Dawkins is at it again!

[Mick]

A Brit TV channel ran a week-long series of half-hour science shows last week featuring an assortment of scientists,astronomers and evolutionists etc who attempted to answer "The Great Mysteries of the Universe",and although the shows came up with no answers whatsoever,they were interesting to see just how spiritually shallow many of the academics were.
One programme was hosted by evolutionist Dr. Richard Dawkins who promised at the start to "answer the question of the purpose of life" Wow!
After a half-hour of his usual waffling,he concluded that "the purpose of human existence is simply to pass on our genes to future generations"
I'm speechless!!! What a sickeningly spiritually-bankrupt thing to say,typical of the shallow hell-bound mindset of him and his kind!
As we all know,the purpose of life is to SPIRITUALLY evolve, (Jesus said - "The work God requires is to believe in the one he has sent" (John 6:28)
so that at the point of death we are "locked on" to Jesus and our souls automatically home in on him like heat-seeking missiles,while the un-locked souls of Dawkins and his colleagues "go stupid" (in military parlance) and fly off into the void. "Ungodly men for whom the blackness of darkness is reserved forever" (Jude 1:4-19)

[Tibby]

They accuse us of keeping with ancient cave man simple mindless by believe God made the world. The fact is, they are just as guilty as we are. It isn’t that the pagan cavemen invented Gods and spirits to explain the universe, it is that they came up with all kinds of theory on how things happen, and followed the most logical. No since of  style or class. No artistry or emotion. These guys are nothing more then apes in lab coats. Grunts for the cause of the anti-Truth.

[Mick]

Yes Tibby,I lurv your "apes in lab coats" description of them:)
Another indication of their mentality is that they're fond of saying mankind had to invent his gods out of fear and superstition,and while this is certainly true of half-baked pagan cults,no way did Christians have to invent OUR God,because HE came to US in solid flesh-and-blood form through his son!
By the way,Dawkins is a self-confessed atheist,which comes as no surprise,as I had him pegged for one long before,when I first saw him on TV,and his whole demeanour and appearance screamed "atheist":-the dead eyes,fretful manner,shifty body language and underlying fear typical of all atheists.

[Tibby]

Yes. Dare I say it, mankind made their Theories out of fear OF superstition. Fear that humans are not in complete control. These people says Christians are weak-minded. I ask, make them follow the Christian moral Code for a week, see who is "weak"! They are to blind to see that everything they do and believe can be likened to those myths of the Pagans. They take what they know, and concocted a story about why.

As a side note, I don't believe fear and superstition are what cause Pagans to make their own religion. I think they simply have the desire for the Spirit of God, but lack the knowledge to fully act on this desire.

[nChrist]

Oklahoma Howdy to Tibby,

These guys are nothing more then apes in lab coats.

   WOW!, this is great. Can I use it from time to time if I mention your name, or is a royalty payment required for each use?  

In Christ,
Tom

[Tibby]

Actually, you can't use it at all, it is the title of my new book

[nChrist]

Actually, you can't use it at all, it is the title of my new book

Oklahoma Howdy to Tibby,

   Brother, you need a manager and promoter. I'll give you a brother-in-law deal on my fees.

In Christ,
Tom

[Mick]

Incidentally,I'm not sneakily saying stuff about Dawkins behind his back,as I've already told him in a brief correspondence I had with him a couple of years ago.It was like talking to a brick wall,i couldn't get through to him,and he even threw a few personal insults at me and Christians in general.I've rarely come across anyone as narrow-minded and blinkered as him. Perhaps his years of over-intensive university study let the demons take hold of him. Below is an article i wrote about such demonic footholds:-
"About 25 years ago when I was in my mid-twenties,I was alone in the house one Saturday afternoon while the rest of the family had gone shopping in town,and I amused myself by going up to my room to carry on building a plastic model sailing ship.After a few hours,I heard the family's voices down in the street as they returned,and I heard them unlatch the front gate,and I heard the key going into the front door,and I heard their footsteps and voices in the hallway.
Then it all went quiet.
After a few minutes,I went down to greet them but the house was empty,so I could only assume they'd all slipped back out to go off somewhere again.
Later,they all arrived back for real this time,and I asked my mum if they'd been back earlier,but she said no,so I recounted the "false arrival" experience to her and she was as puzzled as I was!
A few years later I happened to read in a paranormal book that FA's are a fairly common phenomena,and I was thrilled and fascinated to know I'd experienced one.
In fact,some time later,Brit TV broadcast a paranormal show that featured FA's,and one guy said he was working late on the company accounts in the disused control tower on an old airfield his firm was renting,when he heard footsteps plodding up the stone stairs and stop outside the door."Well come on in then!" he called out,but nobody did,and when he went and opened the door,nobody was there!
My experience and his have two things in common:-our minds were fully occupied in concentrating on what we were doing,me on that fiddly model ship,and his on his firms paperwork.
Okay here's my theory:- We're all born with a "psychic shield" around our brains to keep paranormal manifestations out.But if we're deep in concentration on something,power is diverted from that shield and it becomes weaker,allowing assorted psychic phenomena, spooks and dare I say it -demons-to penetrate our minds?
Worst case scenarios are students who kill themselves after heavy studying for exams.Who knows what demons have got into their skulls through weakened shields?
"For we wrestle not against flesh and blood,but against principalities,against powers,against the rulers of darkness.."(Eph 6:12)
against which we must "Put on the full armour of God" (Eph 6:11-18)"
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P.S.:-Thats why I've controversially said on this board and elsewhere that too much intensive Bible Study can be bad for us too.I'd even go so far as to say that anyone who advocates relentless intensive repeated reading of the Bible from cover to cover without a break is satanic.See how slyly Satan operates?

[ravenloche]

  P.S.:-Thats why I've controversially said on this board and elsewhere that too much intensive Bible Study can be bad for us too.I'd even go so far as to say that anyone who advocates relentless intensive repeated reading of the Bible from cover to cover without a break is satanic.See how slyly Satan operates?
 
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Rom 12:1 I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service.
Rom 12:2 And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God.
2Ti 2:15 Study to shew thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth.

Are you insane, or demonic? We study the word of God to
learn about him, and to learn his desire for our lives!
  "that too much intensive Bible Study can be bad for us"
  " anyone who advocates relentless intensive repeated reading of the Bible from cover to cover without a break is satanic."

Am I to understand then that you only read your bible when it
is convienient for you? That you only study God's word if you
feel like it? Or is it more along the lines of I've read it once,
the words will still be be same, so why read it again?

I have been studying the word of God for over 25 years, and
I feel that I have just scratched the surface of it's treasures.
The more that I study, the more I delve into it's depths, the
more I find that I need to learn.
Learning is a life time process; if you stop learning you are a
dead man, walking around maybe, but still dead! If my short
time here on earth is a continual learning process, how much
more so my eternal life is also a continual learning process!

I do not know about the rest of the believers here at CU; but
I personally am tired of want - to - be christians who are :
2Ti 3:7 Ever learning, and never able to come to the knowledge of the truth
2Ti 3:5 Having a form of godliness, but denying the power thereof: from such turn away.

You seem to have spent some time learning about Jesus, don't
you think it is time you come to know him in his fulness?

Praying for you in earnest

Rev. Joseph E. Barnhouse Sr.

[nChrist]

Oklahoma Howdy to Mick,

You said

P.S.:-Thats why I've controversially said on this board and elsewhere that too much intensive Bible Study can be bad for us too.I'd even go so far as to say that anyone who advocates relentless intensive repeated reading of the Bible from cover to cover without a break is satanic.See how slyly Satan operates?

Mick, I would have to say this is a very silly statement. I would also have to say that Satan loves to find ways to keep people from studying their Bibles. That would be the opposite of what your statement says. Without Bible Study, one can only hope for either a very shallow understanding of the Bible or an incorrect understanding of the Bible. An incorrect understanding is the most prominent outcome. In fact, a silly understanding of the Bible would probably be the most accurate description.

The Holy Bible is God's Word. Looking at it with the covers closed simply makes it a dust collector or paper-weight, and it makes the owner ignorant of the real beauty and truth of the contents. A Christian studies the Holy Bible with joy and zeal because Christ is the center and core of a Christian's life. A Christian finds peace, joy, guidance, wisdom, and understanding in those Holy Pages.

Mick, I would have to ask if Jesus Christ is your Lord and Saviour. Christians study the Holy Bible in joy, not a matter of labor. If you lack that joy in studying the Holy Bible, you are probably not saved. If Jesus Christ is your Lord and Saviour, it is only natural to have joy in finding out HIS TRUTH and understanding everything you can IN HIS HOLY WORD.

Mick, the Holy Bible is not like a newspaper that you throw away after skimming it once. It is time to ask yourself if you are SAVED AND BORN AGAIN. It's really quite hard to know if you are saved without studying the Holy Bible. If you are saved, your failure to study would leave you as a weak and crippled Christian without the power and knowledge of HIS WORD. If you don't know, and you probably don't, many people here will be glad to help you, including me.

Mick, I spoke the truth in love. You may not see it that way, but it's time for you to wake up. It is a wonderful feeling to know beyond any doubt that you are SAVED AND BORN AGAIN.

Love In Christ,
Tom

[Mick]

I can only repeat what I've said elsewhere in this forum:- People in Christian chatrooms who i've helped to find Jesus tell me they wished they'd met a Christian like me years ago!
They like my strong,direct bright and breezy simple style,unlike the cobwebby way others have mis-represented Jesus to people for centuries!

However,I notice some in this forum have childishly called me insane,demonic,silly etc,and have twisted out of context what i said, tut-tut!

To my critics,I therefore say this:- Please ask yourself if Satan is using you like ventriloquists dummies to attack me and turn others in the forum against me?

 Sorry,I never argue or engage in childish name-calling,I just go my own sweet way regardless,and people are welcome to come along for the ride or get left behind!

[nChrist]

Oklahoma Howdy to Mick,

You said:  I can only repeat what I've said elsewhere in this forum:- People in Christian chatrooms who i've helped to find Jesus tell me they wished they'd met a Christian like me years ago!
They like my strong,direct bright and breezy simple style,unlike the cobwebby way others have mis-represented Jesus to people for centuries!

However,I notice some in this forum have childishly called me insane,demonic,silly etc,and have twisted out of context what i said, tut-tut!

To my critics,I therefore say this:- Please ask yourself if Satan is using you like ventriloquists dummies to attack me and turn others in the forum against me?

Sorry,I never argue or engage in childish name-calling,I just go my own sweet way regardless,and people are welcome to come along for the ride or get left behind!

It really doesn't matter how many times you say something, it doesn't make it true. I, as an individual, would prefer that you not witness for Christ if you are going to tell them that Jesus Christ isn't God and don't study your Bible. If you tell people what you've said here, you are simply telling fairy tales.

Again, I said this in Christian Love. Mick, it's time to wake up.

Love In Christ,
Tom

[ravenloche]

thank you Tom for saying so clearly what I have been trying
ineptly to say.

respectfully yours in Yeshua

ravenloche

[nChrist]

thank you Tom for saying so clearly what I have been trying
ineptly to say.

respectfully yours in Yeshua

ravenloche

Oklahoma Howdy to Ravenloche,

Brother, you are most welcome. Jesus Christ being God and our exhortation to study to be approved workmen are precious topics for every Christian. Those who deny that Jesus Christ is THE LORD, VERY GOD, and tell us not to study HIS WORD are not working for our Lord and Saviour, Jesus Christ.

Brother, I also wanted to tell you how much I enjoy your posts.

Love In Christ,
Tom

[CowboyDan]

I believe earlier you mentioned that Dawkins said that the purpose of life is to pass on our geans to the next generation. You seemed to be completely opposed to this idea.  i think it actually seems pretty reasonable.  think about when you become nervous or scared.  you begin to sweat, the hair on the back of your neck may rise, other things.  these are built in reactions that are ment to cuase you to get away from what is endangering you.  they are uncontrollable feelings that help you survive to carry on your species.  i dont see why you would call some of the most learned and educated people "apes in labcoats"