Pocket Power

In a comment on my post about my mission trip to Reynosa, Mexico, Richard told me about PocketPower.org. PocketPower.org is The Pocket Testament League's website. The Pocket Testament League is a small non-profit organization whose purpose is to provide the gospel of John to individuals free of charge (there is a small shipping & handling fee) to help them witness to people. In addition to several English versions of the Bible, they also have Chinese-English and Spanish translations. On my next payday I am going to order some of the "Finding Your Way" gospels of John. In June I will be ordering some of the Spanish gospels of John to take with me on my mission trip. Membership is free. Click here to sign up today.

Last Wednesday I got hired at Club Vortex. Club Vortex is one of Utah's few 18+/21+ night clubs. I will be working as a Bouncer there every Wednesday. Wednesday is their busiest night because it is Ladies' Night (ladies get in free all night long). I will also be working any special events they have. I had talked to Gary, the Head of Security, about getting hired on there back in January, but he didn't hire me. Gary ran Security at Club Shakers, the first night club I worked at 9 years ago. I have been going there almost every Wednesday for the past few months. When fights have broken out, I have helped break them up. I have also been keeping an eye on the waitresses and go-go dancers there, helping them through the crowd and making sure no one bothers them. Grant, the owner of Club Vortex, has noticed this and put me on the payroll last week. So basically I am working directly for Grant. I enjoy protecting people so I am glad that I am working as a Bouncer again.

I've added a link to Jim's blog, Psalm 145:11-12, under Brothers & Sisters in Christ (Christians) in the Blogs section in the sidebar on the right.

Abdul Rahman to be Freed

According to an article in The Detroit News an Afghan court dismissed the case that had Abdul Rahman facing possible execution for converting from Islam to Christianity, and an official said he could soon walk free, perhaps as early as today. Another Afghan official closely involved with the case told the AP that the court ruled there was insufficient evidence and returned the case to prosecutors for further investigation. But he said Rahman would be released in the meantime. Abdul had to be moved from a Kabul jail Friday because of threats from inmates, officials said. But, underlining authorities' security problems, he was put into solitary confinement at the notorious Policharki prison - where riots sparked by Muslim extremists killed six people last month. I pray that he is released soon and is not killed by Muslim extremists when he is released.

Last night Phil and I saw Inside Man at the Cinemark 24 at Jordan Landing. I rate it 4 (out of 5) stars. Denzel Washington played his role well as he always does. Some parts were predictable and other parts were kind of vague but it was a good movie. I do wish they had tied up some loose ends at the end of the movie. I'm planning on seeing Ice Age 2: The Meltdown, Brick, Lucky Number Slevin, The Sentinel, and United 93.

Gulsoma

Kevin Sites posted an article in the Hot Zone about Gulsoma, an Afghan girl who, at the age of four, was given away in a promise of marriage to her neighbor's 30 year old son. Because she was a child the marriage was not expected to be sexually consumated, but she was treated like a slave. She was severely beaten and tortured until one night, after almost being beaten to death, she crawled away and hid under a rickshaw. When the rickshaw driver found Gulsoma, he listened to her story and took her to the police. The police took her to the hospital. They also arrested her father-in-law and "husband".

After a month of recovery, Gulsoma stayed at an orphanage in Kandahar. When the Ministry of Women's Affairs found out about her, she was brought to a Kabul orphanage, where she lives today. Click here to read the full story.

Now if we are children, then we are heirs -

heirs of God and co-heirs with Christ,

if indeed we share in his sufferings

in order that we may also share in his glory.

I consider that our present sufferings

are not worth comparing with the glory

that will be revealed in us.

Romans 8:17-18 (NIV)

Help Save Afghan Christian Convert

Abdul Rahman, 41, faces death because he converted from Islam to Christianity and refuses to convert back to Islam. His family accused him of being a Christian. During his trial last Thursday in Kabul, Rahman confessed that he converted from Islam to Christianity 16 years ago while working as a medical aid worker for an international Christian group helping Afghan refugees in the Pakistani city of Peshawar. Read the WorldNetDaily article here.

"We are not against any particular religion in the world. But in Afghanistan, this sort of thing is against the law. It is an attack on Islam," Judge Ansarullah Mawlavezada said.

The prosecutor, Abdul Wasi, said he offered to drop the charges if Mr. Rahman converted back to Islam, but Rahman refused. "He would have been forgiven if he changed back. But he said he was a Christian and would always remain one. We are Muslims, and becoming a Christian is against our laws. He must get the death penalty," Wasi said.

Please email President Bush and ask him to intervene to save the life of Abdul Rahman.

Help Stop Illegal Internet Porn

For years, Grassfire has been standing on the front lines in the battle to protect our children and grandchildren from illegal Internet pornography. They have delivered petitions to key leaders, actively supported legislation to protect the rights of children and even drafted their own model legislation to keep kids safe from e-mail porn spammers. Will you stand with me in allowing Grassfire to represent you in the fight to protect our kids from illegal Internet porn? Click here to sign.

Brigham City Outreach

Yesterday over 150 people from my church, Calvary Chapel Salt Lake City, and I went to Brigham City to distribute 10,000 "The Bible vs. The Book of Mormon" DVDs to homes in Brigham City. While riding in one of the two charter busses that Calvary Chapel had rented to get up there and back, I got to know Jim Harris, one of the Assistant Pastors, a little bit better. When we got to Brigham City, Jim and I helped Living Hope Ministries organize the outreach. After everyone had been sent out on their routes, Jim and I went out and did our route. After everyone was done, we rode the bus back to Calvary Chapel. Then I gave Jim and his daughter a ride home.

Jim is also the Bikers for Chist Salt Lake City chapter elder. Under LINKS in the sidebar on the right, I have created a new category, Biker Links. In this category I have added links for Bikers for Christ Salt Lake City, Bikers for Christ, Road to Freedom (another Christian biker ministry), B.A.C.A. (Bikers Against Child Abuse), Patriot Guard Riders, Utah Rider Education, and the Motorcycle Safety Foundation.

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1. Sleeping Beauty is Awake and Walking!!
2. SPIRIT TV and Sky Angel Satellite
3. Clay Soldiers
4. Patriot Guard Riders
5. Furey's List of Required Subjects
6. The Map
7. How to Relax and Recharge
8. Sammy Franco
9. Never Too Busy
10. Logically Impossible

Logically Impossible

Recently, while browsing the C.A.R.M. website, I came across an article* giving logical proof that Morminism is false. I'll repost it here:

A LOGICAL PROOF THAT MORMONISM IS FALSE

Mormonism teaches that God used to be a man on another world and that he became a god (this is called exaltation) and came to this world with his goddess wife. He was able to become a god because he followed the laws and ordinances of the god he served on another world. That god in turn was exalted by his god, who was exalted by his god, ad infinitum. In other words, there is a progression of gods being formed as far back as you look in time.

Truth does not contradict itself. If I gave two statements about a subject and the two statements contradicted each other, then you would know something was wrong. The law of non contradiction states that something cannot be both true and false in the same sense at the same time. In other words, truth does not contradict itself. This is basic logic. That which is true is internally consistent and contains no logical impossibilities. If something does contain a logical impossibility, then it cannot be true.

Mormonism teaches an infinite regression of causes. This means that it teaches that each god was made a god by a previous god. This means that as far back as you look in time, this process has always been occurring. This means that from an infinity of time in the past, the Mormon plan of exaltation (become gods) has been in effect. The only problem is that this is logically impossible. Since it is logically impossible, this means that Mormonism is false. Let's look closer.

There cannot be an infinite regression of causes. It is logically impossible. Why? Because you can not cross an infinity.

In other words, in order for us to get to the present state of this god on this planet, there would have had to be an infinite number of exaltations in the past. But, this cannot be because in order to get to the present, you would have to transverse an infinity of exaltations and that is impossible since you cannot transverse an infinity -- if you could cross (transverse) an infinity of time, then it isn't infinite. Therefore, the Mormon system of infinite regressions of exaltations to godhood is impossible and Mormonism is proven false. Simple.

However, Mormons will not give in to a logical proof since their testimonies are not based on facts, but on what they claim is a testimony of the Holy Spirit. Of course, all cult groups have testimonies that their church is true (proving that testimonies are contradictory and untrustworthy as a means to determining truth). Nevertheless, they are taught to "feel" theological truth, not think it through.

How then do they respond to this logical proof that Mormonism is false? Normally they say that it is a mystery. Mysteries are fine, but they cannot suffice as an explanation if they contradict logic. In other words, if a principle is blatantly illogically, it cannot be true. Did you get that? It cannot be true. Saying it is a mystery means nothing if the proclamation of that mystery violates the laws of logic. Mormonism is proven false.

What is the truth?

Okay, so if the Mormon principle of eternal regression of exaltations is logically impossible, then what is the truth?

The truth is that there is a single uncaused cause. Logic necessitates that there must be a single being who is without beginning and upon which time has no meaning or affect who is the single uncaused cause. The Bible says that God is unchanging (unlike the Mormon god) and that he has been God from eternity. This is exactly what logic necessitates as being true. The God of Christianity is not an exalted man from another planet with a goddess wife. The God of Christianity has always been God and has never been anything else.

Check out the following verses:

"I the LORD do not change.

so you, O descendants of Jacob, are not destroyed."

Malachi 3:6 (NIV)

"Before the mountains were born
or You brought forth the earth and the world,
from everlasting to everlasting You are God."

Psalm 90:2 (NIV)

What is sad is that this simple logical proof, and it is a proof that Mormonism is false, will mean basically nothing to those whose spiritual eyes have been blinded by the god of this world.

"And even if our gospel is veiled,

it is veiled to those who are perishing.

The god of this age

has blinded the minds of unbelievers,

so that they cannot not see the light

of the gospel of the glory of Christ,

who is the image of God."

2 Corinthians 4:3-4 (NIV)

*I have shown the verses in the NIV (New International Version)