(((Billy))) The Atheist

No one knows for sure that they will have another day to live. Eternity is something that most don’t think about, but is essential to ponder. If your name is not written in the Book of Life you will spend forever and ever in the fires of Hell. It is not God’s will for you to perish but to come to Salvation.

Yeshua (JESUS) took the punishment you deserved and died for you on the cross, but HE rose on the third day as proof that He is King of Kings and Lord of Lords.

The Bible says that our life on this earth is like a vapor compared to eternity. Don’t be foolish and waste your life away. You will be proved wrong in the end and for all eternity regret that you would not listen to truth.

The Bible says that there is a way that seems right to a man (or woman) but at its end are that ways of death.

No one on this earth has experienced God;s full Wrath, but that day is quickly approaching. He an all

Holy God, and until you realize that you are utterly hopeless without Him, you will remain lost. The Bible says that all our righteousness is as filthy rags (this includes any goodness we make think we have. ) Hell will be full of good people. The only thing that can be good in us is when Yeshua lives within us.

Repent (turn from your ways and mindset) and surrender your life to Yeshua, He will cleanse you and make you whole. Don’t waste another moment of your life. Time is not on your side.

Rshalomw: No one knows for sure that they will have another day to live. Reality is something that most fundamentalists don’t think about, but is essential to ponder. If your name is not written on a library card you will spend forever and ever in the ignorance and thoughtlessness of uncritical theism.

Jesus may (and I stress may) have existed as one of many rabbinical messianic rabble-rousers of the first centure BCE. He died (if he even lived) as a criminal charged with fomenting revolution (ordinary criminals didn’t rate crucifixion — you had to really piss off the local powers-that-be). No one rises from the dead (okay, McCain did, but it took longer than three days, and a lot of his wife’s money).

The Bible says our life on earth is like a vapour, yadda, yadda, yadda. The Bible says lots of things. Do you eat lobster? Do you wear clothing which mixes wool and linen? Or cotton and synthetics? Don’t be foolish and waste your life away by trying to make sense out of an accretion of bronze-age myths. You will never prove anything by quoting the Bible (or any other book of mythology) and claiming that ‘Truth’ can be found in a vindictive and illogical being.

The Bible says lots of things. Which ones are correct, and how do you figure out which ones to obey?

No one on this earth has experienced god, because there is no god. Natural wrath (earthquakes and volcanoes (plate tectonics), drought and flood (weather, Anthropomorphic Global Warming, and chaos)) has killed almost as many as your religious wars.

I am not hopeless. I have hope for the future, for my children, and for mankind. I am not lost. I have maps. The Bible says lots of silly things. Pick one or two, or pick them all. Hell will be full of good people (then your god is an asshole!!!) And the only one living in me is me (and a shitload of gastrointestinal fauna which keeps my shit solid and helps me digest starches).

Repent? Hell no. Reason! I will not surrender to your forces of illogical, unreasonable, anti-scientific, anti-human, anti-reality fantasy world of your religion.

I will agree, though, that time is not on my side. I am most likely about halfway through my life. No way will I spend any of my time left worshipping a bronze-age deity, the worship of whom has killed millions and encrusted millions more with willful ignorance and intollerance.

In other words, thththtpppt!

Billy
I have to say I’m a bit jealous. There hasn’t been a full-blown Xian ranter on our blog for ages. Not to mention, you get one who actually worships a being who’ll condemn good people to an eternity of torment cos they don’t say Jeshua is great.
I’m all for not wasting your life (as Rshalomw says) but I would have thought that living in fear of a mad old testament-style entity was the very definition of doing that.

Billy:
I see a lot of anger and pride in your words. The Bible says that there is a way that seems right to a man, but at it’s end are the ways of death. The love of Jesus is greater then any hatred and anger you have towards him. There are former atheists who are now Christians . Prayer for your soul is stronger then your unbelief. I challenge you to read Josh Mc Dowell’s book :Evidence That Demands A Werdict.

Shalom

Rshalomw: I sense a lot of fear and low self-esteem in your words. Psychologists say that repeating the same action again and again and expecting a different result is one definition of insanity. The mind of man is greater than the hatred and anger created by organized religion. There are former Christians who are now atheists. Prayer for anyone’s soul is a way to convince yourself you are doing something useful while doing nothing. I challenge you to read Lost Christianities by Bart Ehrman (to find out just how the current version of Christianity was invented).

Billy:

When you come to salvation in Jesus it will be a tetimony that God is immensely bigger then your war against God and his ways. The fact that you are still alive is evidence that God is granting you mercy in spite of your ways. What you don’t know is that before i came to salvation i prided myself on being able to verbally destroy those who contended against me. Jesus has changed me and i therefore extend the love of Jesus to you, because he died so that you could expierence real life and have your blind eyes and deaf ears opened supernaturally, just as my blind eyes and deaf ears were opened. I say to you as Jesus said: Father forgive Billy for he knows not what he does.

The person you have choosen to battle with is proof that God is for real. What do i mean by this? I come from Jewish descent. The fact that the Jewish people still exist is proof of the reality of God. Many enemies have tried to destroy the Jewish people throughout history, but they cannot be wiped out, because he has chosen them to be His testimony.

My esteem is in Jesus, not myself. You don,t believe in prayer, but many will be praying for your salvation. God is the Potter and you are the clay, yet amazingly you say there is no Potter. You also have faith, but it is all in the wrong mindsets. Your mind has been blinded by Satan and he is your father ( just as i was before my salvation); but God’s Amazing Grace is being extended to you daily. God;s Word says that He exalts the humble and humbles the exalted. You are now walking on the path to being humbled. Your war against God is “repeating the same actions again and again and expecting a different result.” The kindness of God will lead to your repentance. Be greatful that He doesn’t treat you as you treat Him.

This will be my last reply to you, but not the last prayer, becaues Jesus said to love your enemies and do good to those who hate you.

Shalom in Jesus

This will be my last reply to you, but not the last prayer, becaues Jesus said to love your enemies and do good to those who hate you.

Last reply? Thank you. Pray for me? Why not do something useful with your life and actually help someone. Prayer is a wonderful way to do nothing while convincing yourself you are doing something. And what makes you think I am your enemy or that I hate you? Hate is more of a conservative authoritarian thing.

Oh, it’s like that Heineken commercial with the bad music where different people pass on a Heiney. Rshalomw is just passing on a Heiney, sorta. Instead though it’s Jesus brew. Yuck.

Philly Chief:

This Jesus whom you slammed still loves you in spite of your disgust with him. He does not want you to perish, but to come to salvation.

Matthew 11:28-30 Come to me all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give your rest. Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. For my yoke is easy and my burden is light.
John 10-11 I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep.
JESUS IS CALLING YOUR NAME
Imagine your body being whipped with a cat of nine tails ( cords embedded with shards of glass and metal). Each time your back was hit, pieces of flesh would be ripped out Iamagine being whipped like this 39 times. Imagine soldiers smashing thorns into your head which were shaped as a crown. Imagine carrying a heavy beam of wood on your shoulders after this whipping and having to walk on an incline. People cursing, laughing and mocking you all the way to the hill where you would be crucified. Soldiers would then drive nails through your wrist bones and feet. When you were lifted up on the cross, the only way you could breathe was to push up on your feet , which would send unbelivable pain though. your body. Imagine all the sins of the world (past, present, and future) being dropped into your mind. People and soldiers are still cursing and mocking you. Can you imagine in your wildest dreams looking out in love at the people who did this to you and forgiving them?

What i just described ( and it was still worse then anything you can imagine) was what Jesus did for you when he was on the Cross. Hear his words: Father, forgive them, for they do not know what they are doing. Jesus was put to death for the sins of every man, woman , and child who are now living, or who have ever lived, or will live in the future. Here is the greatest use of the word “But” in all the scriptures. Acts. 2:24 But God raised him form the dead. Acts 4:12 Salvation is found in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven given to men (or women) by which we must be saved. Hebrews 2:3 how shall we escape if we ignore such a great salvation. This salvation which was first announced by the Lord, was confirmed to us by those who heard him. God also testified to it by signs, wonders and various miracles, and gifts of the Holy Spirit distributed according to his will.

Please read the following article that will prove that the Bible has not been corrupted

Question: Has the Bible Been Corrupted
by Abu Atallah

By Abu Atallah
I myself asked this question many times, and since, I have been confronted with the statement that the Bible has been corrupted. It is so easy to say to others that their book has been corrupted. But have we ever asked ourselves why we are saying that? What proof or proofs do we have to make such a statement? Is this even consistent with what we believe about God? You know that the Bible [Injil] is from God: who could or would dare to corrupt what God has protected, preserved and safeguarded? How can God be the Great [Akbar], the Able One [Al-Qader] and the Powerful [Al Qawie], and be unable to protect His own inspired word? You know this is not just a question about the Bible but a question about God. If God could not protect His words in the Bible, how could He protect anything He says? Is not that infidelity [Kufr] itself? I am sure you agree with me that we cannot say that God is powerless or impotent, incapable of protecting His word.
The Bible affirms that the word of God can not be corrupted or changed. Because it says: “And we also thank God continually because, when you received the word of God, which you heard from us, you accepted it not as the word of men, but as it actually is, the word of God, which is at work in you who believe.” [1Thess. 2:13] In another verse in the Bible we read: “But even if we or an angel from heaven should preach a gospel other than the one we preached to you, let him be eternally condemned! As we have already said, so now I say again: If anyone is preaching to you a gospel other than what you accepted, let him be eternally condemned!” [Gal. 1:8-9] I close these verses with this warning from the Bible: “I warn everyone who hears the words of the prophecy of this book: If anyone adds anything to them, God will add to him plagues described in this book. And if anyone takes words away from this book or prophecy, God will take away from him his share in the tree of life and in the holy city, which are described in this book.” [Rev. 22:18-19] These are the theological issues. God Himself protects, guards, and preserves His word and the Bible testifies to this fact.
I am married and have two children. One is 16 years old and the other is 14. Can you imagine that after all these years someone would tell me that these are not my children? I do not have to prove they are my children, I have their birth certificate that says so. I lived with them since they were born. How does this person know they are not my kids? After 16 years this person tells me that they are not my children! I know that his claim is not true. After 600 years some one comes and says the Bible has been corrupted! So I ask the question: you mean some of the followers of Jesus died for the wrong cause? They knew Jesus Christ and lived with Him, they knew exactly what He said. If anyone else had said something other than the truth they would have known. As I read the Bible and saw statements like “God is love”; “love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind” [Matt. 22:37]; “But I tell you: Love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you” [Matt. 5:44]. Are these verses part of the corrupted Bible? What was changed? Who changed it? When was it changed? And the question: why did they corrupt it? These are all good questions that I have asked. No one seemed to have the answer.
Now I was even more curious and inquisitive. Is there any old Bible manuscript? What is the oldest manuscript of the Bible? I was struck when I found that there are 5,300 known Greek manuscripts of the New Testament [Injil], plus over 10,000 Latin and at least 9,300 other early versions.
There are more than 24,000 partial and complete manuscript copies of the New Testament. These manuscript copies are very ancient and they are available for inspection now. There are also some 86,000 quotations from the early church fathers and several thousand Lectionaries (church-service books containing Scripture quotations used in the early centuries of Christianity). The bottom line is the New Testament has an overwhelming amount of evidence supporting its reliability. There are enough quotations from the early church fathers that even if we did not have a single copy of the Bible, scholars could still reconstruct all but 11 verses of the entire New Testament from material written within 150 to 200 years from the time of Christ. You know they can put the whole Bible together from all these quotations. It is also the testimonies and witness of more than one person about the Bible. So you can see it is impossible to change or corrupt the Bible. Even if we say that some manus