Plodcast Ep. 29 - The Intelligent Design Glitch, The Good of Affluence, Akathartes
Jan 31, 2018
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Tune in to hear Pastor Wilson talk the intelligent design glitch. Then he plugs The Good of Affluence, and wraps things up with a talk about the Greek word “Akathartes”. Happy Plodding!
Show Notes:
The Intelligent Design Glitch
- some ID advocates don’t argue for the existence of God but rather for an ambiguous somebody
- there is a fatal flaw in this argumentation
- they should say that they are creationists
- if that somebody is not God, than does it exhibit design?
- you either must have God or an infinite regress
- the intelligent design movement must have a God
The Good of Affluence
- written by John R. Schneider
- he shows that it is better to be affluent than poor, if everything else is equal
- he argues compellingly for the essential goodness of good things
- good things can be abused
- God gives us these good things to enjoy, and we need to thank God for it
Akathartes
- translated as filthiness, found once in the NT
- Revelation 17:4, talks about the great whore of Babylon—she in her turn is an image of unbelieving Isreal
- this is a contrast of the new Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven for her husband, as a spotless bride