Posted on 11/27/2010 9:05:56 PM PST by Coleus
Of course not. The Atheists only go after targets that are safe. If they'd go after Muslims, they'd suddenly find religion (forced conversion), become a slave to their Muslim masters, or be killed.
Atheists claim they don't believe in God or religion; but by opposing what they don't believe, they create the mirror image of that they oppose. Atheism is a religion — an anti religion — but still a religion.
Of course not. The Atheists only go after targets that are safe. If they'd go after Muslims, they'd suddenly find religion (forced conversion), become a slave to their Muslim masters, or be killed.
Atheists claim they don't believe in God or religion; but by opposing what they don't believe, they create the mirror image of that they oppose. Atheism is a religion — an anti religion — but still a religion.
Not really.
The nature and progression of sin in our lives, should we fail to return to God, is a degeneracy of the soul, mind and heart.
The first stages are simply placing our thinking, our belief, in anything other than God.
This might be the first stage of thinking for an unbeliever from birth. It scars our minds.
As this progresses, at some point in time, we become exposed to the Gospel, or good news of Christ and what He did on the Cross regarding sin.
When exposed and considered, it may be accepted or rejected. If rejected, the unbeliever continues along a path of grieving the Holy Spirit, then enters into a domain referenced in Scripture as “Quenching the Holy Spirit”.
Quenching the Holy Spirit isn’t merely turning away from God, rather it is a natural degeneracy from grieving the Holy Spirit or being separate from God to now actually attacking God and anything He provides in His Plan.
If continued without control, such degenerate behavior can further degenerate into a fragmented and explosive reaction to anything in life which doesn’t confirm the degenerate’s belief system.
The billboards are merely manifestations of the arrogance of those who post them. They aren’t seeking to help their fellow man, but are instead seeking to avoid any exposure to God or His Word.
Not really.
The nature and progression of sin in our lives, should we fail to return to God, is a degeneracy of the soul, mind and heart.
The first stages are simply placing our thinking, our belief, in anything other than God.
This might be the first stage of thinking for an unbeliever from birth. It scars our minds.
As this progresses, at some point in time, we become exposed to the Gospel, or good news of Christ and what He did on the Cross regarding sin.
When exposed and considered, it may be accepted or rejected. If rejected, the unbeliever continues along a path of grieving the Holy Spirit, then enters into a domain referenced in Scripture as “Quenching the Holy Spirit”.
Quenching the Holy Spirit isn’t merely turning away from God, rather it is a natural degeneracy from grieving the Holy Spirit or being separate from God to now actually attacking God and anything He provides in His Plan.
If continued without control, such degenerate behavior can further degenerate into a fragmented and explosive reaction to anything in life which doesn’t confirm the degenerate’s belief system.
The billboards are merely manifestations of the arrogance of those who post them. They aren’t seeking to help their fellow man, but are instead seeking to avoid any exposure to God or His Word.
Not really.
The nature and progression of sin in our lives, should we fail to return to God, is a degeneracy of the soul, mind and heart.
The first stages are simply placing our thinking, our belief, in anything other than God.
This might be the first stage of thinking for an unbeliever from birth. It scars our minds.
As this progresses, at some point in time, we become exposed to the Gospel, or good news of Christ and what He did on the Cross regarding sin.
When exposed and considered, it may be accepted or rejected. If rejected, the unbeliever continues along a path of grieving the Holy Spirit, then enters into a domain referenced in Scripture as “Quenching the Holy Spirit”.
Quenching the Holy Spirit isn’t merely turning away from God, rather it is a natural degeneracy from grieving the Holy Spirit or being separate from God to now actually attacking God and anything He provides in His Plan.
If continued without control, such degenerate behavior can further degenerate into a fragmented and explosive reaction to anything in life which doesn’t confirm the degenerate’s belief system.
The billboards are merely manifestations of the arrogance of those who post them. They aren’t seeking to help their fellow man, but are instead seeking to avoid any exposure to God or His Word.
My FR pings keep getting returned as interrupted or too busy, timed out. Multiple posts resulted. By looking at the post times, it doesn’t appear FR is too loaded, unless a type of attack. Did you have a similar response?
Apparently atheists just know that God is a myth by using their amazing powers of reason.
Yes. I haven’t been able to post much of anything.
Secular humanists who support the above will typically also support irrational things such as a mixed economy or socialism. This combination of mixed premises is unstable and will not last for long. Eventually, the irrational beliefs in mixed economy or socialism will overwhelm the rational beliefs which will disappear.
I know atheists who don’t kick up a fuss that I believe in God. I have no problem with that type of atheist. I don’t care what other people believe or don’t believe about the existence of God or an afterlife because it really doesn’t affect me. I will be civil to anyone, theist or atheist, attempting to spread their beliefs as long as they’re civil to me. When they start insisting that I will go to hell if I don’t believe in their particular brand of theism or when they get all condescending and start to imply that I am less intelligent and/or rational than Their Enlightened Selves because I believe in God, then I show them the door.
That should be the next billboard - right next to theirs! Ha!
LOL! Pretty pathetic. Did they REALLY illustrate their ad with a picture of the Magi coming to the stable?? LOL!
There has to be a God. Otherwise, the atheists wouldn’t have anybody to not believe in.
S W I P E D! LOL!
Actually, we know no such thing. I mean, what proof do they have to back up that claim? Let’s see it!
:-)
Did they REALLY illustrate their ad with a picture of the Magi coming to the stable? >>>
yes, a big mistake by them..Many won’t read the billboard and will think it’s a Christmas message.
and I bet they will be working on christmas..sarc
But for each of those there are ten or a hundred more like me, who simply find the supernatural to be a closed book to them, and who quietly go their unbelieving ways.
I would not be surprised to find that there are a few of them sitting in the pews at your church.
I pray for the conflicted.
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