As an Arminian, I agree with Jones 100% on this quote.

The video in the op is obviously propaganda. There is the usual insinuative hearsay, and the conflating of sentiments like "values" with "positions" on policy, which I've seen used before.

I do think Bernie Sanders is being sincere when he says she's being pragmatic and doing what she feels she needs to do to get elected, yet not abandoning her ideals. In the original interview he explains that because of citizens united, campaigns now have to have big money donors in order to even compete for market share. The video seemed to want to make it sound like Bernie is saying Kamala will say whatever she needs to say or look however she needs to look, to fool people.

Then there's the misrepresentation that she lied about listening to Tupac. What actually happened was this one guy asked her, what kind of music does Kamala Harris listen to? Then before she answered, the other guy asked what did you listen to when you were stoned? She answered the first guy not the second.

Here is a video telling the truth. Go to 5:10 on this video and watch till the end.
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There is a big push among us today to convince us that God requires nothing of us other than some profession of faith in Jesus Christ, and that all our sins are now forgiven, that heaven is guaranteed us when we die, and that it can’t be taken away from us, regardless of how we live (what we do). For they teach Scriptures out of context to try to make their case that God requires no works of us at all, but that he does everything for us. And so we can go on sinning deliberately and habitually and still go to heaven.

Is there any truth to what they are saying at all? Yes, but it is mixed in with lies, and it is distorted to make their case. And deliberate half-truths are still lies. But is it true that not one of us can be saved by our own human effort? Absolutely! Is it only by the grace of God, through God-gifted faith in Jesus Christ, that any of us can receive salvation from sin and eternal life with God? Yes! But “we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand, that we should walk in them.”

For Jesus Christ said that if anyone would come after him, he must deny self, take up his cross daily (die daily to sin) and follow (obey) him. For if we hold on to (save) our old lives of living in sin, we will lose them for eternity. But if for Jesus’ sake we deny self, die daily to sin, and follow him in obedience to his commands, then we have eternal life in him. And he said that not everyone saying to him, “Lord, Lord,” will enter the kingdom of heaven, but the one DOING (obeying) the will of God the Father in heaven.

It is not true, therefore, that no works are required of us by God. In fact, he will judge us by our works when he comes to judge and to take his faithful ones to be with him for eternity. “To those who by patience in well-doing seek for glory and honor and immortality, he will give eternal life; but for those who are self-seeking and do not obey the truth, but obey unrighteousness, there will be wrath and fury. There will be tribulation and distress for every human being who does evil, ..but glory and honor and peace for everyone who does good..”

Therefore, as followers of Jesus Christ, we are to “be steadfast, immovable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, knowing that in the Lord your labor is not in vain.” We are to “abound in every good work.” And we are to “work out your own salvation with fear and trembling..” And we are to “walk in a manner worthy of the Lord, fully pleasing to him; bearing fruit in every good work..” And we are to be “ready for every good work.” And we are to be “zealous for good works” as God’s possession. And we are to be careful to devote ourselves “to good works.” For faith without works is dead.

[Philippians 2:12-13; Ephesians 2:8-10; Luke 9:23-26; Matthew 7:21-23; Romans 2:1-11; 1 Corinthians 15:58; 2 Corinthians 9:8; Galatians 5:6; Colossians 1:9-14; 2 Thessalonians 1:11-12; 2 Timothy 2:21; Titus 2:11-14; Titus 3:8; James 2:17; John 15:1-11]

So, we can’t just make a profession of faith in Jesus Christ and then consider ourselves “saved, sanctified, forgiven, and going to heaven” if we are not walking in obedience to our Lord’s New Covenant Commandments, and if we are still making sin our practice, and if our works are those of the flesh which will end in death, and if they are not the works of the Spirit being lived out in our lives day by day, by the grace of God, in the power of God. For we have to forsake our sins and obey our Lord to have life in him.

[Matt 7:21-23; Lu 9:23-26; John 10:27-30; Acts 26:18; Rom 2:6-8; Rom 6:1-23; Rom 8:1-14; Rom 12:1-2; 1 Co 6:9-10,19-20; 1 Co 10:1-22; 2 Co 5:10,15,21; Gal 5:16-24; Gal 6:7-8; Eph 2:8-10; Eph 4:17-32; Eph 5:3-6; Col 1:21-23; Col 3:1-17; Titus 2:11-14; 1 Jn 1:5-10; 1 Jn 2:3-6,15-17; 1 Jn 3:4-10; 1 Pet 2:24; Heb 3:1-19; Heb 4:1-13; Heb 10:23-31; Heb 12:1-2]

When in The Stillness

An Original Work / September 26, 2011

When in the stillness of this moment,
Speak to me, Lord, I humbly pray.
Be my desire, set me on fire,
Teach me to love always.
Help me to walk in fellowship with You,
Listening to You; sit at Your feet.
Whisper Your words to me,
Oh, how gently, guiding me in Your truth.

While we are waiting for Your blessing,
Lord, in our hearts be King today.
Help us to live for you ev’ry moment,
List’ning to what You say.
May we not stray from your word within us,
Help us obey You, Lord, in all things,
Walking each moment, Lord, in Your presence,
Our offerings to You bring.

Help us to love You, Lord, our master;
Be an example of Your love,
Helping the hurting, lift up the fallen,
Showing them Your great love.
Teach them to love You, follow You always,
Bearing their cross and turning from sin;
Walking in daily fellowship with You,
Making You Lord and King.

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Jesus doesn’t want just part of us
Not just part of us, but all our time
Doesn’t want just what we’ll give to Him
Wants our whole, not part, and not our mime

Our Lord Savior Jesus Christ and God
Gave His life up for us on a cross
So that we’d be forgiven our sins
So that we’d live not for self, but Him

People have it backwards nowadays
Think that all God wants is that we pray
Take some little time for Him each day
Then go merrily along our way

That is not how God has set things up
He desires we drink from Him His cup
Share with Him in death and righteousness
Live for Him so we’ll be heaven blessed

An Original Work / December 14, 2023

There is much talk these days on the subject of discovering who we are in Christ. But is it all biblical? No, it isn’t! Much of it is not. Much of it is based in the flesh of human beings, and it is not consistent at all with the teachings of the Scriptures. For it is based in this idea that if you make a profession of faith in Jesus Christ that you are automatically now “In Christ,” and therefore you now have all these blessings from God bestowed upon you, regardless of how you live. For the teaching is often self-centered, not God-centered.

So, because you made a profession of faith in Jesus Christ, they teach you that God has now given you a new identity. And they comb through the Scriptures, and they pull out many characteristic traits of what it looks like to be “in Christ,” but they are mostly all on the side of what God does for us, i.e. they are his promises to all who truly are “in Christ.” But what they leave out are God’s requirements of us for us to be “in Christ.” They leave out all the “If” clauses and all the conditional phrases regarding being “in Christ.”

And then they stamp this new identity on you, regardless of whether or not it is true about you. Like I can say all I want that I identify as an elephant, but that doesn’t make me an elephant, does it? We can’t just “name it and claim it” and therefore it is true if it isn’t true. Our true identity is who we are truly in character, mind, and behavior, not just who we claim to be. Like we don’t have forgiveness and salvation of sins and eternal life with God just because we claim it, but only if we die to sin and walk in obedience to God.

And our identity in Christ is not about improving our own self-image. It is not about us gaining a new way of thinking about ourselves. It is not about thinking better of ourselves than we used to think. And it is not about claiming for ourselves a list of “who I am in Christ” if that is not who we truly are. For all of God’s promises to us in the Scriptures have conditions that we must meet for those things to be true about us. Just saying or reciting them do not make them come true if they are not true about us.

And this is not all about what Jesus did and does for us. We don’t become something we are not just because Jesus gave his life up for us on that cross to put our sins to death with him. Yes, it is true that we can only be “in Christ” because of God’s love and grace to us, and because of Jesus’ sacrifice on that cross for the sins of the entire world. We can’t even believe in Jesus to be Lord and Savior of our lives unless God the Father draws us to Christ, i.e. unless he persuades us to die to sin and to follow him in obedience.

So, if you are following a list of promises of God so that you can claim your “identity in Christ,” make certain that the list is biblical, and then read all those Scriptures in their full context to learn what God requires of you in order for those promises to be fulfilled in your life. For they are not based on a profession of faith in Jesus Christ, but on a walk of faith in Lord whereby we deny self, die daily to self and to sin, and we follow our Lord in walks of obedience to his commands in holy living, by his grace, in his power.

For, by genuine God-persuaded and God-gifted faith in Jesus Christ, our old self is crucified with Christ in order that the body of sin might be brought to nothing, so that we will no longer be enslaved to sin. So we are not to let sin reign in our mortal bodies to make us obey its passions. For if sin is what we obey, it leads to death. But if obedience to our Lord and to his commands is what we obey, it leads to righteousness and to sanctification, and its end is eternal life with Christ, our Lord. Obey sin = death. Obey God = life.

So, we who profess faith in Jesus Christ are debtors, not to the flesh, to live according to the flesh, but while claiming who we are in Christ. For if we live according to the flesh, we will die. But if by the Spirit we are putting to death the deeds of the flesh, then we will live. For it is all who are being led of the Spirit of God who are the true children of God, not all those who claim who they are in Christ. It is all whose lives are surrendered to the Lord to do his will who are daily putting sin to death, by the Spirit, and who are walking in obedience to our Lord in holy living – only by the grace of God.

So, if we want to claim who we are in Christ, we must literally be “in Christ” by genuine faith in him which dies with Christ to sin and now lives to God and to his righteousness. For if we claim to be in Christ, in fellowship with him, but while we walk (in conduct, in practice) in sin, we are LIARS. And if we claim to know God, but while we do not obey his New Covenant commandments, in practice, we are LIARS. For it is whoever practices righteousness who is righteous. But whoever makes a practice of sinning is of the devil, and he has not been born of God. He is not “in Christ.”

[Matt 7:21-23; Lu 9:23-26; John 10:27-30; Acts 26:18; Rom 2:6-8; Rom 6:1-23; Rom 8:1-14; Rom 12:1-2; 1 Co 6:9-10,19-20; 1 Co 10:1-22; 2 Co 5:10,15,21; Gal 5:16-24; Gal 6:7-8; Eph 2:8-10; Eph 4:17-32; Eph 5:3-6; Col 1:21-23; Col 3:1-17; Titus 2:11-14; 1 Jn 1:5-10; 1 Jn 2:3-6,15-17; 1 Jn 3:4-10; 1 Pet 2:24; Heb 3:1-19; Heb 4:1-13; Heb 10:23-31; Heb 12:1-2]

Not I, but Christ

By Ada A. Whiddington / A. B. Simpson

… I no longer live, but Christ lives in me… (Galatians 2:20 NIV)

Not I, but Christ be honored, loved, exalted,
Not I, but Christ be seen, be known, be heard;
Not I, but Christ in every look and action,
Not I, but Christ in every thought and word.

Not I, but Christ to gently soothe in sorrow,
Not I, but Christ to wipe the falling tear;
Not I, but Christ to lift the weary burden,
Not I, but Christ to hush away all fear.

Christ, only Christ, no idle word e'er falling,
Christ, only Christ, no needless bustling sound;
Christ, only Christ, no self-important bearing,
Christ, only Christ, no trace of “I” be found.

Not I, but Christ my every need supplying,
Not I, but Christ my strength and health to be;
Christ, only Christ, for spirit, soul, and body,
Christ, only Christ, live then Thy life in me.

Christ, only Christ, ere long will fill my vision,
Glory excelling soon, full soon I'll see;
Christ, only Christ, my every wish fulfilling,
Christ, only Christ, my all in all to be.

Oh, to be saved from myself, dear Lord,
Oh, to be lost in Thee,
Oh, that it might be no more I,
But Christ that lives in me.

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chevyontheriver said:

I get it. I wouldn’t prefer that either. But I knew a scrupulous PCA pastor once who had himself rebaptized because he couldn’t ‘trust’ his first baptism and then he had himself rebaptized again because he couldn’t trust his second baptism. I lost track of him so I don’t know if he accepted his third baptism or not.

Of course we can’t really know who among us may be saved. Even if we think we are sure of our own salvation, we can’t be absolutely sure that the other guy is saved. Maybe pretty sure, but not absolutely. So consequently, if one insists on being baptized only by a saved person, one can never be sure of their own baptism.

The solution to this is to consider that the minister of baptism only baptizes by the power of Christ, the true minister of baptism. So it doesn’t matter all that much the sanctity or salvation of the particular minister. Better a holy Christian to baptize you, but if not there is no need to lose sleep over it and have to get rebaptized.

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That is a good consideration... I agree.

Reginald Taylor Jr said:

Jesus Christ is God of the White House United States of America Philippians 13:20 NKJV
Transcending you into Citizens of heaven , For God is love (no fear) To Have what the Word says you will have. Jesus Christ is God in we trust.

Philippians 4: 19 KJV
But my God shall supply all your need according to his riches in glory by Christ Jesus.

God is blessings with your name on it.

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If Jesus is their God, why don't they manifest it ?

Power and the dollar are the gods of the white house.

Lady Bug said:

I did go today. I'm very grateful but I do wish I could go tomorrow. However, the jury is way out on that. If I can't, I know that I already went, but I do like the 11 am Masses more.

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Happy to hear that! I pray that you have a peace of mind and heart

God bless you

Glory to God! May God bless him abundantly

public hermit said:

Is it a mistake on the author's part? Did the author think the rabbit chewed its cud? If so, it's an error. Of course, we can't get into the mind of Moses or anyone else to see.

How do we determine if it's a mistake? It depends on the Hebrew, I would think. If the word for cud-chewing animal is specific to that act, and not used otherwise except in the case of the hare, then it's likely a mistake and not simply a definition for religious purposes.

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The Hebrew verb (hiphil) from the qal alah coupeled with gerah- "to bring up cud." I think that's right. That tells me it's probably pretty specific to the act.

Richard T said:

The last known stuff was about covid. Biden admin putting the heat on facebook and others to not allow free speech, failing to be honest about the origination of covid etc

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Please - the main point was dealing with the pandemic. I hear you that there are questions - but geopolitical stress on top of the pandemic is probably not a good move. Australia's PM raised questions - and China cancelled 10's of billions in coal orders.

Richard T said:

As to right now? Is the US acting in good faith with Taiwan? This Cato report shows the USA is playing games on fulfilling Taiwan's orders for military weapons. Taiwan executes contracts for weapons earlier than others like Qatar but their delivery date takes far longer. The Restrained US Weapon Supply to Taiwan: A Troubling Signal Amid Escalating Tensions

https://www.cato.org/blog/taiwan-arms-backlog-february-2024-update-long-waits-f-16-upgrade-guided-bombs

"With arms sales dropping and recent deliveries fraught with problems, doubts continue to mount over the United States’ true commitment to Taiwan’s security."

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Interesting - but I'll have to bookmark it for later.

Richard T said:

Also, is part of the government like FBI and Justice Department and the NY state court being weaponized against Trump and others?

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Oh puhlease!
Don't fall for the "poor me - I'm the world's number one victim!" routine he pulls.
He got the FBI to stop investigations into Egypt funding his 2016 election campaign - and now we'll never know if that $10 million withdrawal in cash from an Egyptian bank right next to a convenient airport ever made it into Trump's bank accounts.

Richard T said:

Lots of fishy political stuff going on including the likelihood that Biden is unfit for the Presidency at times.

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Maybe - but as long as his minders are around him - I'm less frightened of the Biden Administration than I would be the calibre of person in a Trump Regime!

Richard T said:

I would question too if Biden and allies are undermining Israel's own defense. i am sure there are lots of things on the horizon that will come out. There will be things too that have no hints at all. The US government has a long history of lies. Many accept the philosophy that "noble lies" enacting for the good of the people are a duty.

http://auapps.american.edu/dfagel/www/Leo%20Strauss%20and%20the%20Neo-Cons%20at%20War.pdf

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Israel's 'defence' against Gaza ceased being a just war a few tens of thousands of civilisation casualties of war ago. The whole thing is now an inexcusable war crime - and the world is turning against Israel. An influential elder at our church was wearing a "Free Palestine" T shirt at church on the weekend - and he said 95% of the people that comment on it are positive.

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ACTS 1

10 And while they were gazing into heaven as he went, behold, two men stood by them in white robes, 11 and said, “Men of Galilee, why do you stand looking into heaven? This Jesus, who was taken up from you into heaven, will come in the same way as you saw him go into heaven.”


WE HAVE A JOB TO DO


Jesus had gone, the disciples were left alone.


They had been promised the Holy Spirit to empower them, but it had not yet come.


They were sad obviously that Jesus had left them, but the angels asked them and asks us:


Why are you gazing into heaven?


As believers, we have a job to do. Jesus is coming back and our job to share the gospel and to proclaim it to the whole world.


We are to look for his glorious appearing, but also, we are not to waste any time, simply gazing into thin air and wasting our time on trivial things that don't matter.


Jesus will come again, let it be our aim to bring as many with us as we able..


Share the gospel, this should and has to be our main purpose for living.


Let's make sure we don't gaze at worthless things and focus on our main job


SHARING JESUS WITH A NEEDY WORLD.


God bless you


Keith



ACTS 1


12 Then they returned to Jerusalem from the mount called Olivet, which is near Jerusalem, a Sabbath day's journey away. 13 And when they had entered, they went up to the upper room, where they were staying, Peter and John and James and Andrew, Philip and Thomas, Bartholomew and Matthew, James the son of Alphaeus and Simon the Zealot and Judas the son of James. 14 All these with one accord were devoting themselves to prayer, together with the women and Mary the mother of Jesus, and his brothers.


THE SECRET OF SUCCESS


Why was the early church so successful?


Was there some magic formula?


Yes, the Holy spirit was poured out on the early church, but there were three things that the early church had, which we need to have.


Biblical unity


Throughout the gospels, we see the disciples as a competing force, one or the other wants to be at the forefront. They all were seeking the place of honour, but here they were in unity. God blesses unity, he does not and will not bless disunity within his church. Isn't it time to stop all our petty squabbling and arguments? We act like spoiled children sometimes, I once heard about two deacons who fell out about what colour paint they should have in the sanctuary, this is pathetic and is evident in most churches nowadays.


Prayer


This is a powerful weapon; they were praying when the holy spirit fell. We spend too much time talking and not enough time praying. The early church was a praying church, why aren't we?


Study of the word


To preach the word and to share the gospel, you have to know the word, you must spend time digging deep into the word. They were people of the book, not many books, we read so many self-help books, instead of the one book that can truly help.


When we have our focus on these three things, then maybe God will bless us.


God graciously blesses his church, when the church puts its focus on the right things, then it can have success and change the world.


God bless you


Keith


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tonychanyt said:

David lamented for Jonathan in 2S 1:



David was not alone in this expression. There is a Chinese proverb: 兄弟如手足，妻子如衣服. Brothers are like hands and feet; wives are like clothing. The proverb was derived from the Romance of the Three Kingdoms, Chapter 15. Liu Bei compared one of his sworn brothers to his hand and foot, something like this: If I lose my wife, I can replace her with a new one, but I cannot replace my hand or foot.

The Greeks had a similar concept. These were examples of platonic love.

In the NT, Jesus went one step further and commanded us to love one another (Jn 13:34). In several of Paul's letters, he instructed believers to greet one another with a holy or brotherly kiss (1Th 5:26).

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It's seldom found in churches today, rather you have cliques.

David and Johnathan demonstrated their love in their commitment no matter what. They must have had some great prayer walks too. They both thought "out of the box" David with his way of taking the giant Goliath down. and Johnathan with his way of taking the Philistine outpost down, which led to their entire army collapsing.

"They were swifter than eagles, they were stronger than lions" great heroes of the faith, filled with the Holy Spirit and genuine love and dedication.

ref: 1Sa 14:13, 1Sa 17:49, 2Sa 1:23, Heb11, Rom 12:9-10, 1Co 13:13

harris-vs-trump-latest-presidential-poll-7-point-turnaround-gives-surging-candidate-big-national-lead.html

Frankly, Kamala is offering a different approach to politics,
than the Donald Trump insults, threats, and bad information.

Many conservative Republicans have already seen this difference,
and found Kamala to be more attractive as the next president, than
another Trump 4-year term.


A large number of former security consultants, from BOTH political parties,
also have weighed in. They consider Harris to be the serious candidate,
but consider Trump to be impulsive and uninformed.

E.g., I don't understand how any Christians could be pro-abortion.

I believe that aborting a baby is murder. At the same time, my brain is capable of understanding how some Christians are pro-abortion. I listen to their reasoning. I disagree with them but can follow their thinking and be sympathetic sometimes.

If you cannot understand their perspective, perhaps it is due to your narrow-mindedness. Try to put yourself in their shoes and see.

bèlla said:

What are you passionate about or what inspires you? It's a good springboard for greater sharing.

~bella

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Salvation of souls.

My latest article in History Now Magazine briefly examines the Confederate Constitution's divergence from the original U.S. Constitution, which leaned towards more libertarian, decentralized, and conservative principles.

DaisyDay said:

i guess you are unfamiliar with the Velvet Revolution then.

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Peaceful then as well.

BobRyan said:

statistically going into the hospital is more dangerous than sky diving

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You turned my 79-year-old laughter box upside down. With eight years of service, I was with the 11th Air Assault from the beginning. We repelled on 5/16 or 3/8 inch nylon ropes and many thought we were crazy... maybe we were but we set into motion a seriously dangerous attack mode for the enemy to contend with and we had fun.

As a prosecutor turned politician, Harris can communicate effectively. When she doesn't, there are only a couple of possible reasons: She's either deliberately being unclear or lying.
Harris' lies have become more prominent in the past month. During an interview with the National Association of Black Journalists (NABJ) on Tuesday, Harris said, "Four years ago, when we came in, we came in during the worst unemployment since the Great Depression." She made a similar statement during her debate with Trump.

This was written by someone who is no fan of Donald Trump. My concern is that most people don't realize how extremely radical Kamala is and that we will lose our freedoms under a Harris regime.

Stephen3141 said:

Decade-Long Study: No Evidence Found for Darwinian Evolution

What is the origin of the “complexity and subtlety” the researchers cite? Do they not suggest a mind in or behind the universe?

mindmatters.ai

Try reading the article.
It has a number of interesting points, to make.

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It is a hard article to disect and understand thoroughly, but the conclusion is not surprising. Darwinian evolution does not happen via mutations and survival of the fittest, and no amount of teaching and propping up the false theory will refute the true laws of science.

There are numerous laws of science that refute commonly accepted evolutionary theory, starting with the First and Second Laws of Thermodynamics and the Law of Biogenesis. But in this case, information science and genetics dictate the incompatability between the false theory versus truth and reality.

We know that all biological life on Earth is composed of DNA, and that genetic code of information determines its structure. In order to make any structure, be it a simple cell, complex tissue, or new organ, there must be information already stored within the DNA code. And while DNA mutations can mess up this code to create a defective structure, it cannot create the new information required to produce an entirely new or different structure.

The entire DNA mutation, survival of the fittest theory that serves as the foundation of Darwinian evolution loses information during the process, not increases it. It's a mathematical, physical, genetically impossible theory from the start - to increase complexity of biological structures with a decrease of information in each step.

I don't understand why any rational person would embrace such an absurd theory that counters our strongest laws of science, as well as common sense. What's even more distressing though is the vast majority of professing Christians, Catholics, and even seminary schools that reject the Biblical creation account in order to embrace a scientifically absurd theory - one that should more correctly be labeled as a hypothesis, since we have neither outcome nor evidence of life coming from nonlife or simple organisms evolving into complex organisms.