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Good evening one and all. Let the fun begin.
Naomi - I hope you have still got your popcorn?
Andy-Hughes:
The reason Jesus cried out was not because of doubt. On the face of it, it may seem that he was forsaken by his father but the prophecy in Psalm 22 v 1 was fulfilled. Jesus had not lost faith in his heavenly father. God abandoned Jesus to his enemies by taking away His protection so that Christ’s integrity might be fully tested. And by crying out as he did fulfilled the psalm 22 v 1.
Naomi: You are quite right in doubting the existence of a soul. The churches teach that a soul leaves the body at death and floats around either in pergatory, hell or goes to heaven. This is not a Bible teaching. The Bible actually teaches that hell (hades or sheol depending on whether it is Hebrew or Greek) is actually the common grave of mankind and all go there, whether you are good or bad, Christian or muslim or atheist.
Lazygun: I resent the fact that you call me a liar. I am not a liar. I know of many for example, Professor Frantisek Vyskocil of Charles University in Prague also internationally known for his research in Neurophysiology was an atheist and changed his opinion after realising there is a God.
Fred Severud was the engineer who designed Madison Square Gardens and many other US landmarks was also once an atheist.
Arthur Flew who was an atheist for well over 50 years announced that he no longer was an atheist and became a believer.
That is just 3 that I can think of without checking.
Daisy Nonna and JJ: Definition of Mock:
Verb: To tease or laugh at in a scornful or contemptuous manner.
Make something seem laughably unreal or impossible.
Make something an object of derision.
Hold up to scorn or ridicule.
On the basis of this definition, that is what most atheists do with regard to God, they do not believe themselves but they ridicule etc. those that do.
Belief in God is not blind faith, there is overwhelming evidence of God’s existence.
The apostle Paul told Christians in Rome that God’s “invisible qualities are clearly seen from the world’s creation onward, because they are perceived by the things made, even his eternal power and Godship, so that they [disbelievers] are inexcusable.” Yes, creation testifies to a Creator.
Many scientists insist that there is no God. How, then, do they explain the wonders of creation, including humankind? They attribute such marvels to evolution, a blind force based on chance. And when these learned individuals assert that evolution is a fact, they imply that only the ignorant refuse to believe it.
One way to determine whether there is a God is to apply this well-established principle ‘what is made requires a maker’. The more complicated the thing made, the more capable the maker must be.
With regard to living things, you only have to look at the cell, the DNA the complexity of it could not arise by chance.
Contrary to the opinion of some, many respected men of science do not rule out the idea of there being a God—a Great Mastermind behind the creation of the universe and man.
Birdie 1971:
Does the fact that knives have been used to murder prove that no one designed them? Is the use of jet aircraft to drop bombs in time of war evidence that they had no designer? Or is it rather the use to which these are being put that is causing grief to mankind?
Is it not true that much disease is a result of man’s own poor living habits and his spoiling of the environment for himself and others? Are not the wars fought by humans a major cause of human suffering? Is it not also true that, while millions suffer from lack of food, there is more than enough in other lands, so that one of the underlying problems is human greed? All these things give evidence, not that there is no God, but that humans are sadly misusing their God-given abilities and the earth itself.