1. Introduction. Newsbreak: Public Protest. Report from a reliable source: “Then indeed others cried out, some other things; for the assembly was confused, and most of them did not know why they had come together.”
If familiar … the above report is from Acts19:32, New Testament. So why all the confusion also in atheist community?
2. A Case of Mistaken Identity? Those who do not read the Bible to remain ignorant about basic Christianity may be hating and blaming God (whom they say does not exist) for everything that is wrong with the world, blissfully ignorant that Satan is the ‘god of this world’ responsible for all the hatred, mayhem and tragedy in society. The Bible says:
“… in whom the god of this world has blinded the minds of the unbelieving ones, so that the light of the glorious gospel of Christ (who is the image of God) should not dawn on them.” [2Corinthians4:4].
3. A
Dysfunctional Personal Belief System? It would appear as if the atheists
themselves cannot decide what they believe. Some say there are no such things
as good and evil in the Cosmos, only ‘pitiless indifference’ (while in the same breath insisting that religion is 'evil'). Others adamantly
insist (contrary to atheism teaching) on more ‘compassion’ and ‘justice’ for
society (?) insisting that atheists can be 'good without god'.
4. No Moral Compass? Without the Universal Gold Standard of the Hebrew Bible (Old Testament) and New Testament, the Gospel of Jesus Christ and Judeo-Christian values in general, ‘Atheism’ has lapsed into an incoherent narrative preaching wobbly moral relativism cleverly spiced with a motley collection of rickety (culture driven) personal opinions, and there are as many opinions as there are different models cell-phones.
5. Wrong Choices? God admonishes us all to choose life, not death! “I call Heaven and earth to record today against you. I have set before you life and death, blessing and cursing. Therefore, choose life, so that both you and your seed may live.” [Deuteronomy30:19].
6. An Unbelieving Disposition? In the final analysis it all comes down to one thing only: The atheists do not like God (who they say does not exist) because He reminds them of their sin and unbelief. The Prophet Samuel has rightly written:
”In the company of the gracious you [GOD] demonstrate your gracious love. In the company of the blamelessly valiant you demonstrate your blamelessness. In the company of the pure you demonstrate your purity. In the company of the perverted you will appear to be perverse. And You will save the afflicted people, but Your eyes are on the proud, whom You bring low." [2Samuel22:26-27].
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