Got Faith?

According to the Bible, a lack of faith is sin. It’s not just a choice we are allowed to make that doesn’t carry any consequences. Our unbelief is actually sin. I think it must be like slapping God across the face to say that you don’t believe in Him!

Non-believers, evolutionists, atheists and agnostics may think it's crazy to have faith in God. But, in God’s eyes, it’s the other way around. 

In fact, it’s correct to say that the non-believer is “insane” because the word “insane” means: “off center”. Therefore, without God as your “Center”, you are insane.

I’m not trying to offend anyone. I just think it’s time to look at things the way they really are. The way things really are:

We are born. We live. We die.

Now, everybody will agree to the first two concepts. It’s the final one that’s hard to accept. Death is when you cash in your chips. You give an account of your life on this planet. You trade in your skin for whatever you hope to get “on the other side”, right?

I have heard people say that Christians only believe in God because they want to believe there’s something after this life. Part and parcel with a lack of faith in God is the lack of faith in the after-life.

Personally, I find it astounding that anyone could believe that there is nothing after this life. You are squashed like a bug. You are “gone”. Everything you ever said or did just ends here. You are finished. Flat. Poof. No more. Adios. (Whoops! That means, “Go with God”, so I can’t even say that!) You’re zero.

Oh, but, you can become part of, you know, a plant or a tree, perhaps even a blade of grass. Your physical body will contribute its decaying ash to the continuation of life here in this “reality”. (OMG.)

Ok, but seriously, who can believe that there is nothing after this life? How (dare I say) insane is that?

In order for there to be nothing, it would systematically mean (to me anyway) that there is no purpose for “being” here. There is no reason to learn anything. There is no reason to keep any of the “rules” or order of things, to maintain decency or credibility in any form or on any level in any dealings, business or personal. In fact, no reason to stay alive for another day!

Life without an afterlife is a joke! In fact, it’s a bad joke. What would be the purpose for life, then?

I’m talking about non-believers who have no faith whatsoever that a God exists. They throw out their faith. It’s of no value to them. They refuse to believe in anything they cannot see, touch, hear, taste or smell. To them, faith is silly. It’s for children.

Speaking of children: what’s wrong with children? What’s wrong with being like a child? Kids are great! Look around you! Take a look at the world around you and tell me,

“Who can you trust? Who is having the most fun? Who are the most honest, down-to-earth earthlings there are?”

Try, if you will, to remember what it was like to be a child. Does the phrase, “don’t worry, be happy” come to mind? For many of us, childhood was carefree, upbeat, fun and full of new, exciting experiences.

And, whoever you are now, I bet you dollars to donuts that you had faith when you were a child. All you unbelievers, scoffers and so-called “atheists”, you all had it! You needed it to survive your childhood.

But, as time went on, you discovered that you were pretty smart. You learned the ropes. You learned how to provide for yourself. You put yourself to sleep at night (without a bed-time story). You got yourself off to work in the morning. You learned how to drive a car.

To you, all this could only mean one thing: there is no God!

Pffftt!

Whenever I have asked the "non-believer" why we are here, I get the craziest answers. If they even have an answer for the question, it's usually something like,

"It just happened." or, "We evolved."

Ok, if we "evolved", what is the purpose of having evolved? Why families? Why survival? Why right and wrong? Why friends and relationships? Why years and years of learning? 

If anyone can honestly say that they do not believe in God, what is their purpose for living? 

"The fool has said in his heart, there is no God." Psalm 14:1