"Disregard the Wind That's
Blowing"
or
("A Shady Proposition")
"Then the eyes of
both of them were opened, and they realized they were naked; so they sewed fig
leaves together and made coverings for themselves.
"Then the man and his wife heard the sound of the LORD God as he was walking
in the garden in the cool of the day, and they hid from the LORD God among the
trees of the garden............
"After he drove the man out, he placed on the east side of the Garden of
Eden cherubim and a flaming sword flashing back and forth to guard the way to
the tree of life." --(Genesis 3: 7,8....24)
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"God is the only comfort. He is also the supreme terror: the thing we most
need and the thing we most want to hide from. He is our only possible ally, and
we have made ourselves His enemies. Some people talk as if meeting the gaze of
absolute goodness would be fun. They need to think again. They are still only
playing with religion." -C.S. Lewis (Mere Christianity)
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"The fall of humanity is admittedly difficult to fathom; however once it is
admitted into one's worldview, the enigmas of the human condition are explained
and the human landscape is illuminated as never before." --Douglas Groothuis
"Disregard the Wind
That's Blowing"
or
("A Shady Proposition")
Mr Darwin built this Tree House,
For the likes of me and you.
It's quite cozy and convenient....
Note the High and Lofty View!
Yes, he made this fancy dwelling,
So we can all be satisfied!
It's a nicely painted hideout....
Though its foundations are "implied".
He built with Twigs of Speculation,
Hammered home with Missing Links...
Plastered over....neatly whitwashed,
Pretty cool, Man, don't you think!?
I repeat: ....."Foundation Flimsy!"
So be careful..."No one sneeze!"
Darwin's House of Cards' a "Beauty",
But it's a-quiver in the breeze.
We acknowledge certain problems...
Certain "gaps" both here and there,
But that's a minor difficulty...
When feet are planted in mid-air!
You can trust us with these "problems"...
We've got years of expertise
Building Babel Treetop Towers,
Just as easy as you please!
So put your eggs into our basket...
Keep your fingers crossed... and pray,
That the fossils we've been seeking,
Will appear to us some day.
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>From up here we sense The Power,
>From on High Mankind is free!
We're comingling with these acorns.
Lots of nuts for company!
If we stay up in these branches,
With the friendly Chimpanzee,
We can dodge The Tree's Creator,
And the Light He sheds, you see...
Lose yourself among the branches,
Of Darwin's Evolution Oak.
Disregard the wacky story...
That Judeo-Christian Joke!
Do the squirrely thing and scurry,
>From that nutty Hebrew Tale.
Cover up your indiscretions....
Fig-Leaf Flora never fails!
Pull that ladder up behind you!
Blend right in this murky shade.
Camouflage your sins in "Science"
Out on the limb where Darwin played.
Up here no Guilt can touch us.
Birds of the Air nest all around!
Someone said they ate the seed up,
That was scattered up and down.*
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Who's that walking down below us,
In the cool Edenic day....?
Thank you, no...we'll just stay hidden;
We're more confident this way.
(Shhh...Don' let Him spot us up here!)
Adam's Hiding Game's the same
As it was in the beginning,
And remains our Game of Shame.
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Disregard The Wind that's blowing
Ignore the Lightning in the Cloud;
Revelation lights the Darkness,
Flashing Truth brings down the Proud.
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It's a shady proposition...
And we can stay well out of sight...
Nestled nicely in this treetop,
Dodging God's bright Holy Light.
We'll just stay up here... forever!
Camouflaged it's best to be!
Hiding safely in the foliage,
Of Darwin's anonymity.
Shangri-La Phylogenetics,
Since we branched off years ago...
Leaves a-rustle, thick and verdant...
Not much Light up here, you know.
All these leaves keep us well-hidden,
In this High Glade of Shaded Bliss.
God will never find us up here!
That is...indeed... IF He exists!
Eventhough we are so lofty,
We're positively safe and sound!
"The Fall" is nothing we believe in....
Nor are we sure there is a ground.
Sir, when Darwin started building
This Tree-Fortress that we love.,
We started growing Lofty Egos
Evolving Leftward high above.
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Disregard the Wind that's blowing;
Ignore the Lightning in the Cloud.
Revelation lights the darkness,
Flashing Truth brings down The Proud.
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Breath of God has blown our cover;
He shook this tree down to the root.
Don't look now...
The leaves have left us!
Darwin's point?
......Now rendered moot.
Here we are on naked branches,
Perched beside Birds of the Air...
All our leaves of high-pretension,
Blown away we know not where.
We had hoped for Endless Summer,
But Holy Ruach made His Call.
Chill Wind has blown our cover....
Only fools deny The Fall.
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Through the boughs and through the branches,
Holy Spirit passes by...
Breath of God, may your light teach us,
Why we hide....
And why we die.
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"Jesus answered. 'I tell you the truth, no one can enter the
kingdom of God unless he is born of water and the Spirit. Flesh gives
birth to flesh, but the Spirit gives birth to spirit. You should not be
surprised at my saying, 'You must be born again.' The wind blows
wherever it pleases. You hear its sound, but you cannot tell where it
comes from or where it is going. So it is with everyone born of the
Spirit."
(John 3: 5-8)
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"...Darwinian evolution [is] a very rickety hypothesis based on some
old bones or a tooth discovered in Kenya or Nanking, and infiltrating
all the different disciplines of learning, and making an ultimate
nonsense of them all." --Malcolm Muggeridge
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"The humanist has both feet planted in mid-air." -Francis Schaeffer
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"I am quite conscious that my speculations run beyond the bounds of
true science...It is a mere rag of an hypothesis with as many flaws and
holes as sound parts."--Charles Darwin
* Luke 8: 4...12
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