If there is the slightest possibility of God existing and that He has sent His only begotten Son Jesus to be your savior from your transgressions, wouldn’t it be wise to investigate it for yourself?
Atheism’s First of Five Commandments - Suppress the Truth
Atheists think that if they could just get everyone who believes in God to not do so or to at least say that they do not do so just to appease them, that they (the atheist) would be able to not think about God. This not thinking about God however is impossible for anyone to do because God has wired us to think about Him. Atheists go to great lengths to get God out of their life. They go to such great lengths that they ignore the abundance of evidence all around which points to God. Atheists’ trying to not think about God and ignoring the evidence of God is their number one commandment: Suppress the Truth
“The wrath of God is being revealed from heaven against all the godlessness and wickedness of men who suppress the truth by their wickedness, since what may be known about God is plain to them, because God has made it plain to them.” (Romans 1:18 - 19)
How do Atheists Suppress the Truth?
Over the years it has increased so much that now it’s in the news almost daily –actions taken by atheists to halt Christians from expressing their love of Christ Jesus and suppression of Christ Jesus’ death on a cross to fully pay for our sins. Do a Google Search on “Atheists Sue” and you’ll get a count of ~ 2,880,000 links discussing atheists wanting to suppress the truth.
From their wanting the Christian Cross removed from the 9/11 Memorial to suing Arkansas over bus ads and Pennsylvania for declaring 2012 the “Year of the Bible” to suing over a “Heaven” street sign, suing to remove a Jesus statue, suing to stop prayers, and suing to remove the “Ten Commandments” from view, and “In God We Trust” from U.S.A. currency, atheists are by far reaching out more today to suppress the truth than ever before.
Take for example the following suppressing the truth that happened recently by the Freedom from Religion Foundation (a fervent atheist religious group from Madison, WI): (1)
According to the Freedom from Religion Foundation, atheists have a right never to be offended by anything religious… and the rest of us who don’t practice the religion of Atheism, have a right to adjust our lives to ensure that we don’t harm their delicate atheistic feelings.
Sounds fair enough doesn’t it? Everyone who practices a religion other than Atheism must adjust their lives to ensure that no atheist is harmed by religious practices other than Atheism.
Here is the sequence of events that took place involving the Freedom from Religion Foundation and some florists:
Jessica Ahlquist, a 16 year old student and atheist in Rhode Island, sued her school district over a banner that she found overly religious and offensive.
The Freedom from Religion Foundation supported Jessica Ahlquist’s effort but wasn’t involved in the lawsuit.
Early in January 2012, District Court Judge Ronald Lagueux ruled in Ms. Ahlquist’s favor that the banner had to be removed.
The Freedom from Religion Foundation tried to send Ahlquist flowers to congratulate Ms. Ahlquist on her victory, but three separate florists refused to take the order placed by the Freedom from Religion Foundation because the atheists told the florists that the florists would need police escorts and personal protection to deliver the flowers to Ms Ahlquist.
The atheist religious group Freedom from Religion Foundation is now planning to sue the florists.
These atheists are adamant when it comes to their atheistic religious belief in this mythical idea of Freedom from Religion. But when it comes to the florists rights, somehow these atheists’ religious belief doesn’t allow Freedom from the Freedom from Religion Foundation. Note how consistent and tolerant the religion of Atheism is, NOT.
Another recent example of suppressing the truth comes from an atheist religious group named American Atheists. The atheist religious group, American Atheists sued over the inclusion of cross-shaped steel beams, dubbed the "World Trade Center Cross," in the exhibit at the National September 11th Memorial and Museum. (2)
The “World Trade Center Cross is a cross-shaped steel beam found amid the wreckage in the days following the Sept. 11 terrorist attack was a symbol of hope for many working on rescue and recovery there, so much so that the construction worker who discovered it believes he stumbled on to a miracle. (3)
The man who found the cross, Frank Silecchia, said he came across it on the morning of Sept. 13, 2011, after digging three bodies out from the rubble of the collapsed Twin Towers.
Silecchia believes that the World Trade Center cross is "not just a symbol of faith, but also a symbol of our freedom." He also views the cross as a natural artifact from the Ground Zero site. (2)
But Jane Everhart the communications director for the New York chapter of American Atheists who said she was traumatized by the events of 9/11 that she personally saw and experienced while there during attacks, said that she would not be able to visit the Memorial Museum as long as the cross is included in the exhibit, and derided the cross as nothing more than "ugly piece of wreckage" that "does not represent anything … but horror and death.". (2) Note again how consistent and tolerant the religion of Atheism is to others viewpoints, NOT.
Why do Atheists want to Suppress the Truth?
Atheists want to suppress the truth because they do not want to think about God and because they don’t want anything to remind them about God, atheists want all religious symbols (especially Christian symbols like the Cross) out of their view. Atheists want to suppress the truth because they choose to suppress the truth since the truth offends them and they find it foolish that we Christians preach the truth about Christ Jesus, His death on the cross and His rising from death. 1 Corinthians 1:23
As Paganus on Yahoo Answers declares in regard to the Christian Cross:
“I don’t fear it. It merely offends me. Why do Jews fear the swastika? It is the same thing.” (4)
"There is no fear of God before their [atheist] eyes." Romans 3:18 ESV
Obviously Pangnus has either no clue as to what the Christian Cross really means because Pangnus chose not to study about it or Pangnus has decided to suppress the truth about what the Christian Cross really stands for in civilization. Either way, it is clear that Pangnus at this time in life chooses to suppress the truth about the Christian Cross.
Pangnus as most atheists suppresses the truth about Christ Jesus and His death on the cross. Christ Jesus’ death on the cross is the means in which your and my wrong doings (sins) are fully paid. Through Christ Jesus’ suffering and death on the cross, He fully paid the debt of death you and I owe to God for all of the sins we have done. “For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.” Romans 6:23
Pangnus’ equivalence of the Christian Cross to a WWII German swastika is totally and diametrically inaccurate. The Christian Cross is a symbol of hope with a future and eternal life in paradise with God. While the WWII German swastika is a symbol of despair, death, and destruction. For anyone to equate the Christian Cross with a WWII German swastika is fully someone suppressing the truth.
“To whom can I speak and give warning? Who will listen to me? Their ears are closed so they cannot hear. The word of the LORD is offensive to them; they find no pleasure in it.” Jeremiah 6:10 NIV
And, as Lost Avenger states his desire is as a disciple of the atheist religion: (4)
“BECAUSE WE JUST WANT TO PISS OFF CHRISTIANS...”
“Because of this, God in his wisdom said, 'I will send them prophets and apostles, some of whom they will kill and others they will persecute.'” Luke 11:49 TNIV
Jesus said; “Remember the word that I said unto you: `The servant is not greater than his lord.' If they have persecuted Me, they will also persecute you; if they have kept My saying, they will keep yours also.” John 15:20 TMB
“But [atheists] I know what kind of people you are, and I know that you have no love for God in your hearts.” John 5:42 GNT
Why Atheists Think about God
Atheists think that if they could just get everyone who believes in God to not do so or to at least say that they do not do so just to appease them, that they (the atheists) would be able to not think about God. Atheists also think that if they were able to suppress any and all religious symbols that remind them of God, that they will be able to not think of God.
Basically and simply put, atheists think that if they can fully suppress the truth and control those people who want truth known; that they the atheists will be able to stop their thinking about God. Yet, not thinking about God is impossible for anyone to do because God has wired each of us to think about not only Him but also to think about eternal life.
“The wrath of God is being revealed from heaven against all the godlessness and wickedness of men and women who suppress the truth by their wickedness, since what may be known about God is plain to them, because God has made it plain to them. For since the creation of the world God's invisible qualities [i.e., laws of gravity, logic, physics, mathematics, etc.] —his eternal power [i.e., vast size of the universe and vast life forms] and divine nature [i.e., moral laws, love, mercy, and grace] —have been clearly seen, being understood from what has been made, so that men are without excuse.” Romans 1:16-20 NIV
You have trusted in your wickedness and have said, 'No one sees me.' Your wisdom and knowledge mislead you when you say to yourself, 'I am, and there is none besides me.'
This is an evil in all that is done under the sun, that there is one fate for all men. Furthermore, the hearts of the sons of men are full of evil and insanity is in their hearts throughout their lives. Afterwards they go to the dead.
For though they knew God, they did not glorify Him as God or show gratitude. Instead, their thinking became nonsense, and their senseless minds were darkened.
End of part two - The Five Commandments of Atheism
My Encounter with “The God Delusion” and how it changed my life.
This is the story of how reading Richard Dawkins’ book, “The God Delusion” changed my life. As I was reading it, with each passing sentence I felt my faith growing stronger my in God’s promises. Each passing paragraph was prompting me to evangelism of the Gospel of Christ Jesus to atheists.
The story actually begins back in the late 70s when I was 18 years old. It will continue until the time which God has allotted for me to be on this earth ends.
My Arguing with God one Night
One night when I was 18 years old after taking more than half a bottle of over the counter sleeping pills, I lay wide awake in bed all night not being able to close my eyes for more than a few seconds at a time. God told me that I was going to be an evangelist spreading the Gospel of Jesus Christ to thousands of people and point them to the truth of His love for them. I started arguing with God. I told Him that there’s no way that I’m going to do that because if I did that, that I’d be a huge hypocrite. God told me again that I would be and evangelist pointing people to Him and again I told Him that I would not be. (Proverbs 17:19)
I knew of and actually ran around with a preacher who was in secrete living the same lies I was and I first hand saw his hypocrisy. We would compete for the same women, drink the same alcohol, and smoke the same pot. There was no way that I wanted to be that much of a hypocrite. I remember asking him about how could he preach in the pulpit and do what he was doing and not feel that it was wrong. He told me that it was easy because he didn’t preach against what he was doing.
Nonetheless in reality, he was doing the exact same think I was, saying that he was a Christian yet not letting God lead his life and going against God’s teachings and living a life of lies. Thus this preacher’s hypocrisy was the same as mine. He was not asking forgiveness and was planning sinful actions and not following Christ Jesus’ teachings yet he was supposedly teaching Christ Jesus’ instructions and saying that he was a Christian. (Psalm 59:12)
So I continued to knowingly do what I knew was wrong and knowingly not do what I knew was correct and ignored God as often as I could which was most all the time because I had become very good at deluding the truth to myself and to others. And I didn’t evangelize to anyone the good news of Christ Jesus because I didn’t care enough about anyone else other than myself and what I wanted.
I Bought and Read Richard Dawkins’ book, “The God Delusion”
It wasn’t until I was in my mid 30s that I admitted the truth to myself and to God that I was a liar and had not been following Christ Jesus even though I had been saying that I was a Christian. I confessed to God that I should not be acting as I was because I know the truth and asked God for forgiveness and through the loving gift of His only begotten Son Jesus’ death on a cross and resurrection, God forgives me because I repented of and repent of the sins I commit (Romans 5:8 ). At that time I also started allowing God to lead me in life instead of just doing things on my own. And although I’m still not perfect I allow God to lead me and guide me. (2 Samuel 22:31)
One day not long after “The God Delusion” was published, I was in a book store and was strongly compelled to get it. So I bought it and I started reading it. As I read it, I realized that even though I had not done much study of the Bible, that what Richard Dawkins had written was way off from what the Bible actually had written in it. I also noticed that Richard Dawkins has a habit of stating something as fact when there is no evidence of it at all. As I continued to read “The God Delusion” I couldn’t help but realize that Richard Dawkins was attacking straw men he made up and was stating that this is was God and Christianity was all about. The more I read “The God Delusion” the more I was compelled to do something to correct all of the erroneous teachings about God and Christ Jesus that Richard Dawkins had written. (2 John 1:7; 2 Peter 2:3)
It was at this point in my mid-forties that I remembered and realized that what God had told me when I was 18 about me being an evangelist for Him was going to actually happen. God had not told me that sometime in the future I would be an evangelist for Him. God just told me when I was 18 that I would be an evangelist for Him. I knew now as I read “The God Delusion” that just as God had told me when I was 18 that I would not be a hypocrite being an evangelist for God because unlike when God first told me what I would be doing for Him, I now let Him lead me in life and I fully trust Him. (James 3:1)
My evangelism of the Gospel of Christ Jesus thus started because of Richard Dawkins’ book, “The God Delusion” and reading “The God Delusion” also was when I started studying the Bible and evidence supporting it. The more I read the Bible and study it and learn more about it and am asked to answer questions about it, the more the Bible stands as solid evidence that it came from God to us so that we can learn of His great love for us. (Romans 5:8)
The Onus is On You, Not Me
I’ve learned over the last four years that many atheists do not read anything which goes against their religion of Atheism. I guess many atheists feel threatened reading books by Ravi Zacharias, Lee Strobel, Antony Flew, C. S. Lewis, and others who were once atheist but during an honest search for truth let the evidence lead them to the truth; Christ Jesus is God and He exists. I also learned over these years that many atheists think that followers of Christ Jesus are afraid to actually test their faith in Christ Jesus. These atheists falsely believe that followers of Christ Jesus have a blind faith. Well, in reality followers of Christ Jesus are actually taught to test and examine ourselves to see if we are actually in the faith. (2 Corinthians 13:5) This teaching is why I read Richard Dawkins’ book among many other secular writings.
If you are an atheist who is about to contact me about it being my burden of proof to prove to you God’s existence, don’t because that’s not how it works. Your apathy of knowing absolute truth is not my burden to bear. It is up to you to choose for yourself to take responsibility for yourself to seek to find, know and accept absolute truth or not and it is not up to me or anyone else to choose for you nor is it up to me or anyone else to give to you the proof you need. The proof you want (if you honestly want it) of God’s existence is the proof you need and only you and God know what that is, not me nor anyone else knows but you and God.
Actually Reading “The God Delusion”
During my reading of The God Delusion, I could hardly believe that anyone could have placed their faith in such absurdity as what Dawkins wrote let alone that someone with supposedly a great academic background as Dawkins wrote so poorly and had such an illusory imagination which he passes off as reality that some people actually believe is reality. As I was reading it what kept coming to my mind was, “Wow, how is this is a bestselling book?” If it wasn’t for the book being in the non-fiction section of the bookstore where I got it I would have thought it was a very poorly written science fiction writing with a very lame plot that could never become a B movie or a local cable TV show. Yet in reality I knew it was and is a very poorly written science fiction writing being called “science” used as bait by Richard Dawkins to lure and catch his prey; those who choose to not clearly think for themselves.
Basically Richard Dawkins’ evangelism of Atheism is his sole purpose for the book. It is my assumption that many followers of the religion of Atheism will not complete reading this first article let alone the series of articles on Richard Dawkins’ book because they are choosing to be limited in their thinking and staying in their little box. These atheists following the religion of Atheism cannot think outside the little box that they have placed themselves into. These atheists are so far deluded into the Richard Dawkins Delusion that they may never be bright enough to actually read anything that is in opposition to their religion of Atheism. These atheists thus choose to give up their own will to clearly think for themselves just to faithfully follow the likes of Richard Dawkins’ musings as absolute truth. These atheists following the religion of Atheism are like the ones who actually allow and find reverence in censorship of anything that is against their teachings such as that on the RichardDawkins.net forums which prohibit all discussions which are against their religion of Atheism. These are the atheists who are so limited in their thinking that many of them cannot get out of the Pandora’s box they’ve placed themselves into and honestly without bias read something that goes against their religion of Atheism. These atheists are afraid to actually test their faith in Atheism.
How to not fall prey to the likes of Richard Dawkins
But realize this, that in the last days difficult times will come. For men will be lovers of self, lovers of money, boastful, arrogant, revilers, disobedient to parents, ungrateful, unholy, unloving, irreconcilable, malicious gossips, without self-control, brutal, haters of good, treacherous, reckless, conceited, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God, holding to a form of godliness, although they have denied its power; Avoid such men as these. For among them are those who enter into households and captivate weak women weighed down with sins, led on by various impulses, always learning and never able to come to the knowledge of the truth. (2 Timothy 3:1-7)
There are people in the world like Richard Dawkins and his gods Carl Sagan, Stephen Hawking, and Steven Weinberg, who take great care to distort the truth and insert their own delusion and misrepresentations in place of the truth. (2 Peter 2:1-3) All the while Richard Dawkins and the like find amusement in their power positions with their advanced degrees using illogical pretense to persuade people into thinking that their supremacy is absolute truth all the while stating that they are onto something new beyond anything ever conceived of before by anyone ever in all of written history. Richard Dawkins thinks he is above the average man in his understanding of God’s existence and thus uses his inelegant writing skills to hunt down and mislead people who trust his word because he has such “enlightenment,” degrees, and credentials. (Psalms 146:3)
The Richard Dawkins category of person make prey of those people who are not inclined to personally research the powerful evidence of God’s true existence nor are they willing to forgo their lusts for satisfying their own selfish desires. (Galatians 5:19-21) The prey of Richard Dawkins are also delusional because they do not use their own wisdom to truly research both sides as they use their free will to purposefully choose to hear what satisfies their ambition to do whatever they want to do and call it truth. (James 3:13-16)
Richard Dawkins and others like him arrogantly feed their prey what they want to hear thus elevating him to “god” status in his and their minds as the prey he feeds wants more to quench their thirst for self-gratification and hunger for unlimited lack of taking personal responsibility for their deeds. (2 Peter 2:17-19) Richard Dawkins and those like him are great deceivers who are most able and willing to delude their prey with partial truths, misrepresentations, elegant writings and witty statements all the while as they are preaching about the atheist faith and religious practices of Atheism as if they are on to something anew. (Matthew 7:15)
Richard Dawkins, I believe has less faith in his atheist religion of Atheism that God does not exist and more conviction than he wants to admit in that God does indeed exist. (Hebrews 11:1-3) Richard Dawkins is truly delusional in his quest of persuading his prey to sacrifice him or herself to the atheist faith and that he, Richard Dawkins is the beholder of absolute truth in God’s nonexistence and thus entices his prey to spread his word of guile against God. (Titus 1:10) Richard Dawkins maintains that he is a god of enlightenment and wants his prey to believe it too so to help him better his hunger for supremacy over those who give him sovereignty over them so to try and overcome the conviction he has of the absolute existence of God. (Romans 14:22)
Caution to those who fall prey to Richard Dawkins and his kind. Do not take his word for the truth. Start your own research and find the truth for it is there for you to find and accept. Open your minds to more than Richard Dawkins’ heresy through his droll assertions, clever remarks, shadowy charisma and tainted details which at first take seems founded and reasonable but if honestly thought about and researched is discovered to be pure deception. (2 Corinthians 11:14) Respect goes to those who seek out and find the truth that don’t fall prey to deceitful people. (Romans 12:17)
Two Outcomes and only Two Outcomes Exist
It would be a shame if I have offended any atheist at this point so to have an atheist quit reading this article because it is well known that many atheists do not want to get anywhere near absolute truth and have an abnormally thin wall of respect for anyone thinking differently than they do because they think that they are so much more enlightened than Christians. (Proverbs 18:13) Tolerance is what they preach but intolerance is in their actions. (1 Samuel 2:3) My challenge to the atheist is to test your atheist faith and continue reading this series of articles if you think God does not exist. (Colossians 2:4)
Remember, only two ultimate outcomes exist after you finish reading this series of articles. You will either keep your mind closed, continue to believe that God does not exist and not do any research of your own to test your atheist faith or you will test your atheist faith, open your mind and truly research the existence of God for yourself and make your choice of faith based because of your knowledge and understanding of all the facts about God and not just because someone told you something. (2 Peter 1:5-8) For is it not better to truly know something because you yourself, have honestly researched both sides of the issue for yourself and know the facts from fiction, the reality from delusion and not just have taken someone else’s word for something you pronounce as your beliefs and have put your total faith in and wager your eternal life on? (John 3:16)
Don’t fall prey to the kinds of Richard Dawkins. Continue to read this series of articles and do your own research into God’s existence. The day will come that your choice will really matter. Don’t let your day come with you not properly prepared for your eternal life. (Romans 6:23)
Religion versus God
As stated above, Richard Dawkins in his book, The God Delusion, made much hype in his writing in mistaking religious practice with something to do with God’s existence. (James 1:26) God exists regardless of religion. (Genesis 1:1) Richard Dawkins’ error goes along with his character flaw in that he knows in bringing up various religious practices in dissimilar religions, he can better persuade people to follow him due to some of the absurd religious rituals and the bewildered hordes who practice them. (2 Timothy 4:3) Richard Dawkins knows that he can persuade his prey to believe in him by bringing up the absurdities of these ridiculous religious practices and the misuses and abuses that have come about due to the selfish nature of mankind.
Richard Dawkins knows that some of the ridiculous religious practices and beliefs were declared to be Christian in nature but were far from being based on the absolute one and only God of the Holy Bible and do not follow Christ Jesus’ teachings. Just as in Richard Dawkins’ deceitful teachings with cunning elegant words and phony etiquette, these bogus religions had godless leaders say that they were/are teaching as Christians and that they were following Jesus Christ yet they were not Christians and they were perverted through their vanity, greed, sexual perversions and hunger for power. (2 Peter 2:17-19) These godless leaders full of charisma distort the Holy Bible to contort into their own religious teachings with strategy to reign over their followers and encourage their followers with empty promises that the followers want to hear as they resolve in their own conceited desires. These depraved godless leaders create cult followers of their prey who carry out religious orders for whatever the godless leader requests. This following allows for the “Jim Jones” type community which has played itself out over and over again in various degrees throughout history.[1]
Richard Dawkins knows that in bringing up religion, he can cite a variety of examples that display non-Christian religious practice falsely being said to be Christian being lead through godless leaders throughout history as described above to make his case against God’s existence. You must understand that in these non-Christian religious practices the one true God does not exist in their teachings even though they may say He is, they are as deceitful as Richard Dawkins himself, set out to do their own bidding and teaching their own prophecy. (1 John 2:22) Richard Dawkins knows however that regardless of perverted or not religious practices of anyone anywhere at any time that this does not prove that God does not exist. It only proves that people everywhere can be duped into following false doctrine (including Atheism) and need to seek and find the truth for themselves and know that beyond any religion practice only one true God exists and that is the God described in the Old and New Testaments of the Holy Bible.
Mankind’s Sinful Nature versus God
Richard Dawkins knows that mankind has a sinful nature and that we do not want to follow the word of God. (Romans 7:5) He also knows that our sinful nature can and has corrupted leaders in all ages throughout history due to the powerful positions held and the greediness of some leaders to take advantage of a given situation when the timing is right to do so.
Richard Dawkins knows that some of these leaders corrupted through their greed of money, others through their lusts of sex while others desired influence over people and still others like Richard Dawkins, have voracity and aspiration for ultimate supremacy. Richard Dawkins knows that by bringing up in his fetid writings the Christian leaders who have fallen to their sinful nature that he can persuade some people to think that these Christian leaders falling gives reason that God does not exist. Richard Dawkins knows his prey will believe him and thus get him that much closer to satisfying his hunger and reaching his ambition for ultimate supremacy.
There are Christian leaders who have fallen to temptation. (Luke 8:13) No one is beyond the right temptation without accepting the strength of God to help them overcome. (Isaiah 12:2) It is truly a shame for Christian leaders to fall as there are so many avenues to which they could have held fast so to gain strength against their temptations and not fall prey to temptation if they had just deepened their faith in God and had gone to the Elders in their church instead of relying solely on their own strength simply to find themselves bowing to their own will and into temptation. (2 Peter 2:9) Richard Dawkins knows but will not admit regardless the number of fallen Christian leaders, only one true God exists and that is the God described in the Old and New Testaments of the Holy Bible.
One’s Religious Experience versus God
Richard Dawkins knows that one’s own personal religious participation, experiences and observations from childhood through adolescence to adulthood directly correlate to one’s belief in God. Take in comparison Richard Dawkins and my personal religious participation, experiences and observations. Richard Dawkins in his childhood made “sport” of disrepute and sidetracking his chaplain away from the teachings about God at his school while in contrast I was actively involved and enjoyed the scriptural teachings being taught and respected the people teaching me about God.
Through adolescence, Richard Dawkins I’m sure kept to his “sport” and closed his mind even more to Biblical teachings to become today the self-proclaimed god of Atheism disciple he is as an adult while I kept my mind open and even though I made some poor choices along the way, I knew from my childhood Biblical teachings that God existed and that He was there for me during the low times giving me strength to get through my poor choices to become the person I am today writing a series of articles to show how delusional Richard Dawkins is in his saying that God does not exist.
The observations made throughout our lifetimes have also made vast differences between Richard Dawkins and me. Richard Dawkins we know through his writings that he sees and longs to focus on the darker side of things and that he takes out of context the facts within the Bible so to distort them into what he wants them to say in his quest for his own supremacy over his prey while I stick to the facts, seek the light and give all the glory to God. These stark contrasts in religious participation, experiences and observations throughout our lives developed two very different outcomes; Richard Dawkins and his claims that there is no God preying on those who will worship him and me knowing that God exists and spreading the good news for all who will hear will open their minds and do an honest seeking of the truth for themselves. (Romans 10:16)
Richard Dawkins knows that he can use one’s own personal religious participation, experiences and observations to persuade his prey to believe in him because his prey is often someone who has encountered the bogus religious practices, the sinfulness of mankind, the charisma of a godless proclaimed Christian leader, or a Christian leader which has fallen to which Richard Dawkins proclaims proves beyond a doubt that God does not exist. Richard Dawkins knows that his prey merely takes him at his word and fails to use their own wisdom to research God’s existence beyond Dawkins’ word. Richard Dawkins knows his prey progressively selects to do what satisfies their laziness in not doing any of their own research to know the truth and that his prey will make him their supreme voice of truth thus duped that they in reading his word are enlightened in truth. (2 Timothy 3:1-5) Richard Dawkins also knows although he will not admit it, that God exists regardless of anyone’s past or present religious experience.
Trials and Tribulations versus God
Everyone has to go through trials and tribulations here on earth and all people experience at some point in their life trials and tribulations that will be of a religious nature. A shame is that many of people per a past or current negative religious experience go through their trials and tribulations giving up their own character instead of growing it, disregarding their freedom instead of using it, not using their own voice to call out fallacies and so fall prey to likes of Richard Dawkins whilst cursing God instead of calling on God to provide them strength to persevere. (Jeremiah 17-5)
Trials and tribulations that we all experience build up or tear down our character dependent upon how we handle them. Without trials and tribulations, no one would grow stronger in one’s character. If everything was always going our way, there would be no challenges and problems of any kind for us to figure out and solve, nothing for us to discover, nothing for us to overcome and go beyond, and nothing to build our characters stronger than it was before the trials and tribulations came upon us. With no trials and tribulations we could not cope with life on earth because mankind needs these to survive. No matter how large or small, all trials and tribulations we experience in our life are needed to help us go beyond our selfish self and to reach out to others in love and can help us find God. (Matthew 7:14) Christians are promised trials and tribulations while here on earth. (James 1:2-16) Christians are taught to have faith that God will always give us what we need and that He will give us strength to persevere through the trials and tribulations before us to endure. (Romans 5:1-5)
Richard Dawkins knows that he can use people’s trials and tribulations to persuade his prey into believing in his word and have them follow him through his erroneously illuminating his prey that if there really was a God that we would not have trials and tribulations to endure. What Richard Dawkins is unlikely to admit is that he knows God exists regardless of anyone’s trials and tribulations and in fact that God wants us to call upon Him for strength and endurance to get through the trials and tribulations and thus bolster our character through them and build our faith in God.
Anyone who has actually read the Bible knows that trials and tribulations are guaranteed to happen here within this fallen world for everyone; both dammed and saved. For example, we are informed by God in the Bible Acts 14:22 that; “strengthening the souls of the disciples, exhorting them to continue in the faith, and saying, "We must through many tribulations enter the kingdom of God." “And not only that, but we also glory in tribulations, knowing that tribulation produces perseverance;” Romans 5:3
End of Part One
In part two I will go more into Richard Dawkins’ rants which he wrote in his book, “The God Delusion” which brought me to actually have more faith in Christ Jesus and to evangelize the Gospel of Christ Jesus and helped me discover the Five Commandments of Atheism that all atheists follow.
This is the first of a six part series of articles that discuss the Five Commandments of Atheism. In this series of articles, you will be exposed to the religion of Atheism’s commandments and how they each came about. (Romans 1:16-17)
For over four years I have been studying the religion of Atheism. During this time, I have found that there are five clear aspects of Atheism which all atheists follow. I call these five characteristics, “The Five Commandments of Atheism.” This first article is an introduction of The Five Commandments of Atheism. In the subsequent articles I will expound upon each of the five commandments of Atheism.
Yes, atheists have a set of five commandments that they follow. Like all religions there’s a code of conduct within the atheist religion, Atheism. Just as not every Christian follows the ten commandments to perfection, not every atheist follows their five commandments to perfection. Given enough time as a person continues to practice atheism however, the majority of atheists ensue each one more faithfully the longer they continue to denounce God. (Isaiah 47:10)
Many atheists do not even know that there is a set of five atheist commandments that they follow yet they follow them just the same. Atheists are able to follow the atheist commandments so well because they do their best to exclude God from their life in each and every way that they can. With their continuing efforts of exclusion of God from their life, atheists live out each of the five atheist commandments.
Atheism’s Five Commandments
Atheists think that if they could just get everyone who believes in God to not do so or to at least say that they do not do so just to appease them, that they (the atheist) would be able to not think about God. This not thinking about God however is impossible for anyone to do because God has wired us to think about Him. Atheists go to great lengths to get God out of their life. They go to such great lengths that they ignore the abundance of evidence all around which points to God. Atheists’ trying to not think about God and ignoring the evidence of God is their number one commandment: Suppress the Truth (Romans 1:18)
In their suppressing the truth atheists have come up with some of the stupidest things to think about to divert their thoughts about God. Things like Darwinism and its little whooping cranes Richard Dawkins is so fond of for example. Being a topic that has no factual supporting evidence whatsoever, Darwinism demands the likes of Richard Dawkins in his book, “The God Delusion” to ramble along with his musings, misquotes, half facts, and not to mention the “multitudes of infusions of sheer luck” to just keep Darwinism from going the way of the dodo bird. An atheist’s effort to suppress the truth with such vigor takes a great deal of time and thought and brings us to the atheist’s second commandment: Futile Thinking (Romans 1:21)
With their efforts to suppress the truth through futile thinking, a lot of atheistic competition takes place amongst the stated atheists who are supposedly smarter than the average atheist and in their mind, and holding that they are also in their minds compared to a Christian, an absolute genius. The atheistic competition between the atheist elites to become “the one” who can best come up with more ways to suppress the truth through futile thinking has created a small set of atheist gurus who have a huge following of atheists and extremely huge overbearing egos such as Richard Dawkins. Atheists like Richard Dawkins and his kind are placed on pedestals in deity status by mere atheists. Richard Dawkins and his kind accept and live for this divinity recognition. Richard Dawkins and his kind along with the atheist holiest being of all to the religion of atheism, Charles Darwin, brings us to the third atheist commandment: Idolatry of anything other than the one true God of all Creation (Romans 1:22-25)
The fourth atheist commandment is one that not all atheists adhere to but if they are a true atheist can have nothing against anyone from doing anything someone chooses to do or not do. The fourth atheist commandment is applicable to telling the truth and other moral matters like rape and murder. A true atheist states that no absolute objective grounds exists against lying, sex outside of marriage, murder, slander, pornography, stealing, murder, rape, etc. Atheists already suppress the truth; lying. Atheists are often not against marriage but most are okay with a man and woman living together and sexual relations outside of marriage. Atheists are also often pro-choice for abortion; murder. Most atheists are okay with slander as long as the slander is pointed at someone who follows Christ Jesus. Again, the fourth atheist commandment is one which is not fully followed by all atheists but given enough time and if the person holds himself or herself as a true atheist as outlined by Friedrich Nietzsche, there is no absolute objective standard for morality thus all is mere choice and opinion. The fourth atheist commandment is: Immorality (Romans 1:26-27)
Atheists suppressing the truth through their futile thinking while worshiping their idols like Richard Dawkins and Stephen Hawking, living an immoral life by evangelizing their atheist diarrhea gives way to the fifth and most consistent atheist commandment. The fifth atheist commandment strikes each and every atheist each time that they open their mouth to spew their diarrhea at someone who does believe in God. When an atheist tries to persuade someone to not believe in God using their suppressed truth, futile thinking, idolatry ridden immoral diarrhea, they have directly opened up and have shown the world their fifth commandment: Insanity (Romans 1:28-32) (Ecclesiastes 9:3)
You have trusted in your wickedness and have said, 'No one sees me.' Your wisdom and knowledge mislead you when you say to yourself, 'I am, and there is none besides me.'
16I am not ashamed of the gospel, because it is the power of God for the salvation of everyone who believes: first for the Jew, then for the Gentile.
17For in the gospel a righteousness from God is revealed, a righteousness that is by faith from first to last, just as it is written: "The righteous will live by faith."
18The wrath of God is being revealed from heaven against all the godlessness and wickedness of men who suppress the truth by their wickedness, 19since what may be known about God is plain to them, because God has made it plain to them.
20For since the creation of the world God's invisible qualities—his eternal power and divine nature—have been clearly seen, being understood from what has been made, so that men are without excuse.
21For although they knew God, they neither glorified him as God nor gave thanks to him, but their thinking became futile and their foolish hearts were darkened. 22Although they claimed to be wise, they became fools 23and exchanged the glory of the immortal God for images made to look like mortal man and birds and animals and reptiles.
24Therefore God gave them over in the sinful desires of their hearts to sexual impurity for the degrading of their bodies with one another.
25They exchanged the truth of God for a lie, and worshiped and served created things rather than the Creator—who is forever praised. Amen.
26Because of this, God gave them over to shameful lusts. Even their women exchanged natural relations for unnatural ones.
27In the same way the men also abandoned natural relations with women and were inflamed with lust for one another. Men committed indecent acts with other men, and received in themselves the due penalty for their perversion.
28Furthermore, since they did not think it worthwhile to retain the knowledge of God, he gave them over to a depraved mind, to do what ought not to be done.
29They have become filled with every kind of wickedness, evil, greed and depravity. They are full of envy, murder, strife, deceit and malice. They are gossips,
30slanderers, God-haters, insolent, arrogant and boastful; they invent ways of doing evil; they disobey their parents;
31they are senseless, faithless, heartless, ruthless.
32Although they know God's righteous decree that those who do such things deserve death, they not only continue to do these very things but also approve of those who practice them.
This is an evil in all that is done under the sun, that there is one fate for all men. Furthermore, the hearts of the sons of men are full of evil and insanity is in their hearts throughout their lives. Afterwards they go to the dead.
End of part one - The Five Commandments of Atheism
Insecurity is a feeling of general unease or nervousness that may be triggered by perceiving of oneself to be vulnerable in some way, or a sense of vulnerability or instability which threatens one's self-image or ego. Insecurity may help to cause shyness, paranoia and social withdrawal, or alternatively it may encourage compensatory behaviors such as arrogance, aggression, or bullying, in some cases. As insecurity can be distressing and feel threatening to the psyche, it can often be accompanied by a controlling personality type or avoidance, as psychological defense mechanisms. (1)
Over the last four years from my personally talking with hundreds of atheists via Twitter, YouTube, and blogs; it is very clear that atheists are emotionally insecure. From reading atheist tweets and blogs and from watching atheist YouTube videos it is very clear that atheists are emotionally insecure.
What causes an Atheist to be Emotionally Insecure?
Atheists are emotionally insecure and being insecure atheists want to feel better about themselves and thus atheists insult those people who do not accept their belief that God does not exist because deep inside they know God really does exist. Their knowing God exists and yet their self-denying God’s existence causes a guilty feeling inside the atheist thus causes the atheist to be emotionally insecure.
How does an Atheist’s Emotional Insecurity Display Itself?
As stated in WikiPedia.org, emotional insecurity displays itself through compensatory behaviors such as arrogance, aggression, or bullying and can often be accompanied by a controlling personality type. It is through each of these behaviors with which an atheist’s emotional insecurity displays itself as can be easily found on Twitter, YouTube, and atheist blogs. Thus to feel better about themselves, atheists display their emotional insecurity through compensatory behaviors such as arrogance, aggression, and bullying and by trying to control those people who do not accept their belief that God does not exist. Most atheists turn to verbal abuse as displayed in their Tweets, blogs, and YouTube videos.
Verbal abuse is a bullying tactic. Verbal abuse is best described as an ongoing emotional environment organized by the abuser (atheists in this case) for the purposes of control. The control atheists want when talking with Christians is emotional control over the Christian. Turning to bullying and insults, the atheist tries to take the conversation away from facts and make it an emotional display for them and their atheist friends can feel better about themselves. With verbal abuse consisting of insults and slurs against Christ Jesus and the follower of Christ Jesus, the atheist sets the stage for building their self-esteem. The underlying factor in the dynamic of verbal abuse is the abuser’s [the atheist’s] low regard for him or herself. The (atheist verbal) abuser attempts to place their victim [the Christian] in a position to believe similar things about him or herself, a form of warped projection. (2)
No matter how much atheists deny that they are emotionally insecure, atheists bully and insult Christians because they are emotionally insecure with themselves. Some atheists go so far as to mask their face and disguise their voice in their videos because they are so emotionally insecure and yet they still bully and insult Christians in their videos because of the insecurity they have about their atheist beliefs so that they can feel better about themselves. Further studies have shown that envy and resentment may be motives for bullying. Research on the self-esteem of bullies has produced equivocal results. While some bullies are arrogant and narcissistic, others can use bullying as a tool to conceal shame or anxiety or to boost self-esteem: by demeaning others, the abuser him/herself feels empowered. (3) Most atheists who do the bullying and insulting of Christians are both, arrogant and narcissistic as they use bullying as a tool to conceal their anxiety over their emotional insecurity and atheistic beliefs... or as some atheists put it, their lack of beliefs.
Why do Atheists display Their Emotional Insecurity?
Atheists display their emotional insecurity because atheists feel the imbalance of power of their atheist’s beliefs as opposed to Christian beliefs because deep down inside each atheist, know that they are suppressing the knowledge within each of us that God exists. “For since the creation of the world His invisible attributes, His eternal power and divine nature, have been clearly seen, being understood through what has been made, so that they are without excuse. For even though they knew God, they did not honor Him as God or give thanks, but they became futile in their speculations, and their foolish heart was darkened. Professing to be wise, they became fools,... being filled with all unrighteousness, wickedness, greed, evil; full of envy, murder, strife, deceit, malice; they are gossips, slanderers, haters of God, insolent, arrogant, boastful, inventors of evil, disobedient to parents, without understanding, untrustworthy, unloving, unmerciful; and although they know the ordinance of God, that those who practice such things are worthy of death, they not only do the same, but also give hearty approval to those who practice them.” (Romans 1:20-32)
Atheists know bullying involves repeated acts over time attempting to create or enforce one person's (or group's) power over another person (or group), thus an "imbalance of power". The "imbalance of power" may be social power and/or physical power. Bullying is an act of repeated aggressive behavior in order to intentionally hurt another person, physically or mentally. Bullying is characterized by an individual behaving in a certain way to gain power over another person. Bullying behavior may include name calling, verbal or written abuse. Research indicates that adults who bully have personalities that are authoritarian, combined with a strong need to control or dominate. (3) Atheists who turn to bullying and insults in conversations with Christians want to control and dominate the conversation away from facts and into emotional displays. Atheists who turn to bulling and insults are not seeking truth, they are using bullying as a tool to conceal their emotional insecurity, shame and anxiety and to boost their self-esteem: thinking that by demeaning Christians their atheist friends will come and bully and insult the Christian too thus the atheist abuser feels him/herself more empowered and in control… especially when other atheists jump in and bully and insult the Christian too.
Good News for all Atheists to Overcome their Emotional Insecurity
“For God so loved the world that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life.” John 3:16
“And it shall be that whoever calls on the name of the Lord shall be saved.” Acts 2:21
The only way an atheist can overcome their emotionally insecurity is to not deny God. I suggest that atheists seek help in order to address their low regard for themselves. In fact, I suggest that atheists drop to their knees and repent of their sins to Christ Jesus and ask forgiveness to which Christ Jesus will forgive them if they are indeed repentant of their sins and then they should accept Christ Jesus as their savior. Even though these atheists have insulted Christ Jesus, He loves them and wants them to accept His love for them and He wants them to choose to love Him (Romans 5:8). Christ Jesus does not force His love on anyone as His mercy comes as a gift which each of us must accept.
As I stated, atheists denying Christ Jesus as their savior is the reason that they are emotionally insecure and because they are emotionally insecure they bully those people who accept Christ Jesus. Atheists insult Christ Jesus far more than they are insulting Christians which is why atheists are emotionally insecure and do their insults and bullying; atheists have deluded themselves by pushing down their knowledge of God.
Atheists can easily overcome their insecurity by confessing that they are not perfect and by accepting Christ Jesus as their savior.
My deepest condolences to the Hitchens family at their time of loss of husband, father, brother, friend; Christopher Hitchens died on December 15th, 2011 from complications brought on by cancer. Though the melancholy as time goes by lessens it never fully dissipates. Our hope then must be beyond our meager means. We need to look to God for it is through His mercy and love we get peace. Knowing that through Christ Jesus, God gave to us His love.
It deeply saddens me that to my limited knowledge Christopher Hitchens continued to reject his Creator’s gift of salvation, our Lord and Savior Christ Jesus. Christopher Hitchens knew how to be saved from eternal death as during an interview when asked about what is a true Christian he stated:
“I would say that if you don’t believe that Jesus of Nazareth was the Christ and Messiah, and that he rose again from the dead and by his sacrifice our sins are forgiven, you’re really not in any meaningful sense a Christian.”
With Christopher Hitchens knowing what a true Christian is, it brings to me hope that Hitchens just prior to his final moments of life on this earth be it expressed out loud or not, could have accepted Christ Jesus as his Christ and Messiah. My desire is that Christopher Hitchens prior to his death did accept Christ Jesus as his savior.
I will not know Christopher Hitchens’ choice until my time on this earth ends. One thing however I do know is that at this time Christopher Hitchens either if he chose to accept Christ Jesus as his savior or not now more than ever wants you to accept Christ Jesus as your savior.
Here is the truth about Darwinian Evolution (Darwinism) directly from Leading Darwinists themselves. Let’s review the truth about Darwinism that Leading Darwinists proclaim about Darwinian Evolution and draw some deductions from what we learn so that we can come to an informed conclusion about Darwinism.
Truth about Darwinism from Leading Darwinists
Franklin Harold, Emeritus Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology at Colorado State University stated; “we must concede that there are presently no detailed Darwinian accounts of the evolution of any biochemical or cellular system, only a variety of wishful speculations.” (Harold, Franklin M. (Prof. Emeritus Biochemistry, Colorado State University) The way of the cell: molecules, organisms and the order of life, Oxford University Press, New York, 2001, p. 205)
Paul Davies a British-born, internationally acclaimed physicist, writer and broadcaster, who holds the position of Professor of Natural Philosophy in the Australian Centre for Astrobiology at Macquarie University, Sydney admitted; “Nobody knows how a mixture of lifeless chemicals spontaneously organized themselves into the first living cell.” (Davies, Paul, Australian Centre for Astrobiology, Sydney, New Scientist 179(2403):32, 2003.)
Andrew Knoll, professor of biology, Harvard, said, “we don’t really know how life originated on this planet.” (Knoll, Andrew H., PBS Nova interview, How Did Life Begin? July 1, 2004)
Francis Crick, the co-discoverer of the double helix structure of DNA, wrote, “Biologists must constantly keep in mind that what they see was not designed, but rather evolved.” (Crick, F., What mad pursuit: a Personal View of Scientific Discovery, Sloan Foundation Science, London, 1988, p. 138.)
Richard Dawkins a British ethologist, evolutionary biologist and author wrote, “biology is the study of complicated things that have the appearance of having been designed with a purpose.” (Dawkins, R., The Blind Watchmaker, W.W. Norton & Company, New York, p. 1, 1986)
Richard Dawkins also said, “[Darwinian] Evolution has been observed. It’s just that it hasn’t been observed while it’s happening.” (pbs.org/now/printable/transcript349_full_print.html>, 3 December, 2004)
Harvard paleontologist (and Darwinian evolutionist), Stephen Jay Gould, wrote, “The extreme rarity of transitional forms in the fossil record persists as the trade secret of paleontology”. (Gould, Stephen Jay, Evolution’s erratic pace, Natural History 86(5):14, May 1977)
Gould also wrote, “the maintenance of stability within species must be considered as a major evolutionary problem.” (Gould, S.J. and Eldredge, N., Punctuated equilibrium comes of age. Nature 366:223–224, 1993)
Dr. Marc Kirschner, chair of the Department of Systems Biology, Harvard Medical School, stated: “In fact, over the last 100 years, almost all of biology has proceeded independent of evolution, except evolutionary biology itself. Molecular biology, biochemistry, physiology, have not taken evolution into account at all.” (As quoted in the Boston Globe, 23 October 2005)
NAS(USA) member Dr. Philip Skell wrote, “Darwinian explanations for such things are often too supple: Natural selection makes humans self-centered and aggressive—except when it makes them altruistic and peaceable. Or natural selection produces virile men who eagerly spread their seed—except when it prefers men who are faithful protectors and providers. When an explanation is so supple that it can explain any behavior, it is difficult to test it experimentally, much less use it as a catalyst for scientific discovery.” (Skell, P.S., Why Do We Invoke Darwin? Evolutionary theory contributes little to experimental biology, The Scientist 19(16):10, 2005)
Because Darwinism is so malleable as to accommodate almost any conceivable observation, science philosopher Karl Popper, famous philosopher of science, said “Darwinism is not a testable scientific theory, but a metaphysical [religious] research programme ....” (Popper, K., Unended Quest, Fontana, Collins, Glasgow, p. 151, 1976)
Dr. Philip Skell also wrote, “It is our knowledge of how these organisms actually operate, not speculations about how they may have arisen millions of years ago, that is essential to doctors, veterinarians, farmers ….” (Skell, P.S., The Dangers Of Overselling Evolution; Focusing on Darwin and his theory doesn't further scientific progress, Forbes magazine, 23 Feb 2009; http://www.forbes.com/2009/02/23/evolution-creation-debate-biology-opinions-contributors_darwin.html)
Michael Ruse, Darwinian evolutionist science philosopher admitted, “Evolution is a religion. This was true of evolution in the beginning, and it is true of evolution still today.” (Ruse, M., How evolution became a religion: creationists correct? National Post, pp. B1,B3,B7 May 13, 2000)
Deductions Drawn from Leading Darwinists about Darwinian Evolution
With no detailed Darwinian accounts of the evolution of any biochemical or cellular system, having only a variety of wishful speculations, nobody knows how a mixture of lifeless chemicals spontaneously organized themselves into the first living cell thus we don’t really know how life originated on this planet per Darwinism. Not knowing how life originated on this planet per Darwinism, we also with Darwinism must constantly keep in mind that what we see was not designed, but rather evolved and always remember that biology is the study of complicated things that have the appearance of having been designed with a purpose. One must remember too that although Darwinian Evolution hasn’t been observed while it’s happening, it encounters an extreme rarity of transitional forms in the fossil record and the maintenance of stability within species must be considered as a major evolutionary problem. (Note that all claimed “transitional forms” are speculations based upon Darwinian Evolution being true thus are circular reasoning.)
The contributions of Darwinian Evolution over the last 100 years has been that almost all of biology has proceeded independent of Darwinian Evolution, except Darwinian Evolutionary biology itself. Molecular biology, biochemistry, physiology, have not taken Darwinian Evolution into account at all because when an explanation is so supple that it can explain any behavior, it is difficult to test it experimentally, much less use it as a catalyst for scientific discovery. Because Darwinism is not a testable scientific theory, but a metaphysical [religious] research program, it is our knowledge of how these organisms actually operate, not speculations about how they may have arisen millions of years ago, that is essential to doctors, veterinarians, farmers, etc.
Conclusions about Darwinian Evolutionfrom Leading Darwinists about Darwinian Evolution
As Michael Ruse, Darwinian evolutionist science philosopher admitted, “[Darwinian] Evolution is a religion. This was true of [Darwinian] evolution in the beginning, and it is true of [Darwinian] evolution still today.”
How is it that people who believe Darwinian Evolution as factual actually believe it is fact? Richard Dawkins wrote, “The meme for blind faith secures its own perpetuation by the simple unconscious expedient of discouraging rational inquiry.”
It takes the meme for blind faith to believe Darwinian Evolution is fact.
Conclusion
The fool has said in his heart, "There is no God." They are corrupt, they have committed abominable deeds; There is no one who does good. Psalms 14:1
I have complete confidence in the gospel; it is God's power to save all who believe, first the Jews and also the Gentiles. For the gospel reveals how God puts people right with himself: it is through faith from beginning to end. As the scripture says, "The person who is put right with God through faith shall live." God's anger is revealed from heaven against all the sin and evil of the people whose evil ways prevent the truth from being known. God punishes them, because what can be known about God is plain to them, for God himself made it plain. Ever since God created the world, his invisible qualities, both his eternal power [physics, mathematics, logic, etc.] and his divine nature [love, morals, etc], have been clearly seen; they are perceived in the things that God has made [universe, earth, life, etc.].
So those people [atheists] have no excuse at all! They know God, but they do not give him the honor that belongs to him, nor do they thank him. Instead, their thoughts have become complete nonsense [i.e., the universe created itself from nothing, life created itself from slime and Darwinian evolved into mankind], and their empty minds are filled with darkness [i.e., suicide is okay, abortion is okay, etc.].
They say they are wise, but they are fools; instead of worshiping the immortal God, they worship images made to look like mortals or birds or animals or reptiles. And so God has given those people over to do the filthy things their hearts desire [deceitfulness, slander, insulting, disrespect, hate, lust, pornography, drunkenness, etc.], and they do shameful things with each other [adultery, fortification, homosexual activities, bestiality, etc.]. They exchange the truth about God for a lie [i.e., Darwinism, Multi-universe, string]; they [atheists] worship and serve what God has created instead of the Creator himself, who is to be praised forever! Amen.
Because they do this, God has given them over to shameful passions. Even the women pervert the natural use of their sex by unnatural acts. In the same way the men give up natural sexual relations with women and burn with passion for each other. Men do shameful things with each other, and as a result they bring upon themselves the punishment they deserve for their wrongdoing [AIDS, STDs, etc.].
Because those people refuse to keep in mind the true knowledge about God, He has given them over to corrupted minds, so that they do the things that they should not do. They are filled with all kinds of wickedness, evil, greed, and vice; they are full of jealousy, murder, fighting, deceit, and malice. They gossip and speak evil of one another [and of those who love God]; they are hateful to God, insolent, proud, and boastful; they think of more ways to do evil; they disobey their parents; they have no conscience; they do not keep their promises, and they show no kindness or pity for others. They know that God's law says that people who live in this way deserve death. Yet, not only do they continue to do these very things, but they even approve of others who do them. Romans 1:16-32 (Good News Translation)
It’s Your Choice
You can choose to continue being a fool and ignore God as you’ve been doing or you can turn to Him right now and honestly apologize to God for the wrongs you have done, turning away from continuing to do them and accept Christ Jesus as full payment for the debt you owe to God for the wrongs you have done. It is simply your choice to make. I suggest that you make a wise choice today right now. “Why, you do not even know what will happen tomorrow. What is your life? You are a mist that appears for a little while and then vanishes.” James 4:14
Let’s look at two quotes from Richard Dawkins and examine them for their factual content and for their coherent merit.
First quote: “The fact that life evolved out of nearly nothing, some 10 billion years after the universe evolved out of literally nothing, is a fact so staggering that I would be mad to attempt words to do it justice.”
First off, Richard Dawkins implies that it is a “fact” that “live evolved out of nearly nothing, some 10 billion years after the universe evolved out of literally nothing” which broken down shows that Richard Dawkins says everything around us, universe, earth, you, and me, etc. came “out of literally nothing.”
Have you ever seen anything create itself from nothing? Just how long do you think it takes nothing to become something other than nothing performed all by nothing?
Do you know what nothing is? Nothing is the sort of thing rocks dream about. Nothing, no time, no anything, just nothing at all.
Can you do simple math? Zero plus Zero equal Zero; Nothing plus Nothing equal Nothing; Nothing times Nothing plus Nothing equal Nothing.
At what point does nothing become not nothing on its own? How many times nothing does it take for nothing plus nothing times nothing to become something?
Have you ever sat down and rationally thought through the validity of the universe and life coming from nothing with nothing causing everything to exist?
Second quote: “The meme for blind faith secures its own perpetuation by the simple unconscious expedient of discouraging rational inquiry.”
It takes the meme for blind faith to believe everything came from nothing by nothing at all.
Richard Dawkins. (n.d.). BrainyQuote.com. Retrieved May 6, 2011, from BrainyQuote.com Web site: http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/quotes/r/richarddaw402494.html
This article and corresponding video are not all encompassing; meaning they were done to get you to think for yourself and to not take anyone’s word for something and to hopefully entice you to actually do your own research on these topics. I suggest you (in fact dare you to) actually do your own straightforward honest research on these topics and not just jump to your preconceived notion about what these topics are from what you’ve been told by anyone; even me. I challenge you to honestly answer the twenty five questions at the end of this article and video. Also, at the end is a tidbit of historical background information you most likely didn’t know about natural selection.
Summary
Most students in evolutionary-biased education come to believe that mutations and natural selection result in one kind of creature changing into a totally different kind over long periods of time. However, seldom, if ever is the fact presented that for Darwinian Evolution to occur it is necessary for new genetic information to be added to a creature. To date, no example of completely new additional information from a naturally occurring mutation or selection has been observed. The diversity of species in, for example, dogs, cats and horses, has arisen because of their already-existing genetic information, acted upon by natural selection and mutations.(1)
Information
DNA is all around us. It is found in every plant and animal. You literally eat it at every meal. It is possible to extract pieces of DNA, consisting of billions of basic units (called “bases,” abbreviated as A, C, T, and G), with just a common onion and a few household chemicals.
It is amazing what you can hold in your hand. Each DNA strand is an extremely long molecule. While humans have about 3 billion bases in their DNA, the garden onion (Allium cepa) has 15 billion bases. If the DNA in a single human cell were stretched out it would be 6 feet (1.8 m) long, so imagine how long the DNA from an onion cell would be!
The DNA molecule is often compared to a book. The DNA bases (A, C, T, and G) form words called genes. The genes contain all sorts of information necessary for life. DNA is found in every living cell (at least that we know of). It is like a recipe book providing information for building and running the organism. Because each organism needs different information, the arrangement of DNA varies in each individual. Human DNA must contain information to make brains and eyeballs, while plant DNA provides information to make leaves and roots (such as onions). (6)
What’s Not Evolution?
Darwinism: all life on earth has come about through descent with modification from a single common ancestor (a hypothetical, primitive, single-celled organism).
Darwinism and Darwin Evolution used in correct context is defined as meaning “descent with modification from a common ancestor” or in other words (molecules-to-man evolution). Darwinism has never been observed.
What is Evolution?
The terms evolving and evolution used in correct context is defined as meaning “adaptation” or “limited change in a population over time” which can be clearly seen today in everyday life as we observe nature and when observing bacterium, fruit flies, different breeds of dogs, cats, horses, etc. All of these forms of life can change and have changed yet they only change within their form of life meaning that bacterium will always be bacterium and fruit flies will always be flies and dogs will always be dogs, etc. You can see this in dogs the so many different breeds of dogs. Take for example a pure Labrador and Poodle. You can breed two pure Labradors together and get pure Labradors and the same with two pure Poodles and get pure Poodles. You can breed a pure Labrador and Poodle together (and just why anyone would want to do this is beyond me) and get a 50% Labrador and 50% Poodle yet this 50/50 mix is still a dog no matter how many times it is done nor for however many years it is done.
Natural Selection
Evolution (not Darwinism) in the wild happens by natural selection. Natural selection is an observable process and has been shown to change organisms but always within the boundaries of the created kinds, i.e., dogs, cats, bacterium, flies, etc. This type of change is often termed “microevolution,” and the hypothetical type of change (Darwinism) that turns fish into philosophers is known as “macroevolution.” The large-scale changes through time are simply dramatic extrapolations of the observed phenomenon of natural selection. This degree of extrapolation has no basis in operational science. There are limits to the amount and type of genetic change that can occur—no matter what amount of time is allowed. As an illustration: if you can pedal a bicycle at 10 mph, how long would it take to reach the moon? Bicycles have limits that would make this goal impossible regardless of the time you have to accomplish it.(4)
Mutations
In the real world, mutations are responsible for a number of genetic defects, including hemophilia (bleeders’ disease), loss of protective color in the skin and eyes (albinism), and certain kinds of cancer and brain malfunction. We have abundant evidence that various kinds of radiations, errors in DNA replication, and certain chemicals can indeed produce mutations, and mutations in reproductive cells can be passed on to future generations. Mutations are certainly real. They have profound effects on our lives. And, according to the Darwinists, mutations are the raw material for Darwinism.
But is that possible? Can mutations produce real evolutionary changes? Don’t make any mistakes here. Mutations are real; they’re something we observe; they do make changes in traits. But the question remains: do they produce evolutionary changes? Do they really produce new traits? Do they really help to explain that postulated change from molecules to man, or fish to philosopher that Darwinism makes?(4)
As our understanding of genetics has improved, it has become increasingly clear that mutations + time + chance do not equal Darwinism. All observed mutations demonstrate a loss of genetic information from the genetic code, or they are neutral. Darwinism claims that the process has no direction or goal. If you look at the complexity of the “first” organism, it must be accepted that a massive amount of information has been produced to explain the variety of life we see today. Mutations cannot generate new genetic information; so they cannot be used to explain how Darwinism has proceeded from a cell with less information than is present in modern cells.(5)
How does (Darwinism) molecules-to-man have an information problem?
Information is the real heart of the problem for people who believe that life could have arisen by Darwinism. All life is built up on the basis of information. This information is contained in our DNA—the molecule of heredity. It’s like a series of letters and a code to read them.
A good comparison would be the Morse code. If you understand the code with dots and dashes representing letters of the alphabet, you can read something that’s put in Morse code.
If Darwinian evolution were true, then the very first organism had to have information in the form of letters and a code. Darwinists say that as organisms evolved, new information had to be continually added. In other words, millions of times over millions of years, new information would have to be generated by random processes and added to the genetic system.
Now here’s the clincher: No one has ever documented even just one instance of new information arising from matter by itself. All observations in science show clearly that information only comes from previously existing information, and ultimately from an intelligence. And this fits with creation—not Darwinism.
A major problem for Darwinism is the huge increase in information content of organisms through time. Darwinism accepts additions and deletions of information as evidence of evolution of a population. The problem is that through the imagined history of life on earth, the information content of the genomes of organisms must have increased dramatically.(5)
Bait and Switch
The ideas of natural selection, speciation, adaptation, and evolution are often used interchangeably by secular scientists. Many classroom textbooks also use the terms in this way. When scientists and authors use evolution to mean both “change in features over time” and “the history of life on earth,” it is difficult to know which definition is being used in each instance. This is often used as a bait-and-switch technique (equivocation). When small changes that arise as a result of the loss of information are used as evidence for molecules-to-man evolution (Darwinism), the switch has occurred.(5)
Questions to Consider
Recognizing the failure of the fossil record to display the gradual nature of Darwinian evolution, Stephen J. Gould resurrected the idea of Darwinism in big jumps known as “punctuated equilibrium.” Major remodeling of body plans could occur if regulator genes caused multiple changes at once. This would explain gaps in the fossil record, but it is not supported by observational science. Even if these creatures were born, what would they mate with?
Where did all the new information come from since mutations are known to reduce information?
Does similarity always prove that one structure evolved into another?
A large fish allows a small fish or shrimp to clean parasites from its mouth and then swims off without eating the cleaner. How could this relationship, and other irreducibly complex systems, have evolved one step at a time?
How do you select for the ability to fix a mutation that you don’t have?
How did the first organism survive without the second, and vice versa?
If you can pedal a bicycle at an average of 10 mph, how long would it take to reach the moon riding your bicycle taking a three hour break every fifth hour?
Is Darwinism a valid scientific idea since it cannot be observed in experiments and repeated to show that the conclusions it claims are valid?
What mechanisms do scientists use to explain how mutations can produce new information to make organisms more complex, when virtually all mutations cause a loss of information or no change at all?
Since information cannot be created from matter by purely natural mechanisms and since it is not a part of the material universe, how did information originate?
By what mechanism is new information added to genomes in Darwinian evolutionary history? Can the information gain be demonstrated experimentally?
What direct fossil evidence is there that fish could have evolved into amphibians? Could the alleged transitional fossils be interpreted in multiple ways?
When two lines of evidence contradict each other (e.g., if DNA suggests one Darwinian evolutionary relationship and anatomy suggests a different relationship), how do scientists decide which line of evidence is more compelling?
Why is Darwinism the key to understanding biology? Why is it necessary to know where the eye evolved from to understand how it works and how to treat it when it has a disease?
Why do examples of natural selection get equated with Darwinism when Darwinian evolution is not observable and natural selection is?
Why do biology textbooks include the photo of the peppered moth when scientists have shown it to be a fraud?
Should we accept everything that the text tells us about Darwinian evolution when the textbooks are constantly being changed and updated?
If Darwinian evolution is not directed by a purpose, would it be safe to say that human existence is purposeless?
What is the basis for truth and morality if human life is a byproduct of Darwinian evolutionary processes (random interactions of lifeless chemicals)?
Are humans more special or important than any other organism if there is no such thing as higher and lower animals in an Darwinian evolutionary framework?
Is it possible to know the original function of an organ that is called vestigial, like the appendix, when most tissues are not preserved in fossils and the ancestor cannot be examined? It would seem that there are many assumptions involved in making such a claim.
Does Darwinian evolution predict stasis or progress? Why are so many “living fossils” found that have remained the same for hundreds of millions of years while other species have evolved relatively rapidly?
There seem to be many different definitions of evolution; do all scientists agree on what evolution is? Which view of evolution is correct (punctuated equilibrium, neo-Darwinism, Darwinism, etc.)?
Why do scientists consider homologous structures evidence of a common ancestor when they seem to fit the expected pattern, but scientists call them examples of convergent evolution when they don’t fit the pattern?
What types of evidence would Darwinists accept as evidence against Darwinism?
Is “Just give it enough time and it will happen.” a scientific statement?
Historical Background on the Discovery of Natural Selection
Many people give credit to Charles Darwin for formulating the theory of natural selection as described in his book “On the Origin of Species.” Few people realize that Charles Darwin only popularized the idea and actually borrowed it from several other people, especially a creationist by the name of Edward Blyth. Blyth published several articles describing the process of natural selection in “Magazine of Natural History” between 1835 and 1837—a full 22 years before Darwin published his book “On the Origin of Species.” It is also known that Charles Darwin had copies of these magazines and that parts of “On The Origin of Species” are nearly verbatim from Blyth’s articles.(7)
Blyth, however, differed from Darwin in his starting assumptions. Blyth believed in God as the Creator, rather than the blind forces of nature. He believed that God created original kinds, that all modern species descended from those kinds, and that natural selection acted by conserving rather than originating. Blyth also believed that man was a separate creation from animals. This is especially important since humans are made in the image of God, an attribute that cannot be applied to animals (Genesis 1:27). Blyth seemed to view natural selection as a mechanism designed directly or indirectly by God to allow His creation to survive in a post-Fall, post-Flood world. This is very different from Darwin’s view. Darwin wrote, “What a book a devil’s chaplain might write on the clumsy, wasteful, blundering low and horridly cruel works of nature.”(8)
Questions to Consider if You Believe Darwinism 1. Recognizing the failure of the fossil record to display the gradual nature of Darwinian evolution, Stephen J. Gould resurrected the idea of Darwinism in big jumps known as “punctuated equilibrium.” Major remodeling of body plans could occur if regulator genes caused multiple changes at once. This would explain gaps in the fossil record, but it is not supported by observational science. Even if these creatures were born, what would they mate with?
2. Where did all the new information come from since mutations are known to reduce information?
3. Does similarity always prove that one structure evolved into another?
4. A large fish allows a small fish or shrimp to clean parasites from its mouth and then swims off without eating the cleaner. How could this relationship, and other irreducibly complex systems, have evolved one step at a time?
5. How do you select for the ability to fix a mutation that you don’t have?
6. How did the first organism survive without the second, and vice versa?
7. If you can pedal a bicycle at an average of 10 mph, how long would it take to reach the moon riding your bicycle taking a three hour break every fifth hour?
8. Is Darwinism a valid scientific idea since it cannot be observed in experiments and repeated to show that the conclusions it claims are valid?
9. What mechanisms do scientists use to explain how mutations can produce new information to make organisms more complex, when virtually all mutations cause a loss of information or no change at all?
10. Since information cannot be created from matter by purely natural mechanisms and since it is not a part of the material universe, how did information originate?
11. By what mechanism is new information added to genomes in Darwinian evolutionary history? Can the information gain be demonstrated experimentally?
12. What direct fossil evidence is there that fish could have evolved into amphibians? Could the alleged transitional fossils be interpreted in multiple ways?
13. When two lines of evidence contradict each other (e.g., if DNA suggests one Darwinian evolutionary relationship and anatomy suggests a different relationship), how do scientists decide which line of evidence is more compelling?
14. Why is Darwinism the key to understanding biology? Why is it necessary to know where the eye evolved from to understand how it works and how to treat it when it has a disease?
15. Why do examples of natural selection get equated with Darwinism when Darwinian evolution is not observable and natural selection is?
16. Why do biology textbooks include the photo of the peppered moth when scientists have shown it to be a fraud?
17. Should we accept everything that the text tells us about Darwinian evolution when the textbooks are constantly being changed and updated?
18. If Darwinian evolution is not directed by a purpose, would it be safe to say that human existence is purposeless?
19. What is the basis for truth and morality if human life is a byproduct of Darwinian evolutionary processes (random interactions of lifeless chemicals)?
20. Are humans more special or important than any other organism if there is no such thing as higher and lower animals in an Darwinian evolutionary framework?
21. Is it possible to know the original function of an organ that is called vestigial, like the appendix, when most tissues are not preserved in fossils and the ancestor cannot be examined? It would seem that there are many assumptions involved in making such a claim.
22. Does Darwinian evolution predict stasis or progress? Why are so many “living fossils” found that have remained the same for hundreds of millions of years while other species have evolved relatively rapidly?
23. There seem to be many different definitions of evolution; do all scientists agree on what evolution is? Which view of evolution is correct (punctuated equilibrium, neo-Darwinism, Darwinism, etc.)?
24. Why do scientists consider homologous structures evidence of a common ancestor when they seem to fit the expected pattern, but scientists call them examples of convergent evolution when they don’t fit the pattern?
25. What types of evidence would Darwinists accept as evidence against Darwinism?
26. Is “Just give it enough time and it will happen.” a scientific statement?
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