Atheism.

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"I know that most men, including those at ease with problems of the greatest complexity, can seldom accept the simplest and most obvious truth if it be such as would oblige them to admit the falsity of conclusions which they have proudly taught to others, and which they have woven, thread by thread, into the fabrics of their life."--- Leo Tolstoy

To be an atheist is the ultimate contradiction. It is to assert a universal negative. Atheism is illogical.

To say there is no God is to presume omniscience or that we know all about the universe and what is happening in every corner of it.

To claim that there is no God is to assert that we have the powers of God. If there is no God, we cannot have the powers of God. The very definition of God is of an infinite, spiritual being. We would have to be infinite to prove the existence or non-existence of the infinite. But we are not infinite. We are finite human beings. We cannot know all there is to know. God may be where we cannot see or hear or perceive with our senses - to know God is to be spiritually alive. Once we know God through our spirit, then we can truly begin to recognize his presence in other ways. Atheism presupposes that we have the omnipresence to know that God does not exist. We cannot know for certain that God does not exist. There is much evidence that God does exist. Seek Him honestly and earnestly with all your being . . . spirit, soul, mind and body . . . and you will find Him.

Some who do not believe in God feel contempt towards Christians. They may see people of faith who follow the leading of the Holy Spirit as foolish, uneducated and even mentally disturbed. They base their attitudes on faith, which they deny is faith. Their faith is a world view; it's a belief system supposing that only what science can prove and verify is worthy of belief. But, there is no valid scientific proof that the theory of evolution is correct when describing the "descent of man." Actually, Darwin's theory is "full of holes" as the discovery of the structure of DNA revealed. Continuing scientific research increasingly supports intelligent design. Atheists worship science and the achievements of mankind - it's a religion of humanism. Their "religion" suggests that the created universe is god or has "god-like" qualities in it such that it created and sustains itself without divine or any other intervention. To the person who has been touched by the Holy Spirit of God, the humanistic/atheistic view appears uneducated and unenlightened because of the absence of knowledge of the ways of God in it. The arguments in favor of their world view are weak and based on personal ego and desire, subjective feeling and a lack of hard data to support them.

If we acknowledge that there is a God and read His Ten Commandments, we find that we have broken God's law at some time in our lives. In other words, we have sinned against God and He requires a holy sacrifice for sin. That sacrifice was provided by Jesus Christ in His substitutionary death on the cross. He died for us so that we would not have to pay the penalty for our sin. Through faith in Jesus, we are transformed, in God's time and way, into what He would have us to be.

Exodus 20:1 - God spoke all these words, saying, "I am the LORD your God, who brought you out of the land of Mitzrayim (Egypt,) out of the house of bondage. You shall have no other gods before me. "You shall not make for yourselves an idol, nor any image of anything that is in the heavens above, or that is in the eretz (earth) beneath, or that is in the water under the eretz (earth): you shall not bow yourself down to them, nor serve them, for I, the LORD your God, am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers on the children, on the third and on the fourth generation of those who hate me, and showing loving kindness to thousands of those who love me and keep my mitzvot (commandments). "You shall not take the name of the LORD your God in vain, for the LORD will not hold him guiltless who takes his name in vain. "Remember the day of Shabbat, to keep it holy. You shall labor six days, and do all your work, but the seventh day is a Shabbat (sabbath - day of rest) to the LORD your God. You shall not do any work in it, you, nor your son, nor your daughter, your man-servant, nor your maid-servant, nor your cattle, nor your stranger who is within your gates; for in six days the LORD made heaven and eretz (earth), the sea, and all that is in them, and rested the seventh day; therefore the LORD blessed the day of Shabbat, and made it holy. "Honor your father and your mother, that your days may be long in the land which the LORD your God gives you. "You shall not murder. "You shall not commit adultery. "You shall not steal. "You shall not give false testimony against your neighbor. "You shall not covet your neighbor's house. You shall not covet your neighbor's wife, nor his man-servant, nor his maid-servant, nor his ox, nor his donkey, nor anything that is your neighbor's."

The gift of eternal life is freely given to those who trust in Jesus as their savior. Those who believe, pray, read the Bible and allow themselves to grow in spirit and truth by trusting in Jesus and in the guidance of the Holy Spirit are brought into the family of God and will spend eternity with Him. You can read more about Jesus in the Gospel of John.

Topics.
The Good News - the Gospel of John.
The Sermon on the Mount
The Life, Death and Resurrection of Jesus Christ.
Paley's Evidences of Christianity
Sherlock's The Trial of the Witnesses of the Resurrection of Jesus Christ
Words of wisdom and warning.
The Authority of the Holy Scriptures - the Bible.
The Sign of Jonah.
The Two Babylons.
Thoughts.
Thoughts for today and every day.
...a refiner and purifier of silver.
Prophecies confirming Jesus as the Messiah.
To the Jew first and to the Gentile - Come let us reason together.
The Way.
Spirit.
Atheism.
Belief in God or science?
Old fossils?
Evolution or devolution?
The Shroud and The Sudarium.
The Revelation of Jesus Christ.
Blood and Flesh.
Christmas.
Psalms, hymns and spiritual songs.
How should followers of Jesus live?
A praise and worship leader gone astray?
St. Valentine's Day.
The influence of feminism, new-age and pagan philosophy in the church.
God, the Father.
Marriage is for one man and one woman.
Touchy subjects.
The apostate church.
The last days.
Ancient conflict - Isaac vs. Ishmael.
A Tale of Two Films - The da Vinci code and The Passion of The Christ.
Current events and topics.
Fascism.
To veterans and to those who serve in the armed forces.
The world.


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