However, no assumptions can be made on this basis, all I want to do here is Provide a Christian point of view in face of the overwhelming influence of those people whose faith has turned to their own self reighteousness. I must stress that this is not a crusade of hatred against any group of people, my best friend is a very aggressive atheist and a cunning intellectual, the most enjoyable thing I find about having him around is getting involved in a violent religious debate. I have never shared anything over the internet like this before, I'm going to provide my reasons for being both a theist and a Catholic. There probably isn't anything anyone can do to prevent the death of the church and belief in God (Most Atheists explain that even if they were provided with undeniable evidence of God and Jesus's ressurrection they would not abandon their beliefs.)
Mainly I want to do what I can to help other religious individuals with questions about their faith be them Christians or Jews or Islaam, etc. But what I'm hoping for is the attention of atheist communities and the thrill of a religious debate with others from around the world.
By the way I am not going to use any verses I know from the bible in any argument. Some may say that I am being lazy, but a verse from the bible means nothing in relation in atheism. Essentially I'm a bit of both I suppose. So by all means read it whenever you can, it has some secrets to understanding people (that the satanic bible likes to rip off a fair bit) and more importantly it can help you to find love in your heart for all people of the world.
THE EXISTANCE OF GOD
One common scepticism is the belief in the prophets. "Why would God present his message through a mortal man rather than prove his existance with miracles?" I'm going to go back to the fact that most atheists would not be moved by evidence, as an example. Is the most powerful influence on our lives, since the begining of our existence, the influence of other people. Look at our own day and age and our own celebritarian culture along with the value of family and romance. There is no other thing worse than loneliness, and it's for a reason.
An even more important question: "Is there proof of an intervening, conscious God." Yes. If you look at the way the universe works there is a number of clues to be noted. In many ways science helps prove their is a God. It is accepted that the most basic organisms are the greatest survivors, in theory. How is it then that extremely complex creatures like ourselves are the dominant race. We are an anomilee of the universe, as a species we have the ability to destroy this planet and any other creature. Somehow there are those of us who are capable of slaughtering countless numbers of our fellow man and even break through our most basic survival instinct by killing ourselves. The imperfections and individuality of every human being is what makes the world beautiful and the logical creation of a conscious God.
There is a lot that must be accounted for if the existence of an intervening God was to be ruled out. On a molecular level the one mystery that drives the entire universe is the attraction of positive to negative forces. And this affects everything we see from how a car runs or the weather changes to how different people are attracted to one another and the forces within our brains.
By the way the evolution theory and big bang theory both support the belief in a God (Though i don't found them completely plausible) even my friend agrees!
"HOW RELIGION POISONS EVERYTHING?"
Atheists are opposed to religion because of the way anyone can be forgived so easily, no matter how terrible the crime, allowing them to do wrong over and over again. This is a stupid thing to say because forgiveness does not count unless the person means it. And if somebody asks for forgiveness with intent on sinning again anyway, then i'm pretty sure they don't mean it! People like that would kill or rape anyone even if they didn't claim to be religious.
Okay. Now the reason most atheists (including my favourite atheist, Christopher Hitchins) have such hatred for God is because of their belief that religion has a negative impact on the world. That it should not be taught to school children, and be abolished. Their main concern MUST be the use of religion as an excuse for violence, or it's promise of salvation that causes people to do violent acts(terrorism has inspired this greatly). For those who harden their hearts to religion for the sake of a greater freedom I say "Freedom from what?? Freedom to kill, steal, commit adultery, hate everyone or put your privates in strange and wonderful places??" I don't have an argument for those people...sorry. But for the people of the former group I say this instead: There are people who will do terrible things regardless of their faith, those who influence the young to do violent things on a religious basis or the hypocrits within the church that everyone loves to reference are bad people because that is who they are. Just because someone gets honours at ministry school does not make them a saint in the eyes of the one true God. In itself the promise of salvation can only influence people to value their lives and the lives of others. When Jesus died, you were saved, and in response you may choose to obey. It's not a case of obeying in order to be saved.
ISSUES AFFECTING THE FAITH OF CURRENT RELIGIOUS PEOPLES
A huge issue with most religous people I know is the concept of predetirmination. "Don't the circumstances a person is born under detirmines wether they will be saved or not?(because they have become religious)" Well, the answer is no. I go back to what I said in that last paragraph, you are already saved, all that is required is that your heart has not hardened while on Earth, preventing God from entering. This is what I say if someone asks "What about the newborn baby who dies before they can even learn about God or religion?" A hardened heart is what breaks a person, it is reversible but it is brought on by doing terrible things (such as those outlined as sins in the Bible).
When it comes to the question of gay relationships, i don't know because I'm not gay nor have I had any homesexual thoughts. I don't quite know where to go from their but if you are feeling gay you'll know if it's a sin.
Why I AM a christian
Now I'm going to explain why I am a Catholic of all religions in a few simple points: -A just God would need to make a sacrifice (Jesus, the lamb of God) in order to atone for the sins of the Earth. It makes sense to me. -I like the catholic church better than other churches, they take things more seriously and I feel at home there. -The Bible is like no book I have ever read, there is something about Jesus' being and the writing of the holy book that has a divine nature to it. Once again this is personal. -I can explain how religion works with logic and psychology and the universe and all that but what it really comes down to with me, is feeling the presence of the lord. I see it in everything, everyday, all the time and it is the only thing that makes me happy.
People continuously, all their lives strive for fame, money, and thanks to developements within the internet, pages upun web pages of information. But it all a useless attempt to fill the hole in ourselves that will remain until we are one with God. But don't go around killing people so they may be one with God, people need to live help fill the hearts of others with love. God is love right? what could be simpler.
