Megachurches and the universe

So, I finished James Twitchell’s book, Shopping For God. It ended being a discussion of the factors contributing to the rise of the so-called mega churches, and what the next developments may be. Overall, it was an entertaining read, and I was pleasantly surprised when the book ended considerably short of the end of the printed pages: The endnotes and index took many pages.

But I was very disappointed with the endnotes. Because in the entire book, there was not one note marker! There all listed at the end of the book, but there is no way to correlate them back to the text!

Somebody goofed.

On a different note, our small group viewed the DVD, Unlocking the Mysteries of Life (Illustra Media), which presents some compelling microbiological evidence for intelligent design as a possible—even plausible—explanation for the origins of the universe (as opposed to Darwinism, commonly called evolution).

Last week, we viewed the companion DVD, The Privileged Planet, which looked at our earth, the solar system and the universe, and how unique earth really is, from an astronomical perspective.

So we went from a very macro level to an ultra micro level. The intricacy and complexity of the universe at all levels, taken as an aggregate, seem to overwhelm all arguments for evolution. One of our members commented, “How can someone familiar with all this evidence from science, still hold that evolution is the only way to explain it all?”

Good question indeed.