Concerning Faith

It takes a real believer to gamble with your eternity. If atheists are wrong and deny God, they will live eternity apart from God. If I am wrong and God does not exist , my life is still enriched with the moral teachings, parables, and commandments in the Bible. If I die, and the atheist is right , I have lost nothing. If I am right, the atheist has lost everything. Not a good gamble.

Atheists think that science has rendered God’s teachings obsolete. So science is the new religion? Is a brain scan the new bible? Are specific sciences such as economics, cosmology, and psychology to be believed or are they constantly changing? Is evolution even good science? After all, Darwin had no scientific credentials. His training was in theology of all things.

All religions of the world are attacked by atheists as being pablum for the masses. I have never attacked “all of science”. That would be ridiculous. Every religion is different and sometimes are polar opposites, for example reincarnation is contradictory to eternal life in Heaven. The “journey is the reward” Buddhist view is not my view. I want to reach a destination!

The bible’s view of creation is right. I believe it. I also know that metaphorical terms are used that may be an interpretation by humans. Did God actually breathe life lung to lung into Adam or is it a metaphor? God can certainly do it if he wanted to . He may have done it in another way. I am open to exploring it.

Atheists are angry with believers, blaming them for man’s inhumanity to man. They might as well spread the blame. The atrocities in Cambodia, Korea, Russia, Mao’s China are from societies with no religious beliefs. I personally would like to live in country run by George Bush or Tony Blair rather than Stalin or Pol Pot. But if you feel safer there, that’s your privilege.

I would tell the atheist to ponder the Bible and to treat it reverently. It takes time to absorb the great truth that is there. Trying to digest 21 meals all at once will overwhelm anyone. Eat three meals a day over a week instead.

All religions except one have as it’s ambition to seek truth. Christianity is the only one that is truth. Buddha said “ I’m still searching for truth. ” Muhammad said “ I am a prophet of the truth. ” The Veda says “Truth is elusive, it’s like a butterfly, you’ve got to search for it. ”

Then Jesus comes along and says “I am the truth.”