Creation Science - awesome reasons for life you won't find in schools

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  • Fairy tales and fables and that book on coffee tables

    For about 20 years evolutionists and the media made the silly claim that human DNA and chimpanzee DNA were about 99% the same. Now keep in mind, no one had completed sequencing human DNA. And sequencing of chimpanzee DNA hadn’t even started. Sheesh. And evolutionists like to make fun of Christians for prophecy and predictions. But I guess you gotta expect such behavior from adults who believe in fairy tales and fables.

    Ladies, you’re actually closer to call your man a “snake in the grass” instead of a big, dumb ape. According to evolution snakes should be more closely related to other reptiles. But a computer-based study found the genetic distance between a particular protein, cytochrome, from a snake was actually closer to the cytochrome protein from a man.

    Wow! Imagine the poisonous fairy tales and fables and sci-fi movies around that.

    And speaking of computer-based measuring of genetic distance, the number of organisms that have had their genes sequenced is doubling every year? So, that means our molecular information bank has increased exponentially. And on the molecular level, there’s no evidence to support the evolutionary fairy tales and fables of how life began. None.

    Now, I realize Christians are just supposed to have blind faith in “a god” we “created in our own image as a crutch.” But the Christian Faith is based on so much more evidence. And that’s important because Christians place their faith and hope in someone they’ve never seen. I say He’s the one true, living, loving Creator of the universe. And the universe of evidence backs up that claim. By the way., the Bible (bestselling book of all time and only book supported by evidence almost daily) talks about evidence and how important it is.

    So, don’t monkey around with evolutionary monkey business.

    Even though only about 4% of human DNA differs from that of chimpanzees, that 4% represents “thirty-five million single-nucleotide changes, five million insertions or deletions, and various chromosomal rearrangements.” And the differences between the males from each species is around 30%.

    See what I mean, ladies? Guys are not apes. Nope. We’re just as fearfully and wonderfully made as you. Even if we aren’t the eye candy you are. Hey, too much candy isn’t healthy anyway.

    Anyway…

    For more information on genetic distance and the way it relates to how we all got here, click on most of the links I just shared. They’ll take you to Dr. Walt Brown’s online book, “In The Beginning“. While you’re there, be sure and check out so many other compelling reasons to believe in the Creator rather than evolution.

    And save the fairytales and fables for reading to the kids at bedtime.

    In awe of all creation and how it all could be,

    The fairy tale illusions increase with every year.
    The wrinkled plans expand, exponentially,
    Until one day, perhaps, a duck becomes a deer.   (yeah, right)
    (from my song, Fast Forward)

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    11 min
  • Chemical reactions debunk certain distractions

    Imagine a journey into one of the trillions of cells inside your body. One of the first things you’d notice is how many chemicals there are. Lots of those chemicals are acidic. And many others are known as base or alkaline. But guess what happens if some of the wrong chemicals get mixed up! Dangerous chemical reactions. And you don’t want that to happen down deep in your cells. So, what keeps that from happening?

    Your cells were designed to protect against chemical reactions.

    If life just evolved, then all those barriers and buffers would have evolved, too. And how could they develop with all those chemical reactions destroying all the building materials? Plus, how could it all happen at just the right time in the right way? And for millions of different species? And enough times for a single cell to become something more complex? Short answer? It couldn’t happen that way. Accidents don’t create. But God does. And He did.

    The Bible says you’re “fearfully and wonderfully made.” And that’s one of the great things about living in these times. Science and technology can see deeper inside us than ever. And what they discover is evidence for the Creator and how amazing He is to love us as He does.

    Not evidence that a bunch of chemical reactions could create this complex life we enjoy.

    If human life is just sown by chance, then

    Nothing we know could be bad or be good.
    If we’re just embryonic particulate matter,
    Then we could know there is no personhood…
    But we hope and we pray
    And we live for the day,
    When our love becomes broad
    In the image of God.    (from my song, Personhood)

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    8 min
  • Is the moon smaller by that much? Yes, thanks to the Master’s touch.

    Is the moon approximately 400 times smaller than the sun? Yes. And that’s not just cool. It’s also on purpose. Because the Son of God made it that way.

    And not only is the moon smaller by that much…

    It’s also about 400 times closer to the earth than the sun. And again that’s on purpose for the same reason I mentioned before.

    Check out what the apostle John had this to say about how everything was made:

    “All things were made through Him, and without Him nothing was made that was made.”

    Lots of people, for some reason, get stuck on that “nothing was made that was made” part. They “feel” like it’s talking in a circle. But that’s not what’s going on.

    It’s a description of what’s made and WHO isn’t.

    God the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, was not made.

    And God, The Son, made everything else.

    So, the sun, the moon, the stars, Earth, and all the creatures on the earth are all made. And not like some random act of creativity either. Our beautiful solar system, galaxy, and all the universe function more precisely and more dependably than any clock ever created by human beings.

    And my guess is, it pleases God to surprise and delight us.

    He could have designed the Earth and moon to simply work together efficiently and left it at that. But God loves to throw in the fireworks, add the concert, and raise the spectacle. Why? Well, maybe it’s because He’s the ultimate good and loving father. And maybe it just delights Him to see the looks on our faces.

    And which direction do millions of faces point during the eclipse of the sun? Yeah, UP!

    Why?

    Why is the sky blue? Why is the grass green?
    Why is the sun gold? What does it all mean?
    Why is the air clear? Why is the ground brown?
    Why does the earth float and never fall down?

    Cause God made skies. He made them blue.

    He made the world for me and you
    And all because it pleased Him to.
    God loves us through and through.

    Why is a horse fast? Why is a snail slow?
    Why does it get cold when Northern winds blow?
    Why is the sea green? Why is the sand white?
    Why is the day day? Why is the night night?

    Cause God made creatures big and small,

    And sand and seas; He made them all.
    And even if we trip and fall
    God helps us to stand tall.

    God’s love is always there.

    His love will never die.
    And so you can trust in Him
    For all your questions why.    © 2008 TF

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    8 min
  • Knowing God is real is a really good deal

    Knowing God is real helps me make sense of the world, the solar system, the galaxy, and the universe. I can only imagine the sense of hopelessness inside the hearts and souls of atheists. The sense of time running down and out. Life coming to an end. A black hole of nothingness in the not-too-distant future. No. Thank. You.

    If you think there’s no way of knowing God, I encourage you to reconsider.

    And if Christians are like fingernails on a chalkboard to you, at least consider actual evidence. And when it gives “the appearance of having been designed for a purpose”, just ask this question:

    “Hmm, I wonder if it was?”

    And, as you wonder, you’ll use one of the strongest pieces of evidence for the complexity in life coming from an even more complex designer. Yeah, that’s your brain.

    If you’ve never wondered how complex life could have come from nothing, plenty of people have. And that includes famous scientists, philosophers, and even atheists.

    One noted (and boldly affirmed) atheist, Richard Dawkins said this about life: “Biology is the study of complicated things that give the appearance of having been designed for a purpose.” (The Blind Watchmaker, page 1) He’s not the only one who at least acknowledges “the appearance” of design.

    Plenty of Darwinian scientists agree with that much. After all, they have powerful microscopes. And they can see a complex design doing amazing things inside a single cell.

    But most Darwinian scientists say no to the complexity of life affirming a designer.

    So, instead of knowing God, they ignore where the evidence appears to lead. And they choose to go where they’d prefer the answer to be, based on false assumptions.

    That’s not science, by the way. It’s a religion. It requires faith. And a blind adherence to that faith.

    For example, to say even a single cell could have emerged from proteins, even if the whole world was full of proteins, ignores how each cell in your body is a “membrane-encased, self-reproducing, self-repairing, metabolizing” unit.

    Every part in one single cell had to be there from the beginning in order for the cell to function. Every part! That means it had to be completely assembled at one time by a highly intelligent assembler. It couldn’t have worked any other way.

    Scientists, who deny the existence of the Creator God, have been trying for hundreds of years to show how life could have come from non-life. Yet, they’ve never been able to demonstrate how even one cell could have formed from proteins without some outside help.

    If you enjoy knowing God, or would like to, let’s stay connected. It’s super easy. Here’s how:

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    7 min
  • Creator of the universe can save you from a fiery curse

    As I write this, it’s Sunday. So, time for a Bible study. And, now, anyone who’s still here, I’ve got this question for you. Why is it so difficult for most people to admit the Creator of the universe is real?

    After all, the actual Creator of the universe left evidence literally everywhere.

    It’s simple really. When you look at a building, you know automatically that someone built it. Or when you spot a painting on a canvas, immediately you know someone painted it. And when you’re driving somewhere, you have no question in your mind of how cars got here. Or roads. You simply know someone built it all.

    So, why is it so difficult for so many people to look at the complexity and variety of life on our planet and agree there must be a Creator of the universe?

    And let’s just talk about your eyes for a sec.

    No, not YOURS personally. Eyes in general.

    They’re WAY more complex than any building, painting, or car you’ll ever see. But so many people blindly believe (pun strongly intended) they just happened by chance. You know. Because, like, well, everything evolved, dude.

    Oh yeah? Well, splain this to me, then.

    Each of your eyes has a muscle, known as the Superior Oblique muscle. And it’s attached to the top of the eye AND threaded through a tiny sling. That tiny sling is known as the Trochlea. But why does that tiny muscle go through that sling instead of just attaching directly to the forward part of your eye?

    Well, it solves space requirements and improves things like angle of torque. And those are design considerations. Evolution or natural selection would require at least a little bit of the design to already be working in order to “evolve” further. And, as they say in certain circles, that don’t make no sense.

    But I’ll tell ya what DOES make sense. All things were created by Jesus.

    Uh-oh. I just went and done it, didn’t I? Because most fools, uh folks, believe it’s a silly, outdated, and dogmatic notion to believe the whole world was created by a “science fiction” character named Jesus.

    But, since this is a Bible study I’m sharin’, I’m here to say it’s a silly, outdated, and dogmatic notion to believe all the complexity in the universe evolved from nothing.

    Because you can’t get everything from nothing. No matter how much you might want it to be true, it just isn’t possible. Even if you believe all you can know is what your five senses tell you, none of your five senses will detect something from nothing.

    Logic and reason (which are not part of your five senses, by the way) should lead you to admit design requires a designer. And, in the case of the universe, that designer is Jesus.

    Like I started out saying…it’s simple really. Unless you don’t want to answer to the Creator of the universe. That’s not you, is it?

    All of Creation

    All of creation points to the Savior.

    We are all here by design.
    All the environment and complex behavior…
    The Glory of God makes it shine.

    All of creation holds information…

    Encoded within every cell…
    All of the best minds in each generation
    Won’t banish what Christians know well…

    That all of creation is here by the Word of God.

    All of creation mirrors His mind.
    All of creation is saved by the Love of God
    And all of creation…Jesus defined.

    If you agree with the evidence for the existence of God, let’s stay connected. It’s super easy. Here’s how:

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    7 min
  • Scientific process would just make a big mess

    I don’t know about you (well, I have a pretty good idea about you). But I know I’m not the byproduct of some scientific process. I prefer to think of me as God described it, “fearfully and wonderfully made.”

    That sounds so much more creative than scientific process.

    And it sounds that way because it IS that way. The fact that you and I were made, designed, by the infinitely creative and one, true, living, loving God sounds just plain wonderful. And it’s much cooler to be here on purpose instead of accidentally.

    Now, I know you’ve heard of a double helix. Right? It’s the best illustration scientists have come up with, so far, to represent Deoxyribonucleic Acid. You probably know it better by its initials, DNA. And DNA is scientific proof (not process) you and I are fearfully and wonderfully made.

    Not just carbon copies of carbon lifeforms.

    Yeah, even the term “carbon lifeforms” contradicts itself.

    Anyway…

    I’ll share some tidbits of information about information that’s inside you right now.

    • Almost all the 30,000,000,000,000 (that’s trillion, by the way) cells in your body contain duplicate copies of your DNA.
    • Each human cell contains 46 segments.
    • You got 23 segments from your mom and 23 from your dad.
    • No one else on Earth has the same DNA as you.
    • (facts and figures from “In the Beginning” by Dr. Walt Brown)

      Cool, huh? And the information in the DNA is like a blueprint for how to build you. Only you!  How you’ll look, much of how you’ll act, and how every cell in your body will function during your life.

      But it gets even more interesting.

      If you took out all the DNA from one of your cells and uncoiled it, then you connected and stretched it out, it would be about 6 feet long. But It would be so thin you couldn’t see it. Not even with the most powerful microscope in existence today.

      The coded information found in just one cell could fill a library with somewhere around 4,000 books. And if you took all the DNA in your body and stretched it out end-to-end, you could go to the moon and back more than 165,000 times. I call that mighty impressive. And how about this?

      The information found in your DNA could fill books that could fill the Grand Canyon almost 30 times. But you could take one set of DNA from one cell of every person who ever lived, put them all in a spoon, and they’d weigh less than an aspirin.

      When you ponder the power of the scientific discoveries we’ve made so far, you should start to get an idea of how fearfully and wonderfully made you truly are. And ain’t it better to know you’re made instead of just an accidental scientific process?

      No matter what you believe about how life got here, you made a choice to believe it. No one (at least virtually no one) is being forced to believe how we all got here.

      So, question. Why would you want to believe you’re just the random result of trillions of mutations? Especially when there’s so much information inside you that proves how wrong that is.

      You’re an information-based life form.

      And the fact that so much information is coded into your DNA proves there must be a super coder. The good news is…that coder loves you. He made you a human being  in His image and likeness. And He allows you to choose whether to love Him back or not. Choose wisely. Remember…

      You are fearfully and wonderfully made.

      There is information locked inside your cells.
      When you choose to discover why you’re here,
      You’ll find out what the information tells.

      And you’ll see you’re not just an accident

      Fumbling through the hours, days, and weeks, and years.
      All the evidence is pointing out the way.
      Trust your Maker. He’ll erase your doubts and fears.

      By the way, kids who are sent off to government, indoctrination camps, also known as public schools, will most likely never learn those facts I shared with you. But a lot of parents, who homeschool their kids, make sure they get this kind of knowledge too. Because they realize how much it helps kids grow up with a happier, healthier perspective.

      If homeschooling sounds like something you’d like to do for your kids or grandkids, but you don’t know where to get started, consider the Charlotte Mason homeschool method.

      Stay tuned,

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      7 min
    • You are the only you and truth makes that true

      “If matter’s all there is, then nothing really matters.” I’ve said that many times over the years. And for a very good reason. Because you are the only you. And the enormous amount of information found in just one of your trillions of cells shows how true that is as it reveals your unique story.

      Yeah, truth proves that you are the only you.

      But there’s something really interesting about truth. People either love the truth or hate it. And that’s because the truth either sets them free or convicts them. And freedom is great. But that whole conviction thing is a horse of a different color. And people don’t want that different color. Most of them prefer neutral tones.

      I’m as fond of gray as the next guy, when it comes to painting things around the house. Because it goes with just about everything. But when it comes to truth, going with gray, or neutral tones, is a recipe for turning you into God puke. Take that off your to-do list.

      But let’s get back to your unique story. The reason I write entertaining books for you (especially for kids) is because your story matters. (by the way, “reason” isn’t found in matter)

      ThatAnd your story matters because you were created by the original, infinitely brilliant storyteller. You didn’t just happen. And the story of who you are and why you look and sound the way you do is written inside the cells of your body. It’s like a secret code.

      But it’s not a secret anymore.

      Technology now gives us access to DNA where your code (your story) is written.

      Your code is yours and no one else has the your code. That’s how and why you are the only you. And this is true of every person on the earth. Big or little. Fat or skinny. Blue or pink, so to speak.

      If we took the code inside of you and used a special decoder ring, we could read the one book in the world written just about you.

      It would tell us why your singing voice is so nice. Or why you can’t carry a tune in a bucket. It would tell us how you grew up to be a 7 foot basketball player in the NBA. Or a 5 foot jockey in the Kentucky Derby. Well, your code wouldn’t tell us how you won a place in the NBA or the Kentucky Derby. But it would show us why you’re tall or short.

      Imagine how many other things we could learn about you by reading the teeny, tiny instructions in each of the trillions of cells in your body. But then there wouldn’t be time to read or do anything else. You can just be sure that…

      Your Story Matters

      Inside a trillion tiny cells

      Where no one’s eyes can see…
      A trillion times your story flies
      On sparks of energy.

      That energy is life itself

      The fire to light your way
      To write your story and to live
      And love someone today.

      Be thankful for your source of life

      And bow or smile and nod…
      Because your story matters most,
      When it reveals our God.   © 2013 TF

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      7 min
    • 6 days of creation list that generations have dissed

      Let’s say you’re gonna write a book about what subject where you might be considered an expert. Or maybe you’re going to paint a work of art in a medium where everyone considers you the number one artist. In other words, you’ve got a project that you want to make as awesome as it can be. And you’ve got six days to get it done so you come up with your own six days of creation to-do list.

      Now, you might start out with something like get supplies. And follow that up with set up your desk, or easel, or other work surface. Then you might follow that up with setting up your outline, or sketching a drawing. And the rest of the list would naturally follow your own ideas and what it would take to accomplish them.

      OK, let’s compare that to what God might have had on his mind when he created the universe. It might have gone like this:

      • Light bursting forth on Day 1.
      • The sky and seas on Day 2.
      • Dry land, bursting with grass, trees, and plants on Day 3.
      • The sun, moon, and twinkling stars filling the heavens on Day 4.
      • Birds soaring through the air and fish swimming the oceans on Day 5.
      • On Day 6, land animals to roam the earth, and the formation of the first man and woman in His own image.
      • Yeah, when you read the creation account in the book of Genesis in the Bible, that’s pretty much how it went.

        And that six days of creation list was completed for one main reason.

        Simply because it pleased God to do it.

        Now, the best you and I can do, in this broken, fallen world is to attempt to think and say God’s words after Him. And that’s what I attempted to do in a book I wrote, called the very first six days. I wrote the book in a way that’s easy enough for young kids to understand. Each day is its own poem, and all the poems are joined together to fill out the 6 days creation list in a rhyming and illustrated book for kids.

        OK, there are two ways you could get this fun book for your kids or grandkids. Actually, there are kind of three ways to get this book. But the main two I’m talking about today are as a paperback that sells for $20 on Amazon. If that’s your style, here’s your link:

        (https://www.amazon.com/Very-First-6-Days/dp/1515251330)

        But if you don’t need or want or gotta have the paperback version, which includes drawing and coloring pages and a link where you can access the audio of me narrating the book, here’s another option.

        Get it for no moolah at all.

        The digital downloadable version is yours for the taking. All it takes is for you to go to tonyfunderburk.com and add your email address to Tony’s Daily Devotional. That’s the email devotional I send to my subscribers to hopefully encourage and inspire them/you to be hope-filled in a hopeless world. With words I share, inspired by the power of God’s love found in His book.

        So, there you have it. There’s your choice. Because I believe America is still free enough for you and me to have at least these kinds of choices. You can pay $20 on Amazon for a very snazzy paperback version of The Very First 6 Days. Or you can let me know you want the free version, by adding your email address in the form on my homepage: tonyfunderburk.com And when you do that, I’ll send you some other free stuff too. Just because I wanna show you how much I appreciate your time and attention.

        Now, exercise your right to choose. And I look forward to connecting with you. Oh yeah, if you’re already an email subscriber of mine, and you became one before I made this offer, let me know that you would like the digital version too. I’ll be glad to send it to you. Because you’ve already shown your support, and I want to show you how much I appreciate it. Here’s a sample from the book:

        The Very First Day

        Before there were created things, and darkness filled the air…

        No world or human beings were existing anywhere.
        Then God created earth and sea and all the heavens too.
        There was no sun, no moon, no stars, and only God shone through.

        He looked down at the waters and the dark face of the deep.

        The earth was still and quiet just as we are when we sleep.
        He said, “Let there be light” the way a perfect, true God could,
        And then He saw the brand new light and knew that it was good.

        Then God divided light and dark, and darkness He called Night.

        The light would be called Day, and it was pleasing in His sight.
        That evening and that morning wouldn’t be the total sum…
        No, that was just the very first day…five were yet to come.

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        8 min
      • If there is no God then my hope is flawed


        If there is no God, then I’ve spent most of my life hoping for something that doesn’t exist and it will never be a reality for me or anyone else.

        Yeah, there’s no hope for the world, if there is no God.

        Plain and simple.

        Because without the hope of at least some sort of access to eternal life, there’s not even a good reason 41 to even exist. And if there is no God, hope for an eternal life is just a figment of your imagination. At best.

        Here’s what I said about this idea a dozen years ago was a introduced my Christmas song, “I Believe In The God of Christmas.”

        ~ Most people don’t believe in the God of Christmas. And I can only imagine the inner sense of hopelessness and futility that stirs up.

        The God of Christmas is THE one and only God.

        He’s the God who created the heavens and the earth. He’s the God who created us and every living creature and inanimate thing on the earth. And He’s the God who knows every detail of what is best for us. And there is no absolute Truth without Him. Yeah, nothing you can depend on except yourself. And that’s a recipe for hopeless chaos, confusion.

        Have you noticed chaos and confusion in this world? Even the short tweets/posts on X.com (formally known asTwitter) highlight the chaos and confusion in this world.

        Most people are looking for an answer to their hopelessness. But most refuse to believe their hope could be found in Jesus. Some Jewish carpenter who “possibly” lived 2,000 years ago couldn’t possibly be the God of Christmas. So, how could He possibly be the hope of the world.

        But He is.

        You don’t have to believe that.

        But one day you will. And if that day isn’t during your current time here on Earth, then it will be too late. You will have already chosen to be your own god. You will rule and reign in a universe of one for eternity.

        But that terrible fate is so avoidable.

        It appears the complicated blueprint for what you need to do to avoid it.

        Believe.

        And trust.

        Let me know if you need me to go back over all the steps with you.

        But I believe it is so easy. Even though it’s so excruciatingly impossible for most. I pray that you’ll start to dig deeper than the physical, if you haven’t already. And certainly deeper than the so-called metaphysical. In fact, take a deep dive into your own soul today. Listen very very closely. And I pray that you’ll hear that “still, small voice” and begin to understand what I mean when I say…

        I Believe In The God of Christmas

        Some believe there’s just today.

        And then we die and fade away…
        Such a sad and hopeless life to lead.

        Others say we never die.

        We all live on above the sky…
        Disregard the theft and hate and greed.

        But I believe in the God of Christmas,

        And I believe in His Gift to us all,
        And I believe that He died to save us
        And that He rose to recover our fall.
        Yes I believe in the God who loves us,
        And I believe in the God who lives,
        Yes I believe in the God of Christmas.
        He gave His love, and He still freely gives.

        One day soon we just may find

        So many millions left behind
        In a world where truth is torn apart.

        Then no lights, no Christmas trees,

        No arts and no humanities,
        Will bring peace to any broken heart.
        (choruses)   © 2011 TF

        Of course, if there is no God, the one you find when you open your eyes to the truth, then even my time spent writing that song was wasted. I don’t believe it was. How about you?

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      • Master of the universe: one is better, one is worse

        It’s truly your lucky day! Because, even though I didn’t think I’d ever share this secret again, I’m gonna show you the main ingredients you need in order to be master of the universe. And despite what you might have thought, up until this moment…

        You are NOT already the master of the universe.

        But I’m here for you. You’re my digital neighbor. And the Bible says to love your neighbor as yourself. So, keep reading. And in almost no time at all your master of the universe status will change. Oh, and by the way, don’t let those scientists who say the universe is expanding throw you off course. It’s do-able if you have the right stuff and never give up.

        So, are you ready? Good, let’s get to it.

        First off, you gotta gather up the ingredients to get the universe going in the first place. And you’ll need a rough idea of how long your materials can last and what they’ll be made of. No worries. You can do all the calculations on the handy device of your choice.

        (note to self: build a master of the universe ingredients calculator app. money in the bank)

        So, go get yourself some awesome light sources, water, oxygen, and as many of the elements as you can. Remember, you’re gonna build the right kinds of planets, moons, suns, and other heavenly bodies to form a functioning and cohesive universe. This ain’t gonna be some lean-to chicken hut for crying out loud. And you don’t want it to just splatter all over the place. Right?

        OK, once you have all those ingredients, it’s a good time to pause, at least for a few minutes or so, to ponder your “end game.”

        And your end game has to be able to answer these two questions…
        1. What’s your “why?”
        2. Who’s your target audience? (or, in this case, who will be serving you?)
        3. Alright. Great! You’ve got the ingredients. And you’ve answered the two questions for your end game.

          I’m sure you’re probably like most people who want to be master of the universe. Your WHY is already answered in your goal. And your target audience is made up of the fairly intelligent creatures you’ll control. All those so-called “people” who’ll tend to the planets, moons, and stars so you can relax.

          So, it would probably be a good idea to take some of those ingredients you gathered up and see if you could stir them together and make some interactive beings. Personally I think this would be the hardest part of the whole thing. But maybe you’ve already got some good ideas on how you’ll do it.

          And once you have a couple of those “beings” formed, see if you can devise a way for them to procreate. You certainly don’t want to have to go make new ones every time you turn around or get bored. Am I right? And if they make new ones, that just means you’ll have even more of them to control.

          Win-Win

          OK, now you’ve got a bunch of  self-replicating creatures building stuff and working on “their own ideas.” So, move in and show them how it’s all done. After all, they wouldn’t even be here if it wasn’t for you. And they’ll probably just bend over backwards trying to find ways to thank you for controlling their lives.

          And that’s when you’ll have an irresistible urge to send me thank you gifts. Not necessary. Seriously.

          I’ve gotta be transparent and tell you something. For the vast majority of people I’ve shared al this information with, it all sounds like too much work. Yeah, I get it. If you’ve gotten this far, you might be at that crossroads, too. If so, there’s another option.

          You could just leave the whole universe in the hands of someone who really knows what He’s doing. That’s the option I’ve chosen. And I gotta tell you, it’s the only option you’re most likely gonna be able to commit to long term. And long term is much longer with this option. Plus, it’s such a relief to know you’re not in charge of things like…

          • Gravity
          • Oxygen
          • Water
          • Sunlight
          • Moon dimensions…etc…etc…etc
          • So, if you decide to take a pass on the whole master of the universe thing, consider the prayer option.

            Pray to the God of Creation and thank Him that He made you, the world, the universe, and everything in it. Thank God He didn’t leave it up to men and women. Because we haven’t even mastered which clothes go in which cycle of the washing machine.

            Thank God

            In the best of times, where’s the challenge?

            In the worst of times, where’s your choice?
            And in the fevered pitch, where’s the silence?
            When the love is breached, where’s the voice?
            Could you have your very life taken from you
            While the world stood at your feet?
            Wouldn’t that completely stop and numb you?
            Wouldn’t you admit defeat?
            Well, thank God He didn’t leave it up to you…
            Thank God He didn’t leave it up to you. (repeat)

            In the darkest hours, who’s your Father?

            In the scheme of things, who’s the One?
            And in the best laid plans, who’s the Spirit?
            When your heart is healed, who’s the Son?
            Could you let your very blood be taken
            For your friends who’d run away?
            Wouldn’t all your faith and hope be shaken?
            Would you even think to pray?

            Thank God He didn’t leave it up to you…

            (repeat twice)

            Lyrics © 2009 (me)

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