Scientessa's Pilate Program
Scientism's quite persuasive,
But a child can even tell...
When hot air's passed off as "science";
Soon enough it starts to smell.
Yes, the children have good noses,
And they know just what to think
When they're told:
"Nothing Exploded!"
...Little ones detect the stink.
They distrust smug Explanations...
(They're good Skeptics....naturally!)
They can sense The Grand Delusion:
Scientessa's Sorcery.
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In December of 2005, a judge in Dover,
Pennsylvania ruled that it was illegal for the Theory of Intelligent Design
to be taught...or even mentioned...in Government/State School
science classrooms. The judge decided that Intelligent Design was not
"scientific". In fact, he ruled that Intelligent Design was nothing more
really than "creationism" in disguise and therefore had religious and
metaphysical implications unacceptable for State-educated children to
consider. Consequently, he outlawed all discussion of ID Theory
from the State-run science classroom.
Banned in Boston.
No Debate Allowed!
Verboten!
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"Any group with authority to tell a culture's creation story
functions as a kind of priesthood, defining what shall be deemed ultimate
truth. In the late 19th century...T.H. Huxley [aka. "Darwin's
Bulldog"]...pursued a deliberate strategy of overthrowing the clergy and
ordaining scientists as society's new priesthood." --Nancy Pearcey
"After having chided the theologian for his reliance on myth and
miracle, science found itself in the unenviable position of having to create
a mythology of its own: namely the assumption that what, after long effort,
could not be provoked to take place today had, in truth, taken place in the
primeval past." ---Loren Eisley (Professor of Anthropology, U. of
Pennsylvania)
"The hand of totalitarianism of 1984 is unlikely, that is, external
political and military totalitarianism. Hitler blew the cover on that scheme
from hell, Plan A. But Plan B, the soft totalitarianism of the brave new
world, free, popular and very scientific is panting at the door."--
Peter Kreeft
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"After leaving Succoth they camped at Etham on the edge of the
desert. By day the LORD went ahead of them in a pillar of cloud to guide
them on their way and by night in a pillar of fire to give them light, so
that they could travel by day or night. Neither the pillar of cloud by day
or the pillar of fire by night left its place in front of the people."
(Exodus 13: 20-22)
"On the morning of the third day there was thunder and
lightning, with a thick cloud over the mountain..." (Exodus 19:
16...)
"Scientessa's Pilate Program"
(Textbook Flatulence Pristine)
Come now, children....
Read about Her!
Scientism's Lovely Queen!
She explodes!....A Cloud of Gases....
Textbook Flatulence Pristine!
Yes, The Goddess has erupted...
Then with No Design in Mind,
Life appeared!
A Magik Wonder!
What a Scientific Find!
Quantum Vacuum Fluctuation!
Scientessa waved her wand!
Tiny atoms Bump 'n' Grinding...
Vital Signs!
(Dumb Lucky Bonds!)
No Intelligence was needed...
"Science" waved her Magik Stick!
What religion?
....Man, who needs it!
When She turns her Magik Trick!
Power Priests of
Scientessa
Have convinced us that it's
TRUE!
Pompous, Mindless Gas from Nowhere
Evolved into me and you!
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Trust us......This is NOT religion!
(It's
"The Science Paradigm"... )
Gas appeared from out of Nowhere
Making Matter, Space and Time.
That's
The Truth!
The Firm Foundation.
On this Magik Rock we'll stand!
It's The Mandatory Lesson:
Viruses becoming....Man!
You can trust this Grand Explosive,
Accidental, Passing Gas;
Scientessa's Priests agree now...
That's how
all things came to pass!
We've got Faith in Mindless Matter
That
exploded on the scene...
Undesigned and for no purpose...
Bow before The Gaseous Queen!
She says, "Accidents
DO happen!"
DNA popped up in space...
Life emerged from Lifeless Gases.
In a Nut-shell....
That's Her case!
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Once again, son....
This IS Science!
We've got evidence galore!
And....(wink, wink)...
Son, we can prove it!
(Check your brain there at the door.)
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We repeat: No Mind was needed!
Man's a "Stumble in the Dark"!
Science Priests are quite Dog-matic...
(Up this tree they've come to bark!)
It's their
Faith!
It's Fundamental!
It's the Wisdom of the Age!
Scientessa's Pilate Program...
Modernism's current rage!
Her Big Bang's
The Explanation!
Gas Almighty!
Have you heard?
From now on...
There's
No Discussion!
Science Priests, please....
Spread The Word!
Take The Message to the masses...
Sow The Seed both far and wide!
Goddess Prestidigitation
Takes us to King Darwin's side!
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Once again...We must remind you:
This is
SCIENCE through and through!
Take The Goddess Great Commission...
Gaseous Gospel Truth
For you!
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Now The High Court's in agreement...
Son, we can't allow debate!
Take your superstitions elsewhere
Trust The Queen's Most Gaseous State!
She proclaims what's
only Natural...
Naturally... we
all agree!
Breaking Winds of Chance have shown us
Naturalism's Reverie!
Yes, we've followed through the desert
All the evidence allowed...
Truth....at last we have discovered
Wrapped in her Green Magik Cloud.
Chance 'n' Time have worked this Magik...
Science-stirred....
A potent brew!
Unintelligent Concoction
Has some great Designs on you!
Yes...Queen "Big Bang" is most
worthy
Of the praise we've given her...
Golden Calves don't hold a candle
To her Passing Gases, sir!
Please come dance around her altar;
Make an off'ring....
(What a Gas!)
Modern Man's Creation Story....
Fairy Tales in Physics Class.
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Holy Moses!
Stop the presses!
What a story!....Have you heard?
Scientessa's Gas has brought us
To the Threshold of The Word.
Moral Law and Law of Nature,
Somehow hid inside a Cloud;
No one needs now stop at Nebo...
Where Gold Calves still draw a crowd!
You're invited...
Choose your Cloud now;
Follow one....
Just take your pick!
Choose between the Ancient Prophets
Or this Goddess Magik Trick.
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Lord, we wander through this desert;
Give us eyes to see, we pray...
We've chased after
Scientessa....
Now it seems we've lost our way.
Please, Good Shepherd,
Lead us onward...
We
still dance 'round Calves of Gold!
Moloch, Isis...Scientessa
Lured us into this dark fold.
We've been taken.....(!)
Through the Black Holes...
By String Theory....strung along;
Now her Quantum Leaps have left us
Singing her Black Magik Song.
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"For rebellion is like the sin of
witchcraft,
and arrogance like the evil of idolatry...."
(1Samuel 15: 23....)
"Sing to God, sing praise to his
name,
extol him who rides on the clouds----
his name is the LORD-----
and rejoice before him."
(Psalm 68: 4)
"King Herod's Heart of Darkness"
("We
Like Our Saviors Bleating")
"....he leads me beside quiet waters,
he restores my soul."
(Psalm
23: 2b,3a)
"After Jesus was born in Bethlehem in Judea, during the time
of King Herod, the Magi from the east came to Jerusalem and asked, 'Where is
the one who has been born king of the Jews? We saw his star in the east and
have come to worship him.'
"When King Herod heard this he was disturbed....and gave
orders to kill all the boys in Bethlehem and its vicinity who were two years
old and under..." (Matthew 2: 1-3a...16a)
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Consider for a moment the name "Herod". According to
Strong's Concordance it is a name derived from the combination of two
Greek words:
'heros'
+ 'eidos' = 'Herod'
Of course, we are familiar with the meaning
of the Greek 'heros'. It implies one who is
honored and admired, someone to be set apart and glorified. But when
'heros' is joined to the word 'eidos', a
somewhat different picture begins to emerge.
The Greek 'eidos' means 'appearance',
'fashion' or 'shape'. The word 'eidos' carries
with it the implication of something being false, counterfeit and/or somehow
inauthentic. In fact, if we dig a bit deeper, we discover that our
English word, 'idol' actually comes from the
Greek 'eidos'.
In the Christmas story (the Gospel of
Luke, Chapter Two), the Wise Men from the east, go directly to King Herod
in Jerusalem and ask about this one 'born king of the Jews'.
In other words, they confront the counterfeit king and ask him
where the Authentic King might be found.
Herod's reaction? He was disturbed.....('tarasso'
in the Greek: to stir, to agitate,
to roil the water).
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The Bible teaches that because of Sin, mankind lives under a universal
spiritual delusion. The Bible also teaches that this snare of
delusion causes us to imagine vainly that we are in charge and in
control...that we are, in fact, sovereign and that "Self" is King. As such,
fallen humanity is involved in an illegal coup attempt...a proud
rebellion of cosmic spiritual proportion against the True and Living God.
We have climbed God's throne and pronounced ourselves "autonomous". We have
declared ourselves "The Boss". (Genesis 3:4)
East of Eden we are all Herodian 'kings', fools...deceived and insane
pretenders to the throne.
But then.... we see Jesus, God's gracious and Merciful Gift who
'disturbs' the wayward spirit in us. He roils the stagnant waters of the
fallen human soul. As such, He rocked King Herod's boat two thousand
years ago, and He's still making waves today. (see Matthew 8:23-27)
Darkness is always 'disturbed' by light. Deception is 'disturbed' by
Truth. Idols are always disturbed by news of God. The guilty
are disturbed in the presence of a discerning and righteous judge. The
sinful heart is disturbed by the threat of being exposed by a Holy Standard
of Absolute Goodness.
When fallen man....Herodian Man.... is confronted
with news about Jesus the King, the waters of his soul are naturally
agitated. When this happens, the honest and "wise man" will seek...with
all his heart... to find out exactly why this is so. But others...like
Herod...will respond foolishly to the agitation by trying to eradicate or
ignore the authentic King of Promise. Eventually, though, Herodian Man will
come to realize that Christ the King, the Lion of Judah, is not now and
never has been an idol threat........
"Turn to me and be saved,
all you ends of the
earth;
for I am God, and
there is no
other.
By myself I have sworn,
my mouth has
uttered in all
integrity
a word that will
never be revoked;
Before me every knee
will bow,
by me every tongue
will swear.
They will say of me,
'In the LORD
alone
are righteousness
and strength.' "
(Isaiah 45: 23,24a)
"King Herod's Heart of Darkness"
("Tiny Lamb...No Idol Threat")
Christ the Lamb came to Judea,
When they wanted Christ the
King.
('We need The Lion of Judah!...
Not this tiny little thing!')
But today....
O Lord, how different!
'Baby Jesus' fits our bill.
'Season's Greetings" is our mantra...
Christ the King we'd rather to kill.
Little Lamb?.....
Well, sure.
That's kosher!
Baby! We can
handle that!
Tiny Lamb's a whole lot better
Than some Mighty Holy Cat!
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Like King Herod, we have 'issues'...
Pride's imbedded deep within.
In our idol conversations
We reveal our hearts of Sin.
Yes, we like our Savior's bleating,
Not returning in the clouds...
No righteous Lion of Judgment,
Can dethrone
this Herod-Crowd!
So, we stroke the Baby Jesus
Like a pet we keep around....
This way WE
stay High 'n' Mighty!
And Christ?.....
Somewhat less profound.
Friend, just keep him in the stable...
Such a cuddly thing!....My Word!
In the manger He can't harm us...
See The Sign?
'Do Not Disturb!'
We enjoy the infant Jesus...
Truth be known,
He makes our day!
Tiny tots can never judge us...
And we like it
just that way!
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Don't let Jesus roil the water;
Or disturb the stagnant pool.
He makes waves in hearts of darkness...
He's The King who
really rules!
But Narcissus now ensnares us
Mesmer eyes his foolish prey...
We're Self-worshipers deluded
By the world and Satan's way.
But again then... we see Jesus!
Agitation from on High,
Who dethrones the Herod in us...
Royal Self?...He'll crucify!
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Yes, Good Lord, we flock to see You!
O Good Shepherd, give us Grace!
Help us know which way to follow
As we travel through this place.
Lead us not into temptation;
Take us to
Your quiet pool!
Set us on The Rock of Ages,
Not King Herod's throne of Fools!
By God's Grace and Mercy...rescued!
Now in Him we owe no debt......
Jesus Christ appeared to free us,
God in flesh...
No idol threat.
Lead us, Lord, beside still waters
Where reflecting we may see
Father God, your Face of Mercy.....
At Moriah's Calvary.
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"The attempt to not face the face of God or face
ourselves as we are begins the process of idolatry....An idol is
something within creation that is inflated to function as a substitute for
God...Since an idol is a counterfeit, it is a lie. Deception is its very
identity." --Dick Keyes
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"A pleasant illusion is better than a harsh
reality."--Christian Nevell Bovee
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"Truth only irritates those it enlightens, but does not convert." --Pasquier
Quesnel
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"Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock
and the door will be opened to you. For everyone who asks receives; he who
seeks finds; and to him who knocks, the door will be opened."
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