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An Atheist in the Woods

An atheist was walking through the woods.
'What majestic trees'!
'What powerful rivers'!
'What beautiful animals'!
He said to himself.

As he was walking alongside the river, he heard a rustling in the bushes behind him. He turned to look. He saw a 6’9” grizzly bear charge towards him.
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He ran as fast as he could up the path. He looked over his shoulder & saw that the bear was closing in on him.

He looked over his shoulder again, & the bear was even closer. He tripped & fell on the ground. He rolled over to pick himself up but saw that the bear was right on top of him, reaching for him with his left paw & raising his right paw to strike him.

At that instant the Atheist cried out, 'Oh my God!'
Time Stopped.
The bear froze.
The forest was silent.

As a bright light shone upon the man, a voice came out of the sky. 'You deny my existence for all these years, teach others I don't exist and even credit creation to cosmic accident.' 'Do you expect me to help you out of this predicament? Am I to count you as a believer'? The atheist looked directly into the light, 'It would be hypocritical of me to suddenly ask you to treat me as a Christian now, but perhaps you could make the BEAR a Christian'?

'Very Well,' said the voice.

The light went out. The sounds of the forest resumed. And the bear dropped his right paw, brought both paws together, bowed his head & spoke:
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'Lord bless this food, which I am about to receive from thy bounty through Christ our Lord, Amen.'

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Sat, Sep 29th - 2:00PM

Iranarchy

Iran Labels CIA 'Terrorist Organization'
By ALI AKBAR DAREINI
Associated Press Writer

The holocost never happened, The jews are responsible for 9/11. What more must we have to listen to. Why is it we aire the lunatic tyraids of those who have no concept of reality. If we all just wrote every day life as a work of fiction, maybe then life would be better.

Do you really believe what youbelieve is really real?

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Sun, Sep 2nd - 10:01PM

question

According to George Barna survey what percentage of Americans live with a Biblical worldview

got that one?

what percentage of born again Christians live with a Biblical worldview?

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Wed, Aug 29th - 6:44PM

What is truth?

Pilate asked Christ this very question, as he walked away. Was he really wanting an answer, or simply making his displeasure about the whole setup known. My guess would be the latter, but possibly he hoped for a quick defining answer from the King of Kings.

What is truth?

I’m not sure I am capable of defining, but I’m going to attempt it. Lord help me.

John 18:37

37Therefore Pilate said to Him, "So You are a king?" Jesus answered, You say correctly that I am a King. For this I have been born, and for this I have come into this world, to testify to the truth. Everyone who is of the truth hears my voice."

We could say this last part a little differently , Everyone who is on the side of the truth, as some versions have it. So obviously there is more than one side to this story. For every action there is a equal and opposite reaction. So if we have truth, we have also lies. There stands beside the reality of truth. The illusion of lies.

God’s word is truth, Satan is the father of lies. I once stated that God created with a word and Satan pulled mankind into a life of sin with a question, but that was not just a simple question, it was imbedded with lies. Lies to make us question God’s word, intended to cause his creators plan to fail and place himself as the ultimate authority. Imagine for a moment all of creation staring on in hushed anticipation, waiting to see how man would respond, only to be disappointed by his poor choice.

John 8:44 (NASB)

You are of your father the devil, and you want to do the desires of your father. He was a murderer from the begining and does not stand in the truth because there is no truth in him. Whenever he speaks a lie, he speaks from his own nature, for he is a liar and the father of lies.

God is truth. God is the fountainhead of truth and ultimate authority on truth. I have heard people say, the truth is in me, in you, a little here, a little there, so if that is the case is the truth not complete unless the whole is in agreement? No, because God is truth, God is whole without us, God is complete and we have no part in the truth unless we believe the word of God.

John 1:1(NASB)

In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.

I find it interesting to see how definitions of words change over time, let’s pause for a moment and look at Noah Webster"s definition of truth in 1828.

TRUTH- conformity to fact or reality; exact accordance with that which is, or has been, or shall be... We rely upon the truth of scriptural prophecies. I’m not going to write out the modern definition, but needless to say it says nothing about scripture, apparently Webster’s work has been ransacked by the blight of modern culture. Look around you to see the cultural drift, cultural world views and Biblical world views are polar opposites of one another.

Bible Culture

man created in God’s image Evolution

man is sinful Man is basically good

The list goes on and on. Please somebody correct me if I’m mistaken on this point

John 14:6 (NASB)

6Jesus said to him, "I am the way, and the truth, and the life; no one comes to the Father but through me.

Our culture has been inundated by deceit, disbelief and decay, sin has taken the culture captive and it might be a stretch, but it might be possible to say that every sin enveloping mankind can be traced back to a lie. Have you been taken captive by the culture of sin, bound by Satan’s lies

John 8:31-32 (NASB)

31So Jesus was saying to those Jews who had believed Him, "

32and you will know the truth, and the truth will make you free."

The truth will make you free. Be free, seek the face of God, search and study the word

God bless

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Nov. 2009