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2009

The Deceit of Human Autonomy

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07 May 2009

If you watch this film trailer you will see the deceit of human autonomy. Ray Kurzweil is responsible for the flat bed scanner, a reading machine for the blind, OCR, voice recognition technology, together with dozens of other inventions that have revolutionized the world in which we live; but, as you will see his ideas on human achievement and ability–even to the point of thinking he will one day raise the dead–are dishonoring to the God “in whom he lives and moves and has his being (Acts 17). This trailer shows you to what extent he is seeking to keep himself alive; after all, you can’t keep changing the world if you die.

About Post Author

Nick Batzig is the senior pastor of Church Creek PCA in Charleston, SC and an associate editor for Ligonier Ministries. Prior to serving at Church Creek, Nick was a pastor at Wayside PCA on Signal Mountain, TN. Formerly, Nick served as the founding pastor of New Covenant Presbyterian Church (PCA) in Richmond Hill, GA and as the editor of Reformation21 and the Christward Collective--sites of the Alliance of Confessing Evangelicals. He frequently writes for Tabletalk Magazine, Reformation 21, He Reads Truth, and the Christward Collective. Nick was also the host of East of Eden, a podcast devoted to the Biblical and Systematic Theology of Jonathan Edwards. You can friend him on Facebook here and follow him on Twitter @nick_batzig

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  2. Nicholas T. Batzig
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    He is fascinating! The man has accomplished more than most men ever will. Check out this video. Generally speaking I think he is right about his calculation–just not with regard to origins and his doctrine of man. The deceit produced by an unbelieving heart is magnified by his accomplishments.

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