Carry over thread that I liked:
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Trying an experiment & starting a thread on Atheism. Atheism is a worldview that, obviously, does not believe in the existence of God. Most Atheists, however, aren't familiar with their own worldview, which paints a drab, pointless, meaningless, existential existence. Thus, whenever they speak of
"good" and
"evil", they are borrowing, or smuggling in, from a Worldview (Christianity) they claim does not exist.
I will develop this thread as I have time and invite feedback and the points of view of other board members.
To start, here's a borrowed thread (the experiment--cutting/pasting from another board) from
Conservative Talk. Evon (farmgal) leads off, and some
IronDio fella (who is, purportedly a priest of some kind
), pipes in:
Atheist Group Blasts Postal Service for Mother Teresa Stamp
An atheist organization is blasting the U.S. Postal Service for its plan to honor Mother Teresa with a commemorative stamp, saying it violates postal regulations against honoring "individuals whose principal achievements are associated with religious undertakings."
]http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,584165,00.html[/url]
How any human being could line up against Mother Teresa is beyond understanding.
My point is, regarding pure atheistic thought, I could see how a human being, or group of human beings, could line up against Mother Theresa. They have to, in order to promote their Worldview. Postmodern deconstructionism seeks to tear down strongholds and that with which they cannot, mentally, deal with.
Their problem, as well as ours...is sin. And, in seeking to avoid dealing with their sin...their fallen-ness, they will lash out at others.
The curved line in the graphic above represents all the stuff (postmodern thought, Darwinian Evolution, Big Bang, atheism, intellectualism, humanism, reasoned arguments, etc.) that fallen man throws at God, in a futile attempt to marginalize and diminish religious thought as relevant within our culture. Bear this in mind...they are
desperate, and struggling with their own faith (atheism being a "faith"). The black dot...is man.
[blockquote]
Isaiah 55:8-98 "For my thoughts are not your thoughts,
neither are your ways my ways,"
declares the LORD.
9 "As the heavens are higher than the earth,
so are my ways higher than your ways
and my thoughts than your thoughts.[/blockquote]
I've read, used and pondered this verse of Scripture for a long time before I figured out the unit of measurement for the gap between God and ourselves: it's
Holiness:
More to follow...