You just proved the article's premise. 
Posted on 05/13/2007 4:22:19 AM PDT by Kaslin
Paul (not the lead singer of the Beatles, but the apostle Paul) states that God has made Himself known, via creation, to all men. According to the apostle, God’s revealed Himself not just to Christians and to Jews, but to every one everywhere (see Romans 1:18-21).
This means that from Jo-Jo the Brazilian monkey boy, to the Cameroon pygmies, to the whiny lesbian agnostic smoking clove cigarettes at Starbucks, to the beer swillin’ dillweeds (What’s up, dudes? I’ll see after I pen this column! Keep ‘em cold.), to the brooding British atheists, all people know God exists—even if they can’t really put a finger on some of the finer points of His person.
Yes, through what has been made, God has plastered on the souls of earth’s citizenry the general revelation that He’s present. In addition, they also know when they’re being a jack ass and when they’re being cool (more on that next week).
I know the above 411 hurts the atheists to hear, seeing that they’ve staked so much of their imago on God’s non-existence. But c’mon, you know there’s Someone “out there,” so cut the crap, shave your goatee and find some other way to pick up chicks—okay, James Dean?
Look, if Paul’s right and people know that they know Him (even if it’s in some dull sense of the word), why do some trip over themselves and tie their brains in knots in order to curb this knowledge? Why do people go nuts looking for loopholes and supposed contradictions in the scripture, hypocrisies within the church and some shared semblance to an ape in order to convince themselves that God’s not here, there or anywhere and never has been nor ever will be?
Is it because . . .
They are Johnny Quest truth seekers looking to answer man’s $64,000 question?
They are evolutionary luminaries uncommonly endowed with more smarts than us poor cattle and are here to help us club foot our way up the Darwinian ladder and away from such primal fairy tales? Or is it simply because . . .
The existence of God, His standards and a day of personal accountability really, really, jacks with their efforts at autonomy and their chances of getting laid tonight?
The apostle Paul states it’s the latter.
Atheists, according to Santo Pablo, have suppressed the truth because God really cramps their style. It’s hard to persistently indulge the appetites of the flesh if there is a holy God to whom you must give account. The truth is that all men, who have not bowed their knee to God and His way, hate Him and are intrinsically geared against God. (I know that’s tight, but it’s right)
Jesus put it forcefully up fallen humanity’s tailpipe when He exposed why men reject the knowledge of God when He said, “Men love darkness rather than light because their deeds are evil. For everyone who does evils hates the light, and does not come to the light, lest his deeds should be exposed” (Jn. 3.19-20).
This is easy math, folks: A man who has no remorse and thus no desire to repent from his sins is probably not going to be a big advocate for the existence, person and work of God.
You know that all the various no-God arguments—which, to be sure, are fun to debate and write about and blah, blah, blah—actually stem from the root of the atheist’s refusal to curtsy to what he already internally knows is true. It is this denial and refusal to embrace the general knowledge of God given through creation that officially pisseth off the Lord thy God and puts the atheist in a precarious position. My advice to my atheist buddies is this: you’d better pray to God that you’re right and that He doesn’t exist—because if you’re wrong, eternity is going to be rough.
To be continued . . .
Doug Giles is the creator and host of The Clash radio shows, winners of seven Silver Microphone Awards and two Communicator Awards in the last three years, and a contributing columnist on Townhall.com.
Oh, so GOD is the cause of immorality, huh?
Which standard are you using for immorality, His or yours?
My youngest son likes to ask, “Whats the downside to believing in God?”
“Whats the downside to believing that Jesus Christ died for your sins?”
Atheism is a blank check to do what you want.
Oh, so GOD is the cause of immorality, huh? Which standard are you using for immorality, His or yours?
I sincerely doubt that's what qam1 is saying. I can see how you arrive at what you did. Because if the numbers were reversed many God believers would be claiming the numbers meant atheism was the cause of immorality.
I agree. It seems 99% of atheists are loony libs.
God specifically addressed atheists in scripture 3,000 years ago i.e. they were fools.
Francis Bacon, who is generally considered the father of science, specifically addressed atheists 500 year ago i.e. they were fools.
You just proved the article's premise.
And when released, they never, ever break the law again
My kids listen to Christian rap and heavy metal and other varieties of ghastly noise. As long as there’s nothing ugly in the lyrics, I figure it’s a battle for their Dad to fight. (I limit my input to “Turn that ruckus off!” if it’s loud enough for me to hear :-).
I’m not sure about Doug Giles - whether he’s making a real contribution, or is just a goof - but his way of putting things is so entertaining!
If you believe and He doesn’t exist,then you are no worse off;but if you don’t believe and He does exist,hope He gives you another chance to change your mind.
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Two really big flaws in your "stats" right of the bat -- How many non-chrisrian couples never get married and just cohabitate without getting married in the first place?
This would knock your divorce rate down a little.
I don't see how, we are talking about "Rate" not number
Out of wedlock births? Compare the abortions per pregnancy in the "Bible Belt" to Cali or the East Coast and I think you would find a discrepancy there that would explain your datum.
Here's the Abortion rate by state and here's the relgiousness by state
The least religious area in the country isn't California or the East Coast but the Mountain West and there you will find the Abortion rate equal to or better than anything in the Bible Belt.
Not saying that at all. Just pointing out Christians aren't morally superior and everyone else is morally decadent as some Christians like this author suggest.
Which standard are you using for immorality, His or yours?
The same standard you are using that tells you abortion, pedophilia, genocide, rape and slavery are wrong even though not only are these things not condemned in the Bible but often they are greatly encouraged.
The least religious area in the country isn't California or the East Coast but the Mountain West and there you will find the Abortion rate equal to or better than anything in the Bible Belt.
And your point is?
None is encouraged, as you assert. Of that list, only slavery is tolerated in Scripture.
Next I suspect you will point to various battles as genocide, but there is a big difference between warfare and genocide.
Hey, thanks for telling me about Dr. Geisler. Sad to say, I haven’t heard of him before. I went to his website and checked him out. Very impressive. I particularly liked that he and Hank Hanegraaff are friends. My youngest son is a fan of Hank’s and has all of his books, including the most recent one, “The Apocalypse Code”. My son has been sharing with me about Hank’s view on partial preterism. I’ve been very interested in this subject and I noticed that Dr. Geisler and Hank don’t agree on this. Dr. Geisler addresses this on his website here in case you are interested http://www.ses.edu/NormGeisler/lastdisciple.htm.
Thanks again for telling me about Dr. Geisler. I’m looking forward to reading more of what he has to say on his website.
The point is that an Atheist isn’t anymore likely to have an abortion than a Christian is.
Let’s not forget, there were no Atheist on the Supreme Court when they passed Roe v Wade, all 9 on the court were Christians. Not to mention even if they wanted to, there’s not enough Atheist in congress and the state legislators to stop all the Christians in power from passing a Constitutional Amendment banning all abortions, so it’s actually Christians who are keeping abortions legal in the country.
I considered atheism but they don’t have enough holidays.
You’ve got so many straw dogs in your post that you should go into the hay business.
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