Is there a God? It is Christmas time here in America and there are always people who seem to get offended. There is a group trying to have a Nativity scene taken down because it is offensive. There are debates about whether people who work at certain stores can say "Merry Christmas" or whether they must say "Happy Holidays". Christmas seems to bring out some level of tension over religious matters in our country. The atheist are the ones that seem to be so offended by the emphasis upon religious things.
I would hope to think that the people who call themselves Atheist would consider themselves rational, logical, and a thinking people. Surely they examine facts and data to come to conclusions about things. They read the science books and examine the theories of evolution. The Atheist desires to believe the cold hard facts and refuses to believe in an invisible, unprovable, irrational theory about God. The Atheist would not call himself an 'Idiot'.
What is an idiot? Webster says that an idiot is "showing complete lack of thought or common sense, foolish". An idiot is a person who totally ignores the facts and is unwilling to think through the truth of the data. An idiot just blindly goes through life and commits the most mind-boggling actions. He is an idiot who jumps out of an airplane without a parachute. He is an idiot who takes a nap in the middle of the train tracts. He is an idiot who would claim that there was never a man named Jesus who walked upon planet earth.
The Atheist surely is not dumb enough to make a claim that Jesus Christ never existed. The religious and the non-religious all recognize that there was a man name Jesus who was born in Bethlehem to Joseph and Mary. It is impossible to prove that Jesus did not exist. Jesus was seen by thousands of people, taught thousands of people, healed numerous people, preached public sermons, was tried in human courts, and ultimately was crucified on a hillside in front of multitudes. The facts of Jesus' life are so enormous that only an idiot would deny the existence of Jesus Christ. Only an idiot would deny abundantly clear evidence that is placed before him. The existence of Jesus could be proved from secular sources, pagan sources, Christian sources, and even could be proved from people who hated him. After all, in order to truly hate someone, they have to exist.
Instead of declaring the Atheist an Idiot I will assume that he is intelligent enough to acknowledge the existence of Jesus Christ. Assuming that the Atheist will agree that Jesus Christ did exist upon this earth there is a large problem now presented. Jesus Christ is called "Immanuel" (which means, God with us). The Atheist claims that there is no God, but holds the position that Jesus Christ did exist. That is just simply not intelligent. If Jesus Christ exists then God exists, because Jesus Christ is God with us. The Atheist could claim that Jesus only said He was God. The Atheist must then deal with the historical facts that Jesus walked on water, gave sight to the blind, healed the leper, raised the dead, caused the lame to walk, fed 5,000 plus with a couple of fish and five loaves of bread, and rose from the dead on the third day. All of these events were witnessed by numerous people, including enemies. No mere man can accomplish these things. It would take God in human flesh to do what Jesus did.
Call it what you will, but only an Idiot would deny the historical facts of the life of Christ. Only a complete fool would say that there is no God (Psalm 14:1; 53:1). It would be my prayer today that some professing Atheist would humble himself and see the beauty of Jesus Christ and repent of his sin of idolatry and believe upon Jesus Christ for his salvation. Isaiah the prophet says, "Look to Me and be saved, all the ends of the earth! For I am God, and there is no other" (Isaiah 45:22).
I would hope to think that the people who call themselves Atheist would consider themselves rational, logical, and a thinking people. Surely they examine facts and data to come to conclusions about things. They read the science books and examine the theories of evolution. The Atheist desires to believe the cold hard facts and refuses to believe in an invisible, unprovable, irrational theory about God. The Atheist would not call himself an 'Idiot'.
What is an idiot? Webster says that an idiot is "showing complete lack of thought or common sense, foolish". An idiot is a person who totally ignores the facts and is unwilling to think through the truth of the data. An idiot just blindly goes through life and commits the most mind-boggling actions. He is an idiot who jumps out of an airplane without a parachute. He is an idiot who takes a nap in the middle of the train tracts. He is an idiot who would claim that there was never a man named Jesus who walked upon planet earth.
The Atheist surely is not dumb enough to make a claim that Jesus Christ never existed. The religious and the non-religious all recognize that there was a man name Jesus who was born in Bethlehem to Joseph and Mary. It is impossible to prove that Jesus did not exist. Jesus was seen by thousands of people, taught thousands of people, healed numerous people, preached public sermons, was tried in human courts, and ultimately was crucified on a hillside in front of multitudes. The facts of Jesus' life are so enormous that only an idiot would deny the existence of Jesus Christ. Only an idiot would deny abundantly clear evidence that is placed before him. The existence of Jesus could be proved from secular sources, pagan sources, Christian sources, and even could be proved from people who hated him. After all, in order to truly hate someone, they have to exist.
Instead of declaring the Atheist an Idiot I will assume that he is intelligent enough to acknowledge the existence of Jesus Christ. Assuming that the Atheist will agree that Jesus Christ did exist upon this earth there is a large problem now presented. Jesus Christ is called "Immanuel" (which means, God with us). The Atheist claims that there is no God, but holds the position that Jesus Christ did exist. That is just simply not intelligent. If Jesus Christ exists then God exists, because Jesus Christ is God with us. The Atheist could claim that Jesus only said He was God. The Atheist must then deal with the historical facts that Jesus walked on water, gave sight to the blind, healed the leper, raised the dead, caused the lame to walk, fed 5,000 plus with a couple of fish and five loaves of bread, and rose from the dead on the third day. All of these events were witnessed by numerous people, including enemies. No mere man can accomplish these things. It would take God in human flesh to do what Jesus did.
Call it what you will, but only an Idiot would deny the historical facts of the life of Christ. Only a complete fool would say that there is no God (Psalm 14:1; 53:1). It would be my prayer today that some professing Atheist would humble himself and see the beauty of Jesus Christ and repent of his sin of idolatry and believe upon Jesus Christ for his salvation. Isaiah the prophet says, "Look to Me and be saved, all the ends of the earth! For I am God, and there is no other" (Isaiah 45:22).
I was researching the spike in interest in the "Does God exist?" question and found your blog. Here is my link in case you are interested in the results.
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Would you say you're pleased with so many people questioning religion, and asking the tougher questions? Interest in these questions is certainly very high right now. Or would you rather the interest died down.