Here is a comment from a professional and proud atheist:
‘Where is the humility and kindness toward the ‘unbelieving Gentiles’ his own “Savior” exhibited 100% of the time? Yeshua never had any outbursts to Gentiles in his short 3-year ministry, only toward fellow Jews.
I’m often baffled how so many so-called “Christians” don’t really know much of Christ. ‘ 🤔
Now then dear reader, will you allow me the courtesy of politely demolishing this myopic observation. Perhaps I should apologize in advance for being so brazen and unashamed in my scorching dismantling of the pea brained so-called spirituality of the atheistic view.
First, ‘unbelieving Gentiles’ who came to the Lord did not question the existence of God. True, they were aliens from the commonwealth of Israel, but the poor woman did say: ‘I will be happy with the scraps from the table.’ She knew without doubt there was a God in heaven with whom she had to do. Does the atheist share her known truth?
‘Unbelieving Gentiles’ with whom the Lord interacted, did not cite believers as ‘retarded,’ did not say that believers should not have ‘contact with children,’ did not assign to them perverse and sexual characterizations not suitable for repeating on this blog, did not say that common Christians are no different from mass murderers, and the ‘unbelieving Gentiles’ did not lecture good people on morals, wisdom, science, and truth.
In short, the ‘unbelieving Gentiles’ of the Lord’s day, were not, and are not the foaming-at-the-mouth atheists of today. Tis a fact. The so-called missing outbursts toward Gentiles were reserved for the arrogant and self-described chosen people who had no need for truth. Are you listening Mr. and Mrs. Atheist???
Believers make no claim to self-made righteousness. We recognize the righteousness of God in ALL things, something in which the arrogant atheist is clueless. We do not question the existence of God. Theology is not the study of the possibility of God. The ‘unbelieving Gentiles’ such as the woman seeking help, or Cornelius, did not question the life and times of the Creator. In this, they were light years ahead of any atheist. They were smart.
Now then, what is truly baffling, is the full-time ministry of the modern atheists who claim that Christ never lived, never died, and if He did live, He was but a liar and scientific dunce who repeated there was a deluge, and who mistakenly believed that Moses actually lived, Solomon built a temple, Jonah lived, and that Daniel spent a night in the den of lions. Now the so-called learned ones who have no use for scripture, God, Christ, or people of faith, are all of a sudden in a position to ‘teach’ believers how to behave. Really, you going with that?
Beep. No. Sorry. You have no credibility, for the scriptures that you cite condemn you, hook, line, and sinker. Ever read the book of Jude? Ever heard of ‘raging waves of the sea,’ or ‘clouds without water?’ Ever heard of ‘foaming out their own shame?’ Yes, words written to and for the believer, words of the LORD regarding intellectual imposters, words that show correct context, words that prove the ministry of charlatans is alive and well.
Indeed, faith hope and charity, and the greatest of these is charity. But never at the expense of truth. The proud strutting peacock atheists have zero, get that, zero credibility with bibles in hands, for while they pretend to know its doctrines, they believe not one word of it. The epitome of a mind gone sideways, and an utter failure in the ability to comprehend.
So the self-professed arrogance and mindless stupidity of such a comment that ‘Christians don’t know much of Christ……..’ well, at least what little we do know, we know that He lived and died, and lived again, and lives today, and is seated patiently at the Creator’s right hand, a place reserved for God Himself, while He holds all things together by His very word, where He does not sleep, and where He still dispenses grace to whosoever will. And we also know that His understanding is infinite, so compared to Him, we are all short on intellect, at least the believer admits the humility.
And as a bonus, Christians are not to be the footstools of atheists. We are not called to accept the vile and pornographic insinuations and to be at the receiving end of every repulsive insult while we make sandwiches for the thieves who come into our homes to kill and destroy. This is the dream of the spiritual liberal clown. To every thing there is a season, a time and a purpose.
What time is it today? It is time to give God the courtesy of at least existing, ere we speak of greater things such as redemption. Therefore, atheism is the great poison which affects the mind. Need proof? Uh, ever heard one explain the scriptures?
Then there is the washing of the hands by Pilate in haste, the invoking of ‘God shall smite thee thou whited wall’ by Paul, the turning of the tables by Christ, so no, believers are not to be doormats for the atheist. But thank you for preaching the gospel ye neighborhood atheist. You have done well pilgrim to enlighten the godless with your image of Buddha who cannot tie his own shoes or count to three.
Nuff said.
Well said!! What empty arguments they present… this was a logical and entertaining read!
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Tkx a lot!
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Amen! This really was entertaining to read. And extra credit for mentioning the lady of the crumbs, my favorite. Even the crumbs at His table are abundant and delicious. 🙂
The accusations of unkindness always astound me. People apparently do not get out much. They’ve been living under the blessing of Christian values for so long, they’ve totally lost their perspective. Hate to burst any bubbles, but the human capacity for evil is a bit bigger and more ugly than, “those mean people won’t publish my rude comment.” Sheesh! Reminds me of trying to get an uncooperative kid to just wash their hands with sweet smelling soap and lovely warm water. No, this is actually not “torture” and I am not “killing” you. 🙂
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5 stars msb. 😉
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Get your head on straight. This is a new world. Disagreement=unkindness. Failure to toe the party line of the atheist thought police=unkindness.For any shepherd to have the audacity to smack the preying wolf over his head=unkindness. A proper shepherd would just let the wolf dine, you know.
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Aw shucks Wally, I guess I’ll just have to agree w/ you.
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shaking my head
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As long as you are shaking your head in agreement with me, fine. If not take a hike jewels. lol
(Couldn’t resist)
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well, I think you know in which direction me head dost shake!
In bewilderment that folks actualy think this way…miracles abound before our eyes each and every day and that we should be so smug, arrogant or ignornat to think these moments of the miraculous to be just bye the bye happenstnace without any sense of Divine involvement is beyond my soul…
and we’ve got to work on that humor of yours!
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Some say my humor is pleasantly tart. Works for me.
But yes, I will point out the chain saw ripping of scriptures by they who have bloody hands while they handle sharp objects such as scripture. 😉
Shouldn’t it be doth shake……………..
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shake a head and a defiant fist—defender of the faith…til He comes again….
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Oh, and I’ll just keep offering a little Southern charm to that sharp wit of yours 🙂
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Yes ma’am. 😉
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The Old Testament prophets had some very strong words for godless nations and Jesus said that He did not come to abolish the prophets. Just a thought. And you are right: We do need to stand for God’s Truth.
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Just a thought lynn? Ha, much much more. The prophets had a message not their own, and yes, their words ring true today.
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Well said. The atheist who identifies with the unbelieving seeker to whom Christ spoke gently is dead wrong. The atheist evangelist of today is the Pharisee, the high priest who condemned Christ, Pontius Pilate who soiffed: “What is truth?” Christ’s words to the rejecter, the scoffer, was not exactly gentle.
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scoffed
A careful reading of the gospels show that the disease of those who rejected Christ was a rejection of the spiritual, secularism…atheism.
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That’s a good one MB, ‘disease,’ not at ease, Uneasy to the nines. 😉
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The Sadducees were the Liberals and Atheists of Jesus’ day. Jesus told them straight out they did not know the Bible. Otherwise, He had little say to them, except to call them corrupt. That group ran the temple, and they were the reason Jesus threw the moneylenders out of the temple.
The purpose of that professional and proud atheist’s comment is to send a Christian off on a guilt trip. Some Atheists want to victimize others with false ideology while at the same time pretending to be a victims. Excellent reply!
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“In short, the ‘unbelieving Gentiles’ of the Lord’s day, were not, and are not the foaming-at-the-mouth atheists of today” That is a great distinction ColorStorm and much needed for context when atheists bring up dumb stuff like that. It’s comical too that those same mouth foamers are constantly pointing out ways Christians need to behave while completely ignoring the vile way they treat people. Complete cognitive disconnect.
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I get so tired of hearing that crap, may as well point it out; there be many lurkers sitting in the weeds outa sight. 😉
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