This evening on abcNEWS Nightline in the States there will be a screening of a debate that took place at Mars Hill Church in Seattle on the topic: Does Satan Exist? Contending that Satan does exist was/will be Mark Driscoll, teaching pastor at Mars Hill, and Annie Lobert, founder of "Hookers for Jesus" and former prostitute herself. Arguing against the existence of Satan was Deepak Chopra, philosopher-come-self-help-guru, and Bishop Carlton Pearson, a former "fundamentalist" who has embraced an "inclusive" gospel.
I'd encourage you to watch the debate - I wouldn't encourage you to use the abcNEWS media player as it's terrible, so if you can figure out how to download the video then that's well worth the effort, if you can't figure it out then endure it anyway! Toward the end Driscoll asked Chopra why he so implicitly trusted his own mind if it was just the result of evolution. The question reminded me of C.S. Lewis' statement:
"If the solar system was brought about by an accidental collision, then the appearance of organic life on this planet was also an accident, and the whole evolution of Man was an accident too. If so, then all our present thoughts are mere accidents - the accidental by-product of the movement of atoms. And this holds for the thoughts of the materialists and astronomers as well as for anyone else's. But if their thoughts - i.e., Materialism and Astronomy - are mere accidental by-products, why should we believe them to be true? I see no reason for believing that one accident should be able to give me a correct account of all the other accidents. It's like expecting the accidental shape taken by the splash when you upset a milk-jug should give you a correct account of how the jug was made and why it was upset."
Chopra's response was to say that he didn't trust his mind, but that he trusted his "spirit", which still begs the question as to why he sees fit to trust his "spirit". The question is still left irritatingly unanswered!
Driscoll concluded with reading from 1 John 5:19 onward:
"We know that we are from God, and the whole world lies in the power of the evil one. And we know that the Son of God has come and has given us understanding, so that we may know him who is true; and we are in him who is true, in his Son Jesus Christ. He is the true God and eternal life."
I'll conclude with that too!
God bless.
Dear Freedom
I'd encourage you to watch the debate - I wouldn't encourage you to use the abcNEWS media player as it's terrible, so if you can figure out how to download the video then that's well worth the effort, if you can't figure it out then endure it anyway! Toward the end Driscoll asked Chopra why he so implicitly trusted his own mind if it was just the result of evolution. The question reminded me of C.S. Lewis' statement:
"If the solar system was brought about by an accidental collision, then the appearance of organic life on this planet was also an accident, and the whole evolution of Man was an accident too. If so, then all our present thoughts are mere accidents - the accidental by-product of the movement of atoms. And this holds for the thoughts of the materialists and astronomers as well as for anyone else's. But if their thoughts - i.e., Materialism and Astronomy - are mere accidental by-products, why should we believe them to be true? I see no reason for believing that one accident should be able to give me a correct account of all the other accidents. It's like expecting the accidental shape taken by the splash when you upset a milk-jug should give you a correct account of how the jug was made and why it was upset."
Chopra's response was to say that he didn't trust his mind, but that he trusted his "spirit", which still begs the question as to why he sees fit to trust his "spirit". The question is still left irritatingly unanswered!
Driscoll concluded with reading from 1 John 5:19 onward:
"We know that we are from God, and the whole world lies in the power of the evil one. And we know that the Son of God has come and has given us understanding, so that we may know him who is true; and we are in him who is true, in his Son Jesus Christ. He is the true God and eternal life."
I'll conclude with that too!
God bless.
Dear Freedom
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