John 14:6

By now, I’m sure many (if not all) of you know something about the year 2012. According to the Mayan calendar, December 21, 2012 is reportedly the end of the current “cycle” or “age”.

Not the end of the world, per say, just the start of another period of time.

Sounds simple enough, huh?

Well in a perfect world, yes. But the problem is, this isn’t a perfect world. People of all stripes, faiths, and beliefs have something I like to call “imagination”. This imagination tends to run a bit wild sometimes.

The hysteria surrounding 2012 is a perfect example of this. Read the rest of this entry »

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As we all know, atheism is the belief that there is no god, gods, or other deities. Despite what your run-of-the-mill atheist will tell you, they do have a faith, a religion. They believe there is no God and this is based solely on faith, because their precious science can’t prove it for them.

As defined at Dictionary.com, atheism is:

1. the doctrine or belief that there is no God.
2. disbelief in the existence of a supreme being or beings.

It’s an illogical belief, much more so than believing in God. How can one know there is no God for certain? You can’t. At best, people are agnostic, which is doubt in the existence of God.

But outright unbelief? Read the rest of this entry »

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I have recently observed a very depressing lesson about humanity and the sheer depravity of the human condition. When Our Father states that man is in enmity with Him, He is absolutely telling the truth.

I was just told by a self-described “former believer” (in Christianity) that they “didn’t choose” to not believe in God. It wasn’t their choice to deny Christ, you see. Of course, after a little correspondence, it is clear that to this person, “choice” has very little to do with anything. Homosexuality? That’s not a choice. Believing in God? Nope, not a choice, either.

I’m sure there are many other things this individual has no “choice” to believe in. Read the rest of this entry »

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One thing I hear a lot from unbelievers, particularly strong secular humanists and atheists, is that religion is for the weak-minded. An “opiate for the masses”. It is a “crutch” that people who are easily duped or too mentally weak to survive in the “real” world have created to feel better about themselves.

People of faith, particularly Christians, have a victim mentality of sorts, they tell me. We need to feel bad about ourselves, and acknowledging that makes us feel better about our own lives. All our talk about “humbling” ourselves before God and falling to our knees is, in reality, the worst kind of arrogance. By doing these things, we are declaring we are better than others, more pious, more religious, more “worthy”.

I’ve heard all of these arguments, each articulated from a position of supposed knowledge and “rationality” by those who think they are so clever.

I believe the One True God said it best: Read the rest of this entry »

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