[TheRealThing]

^^ It's as if the old 'more the merrier' axiom somehow outweighs what the Creator of this universe has to say. I am a carpenter and therefore have built a great many things. None of those 'things' would be here if not for the fact that a builder had made them.  Same is true for mankind.

The Lord created us out of the dust of the ground. The elements and minerals of the created universe in other words. But then came along Charles Darwin and ascribed his creation not to the Creator, but to those elements and minerals. In other words the lumber and sheetrock of the house constructed the house, and not the builder. Ridiculous right? God created not only man, but the very elements and minerals of which he is comprised.

But why would Darwin's mind take him to such a place?  The natural man is no seeker of God, so say the Scriptures. But the Scriptures also tell us that all men are aware of God, and fear the judgment. Hence the conscience placed within the heart of every man. But after a time men learn to ignore their conscience and they go their own way. It is said (and denied by those who purport to believe in evolution) that Darwin admitted he came up with his so-called 'theory' in order to ignore his own conscience. So came into being the 'Origin of the species' The concept of evolutionism was cut out of whole cloth to ease Darwin's conscience. And unfortunately, all those who would justify their own similar rebellion readily glom on to Darwin's fantasy.

Satan had a similar renaissance when He rebelled.

Isaiah chap 14
12“How you are fallen from heaven,
O Lucifer, son of the morning!
How you are cut down to the ground,
You who weakened the nations!
13For you have said in your heart:
‘I will ascend into heaven,
I will exalt my throne above the stars of God;
I will also sit on the mount of the congregation
On the farthest sides of the north;
14I will ascend above the heights of the clouds,
I will be like the Most High.’

Adam and Eve had a near mirror image experience when they fell from grace. The Lord said they could do whatever they wanted to do. He had set them over all of creation and they literally had nothing withheld from them. It was all at their fingertips... save for one tiny little thing---

They were not to eat of the Tree of Life. That's it. Just one rule and everything else was wide open. Along comes Satan who tempts Eve to do that which her heart had always longed for anyway; telling her if she and Adam eats the fruit, they will be 'like gods.' So by breaking only one rule mankind was condemned to pay the sin debt (wages) of his disobedience, that being death. But then came Jesus to live among men, and by one Man those wages were paid when He voluntarily died for us on the cross. Thusly paying for that which all men had earned through their disobedience.

One might conceivably take a poll. And given the Scriptural accounting reconciliation for the sted of mankind, which says only a few will find the way, almost the entirely of every man woman and child could vote in that poll to say they don't believe in Hell. In round numbers the ratio could well be something like as follows. There are 7.8 billion people on earth. If 3 out of every 100 accept Christ that would be a 1-33 ratio. Which might well be a little rich BTW. But overall the vote would be 7.8 billion to 234 million or 97 to 3 don't believe in Hell. The poll Hound cited said the number was trending down. But God is the God of absolutes. Therefore there are only 2 categories His truth, versus Satan's lies. Who should men believe, the God Who created them, or the one who wants to kill everyone of them, or a straw poll for the stricken of guilt?

We live in a world where men want to be god. But I know which One I believe, and I am excited to worship Him at sunrise service in the morning.