International Suppress the Truth in Unrighteousness Day

Today is officially International Blasphemy Day, but it would be more appropriately titled International Suppress the Truth in Unrighteousness Day.  As I shared in my prior post about this wretched effort on the part of atheists, it would be a mistake for us to believe that atheists are in fact truly atheists.  If we trust in the Bible, then we have to read Romans 1 as clearly arguing that everyone — meaning any and all people on the face of the planet — know the truth about God.  Again, consider the following verse from Romans 1, “For although they knew God, they did not honor him as God or give thanks to him, but they became futile in their thinking, and their foolish hearts were darkened. Claiming to be wise, they became fools, and exchanged the glory of the immortal God for images resembling mortal man and birds and animals and creeping things.“  [emphasis mine]

On this day when atheists are taking their futile thinking to new heights, I think this is a perfect day for Christians to reflect on Romans 1 and use this reflection to be bold in our proclamation of the truth.  Instead of surrendering ground to silly boys who are obfuscating their thought-processes merely for attention, we must proclaim the truth of God to them in the hopes of saving some of them.

If someone says to you that they are celebrating International Blasphemy Day, be sure to tell them that they are really celebrating International Suppress the Truth in Unrighteousness Day.

International Blasphemy Day

In light of tomorrow being International Blasphemy Day, Albert Mohler asks the question, “Why do the heathen rage?”  You can read his article by clicking here.  Of course, it is a valid question.  If God truly does not exist, then what is the purpose of such a day?  For instance, to use a symbol that atheists are fond of, why is there not hoards of people arguing against the existence of the flying spaghetti monster (FSM)?  People simply don’t devote their time to arguing against the FSM, because we know it does not exist.  But, if atheists know that God does not exist, then why bother with atheist organizations and International Blasphemy Days?  Why unite in a cause against something that does not exist?  I am perplexed.  Or is it really that atheists know that God exists and they simply do not want to submit to His authority?

Romans 1 states one of the most condemning edicts against atheists:

For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men, who by their unrighteousness suppress the truth. For what can be known about God is plain to them, because God has shown it to them. For his invisible attributes, namely, his eternal power and divine nature, have been clearly perceived, ever since the creation of the world, in the things that have been made. So they are without excuse. For although they knew God, they did not honor him as God or give thanks to him, but they became futile in their thinking, and their foolish hearts were darkened. Claiming to be wise, they became fools, and exchanged the glory of the immortal God for images resembling mortal man and birds and animals and creeping things.  (ESV)

If you read this rightly, you have to conclude that even the most ardent atheist is merely delusional in his proclomation of unbelief.

This Just In: 'Scientists May Have Found How Life Began'

Really?!  Oh, how amused was I to click on Fox News on my iPod Touch to find out that scientists have discovered how life began.  I say that tongue in cheek, of course, because it really is the same article that has been recycled about a billion times thus far.  It always starts with some kind of primordial goop and always ends in man.  In other words, nothing + nothing = everything.  The article actually says, “British scientists said on Wednesday that they had figured out key steps in the process by which life on Earth may have emerged from a seething soup of simple chemicals…“  If you read the entire article found here, you will find that the article actually says nothing.  All scientists have done is hypothesized that man might have come from RNA rather than DNA based on the existing premise that we must have come from “seething soup.”  Nothing new, so carry on!

The Atheist's Genesis

In the beginning, nothing created the heavens and the earth.  There was nothing and nothing created something by one enormous cosmic oops!  At one moment there was nothing, and then suddenly, there came from that nothing, and caused by nothing, billions upon billions of stars, the material world, time, and amidst it all, within the tiniest portion of this new existence there began the foundations of earth.  And yet, despite the grandest of odds, a world began to form itself by chance into existence.  But wait!  The grandest oops has yet to come.  All that came before was mere gas and rocks; nothing to fret over.  A cosmic accident to be sure, but easily forgettable if not for what comes next.  Out of this calamity comes life from non-life.  At one moment, there was nothing but primordial goop, but then a tiny cell goes poof and jumps out and says “look at me!“  And here we are, time and chance merging at the crossroads of evolution to create the beginnings of life, caused by nothing out of nothing for nothing.  Oh, but this grand tale has just begun.  Not only has all this come about out of absolutely nothing, but the stage is set for the coolest trick of all.  This little-cell-that-could is now prepared to evolve into all that we now see — the natural world! From this one cell, we now have every living organism on this great accident we call earth.  Enjoy nothing!  Be consumed by nothing!  Love nothing!  Hate nothing!  Believe in nothing!  It is after all, the cause, the material by which we are made, and the motivation for our existence.  Nothing.

Before the Universe Began

Ray Comfort's Book 'Ranked Bestselling 'Atheist' Item'

From The Christian Post:

A new book by a leading Christian evangelist on how believers can prove God’s existence to an atheist ironically became Amazon’s bestselling book in the Atheist category on the first day of its release.

On Thursday, You Can Lead an Atheist to Evidence but You Can’t Make Him Think soared to the top of Amazon.com’s sales charts, nabbing top spots in the Atheist category and Apologetics category.

Here’s the book burning up the athiest charts:

'Churches Wrestle to Bridge Creation, Evolution Gap'

The above headline comes from The Christian Post –Read the full article here.

My response:  Yikes!  This is no surprise, but it just shows how far many of our churches are falling out of line with scripture.  The article starts off, “After a lifetime in the church, the Rev. William L. Rhines Jr. lately has started to question one of the Bible’s fundamental teachings, that God created man.”  The article is correct — this is one of the Bible’s most fundamental teachings.  However, it goes much deeper than that.  Many people want to remedy the alleged issue between science and the Bible by simply eliminating it and harmonizing them together.  It doesn’t work!

First, so many of the subsequent writers of the Bible referenced the creation account.  Why would they do so if it was merely poetic?  This doesn’t make sense unless the account of creation in Genesis is true.

Second, the theology of the Bible is directly correlated to the creation account.  If God merely used evolution to create us, then why does Romans tell us that death came into the world through sin?  Why does so much of the theology involve a fallen man in need of a savior if we were never fallen — we were merely goop from the beginning?  And finally, if we truly evolved, then it makes it rather strange that Christ would bother dying for us.  The whole point is that we are all fallen through the sin of Adam, and that we needed someone to pay for our sins, someone to act as a substitute.  If we remove the creation account, the entire context of the coming of Jesus is destroyed.

Third, the god that these revisionists believe in is not even a god worth believing in.  Conversely, the Bible portrays a God in complete control of His creation; a God that in unimaginable power chose to create the universe by simply speaking it into existence.  The god these theistic evolutionists believe in is a weak and meaningless God that contradicts himself at every step.

Finally, let me say this.  I am no scientist, but it is not difficult to see the problems with evolution.  It is not difficult to see that this is more science fiction than science.  If we who call ourselves Christian merely took the time to think these issues through, we would restore our thinking rightfully to the Bible first.  Instead, we are making our sacred scripture bow to a bunch of silly men whose stated purpose is to attack religion.  We need to do more proclaiming the gospel and less worrying about what Richard Dawkins and his ilk are thinking.

Interesting Video: Cruel Logic

http://www.godawa.com/Media/cruellogic480x260.mov

Atheist Matthew Parris: “Africa needs God”

I came across the following article, ‘As an atheist, I truly believe Africa needs God‘ and was amazed at the intellectual honesty of Matthew Parris.  I have pasted an excerpt below.  You can check out the full article here.

It inspired me, renewing my flagging faith in development charities. But travelling in Malawi refreshed another belief, too: one I’ve been trying to banish all my life, but an observation I’ve been unable to avoid since my African childhood. It confounds my ideological beliefs, stubbornly refuses to fit my world view, and has embarrassed my growing belief that there is no God.

Now a confirmed atheist, I’ve become convinced of the enormous contribution that Christian evangelism makes in Africa: sharply distinct from the work of secular NGOs, government projects and international aid efforts. These alone will not do. Education and training alone will not do. In Africa Christianity changes people’s hearts. It brings a spiritual transformation. The rebirth is real. The change is good.

Unlike some of the atheists of late (Hitchens comes to mind) who have argued to the point of saying that nothing good has come from Christianity, Matthew Parris at least acknowledges the tremendous good that comes from missionaries.  I, as a committed Christian, I obviously recognize the “spiritual transformation” that Matthew speaks of as a supernatural work.  And yet, even if you do not, surely what Christian’s have done in Africa is a good thing.

Atheist Matthew Parris: "Africa needs God"

I came across the following article, ‘As an atheist, I truly believe Africa needs God‘ and was amazed at the intellectual honesty of Matthew Parris.  I have pasted an excerpt below.  You can check out the full article here.

It inspired me, renewing my flagging faith in development charities. But travelling in Malawi refreshed another belief, too: one I’ve been trying to banish all my life, but an observation I’ve been unable to avoid since my African childhood. It confounds my ideological beliefs, stubbornly refuses to fit my world view, and has embarrassed my growing belief that there is no God.

Now a confirmed atheist, I’ve become convinced of the enormous contribution that Christian evangelism makes in Africa: sharply distinct from the work of secular NGOs, government projects and international aid efforts. These alone will not do. Education and training alone will not do. In Africa Christianity changes people’s hearts. It brings a spiritual transformation. The rebirth is real. The change is good.

Unlike some of the atheists of late (Hitchens comes to mind) who have argued to the point of saying that nothing good has come from Christianity, Matthew Parris at least acknowledges the tremendous good that comes from missionaries.  I, as a committed Christian, I obviously recognize the “spiritual transformation” that Matthew speaks of as a supernatural work.  And yet, even if you do not, surely what Christian’s have done in Africa is a good thing.