Atheism (the World is cruel argument)

"My argument against God was that the universe seemed so cruel and unjust. But how had I got this idea of 'just' and 'unjust'? A man does not call a line crooked unless he has some idea of a straight line. What was I comparing this universe with when I called it unjust? If the whole show was bad and senseless from A to Z, so to speak, why did I, who was supposed to be part of the show, find myself in such violent reaction against it? A man feels wet when he falls into water, because man is not a water animal; a fish would not feel wet. Of course, I could have given up my idea of justice by saying it was nothing but a private idea of my own. But if I did that, then my argument against God collapsed too- for the argument depended on saying that the world was really unjust, not simply that it did not happen to please my private fancies. Thus in the very act of trying to prove that God did not exist-in other words, that the whole of reality was senseless-I found I was forced to assume that one part of reality-namely my idea of justice- was full of sense. Consequently atheism turns out to be too simple. If the whole universe has no meaning, we should never have found out that it has no meaning; just as, if there were no light in the universe and therefore no creatures with eyes, we should never know it was dark. Dark would be without meaning."
-C.S. Lewis

Labels: Atheism, Bible, C.S. Lewis, God, Music Video

Alright! This Blog I am typing is one out of frustration and of sadness. I am so tired of hearing this name. I hear this name EVERYWHERE!! I hear it in chatrooms, I hear it on forums, on my friends blogs, and I even see it on friends profiles. This name strikes confusion on Christians, causes fear, and even keeps some old believers in rekindling there relationship with God. Who is this one person? His name is Richard Dawkins.

I feel almost at a lost when I recently googled this name. I feel angry not at what this man says about my God, but more angry that no one is doing ANYTHING!

I feel like David hearing Goliath threats to God’s armies. “Who is this!? Why is allowed to defy God?" And who is going to do anything about this? Why has the church allowed this man to say these things about our God!? Is anyone going to do anything about this!?

From what I understand many people have tried to stand up to this giant in today’s reality. They have tried to debate with him and lost. WHY!?!!

(please view the video)

Who is this man!? How can he say this about my God!!! Who does he think he is?! Why do the Christians fear this man!? So he is educated, he uses big words, he has gone to all the best schools. People listen to him.

You know what I don’t know much. I didn’t do well in school. I didn’t get the best grades. And if you have been following my blog you know that I don’t have the best grammar let alone the best vocabulary. But if no one else is going to stand up to this 21st century giant I will! My God has my words, God has my courage, God has my strength, and best of all God is one MY SIDE!

Psalm 144
1 Praise be to the LORD my Rock,
       who trains my hands for war,
       my fingers for battle.

2 He is my loving God and my fortress,
       my stronghold and my deliverer,
       my shield, in whom I take refuge,
       who subdues peoples [a] under me.

3 O LORD, what is man that you care for him,
       the son of man that you think of him?

4 Man is like a breath;
       his days are like a fleeting shadow.

5 Part your heavens, O LORD, and come down;
       touch the mountains, so that they smoke.

6 Send forth lightning and scatter {the enemies};
       shoot your arrows and rout them.

7 Reach down your hand from on high;
       deliver me and rescue me
       from the mighty waters,
       from the hands of foreigners

8 whose mouths are full of lies,
       whose right hands are deceitful.

9 I will sing a new song to you, O God;
       on the ten-stringed lyre I will make music to you,

10 to the One who gives victory to kings,
       who delivers his servant David from the deadly sword.

11 Deliver me and rescue me
       from the hands of foreigners
       whose mouths are full of lies,
       whose right hands are deceitful.

12 Then our sons in their youth
       will be like well-nurtured plants,
       and our daughters will be like pillars
       carved to adorn a palace.

13 Our barns will be filled
       with every kind of provision.
       Our sheep will increase by thousands,
       by tens of thousands in our fields;

14 our oxen will draw heavy loads.
       There will be no breaching of walls,
       no going into captivity,
       no cry of distress in our streets.

15 Blessed are the people of whom this is true;
       blessed are the people whose God is the LORD.

Labels: Atheism, Bible, God, religion, Richard Dawkins