can this be

Seeing I know not a man?

This was Mary’s question

Being unaware of the plan?

 

How can I know this

For I am an old man?

Zachariah was here too

When told of the plan?

 

Abraham and Sarah

Manoah and his wife:

All puzzled by a first child

Coming into their life.

 

The age of child bearing

Long had passed

With the exception of Mary;

Note what she asked.

 

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How can this be

Seeing I know not a man?

Upon this hangs Salvation:

God’s redemptive plan.

 

A virgin shall bring forth,

How can this be?

Let us go to Bethlehem

And perhaps we will see.

 

The shepherds went

Being the first to do so

And they spread the news

As we now know.

 

That Holy seed in Mary

Was of the Holy Spirit,

This is recorded, my friend

In the Holy Writ.

 

It is an explanation of fact

Not a theory to please,

And that’s why scientists today

Can find no ease.

 

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It is not a testable case

And thus, not observable

And so, they conclude

It is not possible.

 

How can this be?

They too are still asking

While the simple grasp it

With faith everlasting.

 

It is a question of fact

Meaning, it has actually been:

It is a fact of history;

Bethlehem’s the scene.

 

So, while we may ask,

How can this be,

It is absolutely necessary

We accept its veracity.

 

For salvation is dependent

On its simple acceptance,

Mixed with saving faith

And true repentance.

 

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A virgin did bring forth

Having known no man,

This was Almighty God’s doing:

His Divine Plan.

 

It is older than time

Don’t ask me to explain,

I stick with God’s Revelation

Which He swore by His name.

 

For there is none greater

By which He can swear

Than by the I AM THAT I AM

And to me, that is clear.

 

Stewart Russell © December 28, 2021

 

Thursday, October 08, 2020

The Vaccine

 

Cuba to begin clinical trials of COVID-19 vaccine

 

Almost two-thirds into 2020

Way in above our heads,

Corona virus came a knocking

“Hundreds of thousands” dead.

 

Struggling for a vaccine

In the shortest possible time

The race is on in many countries:

Trying to be the first to find.

 

Ordinarily it would take a while

Like five to seven years

But in just a matter of months

Vaccines suddenly appear.

 

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Russia and China and others

And most recently the USA

That said it was not possible

Yet they have one today.

 

Other countries were criticized

For circumventing the process

But the mighty US of A

Is already running tests.

 

Clearly, they must be ahead

In any vaccine race

And given the billions to be accrued

All others must be outpaced.

 

It will take billions to process

But the profits will be great

So, the first authentic vaccine

Must be from the United States.

 

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After all, they have the best:

The best of everything

And at the end of the competition,

Their praises we must sing.

 

The best scientists and doctors

And the best leaders also,

And when they produce the vaccine

The whole world will know.

 

All else will be a sham and a fake

Only one vaccine will work,

It must come from the USA:

The land of the greatest experts.

 

The vaccine is almost here,

It is coming in record time

And Corona virus will be no more

At least, for the first to get in line.

 

After all, 7 billion is a lot

First come must be served first

And those who have no means,

That would be their curse.

 

Every third person in Germany would refuse a COVID-19 vaccination

 

Watch out for the vaccine

It’s coming to a clinic near you,

That is if you matter, though,

Don’t worry; that’s just my view.

 

The vaccine may have originated

The same time as the virus

But since I am a conspiracy theorist

In me don’t put your trust.

 

When next you get a virus

Make sure you get the vaccine

I do not think it is too far away

Before we reach that scene.

 

Stewart Russell © August 2020

 

Saturday, October 19, 2019

Why Do We Blame God




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Why do we blame God
For suffering and the like
And praise ourselves
When things go right?

Why do we blame God
For things he does not do
When most assuredly
Our view is skewed?

Why do we blame God
For our ups and our downs
Well as a matter of fact
The downs, not the ups?

Why do we blame God
For not answering our prayers
When in our everyday life
We don’t want Him in our affairs?

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Why do we blame God
When storms strike others
But when we are spared
We praise another?

Why do we blame God
For our own way mistakes
And wonder why he didn’t stop us
Before it was too late?

Why do we blame God
For the leadership we choose
And when it doesn’t work out
We are none too enthused?

Why do we blame God
For causing disaster
When we follow the dictates
Of the devil, our master?

Why do we blame God
For the peril of our world
Instead of our fore-parents
As recorded in His Word?

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Why do we blame God
For the violence in our schools
When praying and Bible reading
Have been struck from the rules?

Why do we blame God
For not stepping in
When we absolutely refuse
To acknowledge we have sinned?

Why do we blame God
For the death of a loved one
As though at some point
We too will not be gone?

Why do we blame God
When our plans miserably fail
When all the warnings He gave us
Were to no avail?

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Why do we blame God
When we ignore Him
And then fall by our own weight
On account of our sin?

Why do we blame God
And at Him scream
When we lose the finals match
To the other team?

Why do we blame God
When we pray for opposite things
And another’s prayer is answered
And we get nothing?

Why do we blame God
And say down here is like hell
But of God’s goodness
We won’t a single person tell?

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Why do we blame God
When He doesn’t even exist
As expressed daily
By atheists and scientists?
  
Why do we blame God
For our past and present plight
When we defiantly decide
To do wrong instead of right?

Why do we blame God
When we reject His word
And openly ridicule it
As being outdated and absurd?

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Why do we blame God
When all He does is good
Even to the sacrificing of His Son
Who for our sins shed his blood?

Why do we blame God
As though the devil doesn’t exist
When in truth and in fact
He is the one we should resist?

Why should you blame God
When another word He sends
And when it comes to you
In the form of this poem?

Stewart Russell © September 2019


Tuesday, March 13, 2018

Scientific Proof of God’s Existence



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Many intellectuals are of the opinion
That there is no scholarship in creationism,
It is full of lies, myths and mystery
And ultimately lacks scientific integrity.

The Bible on which this premise is built
Has oft been ridiculed up to the hilt
Thereby rendering it unbelievable
To scientists, astronomers and other people.

During the nineteenth century and before
It was the belief of most scientists for sure
That the universe did not have a beginning
But after that scientific minds were set a spinning.


Given the advent of greater visibility,
The compliments of sophisticated technology,
Telescopic reach extended far into space
Revealing evidence that before was untraced.

For these scientists nothing could be worse
Than the evidence for an expanding universe,
There were galaxies beyond our own Milky Way,
So many galaxies that none of them could say.

Before they were numbered in the millions
But now they even surpassed the billions,
Clearly the universe had a beginning at a point in time
Today that is what all the scientists opine.

Someone greater than science started it all
And now many scientists are supporting this call,
The Bible points to the God of eternity
And posits that He created matter, space and energy.

Three amazing discoveries all point to God
Straight up and simple like three peas in a pod,
Marvel of marvels, they were there all the time
But scientists didn’t want to have God on their mind.

The universe had a beginning quite definitely
Unlike God it’s not from eternity to eternity,
Everything in the universe came out of nothing,
The evidence shows a divine will created everything.
  
God created the heavens and the earth
Outside of Him nothing has any value or worth,
The astronomical evidence points to the biblical view
And scientific advances are showing this to be true.

Scientists who scoffed at the Bible’s account
Are gradually descending from their lofty mount
In humble acknowledgement of a grand design
And that the designer is God, some are inclined.

A cosmic explosion could not have caused life
Anymore than love and peace could cause war and strife,
God is the Author of all that we see
He is the Super-intellect that caused it all to be.

A cosmic explosion would only cause strife
But the universe is finely tuned for life,
Scientists who believe in God may have expected this
But atheists and agnostics, God they have dissed.

The fine-tuning for them would be remarkable
But they would not see this as a miracle
Straight out of the mind of a Grand Designer
Whom we refer to as the Creator.

Some believe it could have happened by chance
And go to great limits their theories to advance,
But such is winning a mega-million lottery on a single ticket
And doing so over a thousand consecutive times as a habit.

Fine-tuning as it relates to life on this earth
Is necessary for all living cells and natural birth,
Hence DNA the language of life is next on the list
Of evidence for God that we should not resist.

As vast and numberless as the stars in space
So is the DNA molecule with its wonders laced,
Baffling the minds of the micro-biologists
And adding to the amazement of the world’s scientists.
 
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DNA coding reveals such intelligence
That it staggers the imagination of those studying science,
It is a molecule that contains immense information
With an extremely complex software code for its operation.

There are religious implications but scientists shy away
Proffering unscientific explanations during their say,
Acknowledging there is a compelling case for a Creator
But unwilling to acknowledge God as the Supreme Designer.

One renowned astronomer with no Christian agenda
Posits “shock and despair” as some scientists’ dilemma
Who thought they had squeezed God out of their world
Only to find evidence that causes them to be more disturbed.

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For the scientist who has lived by the power of reason
The story ends like a very bad dream
For as he reaches up to conquer the highest peak
He is greeted by theologians who’ve been long at this scene.

So if there is a Creator what is he like?
Is he some cosmic force or a personal being like us?
There is compelling evidence for a personal God
And he walked this earth without the royal fuss.

Two thousand years ago he came to this earth
In the city of Bethlehem born of lowly birth,
His name was Jesus and he was the Christ
That came to this earth to pay sin’s price.

Compare to many his sojourn was a pause
But he displayed creative powers over nature’s laws,
He healed the blind, the deaf and the lame
And for the paralytic and demonic he did the same.

He stopped raging storms instantly
And turn water into wine at a wedding,
He created food for the hungry right on the spot
When his disciples had no way of getting.

He was wise, humble and full of compassion
And performed miracles of all kinds and fashion
Until that day of his brutal execution
By the means we now know as crucifixion.

But he rose from the dead as he said he would,
Death at its worst had not him withstood,
On the third day he did what no other could,
Acknowledge him now!  You really should.

He’s the One who flung the stars into space
Put DNA in a cell and created the human race,
To you he now extends his marvelous grace
So that you could be rid of sin without a trace.

He is the visible expression of the invisible God
And existed even before creation began,
He desires to have a relationship with you
Before the foundation of the world this was his plan.

It was necessary for us that Christ should die
And so he left his home far beyond the sky,
Coming to planet earth sin’s scourge to defy
And now on the resurrected Christ even scientists can rely.

I reserve this final verse to acknowledge my source
So that you can go there should that be your course,
“Science Has Found Proof of the Existence of God”,
My acknowledgements to this YouTube video, give it a nod.


Stewart Russell © June 2017

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