GOD Unplugged.

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Most people are turned off by religion. I don’t blame them - it did me (and still does at times).  But is there any proof there is a supernatural world in addition to the natural world?  If so, should we all buy crystals or a Bible?  I quit being afraid of asking hard questions about religion and what I found out is below.  See the booklet The Spiritual Emergency Manual, which tells you exactly what the Bible promises to deliver on Health and Wealth; and why troubles come.

It started the day my momma turned on Billy Graham when I was 13. 
“Was I a Christian?”  “Was I saved?”  She wouldn’t let up.  I thought, who cares?  Sure, I’d gone to Sunday School when I was 8 but no one made it out to be that much different from Cub Scouts or Little League.

While my biggest concern was the right sized bell bottom styles and trying to get my first kiss, mom suddenly morphed into Darth Vader.  "What kind of music was I listening to?" Are kids my age drinking?"  "Was I having sex yet?" (Like I’d talk about that with my mom!).  There were more commandments handed down that week than Moses on Mt. Caffeine.  I was just sure of one thing - I was no longer neutral on religion.  I was now firmly against it.

Now mind you, I still didn’t really understand why people made such a big “to do” out of all this.  Supposedly it had something to do with going to heaven, but let’s face it - I had plenty of time to deal with that after I’d at least gotten my first kiss.  As I grew older, religious nuts would grill me on whether I was a Christian.  I always assumed since I use to go to “the club” on Sundays when I was kid I could still be counted in.  “Oh Yeah,” I’d respond, (praying it would spare me from the 20 minute conversion speech!)
 

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How it started

Think for Yourself

What’s in it 4 Me?

Isn’t Praying Medieval?

Give Me Evidence

Jesus: Liar or Lunatic?

What does the Bible REALLY say?

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Years later when the subject of religion came up, I came across lots of people who were down right hostile toward this concept of religion.  They’d attack it as a fairy tale or a "crutch."  This didn't seem right either. So, I would attempt to defend it using the few bits and pieces of the arguments used on me.  Only then did it dawn on me.  I didn’t really know that much about it.  What if it was a bunch a hooey and I was making myself out to be a fool?  I just as well might be some nut trying to convince people the world was flat.

Lots of people would start their argument, “Well.  I believe that...” like it was some kind of superior logic.  Of course, my believing that “the world is flat” has no bearing on whether it really is or not.  Thus came my first major adult revelation:  What people believe really doesn’t matter.  What matters is whether it is true or not.

If someone wanted me to buy an ABFlex, I would be pretty stupid (at least more than I usually am) to hand over my wallet just because they thought it was good for me.  I would first want to know:

1) What is it supposed to do for me? and

2) How much does it cost?

After I’ve answered this, I’d have two other questions:  Is it the best (or only one) on the market?, and, most importantly, Is it true?

Think for Yourself

In Mere Christianity, the philosopher C.S. Lewis makes a case that God is the most logical notion in the world.  With apologies to him, here is his case:

• There are only 2 beliefs in the world.  Man determines right and wrong -or God does.  Even atheists argue about what is right and wrong.  This universal argument presupposes some unwritten standard we should hold one another to.  This does seem logical. Even when we know that something is wrong, we rationalize it.  And it's important to us that others think we're "right."
• Is it just an instinct inborn into all people?  There are no good or bad instincts.  Sex is still OK to the highly moral person if in the bonds of matrimony.  Killing is justified in the defense of one’s children.  Yet motherly love is despised if a Senator exempts her son from going to war.
• Is it merely a function of societal culture?   If so, we should be able to find some cultures that are void of these “guilt trips”.  Yet every culture (Egyptian, Babylonian, Hindu, Greek, Chinese or Roman) are all very similar in morality.  They may have disagreed on how and when to marry, but they all believed in marriage.  They may have disagreed on when or who to kill, but they all had penalties for murder of their own.  Ironically, every civilization has crumbled when basic morals aren’t agreed upon and uniformly upheld.

So, we know there IS a moral standard.  It isn’t an instinct and or just society’s expectations.  And, as long as it doesn’t effect us, all of us we all want it as high as possible to protect us from the other guy’s weaknesses.  However, if it hits something we think is justifiable, we want it as low as possible.  If I’m an adulterer, I don’t want laws putting me in jail for failing to keep my commitment to my spouse.  But if my spouse betrays me and brazenly runs off - I want to see them hang.  So, I know there is a moral standard and, if I’m honest, I know I can’t keep them all.  Sooner, or later there will be something I want to get away with.

Random "Chance" has no morality.  If man didn’t come up with rules AND trying to live with no rules is impossible, where did these rules come from?  We know whoever created them is a stickler for honesty, unselfishness and courage.  Nothing but religion (rules from God) falls into that category.  And they obviously were designed by Something or Somebody.

What's in it (Religion) for Me?

So what did I know about religion?  My short list was pretty depressing:

• It’s good for getting into heaven.
• There is no scientific evidence to support it.
• Only hicks believe it.
• You give up everything and have no fun.

CONTINUED (What's in it for me?)
 

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