Atheist Aliens are Killing Christians! Xavier Pacheco 4. September 2008 20:14

Why do we do this? Just yesterday my wife received another one of those mass emails calling on Christians to help stop Atheist's attempt to get rid of any television programming that uses the word "God."  The title of the letter was "DR DOBSON'S PLEA FOR ACTION."   According to the email, "We are praying for at least 1 million signatures. This would defeat their effort and show that there are many Christians alive, well and concerned about our country." Of course it was a hoax which you can read about here.

There are only a few points (rants) I'll make here.

Christian Paranoia

I simply can't imagine what it must be like to carry around this perpetual Christian paranoia that they (the atheists, liberals and aliens) are out to get us; to take away our prayer, bibles and God forbid our TV!  To be honest, why do we care?  We hardly read our Bibles anyway.   I mean, c'mon people - you are embarrassing the rest of us! 

I'm beginning to believe that this is true spiritual warfare, having to undergo the insurmountable embarrassment stemming from your unwarranted paranoia.  I was an atheist, and this sort of hype never made me tremble with fear that the Christians were mounting a counter-attack. Frankly, it was laughable back then.

Christian, start acting like there IS a GOD, and that He IS SOVEREIGN and that you have NO FEAR because our future is CERTAIN! Our efforts should not be about fighting the aliens but about reaching the lost and proclaiming the Kingdom.

Next rant....

Mass Emailing

This is simple.  DON'T DO IT!  Just don't.  If you must tell somebody, call your mom, a friend, but don't press that send key no matter how deep the temptation (1 Corinthians 10:13).

edit ---  If you have an email list of people that you normal send to, please blind copy them (BCC). If you don't know what this means, learn it before sending your group email. Furthermore, give everyone the option of opting out of your list. There, I said it.  -- end edit.

end rant.

Oh, by the way, if you pass this message along to 10 other people , an angel will bless you today.

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9/4/2008 8:58:33 PM #

Amen!

How about a little "God perspective":

"Count it all joy, my brothers, when you meet trials of various kinds, for you know that the testing of your faith produces steadfastness. And let steadfastness have its full effect, that you may be perfect and complete, lacking in nothing." (James 1:2-4)

God is in control during trials (when we have *real* trials). His purpose is to take our weak faith and make it strong. To make us immovable by the things of this world.

We should start getting used to the fact that we don't live in a Christian country. We are pilgrims in a foreign land (Heb 11:14) carrying out the work of the gospel. Let's not live our lives like this is all there is, otherwise we are no different than the atheist.

Chuck

CD

Chuck Dunn

9/4/2008 9:53:06 PM #

As a former Christian and current atheist (Xavier, you went backwards man!) I can honestly say for myself and any atheist I know, we don't care about Christian broadcasting. There are 900 other channels to watch! I don't care if Muslims, Buddhists, Hindus, or Scientologists are broadcasting. I'll just change the channel.

Most atheists, are far more concerned with God in government. For instance, Gov. Jhindal just signed into law the "Freedom in Education Act" in Louisiana, which will allow publicly funded schools to add Unintelligent Design/Creationism to the school curriculum.

The state of Louisiana just set themselves up for years of civil lawsuits by atheists groups. And these groups are right to fight it. If the schools want to teach these myths of creation, it should be in a comparitave religions class along with all the other creation myths represented by the worlds religions. Otherwise, it's completely unconstitutional.

Fortunately here in Florida, we atheists just won a victory in the Florida Supreme court, preventing a similar measure from passing. There is hope yet for this secular nation.

Mike

Michael Trefry

9/4/2008 10:22:06 PM #

Chuck,
  Glad I can always depend on you to biblicize my rants! Thanks!

-- x

Xavier Pacheco

9/4/2008 10:27:53 PM #

I agree with you Michael. I agree that we should be careful in teaching Creationism as science. It is not scientific at all and cannot be. This does not mean it is necessarily myth (although by definition, there is some legend), just that it is not science.

I also agree on Intelligent Design. Intelligent Design is a philosophical theory, not a scientific theory. As such, it has no place in a science room. In fact, no philosophy belongs in the science room.

Therein lies my potential disagreement, however. Much of what is being taught about evolution, in the classroom, has so little foundation it is taught philosophically as well. I saw this definition of ideology recently:

Ideologies are ways of organizing large swaths of life and experience under a set of shared but unexamined assumptions.

Excellent! But this is precisely what evolution is, at least on the popular level. Certainly the actual scientists may, or may not, be caught in the ideology, but the popular teaching of evolution is ideological.

My view is we should teach the science. This includes both the wins and the losses. While I do not agree we should dwell on Intelligent Design, we should examine the issues that lead one to think there is a designer and examine the science that might support such a conclusion, as well as that which detracts from said conclusion. The same should be done with evolution.

The problem we have is both the ID proponents and evolution proponents see this as a war. It is "us versus them". And neither side will allow something from the other side, even if it makes sense and fosters a proper debate. This is not wise. In the arena of ideas, the stupid ones eventually drop off. They do so more quickly when they are allowed into the open forum where they can be exposed as stupid. Refusing to discuss them may satisfy one side, but it does little to change conscience.

Peace and Grace,
Greg

Gregory A. Beamer

9/5/2008 12:44:24 AM #

> Refusing to discuss them may satisfy one side, but it
> does little to change conscience.

Those convinced against their will are of the same opinion still.

And Xavier, Good article.

Phillip

9/5/2008 12:45:49 AM #

I meant to attribute that quote to Dale Carnegie, so I'll repost it in its entirety...

Those convinced against their will are of the same opinion still.
-- Dale Carnegie

Phillip

9/5/2008 1:24:02 AM #

I'm confused...
"Intelligent Design is a philosophical theory, not a scientific theory. As such, it has no place in a science room. In fact, no philosophy belongs in the science room."

The statement itself is a philosophical stance is it not? I'm afraid you've cut off your philosophical nose to spite your intellectual face! Moreover, to pit philosophy against science is clearly (though popularly) wrong-headed and historically irresponsible. It is bifurcation of the first-order and, therefore, a fallacy. I urge you to read Thomas Khun's The Structure of Scientific Revolutions or J.P. Moreland's Christianity and the Nature of Science where you will find that all of science is done within a philosophical framework. There simply are no uninterpreted "facts" and one's paradigmatic framework will necessarily drive one's observations of conclusions from empirical data.

Finally, one can have epistemic warrant for the truth of their beliefs without examining all the assumptions that uphold them, as Alvin Plantinga (of Notre Dame) and William Alston (of Syracuse) have abundantly shown in their writings. Put differently, I can hold a belief "x" to be true without justifying all the foundational beliefs that uphold my given belief. In this context, one can assert that "God exists" as true without justifying it to others and a lack of justification does not logically entail that their assertion is false. While the belief "God exists" may not be convincing to others without warrant, it does not logically follow a priori that the belief is false. And so, a young child can claim "My pet dog loves me" without justifying it. The truth of a belief and the warrant for it are not the same.

Paul

9/8/2008 9:59:56 PM #

Well said X... for the Christian it comes down to this.  Know the Scriptures and the God who gave them.  That's precisely why Paul never fussed about getting out prison and was content in all circumstances.  He trusted God.  That's it.  He knew that Providence placed him where he was and it was his desire to build the Kingdom wherever he was.

His,
Jim

One more note... If Jesus stated we were not to be surprised if the world hates us, as it hated Him first, then why do we behave as if something is our of sorts?  It comes down to the fear of man... We are more worried about what man thinks of us, than what God thinks of us.  I believe that becomes idolitry.

Jim Adams

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