Saturday, May 07, 2005
Evidence That Demands A Verdict
No, not about the person of Jesus, though it was a pretty good book. Just about simple, Christian family values, from Scotwise.
Max Jukes, the atheist, lived a godless life. He married an ungodly girl, and from the union there were 310 who died as paupers, 150 were criminals, 7 were murderers, 100 were drunkards, and more than half of the women were prostitutes. His 540 descendants cost the State one and a quarter million dollars.Res ipsa loquitur
But, praise the Lord, it works both ways! There is the record of the great American man of God, Jonathan Edwards. He lived at the same time as Max Jukes, but he married a godly girl.
An investigation was made of 1,394 known descendants of Jonathan Edwards of which 13 became college presidents, 65 college professors, 3 United States senators, 30 judges, 100 lawyers, 60 physicians, 75 army and navy officers, 100 preachers and missionaries, 60 authors of prominence, one a vice-president of the United States, 80 became public officials in other capacities, 295 college graduates, among whom were governors of states and ministers to foreign countries. His descendants did not cost the state a single penny
