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Greetings dear family of our beloved Saviour Jesus Christ, may the God who created us in His likeness confirm in us the dignity he has blessed us with, granting to us the sure knowledge that we are His children.
A little while ago there was a two-part programme on Channel 4 entitled, “The Enemies of Reason” by Prof Richard Dawkins. Part one, “Slaves to Superstition” was on as I wrote this letter; I did not watch it as I know it would be bad for my high blood pressure! He has followed this programme up with a book entitled “The God Delusion,” it is obvious from the title what the Prof thinks about faith.
I wonder if atheists like Prof Dawkins ever question why with so many millions of different species on this plant, human beings are the only ones with intelligence? It is very clear that we are the only intelligent species, which would mean that evolution did not do a very efficient job – one species out of many millions to achieve a state of intelligence is not much of an achievement is it? But it is not just our intelligence which makes us different; we also have a will, whereas animals only have instinct. If you place three bowls of food in front of a dog, their instinct is to eat all three, because it does not know when it will eat again. If you put three dishes in front of a human, they will decide which one they would prefer and then put the rest in the fridge for another day. That is unless it is a female, in which case they would eat the one with the least calories and give the other two dishes to the dog!
The other thing I would like to know is, if evolution is right where are all the animals that are changing from one thing to another? I mean to say, a leopard never changes its spots from what I can see! I think that elephants will always make ‘trunk calls,’ snakes will always ‘speak with forked tongue,’ no one will ever ‘smile at a crocodile,’ cats will always have ‘nine lives,’ canine’s will always have a ‘dog’s life,’ Larry the lamb will always ‘get the chop,’ oh, and I expect chickens will always wonder which came first – the human or the microscopic organism!
No, I am sorry but the atheists have got it all wrong, when Prof Dawkins passes on to the next life I would love to be there to see his face when he comes face to face with God! I can just imagine it now, the Professor will still deny what is happening to him and put it all down to some kind of hallucination. When he eventually comes to turns with the fact that he has died and is standing before his creator, I very much expect the Father of Mercy to be compassionate with him. I think God’s words to him will be something like this: “Now then Richard, I know you have spent your whole life trying to persuade people that I don’t exist, well, I am not going to hold that against you. I am going to give you another chance to make amends by sending you back to earth to see if you can do better next time.” At this the Professor will be very pleased indeed. Then God will deliver the punch line: “Yes, I am going to send you back; I am going to turn you into a microscopic organism, drop you in the ocean and let you try to work your way up!!!”
I could not help but make light of Prof Dawkins program, it is better than getting angry, he is always so forceful and disrespectful, I am told that even his peers do not like his approach. For a more serious look at the evolution debate, see the later pages. Continued on next page.
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