GOD “IS TRUTH” AND CAN BE NOTHING LESS…
Matt. 12: 30 “He who is not with me is against me, and he who does not gather with me scatters.
John 8:45-47 “But if I say the truth, you believe me not. Which of you shall convince me of sin? If I say the truth to you, why do you not believe me? He that is of God, heareth the words of God. Therefore you hear them not, because you are not of God”
What is an Atheist?
An atheist is a person who does not believe that any gods exist
Why don’t you believe in God?
There is simply no more evidence for Jehovah than there is for Zeus .
The arguments by Atheist against the reality of God are without logic, honestly and ANY evidence
The Universe had to have a “First Cause,” which we chose to call “God.” Among the MANY BILLIONS of things in the Universe; only one; humanity can rationalize,love or hate.
WHY?
Because to do so absolutely requires a mind, intellect, and a FREEWILL, which are permanently attached to our Souls. ALL of which like God Himself are “Spiritual things”. Quantify your “freewill” for example. Size, color, shape, weight? Can’t be done; yet it exist in humanity alone.
Don’t you want to go to heaven?
I do not believe there is a heaven
Such a position is egotistic at best. The fact that humanity ALONE can choose to love or hate MUST have both a cause and a reason. Life itself, indeed the Universe would have NO MEANING, no purpose for existence without humanity. NONE!
Humanity would have no cause to exist were it not God’s Will, God’s desire that we freely choose to Love Him, in return for our existence.
**Isa.43 Verses 7 and 21 **“every one who is called by my name, whom I created for my glory, whom I formed and made." AND the people whom I formed for myself that they might declare my praise.”
How can you turn your back on true happiness?
I cannot imagine being happier than I have been already. I live a very spiritual, fulfilling life,
“Spiritual” W/O God?? ALL of the above would be literally impossible EXCEPT for humanities EXCLUSIVE spiritual gifts which PROVE God’s existence.
How can you trust sinful humans, ignoring all the good god does?
It offends me that an invisible god is given credit for every good thing that happens in the world, while every evil is blamed on humanity. There is much evil in the world that is not the fault of human beings, such as ignorance and disease and droughts,
“Good” can only originate from God. There is no other plausible explanation. Evil is the result of humanities own choices. We can love or hate; do good or evil by using the spiritual gifts given to humanity alone. Natural disasters ARE permitted by God for TWO specific reasons. 1. As a warning to make amends to God whom we have abused and neglected; 2. As a punishment for the sins of many 3. Because we made Jesus suffer; we too must suffer with Christ
1Pet.4: 13 ” But rejoice in so far as you share Christ’s sufferings, that you may also rejoice and be glad when his glory is revealed.
If there is no god, then where do you think the universe came from?
I do not even know if the universe had a beginning
See here what I mean by a total lack of logic and evidence of their position. This is illogical in the extreme!
So why be moral?
I dislike the kind of people who hurt me or lie to me or who are insincere or inconsiderate
“Right; wrong, morals and morality” exist ONLY to enable humanity to freely choose God or Satan. Heaven or Hell
**Jerem. 21:8 **“And to this people thou shalt say: Thus saith the Lord: Behold I set before you the way of life, and the way of death”
What do you think happens when you die?
I see that the brain is what gives me existence, and I depend on its health for my ability to think and survive. When the brain dies, I die, and when the brain ceases to exist, so do I
NO! Not the “brain [a physical thing] BUT the SPIRITUAL things that allow us alone to emulate our God. A Mind, intellect, freewill and soul; which like God are immortal things that can’t die or be killed
[QUOTEWhat about all the people who experience god?
There are people in the world who experience the essence of Buddha, who remember past lives”
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Who choose to THINK that they do. Was Buddha’s birth prophesied many hundreds of years B4 his birth. Christ was! ABOUT 700 YEARS BEFORE CHRIST BIRTH.
Isaiah 7:14 "Therefore the Lord himself will give you a sign: The virgin will be with child and will give birth to a son, and will call him Immanuel.
So what do you believe in?
I believe in many things. I believe in the potential of humanity, in the power of reason, in the comfort of love, and in the value of truth {AS I CHOOSE TO DEFINE IT}I believe that it is better to preach the gospel of “be good to your fellow man, and love each other as life itself,”
ALL of which are possible ONLY because a Good-God CREATED humanity in His image; with a mind, intellect, FREEWILL and soul for HIS possible Glory!
IF YOU DON’T CHOOSE TO STAY CLOSE TO GOD; DON’T EXPECT HIM TO STAY CLOSE TO YOU.
Plain and simple.
and Thanks for the answers. God bless 