Left arm

I am a left arm. I am reasonably talented. I can bend my fingers, manipulate my thumb, swivel at my shoulder and bend and rotate at my elbow. Despit all this, I have always been a second class citizen because my opposing member, the right arm can do all these things better than me. I was side-lined. It was Righty who was taught to write while my challenging task was merely to support the page. Righty learned to hit a tennis ball with a tennis raquet while I only played ball boy - something like a clay pidgeon dispenser. My tasks were always menial and unappreciated.

Recently Righty developed tendonitis. Here was my chance to shine - to be appreciated! Do you know what? Because I was previously disadvantaged, my best attempts were not good enough and I was cursed for my clumsiness. My unco-ordinated fingers took half an hour just to get a contact lens into the right eye. I don't have enough strength to cut steak with a knife and my artistic attempts at hair-combing were rediculed. I took much longer to complete tasks than the more accomplished and talented Righty. Although I am getting more proficient at lots of things, let's face it, I will never be a right arm. I was destined to be a second class limb. Is life fair? Of course not.

Evolutionists and Creationists

I am a Christian. I am also a scientist. Recently I was told by the head of our Biology department that we were going to be teaching evolution in our schools soon. Since we are encouraged to examine scientific knowledge and evaluate it, I decided to search the web for information about evolution and what the crationists say about it. boy did I open a wasps nest! Everybody seems to be so fanatical about their views.

I was given a DVD which is part of a series about creationism which I was strongly encouraged to watch. The Creationists (of this series) believe that the world was created in 6 days, 6000 years ago, that 4000 years ago there was a flood which totally changed the earth from what it was previously. (Up till then there had been an extra layer to the atmosphere consisting of water/water vap0our/ice which resulted in a higher air pressure, subsequently higher oxygen concentrations in the air and a shielding of X rays from the sun/space. As a result everything lived much longer and functioned better, grew larger. Dinosaurs were nothing but lizards that just continued to grow and were alive at the same time as man. Lots of very scientific evidence was given, as well as quotes from reputable scientists to support the theory.

Last night I watched a DVD by David Bloch on the Universe. http://www.aboutentertainment.co.za/database/david_b.htm
His studies have led him to believe that the universe was created by God with the specific purpose of making Man and he gives very strong mathmatical reasoning why the forces involved in the creation of the Universe cannot be random and therefore are evidence of design. He believes God made the Big Bang.

In other words, the creationists and the scientists believe the same thing. God created the heavens and the earth. I don't know what all this fuss is about old earth/new earth. It does not change my life one little bit whether the earth is 6 000 years old or millions. I know that God loves me, that Jesus died so that I can be in a relationship with Him and spend eternity with Him. I know that we don't know everything and never will. Scientific theories come and go and life goes on. I don't think very many scientists really think that the earth came into being by chance and that life just accidentally happened. If we just evolved from animals (accidentally) then there is no right or wrong and no meaning to life. We may as well live like animals. In fact, if that is what they have been teaching in American schools for years, perhaps it is no wonder that young people act the way they do. If, on the other hand, we are created in the image of God, there is some purpose to life and some immutable laws. What method God used to create us is immaterial. Let's just rejoice in life!