tidbits

A few things have been on my mind lately, and that’s all the introduction I can come up with.

1. It snowed last week, and only God could create something so beautiful.

2. This is a broken world, and while here in texas the snow was beautiful, in other places it causes death and hunger and suffering. Like love, sex, money, and self this world takes good things and twists them for evil.

3. A lot of post modern thinkers claim that religion causes more evil than anything else. I completely agree, that’s why I am a Christian. The root of religion creates an ideology of superiority because religions are based on following rules and doing certain tasks to achieve paradise or nirvana, therefore, anyone who does not do what you do to be a good ‘moral’ person is inferior. Christianity is the only ‘religion’ , for lack of a better word, which says that there is nothing we can do to deserve heaven, we all fall short. Therefore, Jesus offers grace. No one else offers grace. You cannot be proud about something you did not earn.

3a. Atheists, agnostics, etc, of the like are hypocrites of the worst kind. While they claim to not believe in anything, they too, are religious, their belief in no god is a belief which guides there perspective on life just like Islam, Judaism, Buddhism, Christianity, etc. ‘RELIGION can be defined as: a set of beliefs that explain what life is all about, who we are, and the most important things that human beings should spend their time doing.’ They claim to be open minded, yet they exclude the gospel as a rational doctrine of belief and life. They call Christians dumb, simple, arrogant, and hateful but Jesus Christ calls them sons and daughters, his beautiful bride.

4. Atheists, agnostics, etc. claim that the presence of evil means there cannot be a god. If that’s true, then they must admit that there is no god, therefore, they cannot blame him for the evil they say he causes because in their religion, he doesn’t exist, making it impossible for him to cause or allow evil or good. In addition, they must also admit that in a godless world there is no hope, because we are all subject to this evil, godless world where at any moment we would become active participants in. Also, without the standard of God, what is evil?* The evil they claim that happens on a daily basis would in-fact not be evil, but would be just the way it is, an eventuality, normal. Their life, would be a pointless endeavor to death. The end.
-* yes I know the common theories about this question, and they all fall short unless the standard comes from God.

5. there is more to come, but I’m le tired. Please feel free to comment, even more so if you disagree.

6. Most of this comes from the amazing book, The Reason for God, by Timothy Keller