The Claim That There Is No God Is An Escape From All Realities

According to the latest available statistics there are about 15-30% of the world populations that are either agnostic or atheists. Atheist and agnostics are defined as:
agnostic
ag•nos•tic [ag nóstik]
(plural ag•nos•tics)
noun
1. somebody denying God’s existence is provable: somebody who believes that it is impossible to know whether or not God exists
2. somebody denying something is knowable: somebody who doubts that a question has one correct answer or that something can be completely understood
I’m an agnostic concerning space aliens.
[Mid-19th century. < a-2 + gnostic]
-ag•nos•tic, adjective
-ag•nos•ti•cal•ly, adverb
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atheist
a•the•ist [áythee ist]
(plural a•the•ists)
noun
unbeliever in God or deities: somebody who does not believe in God or deities
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While it is true that there are evil that throughout the history of humanity were done by some people who “allegedly” are believers in the existence of God, the worst of evil were done by those who denied the existence of God Psalms 53:1:
“The fool hath said in his heart, There is no God. Corrupt are they, and have done abominable iniquity: there is none that doeth good.”
This was the observation of the psalmist David. The same observation was written by another Biblical writer many hundreds of years after David.
In Romans 3:10-18, the apostle Paul categorically stated:
“As it is written, There is none righteous, no, not one: There is none that understandeth, there is none that seeketh after God. They are all gone out of the way, they are together become unprofitable; there is none that doeth good, no, not one. Their throat is an open sepulcher; with their tongues they have used deceit; the poison of asps is under their lips:
Whose mouth is full of cursing and bitterness: Their feet are swift to shed blood: Destruction and misery are in their ways: And the way of peace have they not known:
There is no fear of God before their eyes.”
In I Timothy 6:10, the apostle Paul explained that the love of money is a root of all evil:
“For the love of money is a root of all kinds of evil: which some reaching after have been led astray from the faith, and have pierced themselves through with many sorrows.” (ASV)
But Paul was consistent in saying that all evil comes not only from the love of money but by not acknowledging the existence of God. Romans 1:28-32:
“And even as they did not like to retain God in their knowledge, God gave them over to a reprobate mind, to do those things which are not convenient; Being filled with all unrighteousness, fornication, wickedness, covetousness, maliciousness; full of envy, murder, debate, deceit, malignity; whisperers, Backbiters, haters of God, despiteful, proud, boasters, inventors of evil things, disobedient to parents, Without understanding, covenant breakers, without natural affection, implacable, unmerciful:
Who knowing the judgment of God, that they which commit such things are worthy of death, not only do the same, but have pleasure in them that do them.”
The Godless Hitler murdered millions of innocent Jews. While other tyrants confess that they know God, their acts of cruelty and injustice denies their claim. Titus 1:16:
“They profess that they know God; but in works they deny him, being abominable, and disobedient, and unto every good work reprobate.”
Polpot (an atheist, leader of the Cambodian communist movement known as the Khmer Rouge)
-has killed probably at least 1.5 million people and it may have been as 3 million
Joseph Stalin (an atheist, General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union’s Central Committee)
-a tyrant who murdered millions of people. He began a series of ‘purges’ in which millions of people died. The purges are known as the Great Terror.
- The Soviet dictator said, “You know, they are fooling us, there is no God… all this talk about God is sheer nonsense.” – (E. Yaroslavsky, Landmarks in the Life of Stalin)
Adolf Hitler (Nazi leader, no religious inclination)
-responsible for the murder of some 6 million Jews during the World War II
Sources:

http://www.localhistories.org/tyrants.html

http://www.wikipedia.com

http://www.adherents.com/people/ps/Joseph_Stalin.html)

Will the belief in the true God bring evil to humanity?
He said:
“Thou shalt not kill.” ( Exo.20:13)
“Thou shalt not commit adultery.” (Exo.20:14)
“Honor thy father and thy mother…” (Exo.20:12)
“Thou shalt no steal.” (Exo.20:15)
“Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church, and gave himself for it;” (Ephe.5:25)
Believing in the God who commands all these things will make the human society more humane. There is wisdom and prudence to believe in God as all areas of logic dictates than to deny His existence. Denying God is denying the principle of science and logic that nothing happens without a cause. Romans 1:19-20:
“Because that which may be known of God is manifest in them; for God hath showed it unto them. For the invisible things of him from the creation of the world are clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made, even his eternal power and Godhead; so that they are without excuse:”
The wonders of the created universe prove the existence of the Most Magnificent Creator. Denying God is denying the dictate of human conscience that there is somebody greater than him. Romans 2:14-15:
“For when the Gentiles, which have not the law, do by nature the things contained in the law, these, having not the law, are a law unto themselves: Which show the work of the law written in their hearts, their conscience also bearing witness, and their thoughts the mean while accusing or else excusing one another; )”
The inability of a man to attain the stature that he perfectly wants to be, proves the fact that he was created by somebody higher in power than him; while understanding the purpose of the Creator, allowing the presence of infirmities in his being, will make him realize how great his Creator is.
Romans 9:20-21:
“Nay but, O man, who art thou that repliest against God? Shall the thing formed say to him that formed it, Why hast thou made me thus? Hath not the potter power over the clay, of the same lump to make one vessel unto honor, and another unto dishonor?”
II Corinthians 12:7-10:
“And lest I should be exalted above measure through the abundance of the revelations, there was given to me a thorn in the flesh, the messenger of Satan to buffet me, lest I should be exalted above measure. For this thing I besought the Lord thrice, that it might depart from me. And he said unto me, My grace is sufficient for thee: for my strength is made perfect in weakness. Most gladly therefore will I rather glory in my infirmities, that the power of Christ may rest upon me. Therefore I take pleasure in infirmities, in reproaches, in necessities, in persecutions, in distresses for Christ’s sake: for when I am weak, then am I strong.”
THERE IS PROBABLY NO GOD, IS AN ESCAPE FROM ALL REALITIES.
Why?
(to be continued…)

The Claim that There is No God is an Escape from All Realities (Part 2)

Although there are hidden and camouflaged evil in every society, it is generally the norm in human society to condemn evil. The teachings of God in the bible are against all evil. To deny the existence of God is to favor evil. The slogan “There’s probably no God. Now stop worrying and enjoy your life” implies that there is a struggle deep inside the heart of the formulators of such a slogan. However they are trying to shrug it off, because they want to find a way of escape from feeling guilty in their heart due to all the evil they are doing.
(ROMANS 2:15) Which show the work of the law written in their hearts, their conscience also bearing witness, and their thoughts the mean while accusing or else excusing one another;) (KJV)
The formulators of such slogans are trying to escape all these realities because they are not real people:
1. The reality that there is a Creator of everything that exist;
(ACTS 17:24) God that made the world and all things therein, seeing that he is Lord of heaven and earth, dwelleth not in temples made with hands; (KJV)
2. The reality that everything that exists was planned and created for a purpose. (The harmony in the natural and physical universe cannot logically be the product of an accident or a Big Bang)
(ROMANS 1:19) Because that which may be known of God is manifest in them; for God hath showed it unto them. (KJV)
(ROMANS 1:20) For the invisible things of him from the creation of the world are clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made, even his eternal power and Godhead; so that they are without excuse: (KJV)
(JOB 34:13) Who has given the earth as a deposit with Him? Or who has set the whole world in order? (MKJV)
(PROVERBS 8:29) when he assigned to the sea its limit, so that the waters might not transgress his command, when he marked out the foundations of the earth, (RSV)
3. The reality that the Bible speaks of scientific truth even before they were discovered by human science because such declaration came from an existing God.
(ISAIAH 40:22) It is he that sitteth upon the circle of the earth, and the inhabitants thereof are as grasshoppers; that stretcheth out the heavens as a curtain, and spreadeth them out as a tent to dwell in: (KJV)
(JOB 26:7) He stretcheth out the north over the empty place, and hangeth the earth upon nothing. (KJV)
4. The reality that present-day happenings were predicted in the bible thousands and hundreds of years ago before by an existing God.
(ISAIAH 46:9) Remember the former things of old: for I am God, and there is none else; I am God, and there is none like me, (KJV)
(ISAIAH 46:10) Declaring the end from the beginning, and from ancient times the things that are not yet done, saying, My counsel shall stand, and I will do all my pleasure: (KJV)
(MATTHEW 24:3) And as he sat upon the mount of Olives, the disciples came unto him privately, saying, Tell us, when shall these things be? and what shall be the sign of thy coming, and of the end of the world? (KJV)
(MATTHEW 24:4) And Jesus answered and said unto them, Take heed that no man deceive you. (KJV)
(MATTHEW 24:5) For many shall come in my name, saying, I am Christ; and shall deceive many. (KJV)
(MATTHEW 24:6) And ye shall hear of wars and rumors of wars: see that ye be not troubled: for all these things must come to pass, but the end is not yet. (KJV)
(MATTHEW 24:7) For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom: and there shall be famines, and pestilences, and earthquakes, in divers places. (KJV)
(MATTHEW 24:8) All these are the beginning of sorrows. (KJV)
5. And, the reality of their very existence that the prophecy of the coming of “scoffers” is being fulfilled in their person!
(II PETER 3:3) Knowing this first, that there shall come in the last days scoffers, walking after their own lusts, (KJV)
Throughout the history of man, those who believed and served God with all their hearts were the greatest men that this world had ever seen. They were the best public servants, the best heroes, the best mentors, the best leaders, and the best neighbors — NONE OF THESE BEST MEN IS AN ATHEIST!

WOOOOOOSAH!!!

Okay, it’s been five months and it has been a truly long blogging vacation for me. And yes, in my pursuit of continuing what had began several months ago – here I am now with another post.

Calgary,Alberta, Canada

Two months had past since I left the Philippines (and by the way, last year I made a post about my wife being pregnant again…guess what: We have a daughter now!) and I’m aching to see, kiss and hold in my arms the people I long for: my wife Agnes and my two kids again. Many have written documentaries and filmed about how people moving to a different country in search for better means of income, sacrificing precious moments with their loved ones and not minding the torture that is happening within them because of the terrible fact that oceans, territories, laws and money stand in their way for them to be together with their own family…to be in one room eating and talking and having a great time together. I myself had missed a lot of those precious and wonderful moments a father experiences with his children. I was told by my wife how my Janel giggles when her brother jumps and makes faces. It’s just two months and it feels like it’s been years already.
If I can just simply go back home I would…but it’s not a simple thing to do. Complicated and surrounded with complexities that makes a lot of complications will be the result if I back out now. If you need me to expound on this, forget it. It’s complicated I tell you.
I just hope my seasonal depressive emotions won’t play to its tune. It’s so dreadful just how winter doubles its effects like Vitamin C with Vitamin E (both becomes more potent when combined). When I was in college I always feel sad in December. And I was always thinking why I felt depressed when there’s no apparent reason. Is it the cold air or what? I ask myself. And later on I discovered while reading a medical journal that there is such a this as ‘Seasonal affective disorder’.
Although I ain’t diagnosed with SAD, I do feel sadness during the latter months of the year. But what the heck…I can still do something about it I guess. Maybe I’ll try to learn hockey…err…ice skate first, hehehe ^^ And besides, I know that the Father above is keeping a close eye and will be there always in times I need help. I guess having constant communication with my loved ones would ease the sadness. And the faith that God’s will and love will bind us even though how vast the distance maybe. That my wife and my two kids are with me and always be…inside this heart they dwell indeed.

Onrine Engurishee (Online English)

I’m back! It’s been months since I wrote anything here. I didn’t have the liberty to do so because of my ‘hecticules’ schedule.
Being a full time Online English Teacher, engulfed with a number of students…nah, I won’t talk about my daily tasks…is a blast. I’ve started to accept students for my home-based teaching program and so far is a very rewarding experience. Though, I never saw myself becoming a teacher (the fact that I hate going to school…or to be exact, I hate schoolwork. But I like the social life and the relationships you can have in school) but somehow it turns out to be very enjoyable ( I always had this funny concept that teachers hate their job because its soooo boring, but I prove me wrong ^^). The fact that my students expressing their gratitude because they’re benefiting from my lectures, melts my heart.
In doing online classes, you need online tools and thank goodness there are smart people who invented these – 1. Skype.

Although, I’m a Vista user, the newest version has bugs (not the bunny) and I have to use the older version. but its doing great.
Imagine doing a transcontinental phone call via VOIP, PC to PC, without a fee, not even a penny, and you get a quality sound as if you’re having a face to face conversation with that person on the other line. It is simply great!

2. To the brains of this site:

Dimdim let’s you host or join an online conference without a fee. But you can also get their premium services (of course with a fee) but the free stuff is working like an oiled Hayabusa ripping the highway.
File sharing is awesome and it is convenient. Its user friendly and even the dumbest person can look like Einstein when he gets his hands over this.
So, to the people behind Skype and Dimdim, Way to go!

The Pursuit of Happyness

Since father hood came to my being and now, I’m expecting my second child sometime April of next year, I can’t evade this fact that I’m adding in gravity to my already existing responsibility. I keep on thinking of better means to improve my family’s condition. I’m supposed to be leaving for Canada to work there, hoping that the grass is greener and the pasture fatter to make us more financially capable. Unexpectedly, some technicalities had risen that sort of prevented me from going there, yet.

I was psyching up for these past days and I’m trying to search inside me, assessing my capabilities, going on some options and determining the possible scenarios that might happen within this intense period of family life. I’ve exhausted my mind and I thank God I came up with some plans that might work…should work. I’d like to share these plans but I’d rather not. It’s hard to count the chicks when the eggs haven’t been laid yet. But maybe I may be of help to give you an extra boost of inspiration.

This is the story of Chris Gardner. A salesman turned stock broker to being a founder of a million-dollar brokerage firm in San Francisco, California. Surpassed hardship, gained financial success – a prime example of determination and faith. As portrayed by the great Will Smith, this story will blow your mind. I guess things might change a bit if you see this film, and a better perspective might open up for you as well, in terms of finding the right attitude in our pursuit of making our dreams reality, for our loved ones to have a better life.

After seeing this film, my love for my wife and for my Son grew more. One of the lines that struck me in this movie is: “…don’t let anyone tell you that you can’t do it…if you have a dream, you have to defend it… “

Top 10 List courtesy of my buddies: Dave and Masi San

Alrighty! It’s been a long blogging vacation for me and as always, hopeful that you enjoy this post. i give credit to my buddy Dave and my buddy Masi Oka San for helping me on this fine craft and I wish the authorities here in the Philippine can view this. Enjoy folkshref=”http://ihatecommuting.files.wordpress.com/2008/08/dave.jpg”></a

Naruto!!!

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I remember, during the first pregnancy of my wife, she had a craving for watching Japanese anime especially One Piece & Naruto. Now in her second, she again has this hunger to have Uzumaki Naruto on her viewing schedule. She woke me up early today, asking if I could go out and buy her vitamins, some toiletries and a Naruto DVD.

So I did. We haven’t seen yet the ending of the ‘Rescue Gaara’ saga when the Konoha and Suna shinobis were tracking down the location of two Akatsuki members – Sasori and Deidara, who kidnapped the Sand’s Kazekage (which is Gaara), a jinchuriki like Naruto, who possesses inside him a biju. Which along the mid-part of the saga, Akatsuki has extracted Shukaku (one tailed tanuki) from Gaara, causing his death. Naruto, (also a jinchuriki, has kyuubi (nine-tailed fox) inside him) even though one of Akatsuki’s targets, Tsunade, makes a daring move by including Naruto as one of the members of the retrieval team headed by the former ANBU captain Kakashi Hatake in rescuing the Sands beloved leader.<

So again, we’re about to continue the drama and enjoy the humor of this masterpiece. I hope I could make posts on our Naruto escapades. I hope you could share yours too.

wall-E,Eve,books and it’s a Friday

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Last Friday was a company holiday so we seized the day with some team building activities. And we watched Wall-E. This movie made a very good impression on me. A romantic story of two micro-chip driven bots and a story line with the sapidity of the green revolution packed with humor and very child friendly. Indeed, a wake-up call for us to look beyond the financial success of Globalization versus the environment; a time for us to re-think the ‘inconvenient truth’.

I arrived 3pm at the Alabang Town Center and had an hour reading books inside Powerbooks. I was anxious to take a peek inside the book our boss recommended us to read – First, break all the rules. They were all sold out so I read some John C. Maxwell materials. I’m really hungry for some literature since it was a long one since I had time reading a book. I like books that open your senses; books that dilates your views and tickle your interest; books that frenzies your self to think and to think more. Sadly, an hour is not enough to satisfy my reading cravings but I have to go to the cinemas, 4pm was our call time. And I didn’t have enough money with me either so I can buy the book that I was reading – the 21 irrefutable laws of leadership. Why can’t they sell these good books cheap?<

Among the many woes among Filipinos is education. In this time of commercialization, it’s hard to find a beneficial item that we can use for self development that is free. Tuition is high and the cost of living’s just isn’t pocket friendly. With the 12%+ inflation rate, where can you get the money to sustain your needed education? The necessities that you buy now may cost more the next day. Books for an example are very high priced commodities. You can find cheap ones from book sales and tiny book shops that sell previously owned books. But a few can only avail on these. These books sell like hot pancakes in the book stalls of C.M.Recto, Booksale and the other small book shops. The leftovers are just novels and magazines.

I wish there’s someone in the government that can make a difference and make positive outputs like putting up of libraries accessible for the general reading public. If books can get you anywhere, books can put a nation in a good place in the global scene. How about some allocation to establish these mind-enhancement facilities? How about some sense?

Math is an ‘Exact’ Science

I was on my way home last night and a terrible thing happened; I ran out of gas! 17 kilometers away from home, in a precarious area notorious for robberies and bad stuff, I was preparing for hand to hand combat. Thank God nothing bad happened. I made a terrible mistake of not filling in gas when I left work because I felt I still have enough to get back home. “You can’t always rely on gut feelings boy” my father says all the time.

I texted a brother and he came to the rescue with a gallon of premium gasoline. And he was on his bicycle albeit at 12:00 midnight. Indeed “a brother loveth at all times…” -King Solomon, Proverbs 17:17

I poured in the gasoline into the fuel reservoir, reddish and odious (it’s been a long time since I smelt premium gasoline because ever since my heart belonged to the unleaded) and after a few seconds, my iron horse neighed with might. I left the place with a skid mark to serve as a shout out – Karl was apprehensively here!

I arrive home safe and sound, my wife in wait, sitting in solemnity by the table that we eat our daily bread. It’s such a relief that I always get home in one piece. In the chaos of the day, the dangers a’ lurk, I can depend on the strongest but the most gentle and caring hands – the One you can seek refuge – the hands of the Creator.

Verse of the Week

He sent redemption unto His people; He hath commanded His covenant forever: holy and reverend is His name.

- Psalms 111:9

Me Oh My!

My Eli will be a year and 7 month old happy toddler tomorrow. Adding more quality mileage for my son’s human odometer, he’s learning many things and still learning more. And oh boy, they really grow fast!

I made a realization and reminisced my wonder years. I was a talkative kid that had endless questions and never gets satisfied with the grown-up’s responses. And that is what exactly my kid is doing right now. In the 80’s, Sesame Street is the only show that anyone can see on our home TV. Now, in the new Millennium, a new king arises and dethrones me. He now owns the TV set, and the only show on it is Barney and friends. (You’ll have to wait until he sleeps, then you can have the TV). As a fact in history, no human being led an empire that hasn’t been dethroned. No earthly empire has lasted the conquest of time. A beginning of a new kingdom marked the end of another. And this vicious cycle goes on. No amount of fortification can do.

Last Sunday’s Surprises

My wife and I were looking for an investment in real estates, a descent piece of land and a sturdy house on it that we’ll call home. We thought of budgeting everything out, set the plans, qualified our needs and calculated the monthly utilities. It was a good plan since we don’t need a mortgage or a loan to set sail this one. (Eat your hearts out loan sharks!) Just as when this boat of calculations, figures, hopes and dreams is set to sail, a new shape emerges. We were absolutely bewildered by the sheer fact that we are in dire need to reckon this very wonderful and majestic creation of the Maker of the Heavens and Earth – my wife is bearing our second child. Her period’s a month late. No wonder she’s been acting weird this couple of days. Me Oh My! Eli’s going to be a big brother; we’ll be having another source of joy and our parents for sure are going to be surprised when we herald them the news.

So again, we face another big challenge – a noble obligation granted to us of rearing a person’s life here on Earth. My wife’s hoping it’ll be a baby girl this time. We had reserved a Japanese name for a future daughter – Aoi Sakura, just by saying it makes you feel good. But then, we still don’t know if the life in her bosom is indeed estrogen or androgen driven. Of course, we’ll have to go through the initials again – morning sickness, food cravings and the many weird stuff pregnant women go into in their first three months of pregnancy – a very crucial time for both mother and baby.

So to all the Mom’s to be out there, have a folate rich diet, it’s for baby’s brain development; iron for enriching the oxygen supply for both mom and baby; calcium for bone development, and more…(I wish I was a nutritionist). Dads out there, our wives and our babies need us most. Don’t be hard-headed, our wives ‘mood swings are perfectly normal. Let’s buy them vitamin and mineral rich fruits and greens and stay out of pollution. Only a stupid-imbecile-dullard-dumb-idiot would smoke tobacco while pregnant or with a pregnant or is within an area with pregnant women. So smokers – use your heads. Comprende?