tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1055871156862762353.post3964717327248390061..comments2024-01-27T06:40:41.709-05:00Comments on def shepherd: Institute For Creation Research's 'That's A Fact!' Video Series Doesn't Contain Anyeshephttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03484081625693013559noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1055871156862762353.post-70992294991384755992013-11-24T04:48:06.468-05:002013-11-24T04:48:06.468-05:00WHO CARES WHAT YOU BELIEVE !!!!
I was quite s...WHO CARES WHAT YOU BELIEVE !!!!<br />I was quite surprised to discover - from a self-confessed one - that Atheists don't know that Atheism is as much a religion as they believe Christianity to be.<br /> <br />I wonder how many Atheists are insured to the hilt against the possible eventuality of every conceivable mishap that might, could, may come along, yet against the inevitability of death, they remain uncovered ?<br /> <br />This is where Pascal's Wager comes in. Blaise Pascal (Scientist, Mathematician and inventor of the first digital calculator - 1600's) argued that to believe in God is a better bet than not believing in God. <br />If you believe and God exists, you'll go to heaven and avoid hell; if you believe and you are wrong you lose nothing. If you don't believe in God and God does exist, you'll lose heaven and go to hell: if your'e right, then you gain nothing.<br /> <br />Which God one might wonder.?<br />Probably the safest to go with is the Creator God. After all, Creation is amply evidenced by every sense - heard, seen, tasted, touched and smelled from every possible direction, and then some. Finger prints are the final touch, the veritable bar code attesting to the uniqueness of every person who was and who ever will be created.<br /> <br />Further proof of the Creator exists in that we were created in the Creator's image. Above all else, Man creates . Creates plans, creates art, creates designs, creates constructions and Empires and modes of transportation; creates fashion, poetry, music and fantasy. In fact we spend our lives creating things; things to eat, to wear, to play, to amuse, to entertain.<br /> <br />Everything conceivable - chaos and havoc, even things to kill other people with - are busily and diligently created by Man. <br /> <br />Wonder of Wonders - Miracle of Miracles, we even create human beings complete with a body, soul and spirit, heart, mind, will and emotions..<br /> <br />Is it logical to believe that billions of years ago - out of nothing - a primordial soup produced an amoeba, which miraculously evolved reproductive abilities - at the exactly convenient moment in time - and from that humble beginning sprung boy and girl Dinosaurs, butterflies, people, kittens, whales and humming birds, orchids , Sequoia pines and galaxies? Not forgetting Sunrises and Sunsets, snow and lightening, peaches and honey, pepper and salt, silver, gold and precious stones ! <br /> <br />As the Bible says, we can look at Creation itself for proof: “For the invisible things of him from the creation of the world are clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made, even his eternal power and Godhead; so that they are without excuse: Because that, when they knew God, they glorified him not as God, neither were thankful; but became vain in their imaginations, and their foolish heart was darkened. Professing themselves to be wise, they became fools. …” (Romans 1:20-22)<br /> <br />In light of the substantial visible, tangible and obvious evidence staring us in the face, to believe that Nothing created everything surely requires at least as much - or much more faith - as a follower of Jesus requires to believe in an Intelligent Designer Creator who loves everything He created. <br /> <br />If our Creator's provision for a lowly earthbound, vegetation eating worm to become transformed into a new creature - a delicate and beautiful nectar-sipping butterfly, airborne into a world of fragrant colour and beauty, how much more is planned for Man, the crowning pinnacle of His Creation? It’s undeniable – except for those who choose to deny it or refuse to examine the overwhelming evidence<br /> <br />To say there is no God is like simply not seeing the wood for the trees.<br /> <br />Deliberately. And God Himself, rightly calls them fools.<br /> <br />And the reason for blindness that will not see ? Unwillingness to be accountable to The One True Living God who, incidentally, makes the Rules.<br /> <br />The Fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom. <br /><br /> gail001https://www.blogger.com/profile/10505540624427332208noreply@blogger.com