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My Daddy is My Hero
Hosts: Stan Cox and Larry Fain
In this episode of Watchman Digest, Stan and Larry discuss the recent Gallup poll that reveals only 39% of Americans believe the theory of Evolution. Some intellectuals are aghast at what they believe to be the persistent ignorance of the American populace, but Stan and Larry see it differently. Also discussed this week is the pervasiveness of Steroid use in professional sports (especially baseball), and the ramifications of such drug abuse.
- Americans Don’t Believe Darwin. On the 200th anniversary of Charles Darwin’s birth, Gallup polled Americans regarding their belief in the theory of Evolution. The results are in some ways surprising, in others not so much. Stan and Larry have a lot to say on the subject.
- Steroid Use and Its Ramifications. Stan gives Larry a little quiz: Match the Liar to his Lie. Larry did pretty well, and this launched a discussion into the use of Steroids in Baseball, and the accompanying ramifications on society.
- Stan’s Weekly Rant: That Crazy Texas Weather. Stan has been out in the cold and wind the past several days, watching baseball. This weather is crazy, with warm weather in the dead of winter, and cold weather when baseball season begins. Stan doesn’t like it, so maybe he can wait a minute, and the weather will change! To read Stan’s rant, click here!
- Larry’s Verse of the Week: (2 Peter 3:3-7). Larry uses Peter’s great epistle to point out that there have always been, and will always be scoffers with regard to God’s word. But, the Bible is not a product of men, and the first 11 chapters of Genesis are not mere Hebrew myths. The Bible is God’s word!
- Stan’s Website Review: The website Stan reviews this week is called: executableoutlines.com. The web site is the personal teaching site of Mark Copeland, a gospel preacher in Florida. Mark is a pioneer in using the internet to disseminate sound Bible teaching materials. Every Bible class and Sermon outline Mark preachers goes up on his site. It now contains over 1,400 outlines. The lessons are sound, logical and very helpful (especially to young preachers!)
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Music provided by the JPFM Band, from their album Paris S.K, via Jamendo under the Creative Commons Liscense.
I couldn’t let this pass. I said in the podcast that there was a football player named Lou that had died of a brain tumor, claiming it was brought on by steroid use. I was wrong about the name. It came to me later, his name was Lyle Alzado, and he played for the Denver Broncos, Cleveland Browns and Oakland Raiders in his career. He died in 1992 at the age of 43 from a brain tumor.
Alzado is quoted as saying:
“I started taking anabolic steroids in 1969 and never stopped. It was addicting, mentally addicting. Now I’m sick, and I’m scared. Ninety percent of the athletes I know are on the stuff. We’re not born to be 300 lbs or jump 30 ft. But all the time I was taking steroids, I knew they were making me play better. I became very violent on the field and off it. I did things only crazy people do. Once a guy sideswiped my car and I beat the hell out of him. Now look at me. My hair’s gone, I wobble when I walk and have to hold on to someone for support, and I have trouble remembering things. My last wish? That no one else ever dies this way.”
39% of Americans say they “believe in the theory of evolution,”
The quote marks are the thing (things?). Gallup didn’t define it. I certianly believe that natural selection exists (I’ve observed it.), but I don’t think there is interspecies evolution. So, my answer is “Yes and no.” Where did Gallup put those answers?
Don’t rant for grandkids. It’s just wrong.
I felt the same way when I was as young as you, with kids your age. 20 years from now you might be thinking the same thing!