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As a former athiest.... I think I understand the FFRF
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As a former athiest.... I think I understand the FFRF


Apr 18, 2014, 1:32 PM

position. However, I never felt the urge to stamp out the beliefs of others. I simply thought christians were weird and delusional. There was no need to get upset about. I just laughed at "those people" and moved on. Who cares.

The thing is... if I was just a random accident and the product of millions of years of macro-evolution (i.e. ape to man), then life had no purpose or meaning anyway. I was less than dust. If there is no consciousness after death, then it would be as if I had never existed anyway. Think about that for a minute. As the apostle Paul and later Dave Mathews said: eat, drink and be merry... for tomorrow we die!

But some time after having children, I began to ask questions like "is this really all there is?", "where is the evidence for macro-evolution?" and "can I see design in nature?". I decided to look. Then I ran into Romans 1:20 and realized that design was all around me. I am a living machine. I had no excuse. I never did. There was a designer that had made himself plain to me through creation itself.

So why is the FFRF upset with Christianity at Clemson. The real root of this position is evil itself. The same evil (against God) nature that once ruled my life and that I battle every day. But I thank Christ my savior for showing me how much he loved me by going to the cross for my sins. I thank Him for reaching down and giving me something I could NEVER deserve or earn... Grace. I thank him for life and my existence. How amazing is it that we are alive and can ponder why. We take so much for granted every day.

My life now has meaning, purpose, and hope. I pray that you will ask the questions. I believe enough evidence exist out there to lead any seeker to the same reasonable conclusion. The new testament and books by former athiest Lee Stroebel ("The Case for Faith", and "The Case for Christ") would be good places to start your search.
You can read about another historical proof (The Resurrection) from the eyewitness testimony of Paul in 1 Corinthians chapter 15.

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