Stupid Scientists, Don't They Know Animals Evolve???

Visiting DrudgeReport.com today, I read an article about how scientists "have uncovered a previously unknown species that disappeared about 500 years ago". This is pretty sweet news, that there is actually a species of animal that God created still living that we thought humans had wiped off the face of the earth. Turns out, God's intelligent creatures are a little more hardy than we give them credit for. Apparently they have some pretty evasive maneuvers (like cold chilling on ice-shelves) to remain obscure to our technology.

Aside from this discovery, there was a line in the article that I laughed when I read, and subsequently inspired this post. Here it is, in all its glory:

It is becoming apparent that some species can respond to things like climate change, and others cannot. The more we know, the more we can help.

Now, I'm no scientist, but what's the big stinking deal about preserving these creatures for scientists (and preservationists) who believe in Evolution? Sounds like to me that survival of the fittest got the best of these little creatures -

"... the Waitaha was an example of another native species that was unable to adapt to a human presence."

Shouldn't scientist be parading this around as clear-cut evidence of Evolution? Apparently not... Something in humanity still wants to preserve its creatures. Which, by the way, is a very odd concept indeed for Evolution.

Don't these scientists know that animals evolve??? Why are they complaining? Shouldn't they be excited about the 'adaptive skills' of these animals and how it means they are 'evolving brilliant evasive maneuvers'?

That's what gets me about Evolutionary science. They say Evolution is true, but pragmatically act like Creationism is true. If animals evolve, they should be celebrating the new creatures that are coming about (which I have yet to hear about), not bemoaning the ones we've lost. According to them, animals that can't cut it in the cut-throat world of survival-of-the-fittest, go extinct, apparently like the Neanderthals, and Australiopiticus and other "previous creatures in the evolutionary cycle". I've never read in a text book about how sad of a situation this is. I can just imagine this though given our overly-sensitized culture towards animals:

"The Brodoacious Dudalicious Awesomicus was a relaxed creature, but sadly the poor little guy got eaten up by all the mean and cruel Tyranosaurus Rex's. We are worse off today because we don't have this curious creature roming our earth..."

Absurd...

The fact that humans still want to preserve the creatures (and environment) is a great testament to the fact that we were actually created. Why? If God created everything, then that means all these little creatures aren't evolving but are entirely unique and cannot be reduplicated nor can they grow into new species. The whole thing to me is a load of balderdash. Phooey, I say. The only reason you'd want to preserve a species is because you think that there is some value to its uniqueness. But who really cares about uniqueness if the next thing that comes along is even better than what we've got right now? I mean, hand-grating cheese is cool and all, but my food-processor is way sweeter and does a far better job (and quicker) at grating cheese.

The reason we should preserve these creatures has to do with the fact that they are the only one of their kind because God created them at one point in the past, never to recreate them. The reason we should preserve cute little penguins in New Zealand is because God took the effort to form them and so clearly they are important to him.

Scientists... how silly...

Jesus is a Real Man

Christ and Manhood

I am beginning to find the preoccupation that I am finding on this Christian college campus with "Manhood" to be somewhat, well, lame. Somehow Christians think real manhood is directly tied to their ability to approach women, be burly and punch things. So often they approach this topic thinking that we need to do things like this. Sure, punching things and having large muscles is manly, (it sure isn't feminine) but that's where too many "Manhood" programs start, and speed off in the wrong direction.

The other side is that men should connect with their "inner-self", which just about makes me vomit when i hear this. Last time I checked, my inner-self was sold into bondage to sin and God's Son had to die in order to fix it because it was so screwed up. They may say we need to be more expressive of our emotions and feelings. But what they really mean is, "you need to start acting like a chick."

Neither of these will ever produce a "real-man". they'll either produce an overgrown, hormone-infested, juggernaut who has sex with too many women and spends money he doesn't have; or it will produce a cowardly, inward-focused pansy who won't ever affect anything significant and who will spend more time drawing pictures of his former girlfriend than spending time working hard to get a job to support himself.

I have yet to see a book saying that a "real man" is someone who looks and acts like Jesus. Jesus was a real man. He got in fights, he said things that would make your mother cringe, he called people names, he got mad and angry. He also was sensitive and humble, he held the hands of the dirtiest people, he got up early and went to bed late to pray, he never quit, when he had fears he said them, he didn't care what people thought of him (so long as they didn't screw up his true identity), he didn't care about appearance, he didn't feel awkward around awkward people. Most of all, Jesus knew who he was and he knew who was in control of his life.

Too often we start in the wrong spot when we look at manhood. We want to watch a war-movie to look at manly characteristics (which is not a bad place to start, surely its better than looking at Paul Walker in The Fast & The Furious to see good traits of a man), but these are often deficient. Jesus fought a war way bloodier than any soldier on this planet will ever fight for, and for a way bigger cause and with way more vigor and honor and way more strength and way more purpose. There is absolutely nothing that comes close to a true display of manhood than what was shown in Jesus.

Just read your bibles: when Paul wants to draw analogies of who were supposed to be like, who does he always refer to? Jesus. And if he refers to someone else, its because they act like Jesus.

So if your wondering why your not as manly as you should be, its probably cause you're not looking at Jesus enough. If you're wondering why you're such a coward, then take a long look at Jesus and he'll give you a good punch in the guts. If you're wondering why you're such an egocentric jerk, then spend some time actually reading your bible and see how Jesus didn't give a rip about his reputation and served everyone, even egocentric jerks like yourself.

Jesus is a real man