See, here's the problem

I wrote a database for a department here at work using Visual Basic as the programming language for the interface, and Microsoft Access as the backend database. I also wrote a design specification and user's manual, and put it all in a binder that sits over in their area. Now some computer "scientist" is claiming that the software wrote (or created) itself and didn't use any programming language, because it wasn't programmed. It just "evolved." Nevermind the fact that there's nothing for it to evolve from, he still says it did. Now I know that I designed and created it, because I did it. A few people in the department know that I did, because they know me and have a relationship with me, and sometimes watched me as I was working on it. Also, others who have never met me know that I did because they've read the user's manual that I wrote, and it has my name in it, my company, etc., and accurately tells how the program operates, and even how and why I built it. Still others know that I created it, because I told them that I did. But there may be some people who are not bright enough to realize that software can't write itself, and therefore what this person is claiming can't be true. There are software programs that are "self-documenting," but they still have to be told to do that. There are even software programs that can write other software programs, to some extent. But they still have to be programmed or given instructions on how to do that.

(this was all a response to a conversation that a woman here at work and I were having about evolution vs. God. She was using the familiar lines about, "why couldn't God have used evolution to create...God still did it, right?")


That is the same thing we face with having evolution taught and forced upon us. You can't get a good grade in class if you put 6000 years on a government school test when it asks how old the earth is (of course, the textbooks don't even agree themselves on the age). Or if they say when was the last ice age, and you say 4000 years instead of however many million. Evolution still doesn't make sense, and trying to tie God to it does no one any favors. It doesn't do God any favors, anymore than it would do me a favor for you to tell everyone, "Well, science says that the program evolved and created itself. Justin still turned the power on to the computer, so he's indirectly responsible." That completely takes the credit away from me, and gives it to nothing, or to the software. It's like I tried to explain to you, if evolution can do it by itself, if it stood a chance of being real and working, then why would you hitch God to it? If it works and can stand up to criticism, then why would you involve God. And if it's a broken theory, and God's really doing the work, then why would you make God drag it along like a broken down car? If God's doing the work, give Him the credit. Don't give it to the broken down car and say, "The car got us here, and God was riding in it." God doesn't need the nonsense. Remember? God is limitless. He can do anything. Man isn't, and can't. We can't even understand God's ways or His being in a full sense. So why would someone trust man's theory on what happened before the earth existed when we weren't there, and don't even know when it was? God was/IS there, and He is God, so I trust Him.

What say you?

Water baby

My kid enjoys being in the bathtub more than anything, it seems. Say it's because the warmth and the whole "being suspended in liquid" thing is like the womb, but I think it's a trait she gets from her dad. Those of you who know me know that I spend about 1 hour a day in the bathtub. Rarely do I take a shower, and sometimes I even start taking a shower and then put the plug in and lay back and let the tub fill up that way. Baths are the way to go, and as it turns out, are a pretty dern effective method of birth control (for me, at least). Without diverting from the subject of the post too much, I'll just say that Jess and I used no form of birth control at all for almost two years, I believe. But I was taking a bath every day in really hot water, and staying in for sometimes upward of 2 hours. Run the water hot, and when it gets cold, drain it and fill the tub back up with hot again. I digress...

Anyways, my girl loves the bath. We don't really use the baby bathtub thing, Jess just gets in and holds her in the water. Allison gets really slow and relaxed, and looks around, and flares her nostrils, and makes faces. She loves it. And her mom and I just laugh and laugh and kiss her and laugh. She's my girl...