Open my Eyes

Open my eyes that I might see

Your love unfolding tenderly

Your grace is pure

The cross shines bright

Into this darkened hour bring your light.

Sacred Warriors

 

Sacred Warriors fight for what is right

With God given strength and awsome might

Fearlessly they walk this sin-filled land

Disrupting evil forces dark at hand

Making light of all that’s good and true

They stand among the Earth’s most precious few

Raging through the darkness with a fury born of God

They plunder satan’s army and upon his kingdom trod.

 

Evil

The sense of evil lurks behind the air

Never granting mercy — never playing fair

Causing suffering, hurt, and pain, and fear

Laughing when we humans shed a tear.

Subtley slinking deep into your life

Once it’s in will cause you endless strife

Drives you to a mountain peaking high

Pushes you off …and down…and down…you die.

Richard Dawkins Hates God of Old Testament

Richard Dawkins, author of The God Delusion, hates the Jewish God of the Old Testament Scriptures.

“The God of the Old Testament is arguably the most unpleasant character in all fiction; jealous and proud of it; a petty, unjust, unforgiving control-freak; a vindictive, bloodthirsty ethnic cleanser; a misogynistic, homophobic, racist, infanticidal, genocidal, filicidal, pestilential, megalomaniacal, sadomasochistic, capriciously malevolent bully.” (Dawkins, 2006, p. 51)

Why would he start a chapter like that?  It is obvious that he has a beef with the Old Testament.  This makes me wonder about his motivation for not believing in the supernatural.  I wouldn’t want to believe in God if I thought he was bloodthirsty and sadomasichistic.

The problem with this kind of language is that it creates an emotional reaction that is hard to overcome. Dawkins obviously hates God, and is angry with those who believe in him.  How dare the Creator of the Universe give us a set of rules to live by and then punish those who refuse to follow?  Who said God had to be politicaly correct? 

Dawkins doesn’t believe in the supernatural, so why the anger?  That anger is directed towards those who believe in a supernatural God who expects us to live by his rules.  If the God of the Old Testament is evil, then what does Dawkins think about Judaism, and the Jewish people.  Does he hate them for praying to such a God?

Divine Revelation

The reason I believe the Jewish scriptures are divine revelation is because of the massive amounts of evidence backing up the credibility of their claims. Since this is a blog, and not a scholarly journal, I am not going to attempt to give an exhaustive argument to catalog each example.  This is not a case of believing the Bible is true because it claims to be true.  The Bible is true because its claims can be validated.

There are those who will not accept ANY evidence of the supernatural, because they believe that it is illogical to conclude that there is anything outside of nature that can influence the natural world.  There are countless examples of people who have had first hand experience with supernatural forces. In fact over 90 percent of the human poplulation claim to believe in a higher power.

Skeptics looking for a mathmatical certainty of God are going to come up empty handed.  God is not a natural force and is not subject to the scientific method. Scientists dismiss first hand accounts of God’s interaction with individuals, claiming that these experiences are fraudulent or the result of a psychological aberration. One day they may experience God for themselves, and then may start to understand that we didn’t create God…God created us.

Sola Scriptura

The only thing we know about God is what He reveals to us.  If it wasn’t for God introducing Himself, we wouldn’t have a clue.  Hindu, Muslim, and Jewish culture all have their brand of divine inspiration, and yet only the Jewish scriptures have a basis in historic fact.  The Old Testament alone is the ultimate example of God crossing the bridge into our world. The New Testament rests upon the authority of the Old Testament prophets.

There are scholars who deny the authority of the Bible.  Mistranslations, inaccuracies, and lack of external evidence are the reasons they use to question the reliability of divine revelation.  The real reason is that if the Bible is the word of God, they would have to submit to a higher authority.

Of course most people are willing to admit to their own idea of God. But when confronted with the revealed truth of the Bible, they shirk their responsibility, and choose to believe what makes them comfortable.

THE OLD AND NEW TESTAMENT ARE DIVINE REVELATION.

This is the basic premise of belief in God. Sola Scriptura.

-Peace

Promise

His promise still remains,

He does never change;

He’ll see us through the pains,

And Peace He will arrange.

Why now does he promise,

To give us life anew;

We do not deserve this,

But someone does love you.

There are deep red bloodstains,

Those who believe are few;

But the fact it still remains,

Jesus died for you.

Skeptical of the Skeptic

Reading the book, Why people believe weird things, I found that some scientists are insisting that there is a natural explanation  to EVERYTHING.  They tout that if it is not provable using the scientific method, then there is not enough evidence to warrent a valid conclusion. Creationism they say is not scientific, and an irrational pseudoscience. The belief is classified into the “Weird” category.

The scientists are right about creationism not being scientific.  Trying to prove (or disprove) the spiritual world using the scientific method is about as logical as trying to measure infinity with a yardstick. God can be observed, and experienced, but he is not subject to our natural laws. He is above our human capacity to comprehend.

The scientists are using a reverse logic to disprove the supernatural.  “All things have a natural explanation,” they claim, “Therefore, the supernatural does not exist.” This has become their mantra, and naturalism has become their official worldview. God has no place in their vocabulary, and they exclude all evidence that supports any type of supernatural phenomena.

Christianity is the most intellectual of all religions.  Historical documents support the credibility of the Old and New Testaments. There is more evidence to support these ancient scripts than for any other book in existence.  If God were to come down and live with us, we would still find reasons to question His authority.  Human beings want to believe that we are not accountable to a higher power.

Hello blogworld…it’s me!

My first blog site…yeah. Mark this date on your calendar, and keep visiting this site to stay current on the real truth about God and Religion. 

I plan on updating about once per week.  Feel free to comment.

–Peace