I found an unusual story on World Net Daily regarding a college aged man, or boy depending on how you view age, who recently killed himself and was a Christian. The Father of the boy found the book, “The God Delusion” stuffed under his mattress and believes that this could be the cause of his suicide.
While I do feel that certain atheist objections to Christianity could rattle the faith of some Christians not well versed in their faith I seriously doubt this alone would be the factor for this person’s suicide. I suppose it could be but I would imagine there were already some other issues at play, possibly depression or stress from school itself.
If you are a Christian who feels that these atheist objections are challenging your faith I would stress to you to seek out all sides to each objection. This is why we have apologetics which is an entire field dedicated to answering the objections themselves.
One thing atheists like to do is attack the Christian bible and pick it apart based on a reading of the words on the surface. Or they will point out various scripture, usually from the Old Testament, to make God appear to be a genocidal maniac. The goal is this, even though they don’t believe in God, to make God 1. appear evil or cruel and unworthy of worship and 2. To make the bible appear as though it has so many contradictions that it cannot be a work derived from God and thus God does not exist.
The third thing atheists like to do is bring in science and measure it against what is described in the bible to make it also appear that the bible cannot be inspired by God. They are right when they say the bible was written by ancient men but the revelation given to these men was what they could understand for the time it was given.
Certainly God would allow man to discover and learn about the creation for himself over time and not have Moses writing out the periodic table or giving a lecture on Quantum physics. Had Moses, or any other author, included these facts in the bible, some atheists say this would lend more validity to the bible. I say they would probably just write the author off as a brilliant man but not necessarily inspired by God.
The bible is not a modern day science book. It contains information that primitive man was able to grasp without getting heavy into how the universe was created. Why is this? Because as Pagans tend to revere the creation itself and as other religions make idols from material the bible is a book about discovering who God is not how God creates. It’s a book designed to help man find Jesus Christ and then show him how to live his life.
So have no fear of the objections by others. All of them have alternate answers and have already been discussed over and over again. Repentance and Faith is what is necessary to have a relationship with Jesus Christ. In the end, faith is all one really has. Nothing can really be proven. You could be a figment of some creature or in a dream or part of an elaborate computer program. What is truth really? Is your truth the real truth? This is why at the end of the day Faith is all we have and take that faith and put it in Jesus Christ, the only one who offers salvation and remittance for sin.
If you are disturbed by books like the God delusion or other books and writings from the new wave of atheism just remember, they don’t know God and for them, they really is no God.
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Posted in Commentary with tags Jesus God bible marriage religion atheist on November 14, 2008 by Joe WarnerIn the Garden of Eden Adam looked for another that was like him, essentially he needed something that only God could provide through creation. Eve was made for Adam and was his bride. Eve was taken from the side of Adam, not the foot, not the head which could indicate one person being elevated higher than the other.
Eve was taken from the side indicating that Adam and Eve were equals, they were partners. When Eve was tempted Adam shared in her fate by disobeying God and participating in a work that would glorify themselves. The serpent said that they would be like God but the deception here was that they were already made in God’s image and God was able to meet all of their needs.
Flash forward to the birth of Jesus Christ where we have a supernatural conception where Jesus is born out of the woman. God gave us his son who became a man, flesh and bone. When God created Adam’s bride Eve she was bone of his bone and flesh of his flesh.
By becoming like us, Jesus was able to take on the sins of the world and have his bones and flesh broken so that we can spend eternity with God in heaven. Through Jesus Christ we can get the gift of eternal life from him through no work on our part. In the garden Adam and Eve were already with God and had all they could want. But they were missing something they could not get themselves. Even though Adam looked for his mate he still did not have the savior.
In the spiritual equivalent, the body is the church, the bride and Christ is the bridegroom who will come for his bride and ultimately present the church to the Father just as the Father presented Eve to Adam and took her from his side Jesus will take the church by his side and present the church to the Father.
This is why marriage is a sacred institution to Christians. In the physical realm the bridegroom is playing a role as an earthly representation of Christ and the woman is his bride. In a traditional ceremony the Father of the bride presents the bride to the groom and the groom takes her as his bride.
The church is a gift to Jesus the son of God but at the very end Jesus will return that gift back to the Father so that he can be glorified and through that glorification the church spends eternity in heaven with God.
For now, Satan is against us but with God on our side we cannot lose. Romans 8:31
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