Ignorance is dangerous!

You know how the old saying goes..."Ignorance is bliss"...well I tend to disagree when it comes to things like this article I found online this morning:

"Largest Particle Collider Conducts Successful Tests."

Yeah, I know what you're thinking..."What in the world does that mean?"

Well, apparently scientists are spending billions of dollars on a machine that they claim can show how the universe was created. In a news video clip, the reporter says "...and in the collisions, to recreate conditions just after the Big Bang to learn how everything got started." Got started?!?!? How absurd, how ignorant and frankly, how stupid! They assume everyone believes that the earth just happened because of a Big Bang Theory. Well not me!!!

First of all, to spend billions of dollars ($3.8 billion to be exact) on some man made machine is a waste of money. Do they not know people all over the world could benefit from some of that money? Food, clothing, shelter? All that aside, what really are they trying to prove?? Here are a couple quotes from the article found here. (Where the video clips are also located.)

"The world's largest particle collider passed its first major test by firing a beam of protons around a 17-mile (27-kilometer) underground ring Wednesday in what scientists hope is the next great step to understanding the makeup of the universe."

"Now that the beam has been successfully tested in a clockwise direction, CERN plans to send it counterclockwise. Eventually two beams will be fired in opposite directions with the aim of recreating conditions a split second after the big bang, which scientists theorize was the massive explosion that created the universe."

Hello people!?! Where do you think the protons came from?!? You can't create something from nothing, only God can do that! The earth did not just create itself from a big bang! I know I've blogged about this in the past, but when I saw the news article jump out at me on the opening page of the internet, I just had to comment.

What's sad about it, is "The project organized by the 20 European member nations of CERN has attracted researchers from 80 nations. Some 1,200 are from the United States, an observer country that contributed US$531 million." So many people so ignorant about how our universe was truly created...and those are just and handful of scientists! In public schools all over the world, children are being taught to believe in the Big Bang Theory. Even in our Sunday School this past weekend, we discussed Creationism, and one Mom asked a question pertaining to the topic. The question itself isn't relevant here, but it was really something she, as a believer, should have known the correct answer to. When I asked her where she got her information from, she said "Well that's what the public schools say, and the museum in town also talks about it". This is the danger about not researching for yourself!! It is VITAL that you research things closely. The Bible clearly tells us to test everything. God wants us to look into things for ourselves. He doesn't want us to sit back and let others tell us what to believe in.

The absolute best resource out there is The Bible! Read it, study it, and learn from it so you can teach the truth to your children. Don't let them hear it or see it from those who are clueless and preach false teachings!!!

Another great resource is AIG...Answers in Genesis. Ken Hamm is a wonderful teacher and he uses none other than The Bible as his main resource! Check out their site for lots of great information on how this universe was created!

OK, I'm stepping down off my soapbox now. Back to our regularly scheduled program....