The Religion of Atheism

 

                                                            Atheism

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oth Psalm 14 and 53 declare the fool has said in his heart there is no God. The word fool here is the Hebrew word nabal. It means someone who lacks good sense, one who is unwise. Psalm 19:1 says, “The heavens declare the glory of God, and the firmament the works of His hands.”

Psalm 24:1 tells us the earth is the Lord’s and all its fulness. In John 1:3 it says, “All things were made and came into existence through Him; and without Him was not even one thing made that has come into being (Amplified). In Colossians 1:16-17 we read, “For it was in Him (Christ) that all things were created, in heaven and on earth, things seen and unseen, whether thrones, dominions, rulers, or authorities; all things were created and exist through Him and in and for Him. And He existed before all things, and in Him all things consist.” In Revelation 4:10 the apostle John is transported to heaven. He witnesses the twenty-four elders worshipping at the Lord’s throne and casting down their crowns saying, “You are worthy our Lord and God, to receive glory and honor and power, because you have created all things (emphasis added), and because of your will they existed and were created.”  Romans 1 tells us that what God has created is a crystal clear revelation of His existence. Romans 1:18-20 tells us:

 “For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all impiety and unrighteousness of people, who suppress the truth in unrighteousness, because what can be known about God is evident among them, for God has made it clear to them. For from the creation of the world, His invisible attributes, both His eternal power and deity, are discerned clearly, being understood in the things created, so that they are without excuse.”

A true atheist is an idolater, a hypocrite and a liar. They are an idolater because since they say God does not exist, they are going to worship an idol(s) – their own mind, perhaps science or some false ideology like Darwinian evolution or New Age mysticism. They are hypocrites because they always use language that belies their atheistic beliefs like good and evil. If one is claiming to be a bonafide atheist, the virtue of good and the reality of evil cannot exist. Why? Without a moral law giver, humans are no better than an animal that hunts prey and kills it to survive. The animal does not see killing to survive as evil, for it is instinctive for it to hunt so that it does not starve to death. Good nor evil is not an awareness in any animal, mammal or insect for God has not placed that in them, but it is for humans. It’s called the conscience.

Atheists have a conscience which clearly proves there is a moral lawgiver – God Almighty. But what all atheists do is use language created by God and use it as a weapon against God. Here are a few quotes I found from atheists:

gods are fragile things; they may be killed by a whiff of science or a dose of common sense.

Chapman Cohen 

Religions are all alike- founded upon fables and mythologies.

Thomas Jefferson

·         I agree with Thomas Jefferson in part. I would say, all false religions are all alike. They are founded  upon fables and mythologies. Thomas Jefferson was considered a Deist and not an Atheist. He supposedly believed in God, but Deist do not believe in the providence of God - that He interferes in the affairs of men.

I don't know if God exists, but it would be better for His reputation if He didn't.

Jules Renard

 The God of the Old Testament is arguably the most unpleasant character in all fiction: jealous and proud of it; a petty, unjust, unforgiving control-freak; a vindictive, bloodthirsty ethnic cleanser; a misogynistic, homophobic, racist, infanticidal, genocidal, filicidal, pestilential, megalomaniacal, sadomasochistic, capriciously malevolent bully.

Richard Dawkins

·         Have you looked in the mirror recently Richard?

If God were suddenly condemned to live the life which He has inflicted upon men, He would kill Himself.

Alexandre Dumas

We (atheists) act in good conscience because we believe in moral principles, not because we expect a reward in Heaven.

Margherita Hack

You can't convince a believer of anything; for their belief is not based on evidence, it's based on a deep-seated need to believe

Carl Sagan

Notice the quote by Margherita Hack. She says atheists act in “good conscience” and have moral principles. If God does not exist in her worldview, where does the good conscience and moral principles come from? Remember, if God does not exist, these virtues do not exist either. The very God they deny is the same God they need to bolster to give their atheism life. This is duplicitous and hypocritical behavior.

You cannot talk about morality and goodness without the God that gave us those virtues. If one is going to be a true atheist, you must be in a state of perpetual moral neutrality. There is neither good nor evil in their worldview. If someone invaded their home, raped their wife and children and then killed them, it would not be wrong. Why? Because evil and immorality cannot exist in an atheistic universe. As an atheist you cannot have an awareness of right and wrong because no one or nothing placed those faculties in your psyche.  Once again, we would all be animals living in a Darwinian world – natural selection, survival of the fittest.  In order for me to get mine, I have to kill you and take yours. That would the pathetic existence of human experience. The life of the atheist is bleak, foolish, senseless, pointless, darkness and hopeless.

The atheist is deceived and a liar. Why argue about a God who does not exist? Why put in all the energy and vitriol toward a phantom? It does not make sense to me.  They argue that faith in God is not based on evidence. Not true. We have a library of 66 books written over a period of 1500 plus years. Most is based on eyewitness testimony of the God they wrote about, the Holy Scriptures. Atheists also have to exercise “faith” and are convinced that God does not exist. I would love for an atheist to present empirical evidence to support their lie, but they cannot and never will. They are like most people; they believe the state of the world is their evidence – homelessness, starvation and poverty. Disease, rape of women and children and death are clear evidence that the God of the Bible does not exist. What does this boil down to? What we are dealing with is what evil man has been dealing with since the fall of mankind; we do not understand the holiness of God in juxtaposition to the wickedness of man. Why can’t the atheist see the problems and the evils we are suffering are not God’s fault. God has given man free will to choose good or evil. Man has chosen evil, and the world is a cesspool because of it. How is God to blame for that? It is just as ridiculous as saying guns kill people. No they don’t! A gun does not have a mind of its own and cannot make choices. People firing the gun kills people.

So atheists being evil in their minds have concluded that God is a celestial bully, and we are harmless victims of His wrath. We don’t need Him; just do good to everyone, and everything will work out fine.

My conclusion is this, it is nearly impossible to be an effective atheist. Why? 1) You not only have to deny the existence of God, but you also have to effectively prove He is not real. No one in history has done that. The creation even without a voice screams God’s presence power and glory across the cosmos. 2) Our awareness of right and wrong clearly prove to all men that there is a moral lawgiver. To deny this truth is to be dishonest which all atheists are. 3) Denying that God exists with supposed secular compelling and educational rhetoric does not prove His non-existence. People deny the existence of the God of the Bible because He does not act like us and do our bidding on demand hence the sinful and emotional reaction of the atheist to conclude that the Judeo-Christian God of the universe is a monster- a devil.

 

I have come in my Father’s name, and you receive Me not. If another comes in his own name, him you will receive.

-John 5:43

What Is the Gap Theory?

 The Gap Theory is the idea that between Genesis 1:1-2 there was a gap in time - some believe millions or perhaps billions of years. The reason for this idea is because of one word, the word “and." The verses read, In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. And verse two, and the earth was without form and void and darkness covered the face the deep. And the Spirit of God was hovering over the face of the waters.

Tragically a false theology has been built on the one-word and. Proponents of the gap theory or gappists some call them, also have said that between these verses a cataclysm happened, a flood, Lucifer's flood as a result of him being kicked out of heaven. It is also believed this is when the dinosaurs died which resulted in all the fossils. This of course is impossible because if that were true, then you have death before sin entered into the world. Bible clearly teaches death is a result of sin (Romans 5:12).Also, why would God call what He created very good if disease, bloodshed and death had already occurred (Genesis 1:4,10,18,25,31)?

Gappists because of their misconception of a fall in verse two believe the word was means became. They also hold the erroneous view that the words formless and void are there to prove a catastrophe took place. The words formless and void in Hebrew are tohu and bohu. They mean the earth was unformed and unfilled, not that it was formless and void because of some prior destruction. God was dealing with a blank canvas and in six days He created the heavens and earth (i.e., the Universe). Gappists see verse one of Genesis as the creation and verse two as a re-creation because of their misinterpretation of the words formless and void.

This is how the word breaks everything down to disprove the gap theory. First, the word and in Hebrew at the beginning of verse two is either the letter W or V so it is spelled either waw or vav. It has several meanings: ‘and’, ‘but’, ‘now’ and ‘then’. And [(KJV) (waw)] the earth was without form and void (once again these words mean unformed and unfilled). The word and is a conjunction that according to a Grammarian by the name of Gesenius[i] (1786 – 1842) is what is called a ‘waw explicative’ which means serve to explain. It’s also described as ‘waw explanatory’ meaning verse two is explaining verse one – the earth was formless and void. The conjunction and at the beginning of verse two is not describing and undesignated period of time. If that were true, a verb would have followed the conjunction and making it a ‘waw consecutive’ instead of a ‘waw explicative’. The conjunction and in verse two is explicative because the noun earth follows it.

The word/conjunction and is a ‘waw consecutive’ in verses 3,6,9,14,20 and 24 because it connected to the verb said as in “and God said”… These verses clearly speak of time sequence. With each verse mentioned a new day occurs clearly indicating time is passing. In verse two there is no time elapsing between it and verse one. Again, verse two is describing the condition of the earth that God created in verse one – it was formless and void.

Another problem with the gap theory is that if the six days of creation are not actual 24-hour days but allegory or day-age, the Israelites / Hebrews would have never been able to keep the sabbath which was codified in the 10 commandments, “For in six days the Lord made the heavens and the earth, the sea, and all that is in them, and rested on the seventh day. Therefore, the Lord blessed the Sabbath day and hallowed it (Exodus 20:11). God set a pattern for His people that they were to work six days and the seventh day, the Sabbath rest.

The gap theory attempts to destroy the Biblical truth of a six-day creation. Secondly, it comes up with the erroneous idea that between Genesis 1:1 and verse 2 there was a gap of millions / billions of years which no one can prove from the Bible. Third, gappists view verse two as a re-creation instead of the initial creation. Verse two cannot be separated from verse one as I explained earlier.

The gap theory only makes sense if one is an evolutionist. Evolution in relation to the creation is an impossibility and illogical. The formula for evolution is nothing times nobody equals everything. Evolution says we have an effect without a cause which is impossible.

 

My salvation does not hinge upon a correct view of the creation, does it?

Some do not make a big deal on how the universe was formed. In other words, the creation narrative is not important to some. As long as they believe in Jesus that is all that matters right? Here’s where people can and do get into trouble. If one does not believe in Biblical creation truth and treat it as allegory and not historical, then you have compromised God’s word. If we compromise here, what else are we willing to compromise in holy scripture, the flood, the exodus of the Hebrews out of Egypt,  the reality of hell which Jesus taught (Mark 9:42-48)? Or the most important events in human history, the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ? Point being, if people are discounting the creation which is at the beginning of God’s revelation, why should anyone believe any portion of the Bible? All of scripture is true from Genesis to Revelation (Proverbs 30:5-6).

For more information on the Gap Theory vs Creation. I recommend this site: www.answersingenesis.org[ii]   

 

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[i] http://gloriouschurch.ning.com/profiles/blogs/the-waw-conjunctions-of

[ii] Also take a look at the 4-part book series Answers in Genesis. Ken Ham is the general editor