”Jsou udivující nové důkazy podporující názor, že Homo sapiens se objevil na scéně jen asi před 100.000 lety jako jeden muž a jedna žena. Ještě více udivuje, že vědci nyní vědí, že k tomu došlo v oblasti, která je většinou biblických učenců označována jako Zahrada Eden. Víra v doslovnou a časovou existenci biblického Adama a Evy má nyní větší vědeckou opodstatněnost, než kdykoli předtím v celé lidské historii.“

Rana dodává, že Darwinova teorie biologické evoluce je ve světle dnešních rychle se vyvíjejících vědeckých technologií již neudržitelná. „Přesto mnoho vědců odmítá tento názorový posun, protože až dosud nebylo nic lepšího, co by mohlo evoluční model v obecnějších aspektech nahradit.“

Od roku 1986 Rana řídí instituci ”Reasons to Believe” (Důvody k víře), která byla založena k výzkumu a šíření nových informací na poli vědy, které opravňují věřit Božímu slovu a věřit v Ježíše Krista. (Evangelical News/Reasons to Believe)

Police officers in northwestern India’s Rajasthan state arrested Rev. Samuel Thomas, president of Emmanuel Mission International (EMI) and son of Archbishop M.A. Thomas, EMI’s founder earlier today. Both men had gone underground after Hindu extremists accused them of distributing a controversial book in which the militants alleged that their religion and deities had been denigrated.

EMI’s orphanages, schools and a hospital have been targeted for closure by a wide array of Hindu extremists in the past few months, including some who have offered a reward of $26,000 for the heads of both Thomas and his father.

Tensions increased earlier this week when Rajasthan state’s welfare minister, Madan Dilawar, said he should be “stoned to death” if his government effort to take over EMI’s properties failed. The statement came less than a month after the state revoked the licenses of an EMI Bible institute, orphanage, school, hospital and church. Dilawar also told the Hindi daily, Rajasthan Patrika, that he should be stoned if he is unable to “take action” against Thomas and his father. (Compass)

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KIDNAPPED CHRISTIAN LEADER STILL MISSING IN INDIA

Rev. Tongkhojang Lunkim is still missing two months after a rebel army in northeastern India’s Manipur state kidnapped the administrative secretary of the Kuki Christian Church on Tuesday, Jan. 17, and relatives fear for his safety. Lunkim’s kidnappers, the Kuki Liberation Army, have reportedly demanded a ransom of 10 million rupees (US$225,000). Rev. Stephen Bryant, senior international editor and publisher of the Upper Room devotional, said Lunkim’s kidnapping was clearly linked to his Christian work. “He has lived with threats and danger ever since Christ called him,” Bryant told the United Methodist News service. (Compass)

LAOTIAN GOVERNMENT TO CONFISCATE HOMES OF 15 CHRISTIAN FAMILIES

Fifteen Khmu Christian families living in the village of Ban Nam Haeng in Udomxai province, Laos, received notice earlier this month that their homes were being confiscated and given to other families, reported a local informant. Last year the Laotian government unsuccessfully attempted to evict the Christian families. This time handwritten notices were posted on each door, stating that all of their farmland was being confiscated and given to other villagers. Christians are praying that these notices will not be followed by violence in enforcing the evictions. (Voice of the Martyrs)

BOOK OF HOPE LAUNCHES AFRICAN VERSION OF ‘GODMAN’ VIDEO IN UGANDA

Book of Hope just launched the African version of its “Godman” video in Kampala, Uganda. The event was preceded by several community book distributions. Book of Hope’s Carolyn Webber says the response so far has been incredible. “The kids were so excited to see the movie, and they really engaged in it. One of the things that we wanted to do in creating a customized version of the story of Jesus for Africa was to create it in such a way that children would engage in it and would relate to it. It was awesome to see the kids cheer when something good would happen in the movie, or when Jesus healed somebody or ‘boo’ when Satan would come on the screen.” Webber says the movie has opened up numerous opportunities for evangelism and discipleship. When the children were given an opportunity to make a commitment at the end of each showing, “25 to 30 percent gave their lives to Christ.” (Mission Network News)

NEW DNA EVIDENCE POINTS TO BIBLICAL MODEL OF HUMAN ORIGINS

“Recent genetic and archeological findings show that human beings did not evolve from ape-like creatures,” contends internationally respected biochemist Dr. Fazale “Fuz” Rana. “With the discovery of what scientists have aptly named Y-chromosomal Adam and Mitochondrial Eve, new genetic and DNA evidence with the fossil record show very clearly that modern humans are not related to previously existing hominids as once believed.

“There is astonishing new evidence to support the position that Homo sapiens exploded onto the scene less than 100,000 years ago from a single man and a single woman. Even more astounding is that scientists now know that human origins had their beginning in a particular geographical area -- the same area identified by most biblical scholars as the physical location of the Garden of Eden. Belief in a literal and historical Adam and Eve as recounted in the Bible has greater scientific credibility today than at any other time in human history.”

Rana adds that the Darwinian theory of biological evolution is no longer valid in light of today’s fast-changing technology. “But many in the scientific community refuse to accept a paradigm shift because until now there has not been another model with superior explanatory power and predictive success to replace the evolutionary model.”

Since 1986 Rana has led Reasons to Believe, an institute founded to research and proclaim new reasons from the frontiers of science for trust in God’s Word and faith in Jesus Christ. (Evangelical News/Reasons to Believe)

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