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You've Been Deceived
Oh, the pain, the unbelief that goes through my mind. I wander around pacing, eyes open wide, brow furrowed together.
“How could such logic be considered?” I ask myself.
I sit, for I fear that I will wear a hole in the carpet from my continuous, worried pace.
Something in the very depths of my being stirs, thus causing an unsettled feeling.
“He is real. How could anyone be so blind as to not see His wonderful ways?”
The thought crosses my mind several times before the conclusion comes with much clarity.
Deception. The act of being deceived, beguiled, misled.
This world has been. . . Deceived. Time and time again.
Atheists, witches, warlocks. All made up by the mind. All made up after being deceived.
The unsettled feeling returns.
“Well, I know the truth, and it isn’t my place to judge, but it hurts so bad!”
I sit and hold my head, and let silent, gentle tears run down my cheeks. Oh how my heart goes out to these people!
Can they not see any good mirrored in the life of God’s people?
Don’t they realize that Jesus shed blood to wash their slate clean?
He took stripe after stripe for their sake?
And they take it for granted.
They’ve been deceived.
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Justice, in my opinion, is more important than love. Justice is what maintains society's equilibrium.
Not to belittle love, of course, but didn't God figure out Himself that He was going to die for us so why die because He was going to forgive us anyway?
Wouldn't He have known?
Maybe we are. Maybe God doesn't exist. But compare this:
Either A) God doesn't exist, and we live for nothing, except ourselves. So why not have as much fun as we can in this life, do everything for us and not others, because when we die we have no place to go.
or B) God does exist, and we live for him and others, because we go to heaven, the most wonderful place anyone can imagine x10 :) Just saying
I don't know what the argument of creationism vs evolution is suppose to prove? To me it proves that life is about growth, just like story, song, or idea plants a seed in your heart. It later matures and evolves. It becomes part of you, and that part is so much greater than the seed.
I accept creationists, but I believe in evolution. Because everything in life must compete to survive and grow and hopefully become something wonderful. Belief sometimes falters, and when it does you must nurture it by preserving your faith through the toughest of times.
It is our job to grow when doubt arises, because doubt forces you to gain a deeper understanding. A lot of people it seems give up and go with what science knows, but science doesn't know everything!
my 2 cents
God Bless.