Religion & Philosophy

Date of Email: 2-19-07

Title of Email: "You Saved My Life!"

Hello!

I have been a Christian for a number of years. Recently, after
experiencing an encounter with hard-line atheists, I was left with a
most awkward feeling of doubt in the corner of my mind. Possessing an
over-sensitive heart, my intrapsychical processes soon turned this into
something much more sinister. I became so unable to dispossess myself
of
a magnified sense of doubt, that I felt helpless and as though I was
about to slip out of faith.

Thanks to you, and to your wonderful site, I have been "re-saved." I
have found the answers and reassurance that I sought.

I was imparting to atheist empiricism and naturalism far too much
credence, and never thought to take a stance from where I could launch
an examination of their world-view. Your insights have saved me from a
fate of crippled faith.

I am most sincerely and genuinely in your debt. If there is anything at
all I could do for you, please do not hesitate to ask.

Now that my joy has overwhelmed my ability to remain in charge of my
rational faculties - THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU for such an
intelligent and faithful site!

May God continue to bless you and yours; your works, and everyone who
may visit your site!

Sincerely,

M. T.

Brett writes,

I just read your article “George Bush on Sodomy” (http://www.rightremedy.org/booklets/53).  I am a male, heterosexual, Christian.  Where do you get off presenting your hateful, exclusive, and narrow minded, hallucinations of God?  How do you read this hateful crap you bellow from your Bible?  Do you have the copy reserved for the overly self-righteous?  If your version of Heaven is sitting next to the likes of you and Hitler, I’ll sit in Hell next to Bill Clinton, Thanks.  You are hateful and perverse.  Of what are you so fearful?  Do you have and official documentation from God that you have the ability to speak so definitively for Him?  I’ll be praying for you. 

THE PILLARS AND BELIEFS OF ISLAM WERE ADOPTED BY MOHAMMED FROM VARIOUS PAGAN RELIGIONS ALREADY PREVALENT IN 7TH CENTURY ARABIA.

* The Kabah was a sanctuary in Mecca in pre-Islamic Arabia where travelers would enter and worship their particular god. There were 360 idols in the Kabah.2,3,4

* "Allah", the name of the god of the Muslims, was the well-known name of one of the many gods worshiped in the Kabah in pre-Islamic times.9,10,11,12,13,14,15,16,17,18,19,20,21,22,23,24,25 Mohammed promoted a god of whom all in Arabia were well-aware.

by Dr. J. Patrick Johnston

1. Is there such a thing as right and wrong?

2. Are right and wrong determined by my culture, parental upbringing, personal preference, conscience, or a book of religion?

3. Is there a universal standard of right and wrong applicable to all?

4. How can I know right from wrong if we are all raised in different cultures with different belief systems?

THE TRANSCENDENTAL REFUTATION OF ATHEISM

The clash between Christian theism and atheism is primarily a worldview clash. A worldview is a network of presuppositions. One's worldview is one's view of reality. The debate over the existence of God is not simply a debate over sensory evidence. This is because our worldview determines what we will accept as evidence in the first place, what degree of certainty we require before we consider evidence authentic, and what options we will consider in our explanation of the evidence at our disposal. The atheist, for instance, looks at the magnificent expanse of the universe and stands in awe at the wonders of time and chance and evolution. The Christian looks at the same data and glorifies the God of the Bible, the Creator of heaven and earth. The atheist looks at the fossil evidence and sees overwhelming evidence for the theory of macroevolution, whereas the Christian looks at the same data and finds evidence for the Genesis flood and considers macroevolutionary theory contradicted by the lack of intermediate species. The Christian believes that answers to prayer and miraculous occurrences validate faith in Christ whereas the atheist resorts to the most likely naturalistic explanation and considers the power of the mind sufficient cause to explain those phenomena.