A year ago I saw a debate on tv between one Christian British mathematician and philosopher of science named John Lennox and an evolutionary biologist named Richard Dawkins.
The two seams to know each other very well and even if they sometimes really disagree on God's existanse they seem to have a rather good relationship.
It is a bit pointless to have these debate since none of them want to change their oppinion no matter how wrong or right they might be.
As a follower of Christ I support Mr Lennox but I have respects towards mr Dawkins.
What stroke me the other day when my wife and I were at the bookstore was the many books written by Richard Dawkins where he really tries hard to convince us that there is no God.
If you are absolutely confident that there is no God, why on earth do you have to write all these books!?
If people don't believe there is God, why go so hard? You don't believe in Him yet you hate Him.
Psalm 14:1 The fool says in his heart, “There is no God.” They are corrupt, they do abominable deeds, there is none who does good.
Mr Dawkins says ‘Scientific belief is based on publicly checkable evidence, religious faith not only lacks evidence, its independence from evidence is its joy, shouted from the rooftops.’ Mr Lennox then replies, however, taking Dawkin's own advice we ask: where is the evidence that religious faith is not based on evidence?
The God debate is extremely difficult because, there is little proof of a God and how much, if he does exist, he actually does for or to us in our "earthly" bodies.
ReplyDeleteI started praying in January, before January I never prayed before in my life. I prayed about everything because life really wasn't where I wanted it to be. Then I started asking other people to pray for me. What baffles me, is in the past months my life has taken a turn for the worse. I mean, it is pretty bad. Money is extremely tight and sometimes there isn't money for food. I currently have a $20 a month food budget.
My friend Sarah ask me if it's wrong that she doesn't eat vegetables everyday. I said I'm lucky if I get them once a month, so obviously I think it's okay.
So I prayed about it.
Maybe you could pray for me because what I'm doing now isn't working.
I think that is why some people stop believing in God. It makes me question. Many people in my family are terminally ill, my dad's side of my family won't talk to me, I lost my car which means it is extremely hard to bike to graduate school and work because neither are close to my apartment. My roommate moved out, making rent even more tight. I lost 5 animals in one year. I am extremely in debt.
People always told me once you graduate from college it will get better, you're twenties will be the time of your life, and I am instead on the verge of suicide because everyday it seems, something out of the blue bad happens.
I have been praying, my friends and family have been praying, but since I've been praying, life has taken a turn for the worse.
So I honestly don't know if there is a God. He didn't die for my sins and doesn't give a shit about me if there is. I'm glad you are on his good side and he is taking care of you and your family.
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DeleteThank you so much for your open and frank reply to the blog post.
I know it is very hard, believe me! I lost my father ( he got a brain damage 25 years ago), when I was just becoming a young man myself. So very hard and just some month after that I lost a great friend in a car crash, he was just 21 years old..
We struggle with a lot of issues all of us. One of my friend,died of cancer last year, he was just 45 years old.
My friend over here in Sweden lost his job and he has been unemployed for one year now and still no good news.
So bad things happen to all of us...
A lot of people think that If I do good things, good things will be given to me. If I do bad things, bad things will happen to me.
God does not operate that way.
God loves you more than you love yourself, because He knows you better than you know yourself. He knows exactly what you need. Ultimately, He is the fulfilment of all your heart’s desires. His actions toward you, though we may not understand, are geared toward drawing you to Him in total dependence, because this is your ultimate good.
People who say they understand everything when it comes to God is either a liar or a lunatic. We don't understand Gods logic!
I will pray for you and I hope that you will go to a church which is truly filled with the holy spirit and talk to people there. God Bless You!!!
Oh, and add that I lost my waitressing job last month. I cannot honestly see how this is helping me or making me a better person.
ReplyDelete"If you are absolutely confident that there is no God, why on earth do you have to write all these books!?"
ReplyDeleteIf you are absolutely confident that there IS a God, why on earth do you have to write all these blog posts!?
Prov 3:5: Trust in the LORD with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding.
DeleteYou shall see the light some day, Anonymous. Meanwhile, I pray for you
I'm not writing all these blog post to convince people that there is a God.
DeleteI'm not writing all these blog post trying to defend God ( I think he is able to do that himself)
I'm writing all these blog post as a way to express my love for God and to give people a chance to get to know that love. To get a personal walk with God.
Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptising them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit (Matthew 28:19)
Thanks for praying Anonymous! Prayers are truly underestimeted!
DeleteI'm praying fo you as well!