Schopenhauer, Ellen White and Scripture on "the will"

Battle of the will....since the beginning.... 

And the LORD God commanded the man, saying, Of every tree of the garden thou mayest freely eat: But of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, thou shalt not eat of it: for in the day that thou eatest thereof thou shalt surely die. Genesis 2:16,17

"To understand this one, you must understand Schopenhauer beyond this essay. His broader philosophy laid out in the world as will and representation. 

It was built on a single idea, the will, the blind insatiable force of

desire that drives all living things. 

*He argued that this will, this appetite, this impulse, it was the root of all suffering. 

*And not because wanting things is wrong, but because the will has no off switch. 

*It always wants more and if that's left unchecked, it will destroy everything around it. 

*Civilization, in his view, was the set of structures that channeled the will." 

Kait Willett

"Ellen White describes the will not as mere taste or inclination, but as the deciding power that directs all other faculties toward either obedience to God or disobedience.

She writes, “The will is the spring of all your actions… it was at the Fall given into the control of Satan”, and that humanity’s destiny depends on whether it is enlisted “on the side of God and right”. Ellen White emphasizes that God’s will is not to destroy our will, but to purify and refine it so that it becomes identical with His own.
Her counsel includes:
Kept on God’s side: “Keep your will on the Lord’s side… every emotion… into captivity to the will of Jesus”. 

Active choice: Desires for goodness are good, but without choosing to serve God, they “avail nothing."

Daily renewal: Drawing daily from the “fountain of truth” strengthens the will against temptation." 

Google

"In the Bible, “will” refers both to God’s sovereign plan—seen in verses like Ephesians 1:11 and Romans 12:2—and to human free will, the God‑given ability to choose obedience or disobedience (Genesis 2:16–17; Deuteronomy 30:19).
Human Will Created with moral choice: Humans bear God’s

image and can choose good or evil (Genesis 1:26–27; 2:16–17).
Freedom with responsibility: Scripture repeatedly calls people to choose obedience (Deuteronomy 30:19).
Fallen but active: The human will can resist God (Genesis 3; Isaiah 1:19–20).
Relationship Between God’s Will and Human Will: Humans plan, but God directs outcomes (Proverbs 16:9). 

Holy Spirit’s role: The Spirit helps believers align with God’s will (Romans 8:26–27)." 

Google

From the "Really" File - (Boy "pets"?)

STATE OF TODAYS CINEMA

Q: What DEPRAVED, SICK TWISTED MIND of a DISEASED IMAGINATION thought this movie up?
A: One that is .... the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every imagination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually..... inventors of evil things....

Genesis 6:5/Romans 1:30

"Satan knows that to a great degree

the mind is affected by that upon which it feeds.

He is seeking to lead both the youth and those of mature age to read story-books, tales, and other literature. 

[today you could add movies, TV, music, internet, etc.]

The readers of such literature become unfitted 

for the duties lying before them.

They live an unreal life,

and have no desire to search the Scriptures,

to feed upon the heavenly manna." E.G.W.

"Argentine director Marco Berger is know for making films that blur lines between genres, gender & sexuality. From the homoerotic boys trip of Horseplay to the flirtatious friendship of The Astronaut Lovers, his work often challenges audiences’ ideas around identities and labels, leaving us to question their usefulness in the first place.
His latest, Perro Perro, takes these ideas into surreal, artful, and arousing new directions for an exploration of homosocial bonding that’s downright animalistic.

Set in a world we quickly realize isn’t quite like our own—hinted at in small details like the fact that there’s not a cellphone or screen to be found—the film takes us far off the grid to a tropical forest outside of Buenos Aires where two couples are vacationing, Juan (Germán Flood) & Jazmin (Bianca Brandimarte) and Rama (Matias Quiroga) & Vecina (Antonia De Michelis).
One day, while the men are boating down the river, they spot a stray animal off in the brush. They paddle closer and call to it, and it’s only when it approaches that we realize it’s a full-grown man (Juan Ramos) who looks much like them, only he’s not wearing any clothes and behaves an awful lot like a dog.
They’re not bothered by this at all—in fact, as we come to learn, this is the norm in the reality of the movie: Apparently, there are plenty of wild humans roaming around who don’t speak, don’t wear clothes, and are sometimes even taken in and treated like pets.
A sympathetic Juan decides to bring the man back home with him, and while his girlfriend is initially wary of another body taking up

From the "Really" File

space, she eventually acquiesce and allows him to stay with them.
With time, Juan decides to name his new companion Max, and the two develop a playful bond. They wrestle around outside, Juan feeds him scraps from the table, and he even knows the spot on Max’s chest where he likes to be scratched.
Max is, for all intents and purposes, behaving like a pet dog, and there’s no indication that there’s something odd or suspicious going on here. But because he’s depicted as and played by a man—and a very handsome one at that!—one begins to wonder if what’s developing between them is sexual or romantic in nature.
As Juan’s day-to-day life gradually becomes more centered around Max and keeping him happy, Jazmin can’t help but feel twinges of jealousy. And when she’s away, Juan even sneaks Max into the house for a shower—out of context, it looks like cheating, yet what’s so wrong about someone giving their dirty pet a wash?" msn

REALLY?

Creation Moment 11/1/2026 - More Cosmological storytelling

"Well, data from the James Webb Space Telescope has done it again! 

According to popular science reports, “JWST has revealed that galaxies were spreading carbon, oxygen, and other heavy elements through space just 500 million years after the Big Bang. The surprising discovery suggests the young universe became chemically enriched much earlier than expected. . . .” 

According to the big bang model of the universe, “The earliest universe contained little besides hydrogen and helium, the two simplest elements at the top of the periodic table. As gravity gathered this material into dense clouds, stars began to form. Inside those stars, extreme heat and pressure enabled nuclear fusion and other reactions that created heavier elements such as carbon and oxygen. When stars reached the ends of their lives, including some that exploded as supernovae, they released those elements into space. That material later became part of new generations of stars and planets and eventually contributed to the chemistry needed for life. The carbon in the human body and the oxygen people breathe were both produced inside earlier generations of stars.” 

Now, of course, this is nothing more than storytelling. 

*No one has observed this supposed process of star formation. 

*This is simply a model applied to the evidence. 

But it’s always had a big problem—

Q: where are these “pristine” early stars (called Population III stars) made only of hydrogen and helium? In this model, these Population III stars should exist, but they’ve never been observed. 

Q: So where are they? 

Well, this new study, which used JWST data to supposedly peer at “galaxies as they appeared more than 13 billion years ago”—that’s very close to the alleged big bang—claims that these stars are elusive because “early galaxies were already sending heavier elements such as carbon and oxygen into surrounding space much sooner than expected” and “if galaxies were already enriching nearby space only 500 million years after the Big Bang, truly pristine gas may have disappeared quickly. As a result, Population III stars may not have remained common for long enough to be easily observed.” 

The article says, “Remarkably, the chemical signatures surrounding these infant galaxies looked similar to those found around far more mature galaxies billions of years later. The finding suggests that even at cosmic dawn, galaxies were already manufacturing heavy elements and spreading them into their surroundings.” But in reality, the finding does not suggest that “galaxies were already manufacturing heavy elements and spreading them” at cosmic dawn—the evidence is that galaxies look the same no matter how far away they are (remember, they are measuring distance, not time—the alleged time is also an interpretation based on assumptions). The idea that pressure in “early” stars created heavy elements and then supernovae spread those elements to be incorporated into newer stars and planets is an interpretation of the observational evidence. It’s storytelling! 

And it’s storytelling that is constantly changing. 

It doesn’t matter what evidence arises, even when that evidence contradicts earlier expectations—the evolutionary models are so plastic, they just mold them to fit the new evidence. 

*There’s another explanation for why Population III stars have never been found and why the universe isn’t matching the expectations of those who start with the big bang: 

The big bang didn’t happen. 

The Bible gives us the true history of the universe, and it didn’t begin with a big bang and stars slowly forming. It began when God spoke

and fashioned the earth, covered with water, and then He created light and darkness, and on day four of creation week, He created the stars fully functioning also. The evidence from the JWST will continue to defy secular scientists’ predictions because they have the wrong worldview based on the wrong starting point. Instead of trusting the interpretations and storytelling of men and women who weren’t there, don’t know everything, and often make mistakes, we should believe the eyewitness account of history given to us by the God who was there, knows everything, and has never made a mistake. “The heavens are telling of the glory of God; And the expanse is declaring the work of His hands” (Psalm 19:1)." 

Ken Ham

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Deuteronomy 33:27

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Top 5 Viewed Posts of the Month

1-  Holy Spirit: Metaphors of His various functions

2- Papal Notes - Analysis of Zenit Article

3- Paul's 4 Lessons to remember when going through suffering or pain

4-  IN the NEWS - Relics of a Man

5-  Creation, Daniel 7 & Christology comes full circle

Puritan Corner - Enlighten Our Eyes

"Before and after you read the Scripture, pray earnestly that the

Spirit who wrote it may interpret it for you, keep you from unbelief and error, and lead you into the truth."
by Thomas Brooks (1608-1680)
I keep asking that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ…may give you a spirit of wisdom and revelation in your knowledge of Him. I pray that the eyes of your heart may be enlightened, so that you may know the hope of His calling, the riches of His glorious inheritance in the saints.
Ephesians 1:17,18

Martin Luther on Paul

"Paul takes pride in his ministry, not to his own praise but to the praise of God. 

Writing to the Romans, he declares, "Inasmuch as I am the apostle of

the Gentiles, I magnify mine office," i.e., 

*I want to be received not as Paul of Tarsus, but as Paul the apostle and ambassador of Jesus Christ, in order that people might be more eager to hear. Paul exalts his ministry out of the desire to make known the name, the grace, and the mercy of God.

Galatians 1:1 Paul, an apostle, (not of men, etc.)." 

Martin Luther

Danger of MTD [Moralistic Therapeutic Deism]

For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God. 

Romans 3:23

"Millions of Americans today describe themselves as spiritual but not religious.
When sociologists Christian Smith and Melinda Denton investigated this shift, they found that it wasn't necessarily a total loss of faith, but rather the emergence of a new set of beliefs. 

The religiously unaffiliated haven't simply stopped believing. 

They have silently adopted an unnamed religion that uses the vocabulary of Christianity while discarding its historical core.

It provides the comforting illusion of spirituality while effectively insulating the individual from any relationship that might require real sacrifice.

Central to MTD is the belief that the ultimate goal of a human life is simply to be happy and that God exists primarily to ensure that happiness. In contrast, historical Christianity teaches that free will was given to us so we could choose to love God and our neighbor.
This focus on personal comfort leads to the second major tenant
of MTD, the claim that nice people go to heaven. 

But the Biblical view of the human condition is far more complex.

It describes every person over the age of reason as a sinner who has in some way rebelled against God. From this perspective, niceness is no substitute for the true repentance and redemption found in Christ. 

--By teaching that humans are good enough as long as they are pleasant, MTD leaves people trapped in their sin.

But a purely therapeutic faith cannot sustain a person through suffering. Eventually, that ledge collapses, leading to outright atheism." 

THC

Biblical Principles Applied to Halloween

Wherefore come out from among them, 

and be ye separate, saith the Lord, 

and touch not the unclean thing; 

and I will receive you..... 

2 Corinthians 6:17

"Biblical Principles Commonly Applied:

*Avoid practices linked to sorcery, divination, or demonic influence (Exodus 22:18; Acts 8; Acts 13; Acts 19).

*Exercise Christian liberty responsibly, ensuring participation does not cause others to stumble." 

Google

Creation Moment 10/31/2026 - Bloodsuckers and Creation

"Long before the 1819 publication of The Vampyre by John Polidori, and before Bram Stoker popularized vampires with the novel Dracula in 1897, humans have been spinning tales of creatures that drink blood. Some tales were of mythological beings, some perhaps based on real people who engaged in cannibalism and blood drinking, and many are based on real animals or embellishments of real animals. Mythological creatures such as pishachas, ghouls, estries, kappas, and striges are just a few examples out of many hundreds. Even as recently as 1995, new blood-drinking creatures have been reported and entered into the pages of cryptozoology, such as the chupacabra.

Real-life creatures such as vampire bats, leeches, ticks, lampreys,

bedbugs, and mosquitoes not only exist and are constant pests and threats to humans, livestock, and aquaculture; but they are also feared because of the threat of disease, such as rabies, Lyme disease, malaria, and other bacterial and virulent agents. In addition to the physical threats though, there is also the psychological fear that they induce.

But the fact is that God created all things, including all animals, good. God gave all creatures vegetation to eat, and there was no death and bloodshed. In Genesis 1:31, at the end of day six, God looked over the entirety of creation and pronounced it “very good.” In God’s original creation, all of the above creatures were not blood-feeders but instead ate plants, water plants, and possibly pollen or nectar, as indeed vampire finches sometimes still do. Due to mankind’s rebellion and sin, this idyllic condition did not last, as all of creation was placed under the curse. 

Sometime after the Fall, these animals became omnivorous, carnivorous, parasitic, and/or insectivorous and then gradually started incorporating blood into their diet opportunistically and, in some cases, became obligate sanguinivores. It is therefore illogical to look at this fallen world’s creatures and try to make a judgment on God’s character, as so many atheists and agnostics have done. The truly spooky thing about these bloodsuckers is that mankind is responsible for their being here." AIG

"Mary's" Role

"Spiritualism: “Many will be confronted by the spirits of devils personating beloved relatives or friends and declaring the most dangerous heresies . These visitants will appeal to our tenderest sympathies and will work miracles Concluding Remarks to sustain their pretensions.” The Great Controversy , p. 560

Catholics say that Mary died, resurrected and ascended to heaven and that she is speaking today. 

Q: But is this really Mary? 

Q: Why would she be teaching doctrines contrary to Scripture if she is heaven and has direct access to the fountain of truth? 

Q: Would Mary contradict the truths contained in the Bible? 

A: Of course not! Then the one speaking must not be Mary. 

Q: If she is not Mary, then who? (And when they shall say unto you, Seek unto them that have familiar spirits, and unto wizards that peep, and that mutter: should not a people seek unto their God? for the living to the dead? To the law and to the testimony: if they speak not according to this word, it is because there is no light in them. Isaiah 8:19, 20)

The acid test will be: Is Mary dead or is she alive. Your answer to this question will determine whether you are deceived or remain firm. Protestants have already opened the door to the ecumenical “Mary” When global disasters overtake civilization, people will be willing to listen to “Mary’s” explanation as to the reason for what is happening.

Satan makes people charismatic or liberal and then he can trap them

because the absolute authority of the Bible is not accepted by either group. 

Without any objective, trustworthy source of truth, both groups will be swept into the ranks of ecumenism.

Mary will be the uniting force of Protestants and Catholics because conservative Protestants have cast away the shield of truth and depend on miracles, signs and wonders and mainline Protestants do not believe in the authority of the Bible." 

Stephen Bohr

IN the NEWS - Over the Top?

And at that time shall Michael stand up, the great prince which standeth for the children of thy people: and there shall be a time of trouble, such as never was since there was a nation even to that same time: and at that time thy people shall be delivered, every one that shall be found written in the book. Daniel 12:1

Is this story below over the top or is something going on?

We shall see......

"France’s government has issued an emergency directive, ordering citizens to hoard food and brace for World War 3 by year’s end, as

outlined in a stark 20-page survival guide packed with tips for facing terror attacks, pandemics, cyber threats, and even nuclear fallout.

According to Daniel Aldrich, Dean's Professor of Resilience at Northeastern University, "We are living through a polycrisis. Shocks no longer arrive one at a time. A storm knocks out power, the outage freezes payment systems, and a cyber intrusion lands on top of both."

Around the world, governments are increasingly advising their citizens to have provisions in the case of an emergency such as war, extreme weather and cybersecurity threats.
Japan is preparing a nationwide disaster-readiness appeal, while Britain launched its 'Be Ready' public campaign urging households to remain self-sufficient for at least 72 hours.
France and the U.K. recently advised people to have supplies for a period of 72 hours ready.

In the U.S., for example, advice published on Ready.gov, a website of the Department of Homeland Security, states: “Being prepared means having your own food, water and other supplies to last for several days.”

India’s National Disaster Management Authority advises households to have a disaster emergency kit but doesn’t stipulate a time frame.

Newsweek has compiled a map of countries where governments are advising for emergency preparedness and recommending stockpiling of food.

The advice around emergency preparedness comes as Defense

Secretary Pete Hegseth wrote in a recent memo that more U.S. military bases will need to be able to run independently for at least three months should they be cut off from external supplies in the event of a conflict.
On September 30, Hegseth unveiled the Federal Operations for Resilience, Troop Resources, Energy, Supply and Survivability (FORTRESS) initiative.
He dubbed it the “nation’s insurance policy” to ensure that the U.S. would still be able to obtain the materials it needs and carry out operations if traditional supply chains were to be cut off." 

msn

Creation Moment 10/30/2026 - Jaw-dropping discoveries = no excuse!

"At the time that Charles Darwin published his Origin of Species, a cell was considered a simple ‘blob of protoplasm’—a basic building block of life. 

But with the development of technology allowing us to study living things at a molecular level, it’s now realized that a single cell is enormously complex. And new jaw-dropping discoveries of its hitherto-unrealized complexity are continuing to be made. E.g. the cell has a ‘switchboard system’ to coordinate the multiplicity of biochemical events happening within.

And there are linear motors, too, including the kinesin protein that

‘walks’ as it transports essential components to where they are needed in the cell.
Note that every ‘step’ the kinesin protein takes requires one ATP molecule for energy—i.e. the ATP which is generated by the rotary ATP synthase motor. The eukaryotic cell needs both of these highly complex motors to be present and fully functional—and much more besides. No wonder the Psalmist wrote …
I praise You because I am fearfully and wonderfully made; Your works are wonderful, I know that full well. (Psalm 139:14)

… and the Apostle Paul said:
For since the creation of the world God’s invisible qualities—His eternal power and divine nature—have been clearly seen, being understood from what has been made, so that men are without excuse. (Romans 1:20)
Indeed, there’s no excuse! Especially as modern science continues to reveal the irreducible complexity in life’s biochemistry." 

CMI

Question posed by Christ on FAITH

Wherefore, if God so clothe the grass of the field, 

which to day is, 

and to morrow is cast into the oven, 

Q: shall He not much more clothe you, O ye of little faith? 

Matthew 6:30

Creation Moment 10/29/2026 - Obvious Evidence

I will praise Thee; for I am fearfully and wonderfully made: 

Psalm 139:14

"If we look at even just one aspect of our bodies, such as the dexterity of our hand, wrist and fingers, it speaks of design, and therefore, a

Designer. Robotics engineers are still striving to copy that dexterity!

And our movements are controlled by our brains—no mean feat! 

The immense complexity of the human brain, its creativity and power of abstract reasoning, with capacities vastly beyond that required for sheer survival, is perhaps the most obvious evidence for intelligent creation." 

ICR

Papal Hypocrisy

For in six days the LORD made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them is, and rested the seventh day: wherefore the LORD blessed the sabbath day, and hallowed it. Exodus 20:11

"Apostolic Letter Dies Domini and Francis I (in the encyclical Laudato Si) have declared that the seventh day Sabbath is Jewish and that sun day is the Christian sabbath. 

--Yet the Bible never refers to the Sabbath as Jewish. In every single instance, the Sabbath is God’s holy rest day because He made it holy by His rest. 

--The papacy claims that the Sabbath is a relic of the Jewish old Covenant, and yet it continues a plethora of old Covenant practices such as 

sacrifices on altars, 

the use of holy vestments, 

the sprinkling holy water, 

the burning incense, 

the lighting candles, 

and the building of shrines to the saints. 

By doing this, the papacy strains the gnat and swallows the camel. The papacy enjoins all of these practices that God does not command and yet discards God’s explicit command to rest on the Sabbath!" 

Stephen Bohr

Creation Moment 10/28/2026 - Vesuvius eruption calibration study

Professing themselves to be wise, they became fools,... 

Romans 1:22

"Pliny the Younger advances geochronology (Renne et al, Science Advances, 25 September 2026). In this compelling article, the authors

utilize ancient records of the historical eruption, as documented by historian Pliny the Younger, to refine argon-argon (⁴⁰Ar/³⁹Ar) dating: a technique routinely used to assign ages to volcanic rocks and to build timelines for major events in Earth’s history.

For those interested in origins and the age of the earth, the study raises fascinating questions. Ironically, while the research is presented as strengthening the geological timescale, it also highlights how heavily radiometric dating depends upon 

calibration, 

assumptions,

corrections, 

standardization, 

historical benchmarks, 

and continual revision. 

From a creation science perspective, the paper provides a reminder that radiometric dating is not a simple matter of reading ages directly from rocks.

One of the most interesting features of the research approaches that Renne et al (2026) did not rely solely on radioactive decay. Instead, they relied heavily on historical documents. The paper spends considerable space defending the historical date of the eruption through the writings of Pliny the Younger, Cassius Dio, Suetonius, Roman chronology, archaeological evidence, and coin analysis. This raises an important question. 

Q: If radiometric dating methods are entirely self-validating, why was a historically known event necessary to calibrate the system?

A: The answer is that radiometric dating methods are not independent of external information. 

They require 

calibration standards, 

known-age samples, 

correction factors, 

and assumptions regarding decay constants. 

*Oftentimes, the reasoning applied is also circular: dependent on the theorized age of the surrounding rocks, which are in turn dependent on radiometric decay assumptions and the fossils found within them. As this study highlights, rather than radiometric dating proving the historical age, the historical age was used to refine radiometric dating itself. From a creationist perspective, this illustrates that dating systems are not isolated measurements but interconnected models.

Another surprising aspect of the paper is the authors’ acknowledgement that different dating methods have not always agreed. 

--Specifically, the researchers describe a recent Bayesian calibration effort involving both potassium-argon and uranium-lead dating systems because these methods have been yielding inconsistent results. They note that these “most important geochronometers” have “not been giving us consistent results over the years.”

This admission is significant, as radiometric dating is often presented to the public as if multiple techniques independently converge on

identical answers. Yet here, the researchers openly discuss the need to reconcile disagreements among major dating systems. Creation scientists have long pointed out such discrepancies, arguing that agreement between methods often requires adjustments, recalibrations, and statistical alignment rather than emerging automatically from the raw data.

The paper also acknowledges another problem: the presence of excess argon in their samples. The measured sample trapped ⁴⁰Ar/³⁶Ar ratio that differed from atmospheric values, leading the authors to conclude:

“The supra-atmospheric ratio suggests a minor component of magmatic excess ⁴⁰Ar.”

This problem is not new as excess argon has long been a challenge for potassium-argon and argon-argon dating, as the underlying assumption of these methods is that the isotopic clock starts when molten rock cools and that the mineral initially contains no inherited radiogenic argon. However, if some “old” argon is already present, the rock may appear older than its actual age.

Perhaps the most revealing section of Renne et al’s study concerns decay constants. The paper acknowledges that absolute dating depends on constants and calibrations that are still being refined. The authors themselves critiqued the evidence basis for the decay constants in use today. Quoting from the article, they state:

“The underlying U-Pb decay constants in ubiquitous use are based on a single study with poorly quantified systematic uncertainties.”

While the author’s calibrated revision did not substantially alter the accepted decay constant for potassium-40, the study illustrates that geologic age determinations depend on continually improving calibrations and standards rather than on immutable quantities that were settled once and for all.

Understanding these assumptions is important, as long-age interpretations depend not merely upon measured isotope ratios but also upon confidence in 

decay constants, 

calibration standards, 

correction factors, 

and statistical models. 

--If these foundational values continue to be refined, then age calculations across geological time may also shift. 

Creationists have frequently argued that confidence intervals expressed in millions or billions of years often underestimate uncertainty because they do not fully capture uncertainties in the underlying assumptions.

Demonstrating this even more clearly, the article discusses a particularly revealing example: the “Millennium Eruption” of Changbaishan volcano. In this case study, the authors reported that many argon-age measurements had to be rejected because they appeared anomalously old due to excess argon. They mention another study that concluded no reliable eruption age could be obtained from the data.

These examples illustrate something often missed in popular science reporting: dating methods do not always converge neatly. Real-world geological samples can produce conflicting answers that must be interpreted through additional assumptions and human judgment.

While this study’s transparency is commendable, we are left with several emerging questions for gradualist interpretations of geology that remain unanswered:

Q: If radiometric systems require continual recalibration, how

confidently can we project these methods into deep time?

Q: If contamination produced ages exceeding 20,000 years in a known AD 79 sample, how can similar effects always be recognized in prehistoric rocks?

Q: If foundational decay constants continue to be refined, how stable are absolute geological ages over long timescales?

Q: Does increasing precision necessarily guarantee increasing accuracy, or does it simply produce more precise answers within an assumed framework?

While Renne et al’s Vesuvius calibration study is undoubtedly an impressive achievement, its greatest significance is in revealing how much the geological timescale depends on calibration, interpretation, assumptions, and continual adjustment. Far from eliminating questions about Earth’s history, the study reminds us that the deeper we probe the past, the more important those foundational assumptions become." 

CEH

Coming Latter Rain

"Jesus said in the book of Acts: “You will receive power to be My witnesses.” In Revelation 18 a mighty angel descends from heaven having great power and the whole world is filled with his glory. Pentecost began the harvest and the latter rain will conclude it.
At the end of human history 

--God’s remnant church will receive the latter rain 

--proclaim to the world what Jesus is doing in the most holy place and they will . 

*God’s people will announce that Jesus is in the process of judging the living , temple that sin must be cleansed from the soul while Jesus is cleansing the record of sin in the sanctuary so that God’s people can receive the times of refreshing to empower them to preach the message with power world so that Jesus can come." 

Stephen Bohr