{"id":434,"date":"2009-09-13T21:06:46","date_gmt":"2009-09-14T04:06:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/deegardner.dmgsouth.com\/blog\/?p=434"},"modified":"2009-09-13T21:06:46","modified_gmt":"2009-09-14T04:06:46","slug":"is-god-real-is-the-wrong-question","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.deegardner.com\/new\/2009\/09\/13\/is-god-real-is-the-wrong-question\/","title":{"rendered":"Is God Real? Is the Wrong Question."},"content":{"rendered":"

There is an article in the Wall Street Journal from September 12 Man vs. God<\/a><\/p>\n

It is an essay written by Karen Armstrong about Richard Dawkins latest book “The Greatest Show on Earth”<\/p>\n

The basic premise of the book is that Evolution is the “Greatest show on earth”\u00a0 And it has thrown a wrench into the concept of religion and the theory of a God. \u00a0\u00a0 You should read the article.\u00a0 And then come back.\u00a0 But basically they are asking the question is there a God.<\/p>\n

I believe this is the wrong question.\u00a0\u00a0 Because as Ms Armstrong states in the essay.\u00a0\u00a0 Most people believe there is a God.\u00a0 The people that say there is no God, really are just trying to avoid the another question.\u00a0 “If there is a God, Does he care about me and what I do?”<\/p>\n

“Does God care about me and what I do?”<\/h3>\n

Or another way to put it “Do I need to obey the Laws of God”\u00a0 That may not make sense so lets put it another way.\u00a0 Parents through out the world give there kids rules.\u00a0 Why do parents give rules?\u00a0 Mostly because they care about their children and want them to avoid pain and danger.\u00a0 For instance Parents tell their children do not play in the street, or you can not play outside after dark.<\/p>\n

So if God has enacted Laws he cares about us.<\/p>\n

So the atheists out there really are just saying “There is no God!” The second sentence however remains silent in their thoughts “Because there is not a God, I don’t\u00a0 need to obey his Laws”\u00a0 Most of these atheists state because you can not prove to me or can not show me a God I will not believe.\u00a0\u00a0 Using science as a crutch is a very weak argument.\u00a0 Through out history, especially in the last hundred years, science is constantly proving itself wrong.\u00a0\u00a0 about 10 months before the Wright Brothers first flight one of the worlds renowned scientist said “Man will never be able to fly” and basically said that all people engaged in the pursuit of flight were wasting there lives.\u00a0 Bill Gates even laughs at his statement “who will ever need more than 64k of ram”\u00a0 Like I said\u00a0 science is such a weak crutch to stand on.<\/p>\n

Remember, just because you say there is no God and say you can’t prove there is a God. \u00a0 You can not prove there is not a God. Neither can you prove he does not care.<\/p>\n

Onc really weak points in the book is that if God does exist? He doesn’t have anything to do and is not involved because evolution is taking care of everything.<\/p>\n

Lets look at Few things a tree, a bee, and the sun.\u00a0 We must admit there are physics that govern the growth of the tree, the flight of the bee and the energy of the sun.\u00a0 We can observe all these things everyday.\u00a0 There are two popular theories of how these things came into exsistence:\u00a0 One is evolution, the other is God created them.\u00a0 If you are an evolutionist you say, we don’t know how that happened, but someday through science we may find the technology of out how these things work and may be able to do it ourselves.<\/p>\n

Lets just say God knows the technology of how to create these things.\u00a0 His technology is definitely way beyond what we have now.\u00a0 How\u00a0 can we sit here on earth question his methods when we don’t really know how a photosynthesis works, how a bee flies and how the sun continues to burn.\u00a0 Only pure arrogance is going to try and explain why God does what he does. \u00a0\u00a0 You may think, we know how that stuff works.\u00a0 Do some research, we can make weak attempts to explain how the things work.\u00a0 but we can’t recreate any of that technology.\u00a0 it is way beyond what human technology can reproduce.<\/p>\n

So “Does God care about you and what you do” is really the question that should be asked.<\/p>\n

Do you really want to know the answer?\u00a0 Overwhelmingly I believe the world is too afraid to find the answer.\u00a0 Because if the answer is “There is a God and he cares about me and what I do”\u00a0 That means giving up what I want.<\/p>\n

It’s much easier to say, There is no God, and I can do what I want.<\/p>\n

The question that should be asked is which path is going to bring me the most amount of peace and happiness in my life.<\/p>\n

Look at the decisions you are you making in your life.\u00a0 Are you happy?\u00a0 Do you feel peace?\u00a0 If you can answer yes to these things.\u00a0 No change should be made.<\/p>\n

However, if you are not happy or do not feel peace.\u00a0 You need to change.\u00a0 Are you strong enough?\u00a0 Are you brave enough to make that change?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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