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David Lane, Wellington, NZ. “Caged Minds? Creation, Modern Science and Christianity”

October 26, 2015 by SPCS Leave a Comment

David H. Lane M.Sc. (Hons.), (Victoria University, Wellington), Dip. Tchg.

In Mr Lane’s published essay, based upon the opening address in the multi-disciplinary ‘Creation/Evolution Presentation ‘to the students and staff of The University of Melbourne, Australia;  he contends that Special Creation offers a superior philosophical conceptual framework to that based the doctrine of Evolutionism, in the study of biological diversity and its ultimate origins. Lane is a published author, President of the Wellington Christian Apologetics Society, editor of its Journal Apologia, and Director of the Society for the Promotion of Community Standards Inc. (SPCS).

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David Lane M.Sc. (Hons.), Dip. Tchg.

Link to Essay: http://creation.com/images/pdfs/tj/j12_1/j12_1_15-19.pdf

Essay published in Creation Ex Nihilo Technical Journal Vol. 12 (No.1). Other contributers to the public presentation on Special Creation held at Melbourne University were: Dr Clifford Wilson, Dr Charles Pallaghy, Dr Carl Wieland, Dr Jonathan Scheven, Dr Andrew Snelling and Dr Russell Humphreys.

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David Lane Wellington Author – The Phenomenon of Teilhard: Prophet for a New Age: Book Review

August 18, 2015 by SPCS Leave a Comment

David H Lane, Hataitai, Wellington, New Zealand. SPCS Executive Director.

Author of The Phenomenon of Teilhard: Prophet for a New Age (Macon, Georgia, Mercer University Press, 1996). 189 pages. ISBN 0-86554-498-0 MUP/P131

Book Review by Professor Murray Rae PhD (London) [see ref 1].

The French Jesuit palaeontologist Pierre Teilhard de Chardin, who died in 1955, has attained, at a popular level, a quite remarkable status as a prophet delivering a vision of a new spirituality which unites human beings with one another and enables them to recognise their evolutionary destiny as participants in a divine cosmos. Although Teilhard himself claims continuity between his vision and Christian tradition, there is with only a few exceptions, very little enthusiasm for his work amongst academic theologians. His prominence is largely at a popular level, amongst post-Christian New Age sympathisers.

David Lane Wellington NZ Author of The Phenomenon of TeilhardDavid Lane Wellington NZ Author of The Phenomenon of Teilhard Book back cover JPEG

While a great deal has been written about Teilhard and his work, most published critiques have been written by those who are largely in agreement with his philosophical position. In contrast David Lane offers a critique of the inadequacies and errors of Teilhard’s thought, outlining both the nature and extent of its divergence from orthodox Christian faith, and giving insight into the degree to which many New Age philosophies claim inspiration from the works of this populariser of the notion of spiritual evolution.

It is a moot point, as Lane himself makes clear, whether New Age thinkers are deliberately reflecting on and extending Teilhard’s thought or whether instead they are simply calling upon his name in order to give some academic respectability to their own work. Nevertheless, Lane’s book critiques the extent to which Teilhard’s attempt to graft Christianity onto evolutionary theory issues in the kinds of pantheism, monism and gnosticism favoured by New Agers. There can be little doubt, as Anne Roche Muggeridge has observed and Lane abundantly confirms that, despite his retention of the language of Christian dogma, Teilhard’s reliogio-philosophical writings empty that language of its traditional content. His appeal, amongst Christians as well as New Agers, can be attributed as much to the power of his poetic expression as to the mistaken perception, encouraged by Teilhard himself, that his work takes Christianity to the next step of its evolutionary development. [Read more…]

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“Theological Problems with Theistic Evolution” by David H. Lane

October 15, 2014 by SPCS Leave a Comment

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For Enlarged View of VITAL APOLOGETIC ISSUES: Examining Reason and Revelation in Biblical Perspective (Kregel Publications, Grand Rapids, Michigan, USA, 1995). General Editor: Roy B. Zuck. Click: Zuck cover (PDF); Zuck back (1) (PDF).
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When it comes to giving a reasoned defense of one’s faith, it helps to have reliable guidance through the critical issues of apologetics such as philosophical questions regarding the Christian faith or biblical reliability. Vital Apologetic Issues: Examining Reason and Revelation in Biblical Perspective draws upon the insights and study of numerous evangelical scholars and writers to answer crucial questions in the field of Christian apologetics.

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David Lane SPCS – “Caged Minds? Creation, Modern Science and Christianity” – by David H. Lane

October 13, 2014 by SPCS Leave a Comment

David Lane SPCS –  Published article: “Caged Minds? Creation, Modern Science and Christianity”.

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David Lane (Photo Copyright David H. Lane)

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Michelangelo’s “The Creation of Adam” on the Sistine Chapel ceiling

Essay “Caged Minds? Creation, Modern Science and Christianity” is based upon opening address by David H. Lane M. Sc. (Hons.), Dip. Tchg. in a multidisciplinary presentation to the students at staff at the University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia.

Published in Creation ex nihilo Technical Journal.   See: http://creation.com/journal-of-creation-121

Complete essay by David H. Lane also available here –  20141013162541106 (PDF)

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David Lane SPCS – In Defence of Special Creation – “Man made in the Image of God”

October 9, 2014 by SPCS Leave a Comment

SPCS Constitution affirms “The Human person [MAN] is made in the Image of God” (Gen. 1:27).

According to French existentialist Jean Paul Sartre, the basic philosophic problem that faces us is the fact that ‘something’ – rather than nothing – exists. The questions immediately arise: “Has that ‘something’ always been there?” and “Where did all that ‘now is’ come from?” These are basic mysteries to modern man.

The Christian believes that the answers to these questions have been truthfully communicated to mankind by God, primarily through the Bible, but also through the ‘book of nature’. God is author of both and they complement each other.

Scripture informs us that the truths concerning the existence and character of God have always been self-evident to mankind through the book of nature, even to the ungodly and unrighteous – those “who suppress the truth by their wickedness, since what may be known about God is plain to them; because God has made it plain to them. For since the creation of the world God’s invisible attributes – his eternal power and divine nature – have been clearly seen, being understood from what has been made, so that they are without any excuse.”1

The active suppression of the truth of God’s existence and his role as Creator and Sustainer of all things is implicit to the atheistic and agnostic mindset, and to all philosophies such as secular humanism and materialism that derive from these religious positions. Mankind’s increasing knowledge of the wonders of the natural world should drive the unbeliever to acknowledge the self-evident fact of God as Creator, but unbelievers choose not to believe, in spite of the overwhelming evidence. As Scripture states: “The fool has said in his heart ‘There is no God'”.2 “Professing themselves to be wise, they became fools”,3 exchanging the truth about God for a lie.

For full published article by David H. Lane go to: http://www.reality.org.nz/articles/28/28-lane.html

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Author Photo (copyright David H. Lane)

Note: The Society for Promotion of Community Standards Inc. (SPCS) has as one of its objectives:

(a) To encourage self-respect and the dignity of the human person [MAN], made in the image of God. [Emphasis added]

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