Some leaders throughout history have attempted to proclaim themselves as a god. But none has succeeded.
 Tile Image of Boat in early Christian Church in Capernaeum (jgl pix)  Painting of Jesus walking on the water done by Avivazovsky 1890. (Image from Wikipedia public domain)  Current Image of Sea of Galilee. (Pix by JGL) Matthew
14:22 And straightway Jesus constrained his disciples to get into a ship, and to go before him unto the other side, while he sent the multitudes away.23 And when he had sent the multitudes away, he went up into a mountain apart to pray: and when the evening was come, he was there alone.24 But the ship was now in the midst of the sea, tossed with waves: for the wind was contrary.25 And in the fourth watch of the night Jesus went unto them, walking on the sea.26 And when the disciples saw him walking on the sea, they were troubled, saying, It is a spirit; and they cried out for fear.27 But straightway Jesus spake unto them, saying, Be of good cheer; it is I; be not afraid.28 And Peter answered him and said, Lord, if it be thou, bid me come unto thee on the water…29 And he said, Come. And when Peter was come down out of the ship, he walked on the water, to go to Jesus.30 But when he saw the wind boisterous, he was afraid; and beginning to sink, he cried, saying, Lord, save me.31 And immediately Jesus stretched forth his hand, and caught him, and said unto him, O thou of little faith, wherefore didst thou doubt?32 And when they were come into the ship, the wind ceased.  Isaiah
6 "Seek ye the Lord while he may be found, call ye upon him while he is near: 7 Let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts: and let him return unto the Lord, and he will have mercy upon him; and to our God, for he will abundantly pardon. 8 For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways, saith the Lord. 9 For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways, and my thoughts than your thoughts. 10 For as the rain cometh down, and the snow from heaven, and returneth not thither, but watereth the earth, and maketh it bring forth and bud, that it may give seed to the sower, and bread to the eater: 11 So shall my word be that goeth forth out of my mouth: it shall not return unto me void, but it shall accomplish that which I please, and it shall prosper in the thing whereto I sent it." KJV (Above pix is in Gallup NM. Book that further discusses theme of God and Nature in store this website.)  Genesis
1 In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth. 26 And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth. 27 So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them. 2:19 And out of the ground the Lord God formed every beast of the field, and every fowl of the air; and brought them unto Adam to see what he would call them: and whatsoever Adam called every living creature, that was the name thereof... 21 And the Lord God caused a deep sleep to fall upon Adam, and he slept: and he took one of his ribs, and closed up the flesh instead thereof; 22 And the rib, which the Lord God had taken from man, made he a woman, and brought her unto the man. 23 And Adam said, This is now bone of my bones, and flesh of my flesh: she shall be called Woman, because she was taken out of Man. 24 Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife: and they shall be one flesh. 25 And they were both naked, the man and his wife, and were not ashamed. It, the Bible ,goes on to discuss how Adam and Eve listened to the Serpent (satan) and disobeyed God and fell from the glory that they initially had. Yet, there is still some of the reflection of God's creation in Man even in man's fallen state. Satan would attempt to have us (mankind) say look what we made or what we achieved, but the truth is that any gifting talent and strength we have are given to us by God. Will we give Him the glory and not ourselves? To God Be The Glory Louis Agassiz was the pre-eminent zoologist during the hay day of Darwinism. He argued forcefully against progressive upward development of life forms. Yet, why did scientists and theologians still adhere to Darwin's views? His, Darwin's, views supported a way for the life forms of the earth to have occurred without the direct intervention of God. It was the philosophical underpinning, already propounded throughout much of history, for an agnostic/atheistic view of life. See Dr Henry Morris' book the Long War Against God. Link to preview of book below and also see sections on Issues in Creation and Evolution and Interfacing of Religion, Philosophy, Science on this website.
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