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RE: Why Believe in God

in #religion8 years ago (edited)

Thanks for your comment!

I, too, am a Christian.
My purpose with this article was to build on common beliefs, even with atheists.

I am reminded of a passage in CS Lewis's book, The Last Battle. In it there are followers of Aslan and followers of Tash, who is a demon. There is a man, Emeth, who is devoted to Tash because that is what he was taught, but who did good works and was full of love his whole life. When Emeth finally meets Aslan, he is told, "all the service thou hast done to Tash, I accept as service done to me... no service which is vile can be done to me, and none which is not vile can be done to him."

My point is that while Jesus is the sole source of salvation, it is less important what you call him; even among Christians, His name changes based on language.

Not everyone is ready or willing to submit their lives to Him. However, it is good when people follow his teaching to love one another because love is always good (Paul teaches it is the only thing that matters, but that's a subject of a future article) . Love gets people headed in the right direction and makes the world a good place to live.

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I have wondered / hoped that Jesus might do that, but the verses I include above make me hesitant to assert that as a teaching. There is one verse, however, that I might stretch to hint at this:

…Again I tell you, it is easier for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter the kingdom of God.” When the disciples heard this they were greatly astonished and asked, “Who then can be saved?” Jesus looked at them and said, “With man this is impossible, but with God all things are possible.”… --Matthew 19:24-26

Still, I'm not recommending taking any chances. :o)

Certainly, take no chances! Follow Jesus with all your heart.
This article is targeted towards atheists, so I had to take a different approach, since they don't care about scriptures. =o)

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