Anyway, he made the point that when people change the name of things, it usually means that they know it's not working, but they do not want to bother looking for something that will work. I said that Whole Language has been ineffective for decades, and has had about 6 different names over that time period.
If atheists want to change their name, they are admitting defeat.
"For Satan cometh to you as an Angel of Light, and his ministers Pose as workers of righteousness. (2 Cor:11:14)
By which I mean to say I am agnostic. I don't know what created the Earth. I don't know what will happen when I die.
I really don't care much for the way nonbelievers are treated here. They seem to be looked down on like a college professor looks down on a janitor. Maybe I'm taking it too personally, and it's only the liberal in-your-face elitist Atheists you are scorning, but sometimes I wonder if I just hope that's the case. I look down on nobody, since I don't know enough about anything to do so. Nobody does. I think that's called Socratic Wisdom.
Is the conservative tent ultimately big enough to hold those who can not, in good conscience, believe in God? I hope so. I like it here.
We can only HOPE they will do us this favor!!!
Revelation 22:16 I Jesus have sent mine angel to testify unto you these things in the churches. I am the root and the offspring of David, and the bright and morning star.
Daniel 12:3 Those who are wise will shine like the brightness of the heavens, and those who lead many to righteousness, like the stars for ever and ever.
Isaiah 60:3 Nations will come to your light, and kings to the brightness of your dawn.
Proverbs 13:9 The light of the righteous shines brightly, but the lamp of the wicked is snuffed out.
THE BIRTHDAY OF A KING
In the little village of Bethlehem,
there lay a Child one day.
And the sky was bright with a Holy light
O'er the place where Jesus lay
Alleluia!
O how the angels sang
Alleluia! How it rang!
And the sky was bright with a holy light.
'Twas the birthday of a King
'Twas a humble birthplace, but oh,
how much God gave to us that day.
From the manger bed what a path has led,
what a perfect holy way.
Alleluia!
O how the angels sang
Alleluia! How it rang!
And the sky was bright with a holy light.
'Twas the birthday of a King
Geez, why the word games, people? Why spend so much effort to deny who you are? Atheist is a perfectly acceptable and common English word. What's the big deal with being so concerned about appearances? Just dump the emotional baggage if you're so smart and go with the accepted term.
"choice" - its actually "abortion".
"bright" - use Atheist with a capital "A" or my personal favorite, "heathen".
Orwell was a profit!
For one thing: the notion of calling oneself a "bright" is sheer arrogance. It also presumptuously implies that those who do acknowledge the obvious existence of God are by the counter terminology of their usupred term: " not bright". IE: "stupid". Seems rather petulant.
This will likely backfire since some of the most learned & "bright" people do indeed acknowledge the existence of God & or a higher power.
The biggest folly these secularist / athiests make is their uniformed presumption that God is not natural or is "supernatueral" as they put it. What they do not seem to realize is that God is natural & operates within the bounds of nature since the very laws of nature that these dullard athiests worship (which is a faith in itself) were created by God (or The Source / the Creator) in the first place. Furthermore: much of the universe has not yet been adequately understood within the realm of our limited understanding or perception.
For athiests to make to audacious claim that God "does not exist" based simply on their limited perspective & dearth of knowledge is certainly the hight of hubris.
Also by praising nature: they are worshipping the work instead of the Creator.
No one with any sense & ability to apply logical reasoning could come to the sweeping conclusion that " God does not exit" when considering the mathematical complexities of the universe & even nature itself as well as the obvious order which exists & is manifest in so much of nature. Nature is simply the consequence & product of an intelligent design. Nature did not manifest all by itself -as athiests seem to pathetically & ludicrously claim. The universe did not come about as the result of a random event. The maticulous & pervasive order of things within the universe & nature point to an inescapable conclusion of intellegent design.