Last Atheist Central post

Sunday will be the first Words of Comfort.

Happy new year to all of you!

Christmas greeting:

I hope that you will think deeply about the words of the famous Christmas carol--speaking of Jesus, it says, “Born that man no more may die. Born to raise the sons of earth, born to give them second birth.”

May you have a very happy Christmas.

Keep it up Mr. Barker.

Look what happened when atheist Dan Barker whined about a Nativity scene In Henderson, Texas. These people came out in support of the display. Keep it up Mr. Barker. You are awakening the Church and stirring it into action. Because of you and your group we sent a stack of training courses to the churches in Henderson to teach them how to share their faith, and we have a team going there in January.

Please let us know where you would like us to go next.

http://radio.foxnews.com/toddstarnes/top-stories/thousands-rally-to-save-nativity-scene.html

Words of Comfort

For years I have had a blog called "Atheist Central," frequented daily by hundreds of atheists. Here is today's post:

“I can't wait till you die Ray, then I can make claims that you renounced your beliefs in your last moments and swore your allegiance to Satan and admitted to molesting children. Have a blessed day.”

Reading this comment from an atheist made me miss you guys. 

Some of you may have guessed that I haven’t had much to do with Atheist Central for the last six months (we have been using old posts).  The reason for my absence was two-fold.  I was busy with our “180” movie (nearing two million views), and I became extremely bored with atheism.

So, the good news for me is that I will start daily blogging again on January 1^st, 2012.  However, there will be a big change. The blog will be called “Words of Comfort” and it will have a much broader content than just atheism.  

Those of you who pretend that God doesn’t exist are still very welcome to leave comments.

May God continue to bless you and yours this Christmas.

Christopher Hitchens is no longer an atheist. Richard Dawkins now believes in God.

By now we all know of the tragic death of the likeable Christopher Hitchens.  It is a sad day for those who were close to him, and our thoughts and prayers will be with them.

There are two ways you and I can meet God.  The first is to repent and trust alone in Jesus.  The second way is to wait until you pass on.  The old adage of death “He went to meet his Maker” is true.

On hearing of Mr. Hitchens passing, Richard Dawkins sent out a tweet acknowledging that God exists:

“Christopher Hitchens, finest orator of our time, fellow horseman, valiant fighter against all tyrants including God.”

Of course, none of us know what Mr. Hitchens did in his last moments of time.  He may have turned from his sins and trusted in Jesus.  God only knows. 

Whatever the case, never forget that acknowledging the existence of God doesn’t mean an entrance into Heaven, but (as the Bible so clearly teaches), repentance and faith in Jesus Christ, does.

Picture: Ensceptico

Why will sinners go to hell?

Much damage has been done to the cause of the gospel by telling the world that they will go to hell “because they don’t believe in Jesus.” This makes no sense to the ungodly. It seems unreasonable that God would eternally damn them for not believing something. However, the verse can be explained this way: If a man jumps out of a plane without a parachute, he will perish because he transgressed the law of gravity. Had he put on a parachute, he would have been saved. In one sense, he perished because he didn’t put on the parachute. But the primary reason he died was because he broke the law of gravity.

If a sinner refuses to trust in Jesus Christ before he passes through the door of death, he will perish. This isn’t because he refused to trust the Savior, but because he transgressed the Law of God. Had he “put on the Lord Jesus Christ” (Rom. 13:14), he would have been saved; but because he refused to repent, he will suffer the full consequences of his sin. Sin is not “failing to believe in Jesus.” Sin is “transgression of the Law” (1 John 3:4, KJV).

“The Bible says that children were to be stoned to death.”

This refers not to a young child but to a youth who was a continual drunkard and was persistently rebellious, stubborn, gluttonous, and disobedient (which describes many contemporary teenagers). If a son consistently refused to abide by his parents’ authority, the men of the city were to enforce swift capital punishment.

However, there is no record in Scripture of even one rebellious youth in Israel
being put to death by stoning. The Law of Moses was read to all of Israel, so no doubt all children were made aware of this law’s terrifying threat before they reached their teenage years. (That it was an effective deterrent shows God’s wisdom in setting such a harsh penalty.) In contrast, each year in the U.S. thousands of youths die through drunk driving, violence, alcohol poisoning, drug abuse, etc., as a tragic result of their rebellious lifestyles.

That same merciless Law of Moses will judge all of humanity on the Day of Judgment. However, Jesus took our capital punishment upon Himself so that we could leave the courtroom without suffering the consequences of our sins. All that God requires of us is that we repent of our stubborn, rebellious, and disobedient lifestyle and trust in the Savior before the great stone of God’s Law falls on us and grinds us “to powder” (see Luke 20:18).

Richard Dawkins Mocks Author's Spelling

In the ongoing battle of words between professor Richard Dawkins and evangelist Ray Comfort, the Oxford University professor has produced a video mocking the spelling ability of the best-selling author of more than 70 books. The war of words is nothing new between the two. Dawkins once called Comfort an "idiot" on CNN, for which CNN quickly apologized.

In this video, he mocks Comfort for his spelling of the word "thought" as "thort": http://youtu.be/HWIrnZizF7Y. Comfort responded, "Whether the learned professor likes it or not, the English language is evolving and some of us old fossils need to evolve with it. Texting is changing the way we spell. I'm delighted that I was able to catch the wave of social media, a wave it seems Mr. Dawkins missed."

In reference to the texting generation Comfort said, "Horrific though it may be to a cultured English-speaking professor, words like 'thought,' with its superfluous 'ugh,' give way to the expediency of words like 'thort,' and for the millions who have to learn the complexities of the English language, it's about time."

Comfort added that this was just another example of Professor Dawkins mocking something he doesn't understand. "But in his attempt at mockery, he has not only made himself look old-fashioned, but he has promoted '180' throughout the atheist world. The 'pope' of atheism waved my movie from his balcony. You can't buy such publicity. I'm grateful that he's helping others around the world to watch the video and hear the gospel."

Comfort is the creator of www.180movie.com.  His 33-minute award-winning movie went viral and received over one million views within 22 days of being placed on YouTube. When a family said that they would be seeing Richard Dawkins, they requested that Comfort write a personal note on the cover of a DVD version, and they would get it into his hands.