Life’s Sudden Unexpected Changes
I'd like you to think about this. It is a reality that none of us are exempt from.
Lets say all is well in your life right now, which I’m sure it is. You are confident that there is no God and nothing can stand in your way to change how you feel. You go through the routine of getting up to face a new day and successfully get through the day with its work and leisure and later go to bed to sleep and awaken to another day. Life just keeps going on and on and you feel like nothing can stop you from accomplishing what you’ve set out to do.
You make plans for the days, weeks and months to come and have confidence that you will continue to go through your daily routines and live to see those plans fulfilled like everyone else does. You get up one day to go out to accomplish another day of work and leisure and fulfill your plans when suddenly, without warning, you get into a serious accident. You blackout for a short time and then open your eyes to find yourself in an ambulance in critical condition and extreme pain all over your body.
Now everything has changed and there’s nothing you can do about it. You are no longer in control of your day as your life has taken a terrible turn for the worse. You are stuck in an ambulance on the way to the emergency and can’t go home. You can’t contact anyone. Your condition worsens and you have only a few minutes left to live. You can’t believe this is happening to you. This only happens to other people out there. This just can’t happen to you. You have plans and things to accomplish in life. You want out of the situation you are in but there’s nothing you can do to change your circumstances. You can’t even say bye to your family and friends or even your close sweetheart.
Time is ticking and your heart and breathing is going to stop at any moment. You are about to leave this world. All is finished and there isn’t a thing you can do about it. You feel helpless and alone. At this moment you wonder what’s beyond this life. Before, when all was going well you always felt confident that God was not real. You had control of your life, but now you have lost that control and you are slowly dieing.
What you’ve always believed cannot change what is now happening to you. Your focus is more on what’s next. You might wonder in that moment if this God they talk about IS real. What IF the Bible is true? What IF those Christians out there are right in what they are saying? You didn’t believe you’d someday be in an ambulance, facing death and yet . . . here you are. It is now a reality that can’t be changed.
You might laugh at what I’ve written or get angry and cuss all you want, but you can’t control what the future holds for you in this life and beyond no matter how much you want to disbelieve in anything. None of us are exempt from getting into a death related accident. It happens to people every day out there and suddenly without warning. Some of us believe that we’ll live pass retirement age, but how can we be so sure of that. What if today or tomorrow is all you have left? Wouldn’t it be nice to know that there IS something to look forward to beyond this life? To know that you can meet the Creator of the universe, who loves you very much. To have peace in your heart without fear even while laying on your deathbed.
If a time ever comes when you find yourself facing death, call on Jesus to save you. You have nothing to lose and everything to gain. He is your only hope beyond this life.
Everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved.
(Romans 10:13)
From the Holy Bible (New Living Translation):
All Scripture is inspired by God and is useful to teach us what is true and to make us realize what is wrong in our lives. It corrects us when we are wrong and teaches us to do what is right. God uses it to prepare and equip his people to do every good work.(2 Timothy 3:16-17)
For you know that God paid a ransom to save you from the empty life you inherited from your ancestors. And the ransom he paid was not mere gold or silver. It was the precious blood of Christ, the sinless, spotless Lamb of God. God chose him as your ransom long before the world began, but he has now revealed him to you in these last days. Through Christ you have come to trust in God. And you have placed your faith and hope in God because he raised Christ from the dead and gave him great glory.
(1 Peter 1: 18-22)
It is impossible to please God without faith. Anyone who wants to come to him must believe that God exists and that he rewards those who sincerely seek him.
(Hebrews 11:6)
Faith is the confidence that what we hope for will actually happen; it gives us assurance about things we cannot see.(Hebrews 11:1)
You love him even though you have never seen him. Though you do not see him now, you trust him; and you rejoice with a glorious, inexpressible joy. The reward for trusting him will be the salvation of your souls.
(1 Peter 1:8-9)
Now the Holy Spirit tells us clearly that in the last times some will turn away from the true faith; they will follow deceptive spirits and teachings that come from demons.
(1 Timothy 4:1)
The fool has said in his heart,"There is no God."
(Psalm 14:1)
For since the creation of the world His invisible attributes are clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made, even His eternal power and Godhead, so that they (unbelievers) are without excuse.
(Romans 1:20)
The message of the cross is foolish to those who are headed for destruction. But we who are being saved know it is the very power of God.
(1 Corinthians 1:18)
In this video, host Dr. Maurice Rawlings, a noted cardiologist investigates life after death and his experiences with patients who have actually seen the other side. (1hr 28min)
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=4136610474021109864&q
I urge you to tune into this weekly tv program titled
"Jack Van Impe Presents". http://www.jvim.com/tv/schedule_us.htm
You can also view it online at http://www.jvim.com/tv/#
This program reviews the news stories around the world and shows how world events are fulfilling bible prophecy. All prophecies in the Holy Bible are being fulfilled, showing that we are living in the last days nearing the soon return of Jesus Christ.
An incredible event is about to happen very soon.
Millions of people will soon be evacuated off the Earth to be spared of 7 years of tribulation that will happen around the world. This evacuation, known as the Rapture, will happen suddenly. There will be "missing persons" reports coming from all over the world. There may be lies made up to explain away the event. The truth is, it will be another prophecy in the Holy Bible coming to pass:
For the Lord Himself will descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of an archangel, and with the trumpet of God. And the dead in Christ will rise first. Then we who are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air. And thus we shall always be with the Lord. Therefore comfort one another with these words)
(1 Thessalonians 4:16-18
Signs in the middle east right now show that this worldwide evacuation is very near. Those who have made Jesus Christ their Lord & Savior will be spared of the horrific (apocalyptic) events that will soon happen upon this planet to those who have not repented. You only thought this could be in the movies, but it's really going happen. All your disbelieving, laughing, mocking and cussing will not change the reality of what's coming. It will happen just assuredly as you are reading this. You will be convinced when all hell breaks loose upon our planet soon. Global Warming and severe weather change and climate change is going to worsen. We are seeing the beginning of that right now around the world. Learn more about all this by viewing the weekly program on tv or online at http://www.jvim.com/tv/#
You don't have to be here to experience this terrible time of tribulation that is coming. You can be spared of it and safe with the rest of us when Jesus comes to call home His own. You can prepare right now. He loves you and wants you to be ready.
Go to: http://www.greatcom.org/english/four.htm
You can be forgiven for denying the Holy Spirit, Jesus and God the Father. It is not the unforgivable sin. It is not blasphemy against the Holy Spirit. That is incorrect and not Bible based at all. So if you have denied God the Father, Jesus the Son and the Holy Spirit or even just the Holy Spirit Himself, you can still be forgiven and not damned. Jesus performed the miracles He did through the power of the Holy Spirit. The blasphemy against the Holy Spirit happened in the Bible where the Scribes (teachers of the law) were making an accusation against Jesus when he had been casting demons out of some demon possessed people who needed deliverance. It does not say anywhere in the bible that denying the Holy Spirit is blasphemy against the Holy Spirit.
Read Mark 3:21-30 in its full context.
Who Is Jesus?
http://www.greatcom.org/english/whois.htm
Honest Answers to Tough Questions
http://www.greatcom.org/resources/toughquestions
Are We Living In The Last Days?
(fast forward the video to get to the program, then click pause and then click play)
http://www.calvaryabq.org/webcast/webcast.asp?ServiceID=400
A Love Letter To You
Windows Media Player Broadband Stream
http://onefather.com/video/FLLNarr_256k.wmv
Windows Media Player 56k Stream (slower computers)
http://onefather.com/video/FLLNarr_56k.wmv
"God, Tsunamis, and Cheese Sandwiches"
http://www.christiananswers.net/evangelism/beliefs/atheism.html
Doesn't the world's condition prove there's no God?
http://www.christiananswers.net/evangelism/responses/comfort-suffering.html
Who Created God?
http://www.christiananswers.net/q-aig/aig-c039.html
Why The Atheist Doesn't Exist
http://www.christiananswers.net/evangelism/beliefs/atheism.html#doesntexist
Quotes About the Bible
http://www.bible-history.com/quotes/henry_h_haley_1.html
Revelation chapters 20, 21 and 22.
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So sick of this stupid bullshit... In the idiotic court case story, if this actually happened (and how exactly would this be legal???) you can probably trust your lawyer wouldn't tell you this unless it was true, and the document wouldn't contain all kinds of absurdities and contradictions. And the retarded classroom story ignores the fact that we CAN see brains - including those of living people through Cat scans, MRI, etc. Not so with God.
Faith is the very definition of irrationality...
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Todangst wrote this a while back.
Atheist Books
I also forgot - I haven't been convicted of a crime. I don't believe in the irrational concepts of "sin" and "hell."
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I spy with my little eye...
A Number One! Pascal to the rescue!
A Number Two! Watchmaker please make me a watch!
A Number Eleven! I don't actually exist... the IRS will be upset to know...
A Number Twenty One! Isn't it lucky Ol' Gideon was in the printing business...
and for the grand finale...
A BRAND NEW ARGUMENT!!!!
God exists because children don't grow on trees!!
Atheism isn't a lot like religion at all. Unless by "religion" you mean "not religion". --Ciarin
http://hambydammit.wordpress.com/
Books about atheism
What in the name of absolute idiocy would lead a person to believe that this is in any way, shape, or form a true story?
(true story)
One day a little girl was sitting in a classroom.
The teacher was going to explain evolution to the children.
The teacher asked a little boy:
TEACHER: "Tommy do you see the tree outside?"
Tommy: "Yes."
Teacher: "Do you see the grass outside?"
Tommy: "Yes."
Teacher: "Go outside and look up and see if you can see the sky."
(He returned a few minutes later)
Tommy: "Okay. Yes, I saw the sky."
Teacher: "Did you see God?"
Tommy: "No."
Teacher: "That's my point. We can't see God because he isn't there. He doesn't exist."
The little girl spoke up and wanted to ask the boy some questions. The teacher agreed and the little girl asked the boy:
Little Girl: "Tommy, do you see the tree outside?"
"Yes."\n
Little Girl: "Tommy do you see the grass outside."
Tommy: "Yessss." (getting tired of the questions by this time)\n
Little Girl: "Did you see the sky.?"
Tommy: "Yessss."\n
Little Girl: "Tommy, do you see the teacher?"
\nTommy: "Yes."
Little Girl: "Do you see her brain?"
\nYommy: "No."
Little Girl: "Then according to what we were taught today in school, she must not have one!\n
"FOR WE WALK BY FAITH, NOT BY SIGHT" (2 Corinthians 5:7)
So if you believe that there is a God, send this to all you know!\n
\n
\n\n",0] ); //-->Tommy: "Yes."
Little Girl: "Tommy do you see the grass outside."
Tommy: "Yessss." (getting tired of the questions by this time)
Little Girl: "Did you see the sky.?"
Tommy: "Yessss."
Little Girl: "Tommy, do you see the teacher?"
Tommy: "Yes."
Little Girl: "Do you see her brain?"
Tommy: "No."
Little Girl: "Then according to what we were taught today in school, she must not have one!
All expires.
It doesn't matter if Einstein said it or not, iot's absolute bullshit. First, heat is the absence of cold, it's just a word we made up to describe the sensation. So heat doesn't really exist, any college professor would have thrown that back at him. Ligt is the absence of darkness and doesn't really exist, it's just a workd we made up to describe the reaction.
That tale is such bullshit, anyway, regardless of whether Einstein said it or not. But, yes, Einstein was a pantheist, and I think I've found his God, I mailed my findings to the RRS yesterday, and we'll see if they post me or not.
All expires.
I'm only responding to the first part of what I assume is the only thing Revelation actually wrote.
The near death story. I've had it. No, seriously I've almost died, twice. You want to know what I felt, what I had seen? Nothing. You want to know how I felt about it? At peace. We live, we die. End of story. I am at total peace with giving my existence up. I would say when you die you'll be dissappointed because you've imagined up a bunch of silly garbage that won't happen, but guess what? You just won't be.
Yearning for an afterlife is the most selfish idea in all of man's creation. Well, aside from a blowjob robot that runs on semen, which is a much cooler idea than a crappy afterlife filled with angels and gold roads and a bunch of other nonsense your greedy little pig heart desires. You need to start doing more with you life instead of thinking you get to go again. You don't.
There are no prizes either. You get rewarded for being awesome to people, now, in life. It's easy to figure out. I treat people completely awesome and then they might buy me a Nintendo Wii on my birthday. You want more? I swear, if I was your god I'd take a royal dump on you everyday for acting like a pig-hooved little dickweed, and then running around telling people that I was uncle fucking moneybags. What a joke. Prizes...bah.
I'm not even bothering watching the near death experience tape. Let me guess, bright lights, people above you, hands coming towards you. They call those doctors.
Oh, and I know my creators personally. I was raised by them. I call them mom and dad. You are deluded, sir. If you think your god created you, then you better go get your ass into a charm school and quick, or your god might show up and mash you up to try again. I'm assuming of course you think your god made you out of mud or whatever since you obviously don't understand how people are created.
The rest of your post was alot of contrived tripe everyone has heard of before. Oh, did I just call verses of the bible contrived tripe? Why yes, I did. The problem with you theists is that you assume atheists have never heard of your religion before. Most atheists are theologians. I spent a good part of my late teens and early twenties heavily devoted to the study of religion.
Did you know, your religion is unoriginal, uninspired and I've read better things than the bible in the book of mormon, and the Koran. Just for anyone who is interested, the creation story in the Koran kicks ass compared to the one in the bible. It's still ridiculous, but has more action in it. Allah was a little more virile.
In China there are shrines to actual people that were worshipped as deities. They have a god of prostitutes. She was just a regular lady that treated prostitutes really well and defended them and was eventually murdered for standing in the way of some angered military dicks. She got a shrine and was worshipped by hookers. Why don't I get pestered by her followers? It's been a long time since I was researching so sorry about the lackluster representation of this probably named religion and shrine worshipping.
The easiest way to become lost is by pretending you know where you are going. ~ Keno
I don't have to respond to this garbage thanks to everyone else. Especially keno, for clearing this up.
"Every true faith is infallible -- It performs what the believing person hopes to find in it. But it does not offer the least support for the establishing of an objective truth. Here the ways of men divide. If you want to achieve peace of mind and happiness, have faith. If you want to be a disciple of truth, then search." - Nietzsche
"It is far better to grasp the Universe as it really is than to persist in delusion, however satisfying and reassuring."
Hit and run posters like revelation would be good parents.
"Congrats, you're born, bye!"