Religion
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Same old arguments. Theists have no idea how atheists think. So why do they claim they do?
http://www.depthsofpentecost.com/index.html/
I personally think theres no such thing as an atheist. Deep down inside, everyone knows theres a God. Which shew the work of the law written in their hearts, their conscience also bearing witness (Romans 2:15). The reality is they dont believe He doesnt exist; they hate Him.
The war against everything related to God, the intense hatred of all religion, and the burning desire to scrub any mention of His name from society betrays their true feelings. The murky reference to separation of church and state is a thinly-veiled false justification. They want to burn one of the most sacred aspects of the First Amendment, freedom of religion, to the ground and rename it freedom from religion. They react to any mention of the divine like kryptonite and go berserk trying to wipe it out with the same obsessive compulsive reaction as a germaphobe washing his hands twenty times in a row.
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Theres just something about modern atheism thats unappealing to me. It doesnt strike me as an honest attempt at reason or truth like it claims to be. Its too dismissive, too sure of itself, and tries too hard to be outrageous and really stick it to religious people. Atheists who march, wave signs, file lawsuits, and troll social media spend so much effort in what seem to be desperate cries for attention to mask their own insecurities.
Says the man who writes a weekly blog and has just finished his first book.
In closing, some religious love for atheists.
And thats the twist. Atheists dont want Gods name to be mentioned publicly. But this will come back around to them. It isnt His name that wont be mentioned in eternity. Its theirs. No matter how much they blaspheme Him in eternity, He wont hear. The most horrifying punishment imaginable, worse than the fire and burning and darkness, is eternal separation. To be erased from Gods memory. To have your name forgotten by Him and all your loved ones in heaven, never to be remembered again. Why not surrender to His love here on Earth, while theres still time? Psalm 9:17: The wicked shall be turned into hell, and all the nations that forget God.
earthshine
(1,642 posts)... no God.
Snackshack
(2,541 posts)Response to Snackshack (Reply #2)
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elleng
(136,169 posts)and don't need anything more.
msongs
(70,183 posts)the sick, lame, homeless, and destitute
safeinOhio
(34,101 posts)The Tao that can be told is not the eternal Tao;
The name that can be named is not the eternal name.
The nameless is the beginning of heaven and earth.
The named is the mother of ten thousand things.
Ever desireless, one can see the mystery.
Ever desiring, one can see the manifestations.
These two spring from the same source but differ in name;
this appears as darkness.
Darkness within darkness.
The gate to all mystery.
AlexSFCA
(6,270 posts)the choice will be science and not religion. You will follow science to save a life of your child and never religion or nature.
Mariana
(15,131 posts)Every year there are children who suffer and die unnecessarily, because their parents pray over them rather than seek medical attention.
Major Nikon
(36,900 posts)Many do reject medical treatment and some are into drinking poison and snake handling.
Major Nikon
(36,900 posts)If they didn't have such deeply seeded doubts why must they constantly validate their "faith"?
Why is "freedom from religion" such a threat to them other than to remind them of those deeply seeded doubts?
Red Raider 85
(124 posts)I havent heard an argument for the existence of their god that makes a lick of sense, let alone that they know what that god wants us poor slobs to do ... other than send them our money.
MineralMan
(147,606 posts)multiple times. It takes far more effort to believe that supernatural, all-powerful entities exist than not to believe they do. Religionists what that writer says because they've invested so much in believing.