Best Nature Photographs for 2007

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thetruthshallsetufree — Thu, 24 Jan 2008 18:21:55 GMT

Another point alaskan odessey is that true followers of Christ do know what they accept. I think you are very confused. Also God does not "needs lots of money, too" as you said. Yes,"the churchs collect it for him" the reason for this is that we WILLINGLY give to God & to the church to keep the church going so that the gospel of Christ can be spread to people & for ministries to help others in need.

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thetruthshallsetufree — Thu, 24 Jan 2008 18:06:36 GMT

PROOF of God..is the millions of people whose lives are completely transformed from the lowest point in their lives. People that are hurting, lonley, have no meaning to their life. Drug addicts, evil people, murders, rapists, pedifiles, by accepting Christ as their savior. They are tansformed to people that are filled with love, peace, kindness, patience, and love for other people. All you have to do is ask JESUS to come in to your life and mean it from the bottom of your heart & you will also see "the proof". The greatest "proof" is when God reveals himself to you. They Do you not understand that we have the original Dead Sea Scrolls and epistles to verify what we have in our Bible to be true? Do you not realize that the predictions in the Bible that have come true are proof alone that the Bible is accurate & true?

God is so wonderful and he loves you. The Truth shall set you free~ Jesus is the way the truth & the Life.

The Greatest Man in History

He had no servants, yet they called Him Master.

Had no degree, yet they called Him Teacher.

Had no medicines, yet they called Him Healer.

He had no army, yet kings feared Him..

He won no military battles, yet He conquered the world.

He committed no crime, yet they crucified Him.

He was buried in a tomb, yet He lives today.

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alaskabruce — Tue, 22 Jan 2008 03:56:58 GMT

I'd offer the same $ to whoever can prove the whole god/jesus scam. You guys don't even have FOSSILS!

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Gods_child — Tue, 22 Jan 2008 01:18:43 GMT

God is awesome!!! What beauty! I can only imagine what heaven will be like! I can't wait to go!!!:) Hope to see you all there my brothers and sisters in Christ! Don't miss out, it will last all eternity!!!!:)

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alaskabruce — Mon, 21 Jan 2008 00:52:47 GMT

You 'god' commenters are hilarious! Proof of evolution? PROVE GOD! The invisible only exists in your minds. A beautiful earth does not prove a creator. Where is the eveidence that even Jesus existed? Many people who were on earth at the time he supposedly was are mentioned in historical accounts. Why did nobody write about Jesus except the writers of the bible? Religion is a drug for those who need a belief in something to focus their lives. Evolution is totally honest and logical- survival of the fittest, natural selection of whatever works best. Religion (specifically christianity) is both illogical and dishonest. God is all-knowing all-powerful all-loving, but somehow allows the earth and it's population to go to hell in a handbasket. And he needs lots of money, too. Somehow he can't manage money, so he has the churchs collect it for him. Even his followers can't agree on who he is or what he accepts- Trinity? Maybe. Women preachers? Maybe. Gay people? Maybe. Pre-marital sex? Maybe. Tobbacco use? Maybe. Child abuse? Maybe.

Evolution, whether you call it theory or fact, is so straight forward, so clear. There aren't 50 different branches of evolutionists. Christians are scared of evolution because they KNOW, deep down, that if they accepted the facts it would destroy their mythical faith system. Evolutionists have no fear of religion, because faith and fact are separate paths, and belief in an invisible man in the sky is no threat to fossils that actually exist.

Finally, quoting scriptures proves nothing except that you know how to read a book and copy from it.

I'm sure I've stepped on a lot of toes here, but science and truth don't always tread lightly. They are a bright light under which we can examine anything. Religion is a dark shroud of mystery and faith and it falters badly when examined closely.

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shane3000 — Fri, 18 Jan 2008 03:32:36 GMT

Back to my question regarding the comments "Only God can create such beauty" as seen in the photos: do you then think only God can create such ugliness we also see in nature. I'm not wondering about man's brutality towards man and the Garden of Eden. I'm asking about animals' brutality toward other animals.

For example, there's a species of praying manis, the Mantis religiosa, in which it's necessary for the female mantis to remove the male's head before they mate. The male dies during copulation, obviously. Not all mantises behave this way, just some. For the religiosa, sexual cannibalism occurs most often if the female is hungry. But eating the head off the male also causes the male's body to ejaculate faster. I'm not making this up. Apparently, God created this type thing. Or did he? This is my wonder: do we give God credit for creating both the ugly and the beautiful, or do we give God credit only for making cute seal faces and lovely sunrises?

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dressagefreak — Fri, 18 Jan 2008 01:20:28 GMT

energymaster--um, you might want to read my post a bit more carefully. AND check your facts. In science the word "theory" is used to mean any well-supported idea. It does not mean it is not widely accepted in the scientific community. Even the Theory of Relativity is still, well, a theory. It's just a matter of semantics.

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thetruthshallsetufree — Thu, 17 Jan 2008 19:08:15 GMT

GOD is such an awesome God. Only he could create such breathtaking beauty. God never said that everything would be beautiful and lovely & life would be easy, and their would be no "brutality" in nature. On the contrary the Bible tells us that this life will be full of trials and suffering. That is is where people get confused. They always bring up pain, suffering, terrible things, and evil & ask "did God create this also?" The answer is, God created everything. It is man that has the choice to be evil or good. It is a choice! This life is very short & temporary. We are promised a beautiful paradise in heaven where there will be no pain suffering and every tear will be wiped from our eyes.

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dressagefreak — Wed, 16 Jan 2008 21:29:59 GMT

Can we just appreciate the beauty of nature without turning it into a creationist vs. evolution debate? But since it was brought up I cannot resist. I'm surprised that so many intelligent (since you're reading this blog), presumably educated people haven't got the news yet. Evolution is pretty much a widely accepted theory. If you don't want to be open to the possibility that just maybe there WASN'T some outside supernatural force that created this amazing, beautiful, diverse world of ours....you won't get very far in higher education.

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Jesus died 4 U — Wed, 16 Jan 2008 18:59:28 GMT

Back in the Garden of Eden, there was no sin until Adam and Eve sinned against the Lord and ate of the forbidden tree. But GOD wants us to love him genuinely, willfully, by our own choice. How pointless would it be for GOD to make us love HIM. This is why He gives all freedom to accept or deny Him.

Either we are for or against HIM. But in the end, I'd rather believe in HIM, than find out I was wrong and end up in Hell for enternity.

Jesus said, ‘The one who is not with Me is against Me, and the one who does not gather with Me scatters’ (Matthew 12:30); ‘And this is the condemnation, that the Light has come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than the Light, because their deeds were evil’ (John 3:19).

Ironicly, most atheists haven't even read the entire BIBLE, so how can one slam it without doing the

research! Amazing. AnswersinGenesis.com offers $250,000 to the first person who can actually PROVE

the whole EVILoultion scam. And no one can prove it!!

GOD is so HOLY, HE can not even look at sin (yes it's in the BIBLE).

1 Peter 5:8,

Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil walks about like a roaring lion, seeking whom he may devour.

Revelation 14:10, " . . and he shall be tormented with fire and BRIMSTONE . . ." Job 18 describes the " . . PLACE of him that knoweth not God" (vs 21), in verse 15 as, " . .. BRIMSTONE shall be scattered upon his habitation." Do you know what brimstone is? It's sulfur. And do you know where sulfur or brimstone is found? INSIDE THIS EARTH! The book Volcanoes by Kohler (p 43), when Mt. St Helens erupted in 1980 150,000 tons of sulfurous gas was ejected! Job is the oldest book in the Bible, written over 3,000 years ago, and yet Job knew what science wouldn't know for years — inside this earth is BRIMSTONE! Jesus said, “Most assuredly, I say to you, he who hears My word and believes in Him who sent Me has everlasting life, and shall not come into judgement but has passed from death into Life!

John 5:24

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NLB7 — Wed, 16 Jan 2008 16:30:53 GMT

Wow,,, evolution is an amazing thing. That's why it has taken millions of years, unlike what some think only a few thousand...

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rlh1961 — Wed, 16 Jan 2008 16:27:27 GMT

These are amazing photographs! The people who took these are talented and quite patient, too. Thanks to all of you for brightening my day, and expanding my horizons.

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shane3000 — Wed, 16 Jan 2008 02:41:02 GMT

Interesting God comments. I'm a professional wildlife photographer, and I've seen a lot of both beauty and brutality in nature. So I'm wondering, do you give God credit for the terrible things that occur in nature, too, or just those that are beautiful to your eye. For example, do you give God thanks for creating a creature that bites the kneecaps off another creature, then slurps it up using its cut-off legs as straws?

Your garden where you grow your organic kale is full of brutal characters also, I guess, created by God?

Insects falls into two main groupings: peaceful plant-eaters and savage bug-eaters. Those with a taste for violence include a fly that lays its egg on the head of a caterpillar so the larva can eat the caterpillar alive, spiders that inject enzymes that dissolve their prey and then suck them down like a buggy slushy, and wasps that fly up and down stems looking for caterpillars that they can dismember and feed to their young. Do you think these savage bug-eaters (that I can take a visually stunning photograph of) are also glorious creations of God?

Not to be overly provocative here, just curious.

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Deborah Hill — Wed, 16 Jan 2008 01:02:51 GMT

All beautiful! But the mama and baby seal pic is incredibly sweet.

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tink-tink — Tue, 15 Jan 2008 16:36:52 GMT

Yes only God, Yes our loving Father has the knowledge to create such a "wonder". This was outstanding! Thanks so much for the photo's, made my day!