If you have not read Stories Versus Truth, you may want to read that before reading this.

Question:

I have been in a debate with an atheist for months now. They will not stick to the issues because I disprove them and they just keep slandering, lying, name calling and trying to categorize me. I don't mind a good debate--matter of fact I love it, but only when both parties stick to the reasonable arguments and facts without name calling or using insane communication tactics. I have warned them and shown them what they are doing. They gang up. However, they still continue to use the same irrational tactics. I try to end the discussion, but they keep name calling and using other silly tactics.

I know God is my law-maker. God is my Judge, and God is my provider, but I want to make them stop being so foolish and get back on topic. I know that if they would just listen to my evidences and what I have to say they would see that my logic is sound.

What should I do?

This debate has begun to take up all my time and we are now just addressing who is slandering whom other such immaterial nonsense.

Answer:

First, Christians should be merciful and kind to those who have been deceived by this cult and they should pray for them. Think about it. What could make it impossible for God to exist? If the only answer is emotional and rationalization, then why take such a dogmatic view against the Almighty God?

Second, debates are a waste of time in most cases.  They have no power to change reality.  They are used to massage the egos of those engaged in the debate, which is stupid and unhelpful.  They are addictive.  They almost never change either of the debater's minds, though some information may come out.  In the case of evolution, for instance, the scientific information supporting creation and making evolution impossible is largely censored, while misrepresentations of proof for evolution and lies about science and creation are broadcasted extensively.  So a debate may get the truth told to an audience that has never heard the truth.

Be carefull not to become addicted to debate.  Do not let your ego get involved.  Pray.  Remember that every argument that is brought against God is merely a story that is designed to compete with what God says.  God reveals, in real time, His majesty.  He does this through the Bible, the conscience, the creation, and many other means.  We believe Him or we do not.  An alternate story to God's story may sound realistic, but it is unreal.  God cannot lie.  Satan taints the truth with lies.  Those who oppose God are actually controlled by Satan, though they may not be aware of it.

Atheists like to reverse the burden of proof and say, "Well, prove that God exists." Yet, every Atheist knows, in his or her deepest being, that God has proved His existence to him or her repeatedly throughout his or her lifetime. They know. They are just in denial and trying to sear their consciences. Their claim of NO GOD violates the major proven laws of physics, so the burden of proof is certainly their responsibility after making such a foolish claim. Their proof cannot consist of attacks on you or some other Christian or Christians in general or the Bible or some organization. Those attacks do not prove their point. In fact, if the attacks are legitimate, they prove the need for our Savior, Jesus, and that all people, including Christians, are flawed by sin. They also prove that salvation must go beyond simply being born again to the process of exercising faith and having access to grace so that God can perform His righteousness through us. (Read More)

It sounds like more than one Atheist is involved in this harassment. If this is at work, what they are doing is actually illegal. You could take legal action against them, but remember that Atheists have no basis for morality or ethics. For an Atheist, they define the word, lie, in a different way than you define it. They are likely to misrepresent. They probably don't even have the ability to discern what is actually going on. They are under the delusions that come to them from the devil. They do whatever they can get away with. They live under pragmatism and relativism or some modification of the laws of some religion, possibly the Ten Commandments or the Golden Rule. Their ethics are based on rationalized reasoning, which is insanity. "The fool has said in his heart there is no God." All this makes a lot of sense for those who believe that the law of the survival of the fittest as the only legitimate law. There are better ways than taking legal action for you to handle this situation. God may even win a soul or two to Himself and snatch a poor, enslaved Atheist out of the gates of hell. In any event, they will have no excuse when they finally face the Judge of all the world. Pray for them that they turn from evil before they face King Jesus.

From experience, I would say that the Atheists at your work are encouraging one another in their cult belief system through their personal attacks on you. Unless God draws them, they will not turn to God.

You must understand that every Atheist knows that God exists and they know the laws of God. They really know they are wrong. This is not about you convincing them of anything. They have developed their ability to argue by arguing with God Himself. The knowledge of God and His law is built into every person ever born. Every person can see it in the creation. As Paul says in Romans 1, they are willingly ignorant. They are being stupid on purpose. That is, they don't want to submit their minds to God, so they are denying that He exists. For this reason, God turns them over to their own carnal mind, which is useless and reprobate. Actually, in those times when we forget God and try to have a self-generated righteousness or try to do things on our own, we revert to following our natural minds, and our natural, carnal minds are just as reprobate as the unbeliever. There, but for the grace of God, go I. 

Atheists will try to get you to drop your worldview in favor or theirs. Their first negotiation is that you cannot have a worldview. They deny the fact that they have worldviews themselves. They claim to base everything on observational science and pure logic. This, of course, is not true. The worldview of the Christian can be simply summed up in this way: "In God, we live and move and have our being." Be very open about this. Do not allow the Atheist to use techniques to coerce you into denying that this is where you are coming from, that you believe in the Almighty God of the Bible and that you are having a real, living, relationship with Him. If your relationship with Jesus is purely theoretical, then you are not ready to talk to Atheists or any other unbeliever. First, you must get right with God.

An Atheist may ask you to discuss any issue but to leave your Bible and your Christian viewpoint behind. Don't do it. They may even claim to have no worldview of their own, no assumptions, and total objectivity. Of course, to have any thoughts about anything without an underlying basis that is based on either revelation or assumption would be impossible. Most people have assumptions. Christians have a heavenly vision from God. Everyone has a basis by which they evaluate truth claims. This basis is usually buried deep down, and many people don't even think about the basis of their life and thoughts let alone talk to others about it.

When they tell you that your worldview isn't valid and that you must accept their ground rules, they are asking you to become an Atheist before you discuss the issue. Don't go there.

The Atheist's own logical arguments cannot stand up to the rules of logic, but Atheists will not let that keep them from arguing. The reason they don't believe is because they are willingly ignorant. No amount of logic or fact will change that. The logical argument of the Atheist has a foundation of sand. If they were to challenge their own thinking (which they are usually very careful not to do) they would find that it is empty argument. Every logical argument is based on something. And that something is based on something. And if the Atheist will continue to ask for that basis, will they go down to something that is rock solid? No. They will go down to the place where there is something that they believe just because that is what they believe. That something is supported only by circular reasoning. They will say that your faith is based in circular reasoning but it is not--unless your faith is not real faith. Real faith is the faith of God. It comes from God. It is perpetual because the relationship through Christ is perpetual. It is on-going. It is a supernatural belief that comes to you as a gift when you hear God. God speaks. God speaks to the Atheist, too, but he or she will not listen, so no faith comes to them. But faith comes to you. It is a revelation. It is God speaking. It is reality. It is a rock solid base. It is not circular reasoning. When an Atheist tries to force you into his or her little world of human observation and raw human reasoning (the reasoning of the human mind without the Intelligence of the Creator flowing through the human mind), the Atheist is trying to squeeze you into his or her mold. Don't go there. You have the Rock, Jesus. You have a personal, on-going relationship. The Atheist will try to bait you with a hint that if you could just give him or her proof that is based on human reason and human observation that then the Atheist would suddenly turn to Christ. This is a lie. God has already given the Atheist all kinds of irrefutable proofs in the creation, and God has also spoken to the heart of the Atheist through His creation, but the Atheist is willingly ignorant.  (some caveats about hearing God's Voice)

They may say that your Christianity will take away your objectivity, but the reality is that your Christianity is not allowing you to be an Atheist. Duh! They want you to discuss as if you were an Atheist.

You are probably already aware that many Christians have taken the Atheistic worldview and live their lives as if they were Atheists. That is a huge mistake, of course.

The Atheist who claims that the NO-GOD domain is neutral and who asks you to enter the NO-GOD domain is asking you to accept their unsupported assumptions, their Atheistic worldview. That worldview includes Naturalism, materialism, the notion that God cannot reveal, the notion that God does not speak to His people, and the notion that Atheism is the default position and that you must prove God to them, yet they have no responsibility to find God. Keep in mind that they know that there is a God deep down in their hearts. For some reason, they don't like Him. It would be wise for you to help them to discover that reason and to see if you can free them from the lies surrounding that.

Probe the worldview of the Atheist and don't stop too soon. Keep probing until you get down to the bottom. There are specific questions that the Atheist cannot answer, but you must not accept wishy-washy answers, you cannot let them get away without answering. You must exercise tough love and make them thing things through. Atheists tend to say that Atheism answers all the questions of life better than following Christ, yet they do not apply Atheism to every areas of their life. They tend to lead their lives by Christian principles because Atheistic principles don't really work in the real world. So those are the areas that you will need to probe.

Below, are just a few of the many questions that Atheists have problems with. The answers you get to these questions from Atheists will be lame. Tell them that their answers are lame and press for better answers. Make them think things through. For all of these, there is no reasonable basis of thought that is consistent with the Atheistic worldview. There is no part of the Bible that creates any such problems for Christians. From a formal logic point of view everyone, except for the Christian, uses circular reasoning when you get down to those basic beliefs because these are things that people believe because they believe them. The Christians has revelation at the basis rather than assumption. No one can come to Jesus unless the Father draws him or her. No one can sincerely confess that Jesus is their Lord except by the Holy Spirit. You must be born again by the Holy Spirit. Every good and every complete gift comes down from the Father of lights. Revelation, not intellectual activity. What God reveals is always rational, but He does not reveal through human assumption. He reveals. Warning: since the base assumptions in every person's life are based on circular reasoning, most people will not admit their basic assumptions easily--especially if you are trying to trap them. If you are trying to trap them, why should they trust you?

• Where did logic come from?
• Why should an Atheist believe that the laws of logic would be valid?
• How is logic regulated?
• Is it a set of laws? If so, where did the laws come from?
• Does logic fit into the concept of materialism? How?
• Is logic part of the human mind or does it regulate the human mind or how does it work?
• If logic exists in the human mind, then, if there is no human mind, does logic cease to exist? Atheists believe in molecules to man evolution--was there no logic before humanity in their story?
• Will logic always be the same or could it change tomorrow?
• Was it different in the past? Right now, we know that two mutually exclusive things cannot be true at the same time. You cannot be here and not be here at the same time. Will that be true tomorrow? If we only know this through observation, then we have no way of knowing that because we cannot apply science to tomorrow.
• Five thousand years ago, could you be here and not be here at the same time? We cannot test that scientifically either. We can only speculate. So how do we know that the logic we are using is valid at all? (For you, as a Christian, you know that true logic flows from the throne of God. God is orderly and rational in everything that He does. God does not change.)
• Other subjects to probe in this way:
• Altruism
• Ethics and Morality
• Right and Wrong
• Note that the Atheist may say that he or she does not believe in right and wrong, but you can probe that. If someone believed that they ought to kill the Atheist and the Atheist's entire family, would there be anything wrong with that? Is there any reason for an Atheist to do good? Why? What is the reason for their reason? What is the basis?

The human mind does not work correctly without the flow of the Holy Anointing, that is the Holy Spirit. It is in a stupor without the Holy Spirit. Have you noticed that really intelligent people, without God, have no wisdom at all? Without God, there is no wisdom. None! They come up with solutions, and those solutions cause more problems than they solve. They are in a mental stupor without God. They are ungodly by choice. Logic does not convince them. If you look at the articles that are being written for the scientific journals regarding evolution, the age of the earth, global warming, and such like, you would see that they totally ignore the scientific evidence. They see design and a young Earth and explain away the evidence repeatedly. They give magical powers to natural selection, evolution and mother nature. This is stupidity.

There is plenty of evidence for a young Earth and a recent creation:

• Semi-technical Article
• Several Articles on Various Aspects
• What Evidence is Used to Show that the Earth is Young?
• The Universe was Created Recently.

I take it that you are a follower of Christ. As such, your testimony is very important. Cultists, such as Atheists, will try to provoke you to anger. If they can do that, they consider that they have won. It is important that you keep your eyes on the heavenly vision. God sees these Atheists as sheep without a shepherd. God has compassion on them. If you see reality as God reveals it to you, you will feel very sorry for them in their lost and confused state. They are also slaves to Satan. Whoever is not saved is still in bondage. This bondage is complete. There are no good unsaved people. That would be impossible just as it is impossible that the flesh of any of us who are born again could have any goodness or be good. So, you are in a spiritual battle, not a mental battle. The reason that they cannot hear is because they are totally in bondage to demonic powers, and they don't know it.

There was a Christian who was posting messages on a Christian creation forum, and he was debating with some particularly nasty Atheistic Evolutionists. The Evolutionists tried every trick in the book, just as the Atheists are doing with you. They used personal attacks, name-calling, and all kinds of childish activity. The Christian became angry and did not have enough depth in his walk with Christ to control his anger. He resorted to profanity on the forum. Now, for an Evolutionist to engage in name-calling or profanity is perfectly in character. They have no Holy Spirit. They are supposed to be ungodly. That is what Atheism is all about. If a Christian, however, engages in ungodly behavior, that Christian will cause the demonic forces to have a victory, to win the battle. The Christian looks like fool and does a tremendous work for the devil. So this Christian made it personal and ended up making the foolishness of the Atheists look as if it were wise. This was not because the Atheists had any substance. It was because the Christian did not follow the leading of Christ. The Atheists could not see Christ in the Christian because the Christian showed off his flesh to them. The Bible says that we need to avoid fleshly behavior so that the ministry, the Christ within us, does not get blamed for the fleshly behavior. In this case, the Atheists saw the Christian as a hypocrite. Too bad.

It is important that you remember that this is not a contest of wills. This is not about you winning the argument or even about making the Atheists lose. This is not about the Atheist admitting that they are wrong and you are right. It is about the Spirit of God going out from you to the Atheist to minister to the Atheist's need. The Atheist can reject or accept, and that is not your responsibility. If the Atheist receives Christ, then the Atheist wins. If the Atheist does not receive Christ, then the Atheist loses. You are just a witness. The work is the Lord's, not yours. God may just have you there for one reason: in the Judgment, when the Atheist is arguing with God and saying that no one ever told him, God will say, "Oh yes, do you remember the conversations you had with this Christian at this time and this time and this time. Had you, as a scoffer, not had those conversations with my servants, your condemnation would be less, but you did have those conversations and you are guilty and worthy of the second death." God will be just and will be justified in all that He does.

My advice is that you pray for God to guide you and give you of His wisdom. If your pride or desire to win an argument gets into the mix, then God will leave you on your own. He will not give you wisdom because you are being double-minded. If you ask for wisdom and get your own ego and your own natural mind out of the way, then the Holy Spirit will bring the right information to your memory at the right time. And, if you make sure to ask God to anoint your speech with the Holy Spirit, then the Holy Spirit will minister to the heart of the Atheist. The words you say will burn in their hearts though you may not see the fruit of it for years to come... if those words come in the power of the Holy Ghost.

If you can get together with an Atheist one-on-one, you take away the game of "playing to the crowd." Discussions that are public in front of others, especially Atheist friends, are useless. They degenerate in just the way that you described.

Often times, it makes more sense to just ask questions. Atheists tend to be closed-minded. Christians can afford to be open-minded as long as they are led by the Spirit. A Christian can take the attitude that they don't know everything and that they may have some points wrong and that they are willing to listen to the argument of the cult leader. They just need to remain in the Holy Spirit. A Christian can say, "Are you saying that you believe that there is no God?" "Are you dogmatic in that belief or do you have an open mind?" "What is the specific evidence that convinces you that there is not God?" The Atheist may ask the Christian to prove to him that God exists, of course. There is plenty of evidence, but the Atheist is not convinced by proof, because the Atheist already knows that God is and has decided to be willingly ignorant of the fact. So argument is pretty useless unless the Holy Spirit prepares the heart of the Atheist. There was an Atheist who told a Christian that the Christian had to prove to him that God exists. The Christian looked to Jesus for a moment and got a word and answered the Atheist: "How could I prove this to you when you won't even listen to God Who is talking to you all that time and you won't even listen to God?" The Atheist was just blown away by that, because he knew it was true. Yet the rebellious heart of the Atheist would not turn to God. Maybe God will cause this word to burn in the heart of the Atheist some day and the Atheist will turn to God. Who knows?

There was a Christian who worked with an Atheist. The Atheist challenged him to a debate. The Christian looked away to Jesus and got a word. He told the Atheist that he didn't want to debate him, but that he would be glad to go to lunch sometime and have a discussion. Years previously, the Christian had known a creation scientist who had told him that if he were to ask an Evolutionist why he believed in evolution, that the Evolutionist would not be able to come up with a sane reason for believing in the mythical story of evolution. And, the Christian had recently asked a Evolutionist college professor for evidence of evolution, and the college professor had become totally frustrated as he realized that there was absolutely no evidence for molecules-to-man evolution but only for variations within kinds of plants and animals.

The Christian and the Atheist did eventually go to lunch, and the Atheist tried to turn the event into a debate. The Christian just kept asking questions. "That's an interesting statement; what makes you think that it's true?" "OK; how do you justify that?" He just listened to the Atheist and asked questions.

Atheist: "Well it's obvious. All the scientific evidence points to evolution."

Christian: "Which scientific evidence specifically?"

Atheist: "Well, the fossil evidence, for one thing."

Christian: "Did you personally examine this geologic column or did you just read about it or hear about it from someone else?"

Atheist: "I learned it in College."

Christian: "So are you just taking the word of your professors and the people who wrote the books?"

Atheist: "Well, yes, but they are the experts."

Christian: "Other than blind faith in the text books and the professors, do you have any other reason for believing them?"

And the discussion went on for about an hour and a half. Most people will not allow this type of analysis of their thoughts, but the Christian was very non-threatening even though he asked probing questions. The Christian was perfectly willing to hear and examine the facts. He had nothing to fear by doing so. He just took that stance that if the Atheist was so convinced, then the Atheist should convince him. The only fall back the Atheist might have had would have been to say something stupid like, "Well, there is no proof of God either." The Atheist didn't do that, but if he had, the Christian could have simply asked another question, "What convinces you that there is no proof of God?" Claiming that there is no proof of God would be the logical error of a universal negative, so the Atheist would again be stuck. Well, the final outcome of this conversation was that the Christian asked one more what-proof-do-you-have-that-that-is-true question, and the Atheist got this really weird look on his face and said: "I guess I'm making the whole thing up."

Most Atheists are not as well versed as this Atheist was, and they would not be able to sustain such fakery for an hour and a half. This particular Atheist had the ability to make up facts out of thin air. Most Atheist will quickly become frustrated and resort to personal attacks, or sarcasm, or changing the subject, or summary dismissal, or some other tactic to avoid facing the fact that God is real and that they are facing the judgment without Christ.

So, remember that you cannot win anyone to Christ. You are just a witness. You are learning to be led of the Holy Spirit and to flow in His power. These challenges are brought to you by God to develop your ability to submit to Jesus. It's not about winning arguments. It is about your spiritual growth and the opportunity for the Spirit to minister to the unsaved. Someone may be saved. If they are, it is the work of God, not the work of you.

Ungodly people will only accept those things that conform to the arbitrary assumptions of Naturalism, materialism, and uniformitarianism. 

Naturalism claims that God does nothing. 

Materialism claims that there is no God or spiritual realm. 

Uniformitarianism claims that there was not creation and that there was no violent worldwide flood, as the Bible and numerous other historical accounts record. 

Whatever they observe that does not conform to this complex filter is censored.  The way that it is censored can take several forms.  The ungodly may boldly proclaim that, though the data appears to support God's version and refute the version of the ungodly, yet it still must be interpreted to mean just the opposite of what it does mean.  A backup method that ungodly people use is to prophecy that in the future, science will be able to explain what they see as an anomaly.  If that fails, they will hide the data, set it aside, or lie to keep the public from knowing the truth.  The data clearly demolishes the story of the ungodly and clearly supports the reality of the Creator God, His Bible, and His abiding Presence in His people.  When confronted with the obvious, a closed-minded ungodly person says, "I can't understand it."  They are willingly ignorant because they refuse to hold God in their knowledge.  The reality is that these people, for whatever reason, don't what to know the Creator.  They don't want to truly know Jesus, their Creator.

Here are some audio and video resources for conversations with unbelievers:

• AIG Nuclear Strength Apologetics
• Who Is Jesus: Defending Jesus Christ as the Way (part 1 of 2)
• Who Is Jesus: Defending Jesus Christ as the Way (part 2 of 2)
• Faith Under Fire: Jesus Among Other Gods (part 1 of 2)
• Faith Under Fire: Jesus Among Other Gods (part 2 of 2)
• God or Science: Stephen Hawking's False Choice (part 1 of 2)
• God or Science: Stephen Hawking's False Choice (part 2 of 2)
• The Loss of Truth (part 1 of 2)
• The Loss of Truth (part 2 of 2)
• Is Atheism Dead? Is God Alive? (part 1 of 2)
• Is Atheism Dead? Is God Alive? (part 2 of 2)
• Effective Apologetics in the 21st Century (part 1 of 4)
• Effective Apologetics in the 21st Century (part 2 of 4)
• Effective Apologetics in the 21st Century (part 3 of 4)
• Effective Apologetics in the 21st Century (part 4 of 4)
• Confidence in the Gospel in a World of Competing Ideas (part 1 of 4)
• Confidence in the Gospel in a World of Competing Ideas (part 2 of 4)
• Confidence in the Gospel in a World of Competing Ideas (part 3 of 4)
• Confidence in the Gospel in a World of Competing Ideas (part 4 of 4)
• Secularism and the Illusion of Neutrality (part 1 of 4)
• Secularism and the Illusion of Neutrality (part 2 of 4)
• Secularism and the Illusion of Neutrality (part 3 of 4)
• Secularism and the Illusion of Neutrality (part 4 of 4)

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  If you have not read Stories Versus Truth, you may want to read that before reading this.   Gallop Poll: 35% Believe Darwinism Is Supported By Evidence   Evolution is merely a story.  It is a story that was made up by Atheists, like Charles Darwin, to compete with what God says.  This story very closely parallels Satan\'s story to Eve, \"You will not certainly die, for God knows that when you eat...

If you have not read Stories Versus Truth, you may want to read that before reading this. And don\'t forget where you are going. You get past the questions/attacks so you can proclaim the Gospel. It is the proclamation of the Gospel, not argumentation, that transforms minds. See Give Them the Gospel. Newer Translations of the Bible Question: There has come up in my life the question of translations and the original text...

A site visitor askes a sincere question. \"Am I Saved?\" As a teenager, he had gotten into sin with drugs and girls. God obviously called him and he thought about God and talked to God, but drugs and other sin continued to plague his life. He knew that God is to be feared as a severe judge when we do evil. So his real question is, \"Am I saved?\" Read...

If you have not read Stories Versus Truth, you may want to read that before reading this. The points on this page may shake the faith of the Atheist in the precepts of Atheism, but the most important thing is that you share the Good News (Gospel). This is simple. All these other things may help, but it is the proclamation of the Gospel that transforms minds. See Give Them the...

If you have not read Stories Versus Truth, you may want to read that before reading this. The points on this page may shake the faith of the Atheist in the precepts of Atheism, but the most important thing is that you share the Good News (Gospel). This is simple. All these other things may help, but it is the proclamation of the Gospel that transforms minds. See Give Them the...

If you have not read Stories Versus Truth, you may want to read that before reading this. Question: \"Sweden has been one of the most peaceful countries in the world and it\'s 85% atheist. Honduras is about 99% Christian... and it\'s one of the most violent. How do you explain that?\" Answer: Can you imagine for a moment fear gripping you as you come to your car alone at night in a dangerous part...

Question: I heard a sermon this week entitled \"Empowered by the blood of Jesus.\" I only got a portion of it, but from what I got, it seems as though you can make your petitions to God through the Blood of Jesus, the same way we ask in the Name of Jesus. Answer: There is power in the blood. The only reason we can approach the throne of God...

Is It Unloving to Call a Cult a Cult? As the members of the Church of the Living God continue to walk away from His ways, the Bible becomes a very strange book to them. They see it as full of errors. One person wrote in: \"I am a fellow Christian but I believe that this website portrays to [one of the religions that worships spirit guides, that is, demons]...

  If you have not read Stories Versus Truth, you may want to read that before reading this.     You may hear a question like this: \"God knew everything before he created it, so why did God make people who he knew in advance would turn on him and go to hell?  I guess the same can be said for why did God make angels he knew would turn on him too?\" In these...

A Scoffer and Teller of Tall Tales Asks Whether God and Creation are Fairy Tales The question below uses techniques from Neurolinguistic Programming. Neurolinguistic Programming is a way to accomplish extreme persuasion and deception. Note the \"Have you considered whether\" phrase. It is meant to seem harmless, but this is the opening to of your mind to the lie. There is noting wrong with this phrase if it were followed by...

Question: In practical terms what does true repentance involve in daily life? Answer: To repent is to have a new mind. God\'s intent is that you change your mind or, literally, have a new mind. Repentance is having a new mind. Romans 12:2 You Will Be Transfigured [metamorphoo] Just As Jesus Was Romans 12:1-2 I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a...

Question: Can a person truly repent if he or she doesn\'t know how God views his or her life and actions? Answer: The simple answer is, \"No.\" A person needs to know how God views his or her life and actions. The Holy Spirit convicts the person. The Father draws the person to Jesus. When a person is born again, they have a slight idea of how wicked they are in the...

If you have not read Stories Versus Truth, you may want to read that before reading this. Question: My question regards the creation of new \'information\'. First is this \'genetic\' information that is not produced? Are you saying that no new genetic information is ever produced by natural means? Answer: Yes. We are saying that no new innovative genetic information of the type needed for even the smallest advance in so-called molecules-to-man evolution is ever...

Question: Yes, I find the term \"falling in love\" very disturbing. God commands us to love one another, Who also shows agape loves towards us which is unconditional. So where does it say \"fall in love\"? Falling in love with Jesus is the best thing I\'ve ever done. Now, they use this same term with one another in relationships they fall in then fall out. I hear people say there are all...

Question: What is the difference between tongue and tongues? Are they the same or different?   Answer: Thank you for your question.  There is no difference as Paul is talking about a tongue "For he that speaketh in an [unknown] tongue speaketh not to men, but to God" or tongues, "I would that ye all spake with tongues."  The difference is between the gift of tongues, the tongues of men, and the tongues...

Question:     My question is this. Our church is beginning to tolerate just about anything. Our Pastor is wanting our board (deacons) to only have the duty of financial matters. He wants all other responsibilities himself. He wants to leave scriptures out of our by-laws that relate to dealing with sin in the congregation. He has a young man at this moment sitting out of our praise and worship team...

  If you have not read Stories Versus Truth, you may want to read that before reading this.     You may hear something like this: \"You people are stupid and intolerant! What makes you think that only your view of Jesus is accurate?\" Answer: This is actually an excellent question. We know Christ Himself, not a theology or theory about Him. He is a person Whom we know personally. The reason that followers of Christ...

Question: There are groups of believers that seem to be attempting to summon, call, or direct the Holy Spirit of God to move among them & do certain things.  Two examples being "Drunk in the Spirit" or "Slain in the Spirit"  Does a believer or a group of believers have the authority or the ability to cause the Spirit of God to manifest Himself in some expected way? Answer:   The Holy Spirit...

If you have not read Stories Versus Truth, you may want to read that before reading this.   You may hear someone say that they don\'t want to repent because they think life will become dull and boring. In these types of discussions, don\'t let Satan turn any discussion into a contest.  Discuss without turning the other person into a loser or turning yourself into the winner. Answer: Ask them why they think that life...

When you yield yourself to the Spirit of Christ, you become servant to the One whom you obey. Christ will rule in your heart. Obey Satan = slave of Satan. Obey God = Slave of God. Obey the flesh of others = Slave of Satan. Obey your own fleshly nature = Slave of Satan. When you are born again, your spirit is joined to God\'s Spirit. You then are seated with Christ...

It is the proclamation of the Gospel, not argumentation, that transforms minds. See Give Them the Gospel. How Can We Know Which Assumptions Are Valid? There is no such thing as a valid assumption. Assumptions prove nothing, not even the assumptions made by a famous evolutionist. Not even if they call those assumptions, axioms. Not even if they claim that their assumptions are the correct assumptions. Evolution isn\'t science. Detailed Answer One of...

Socialism   There are many areas of politics where we could point out problems or predict problems where the problems are not based in lack of moral fiber but perhaps are based in the lack of wisdom. Over-spending would be a prime example.       People are not as careful with other people\'s money as they would be with their own money.  There is often a combination of covetousness and...

If you have not read Stories Versus Truth, you may want to read that before reading this. Chart explaining how time from the Creation to the present can be calculated using Scripture? Through the Book of Hebrews in the Bible, God says, \"Today, if you hear His voice, do not harden your heart.\" Whenever Scripture is read, God speaks through it. All Scripture is God-breathed. When you read the following, you are...

If you have not read Stories Versus Truth, you may want to read that before reading this. Don\'t forget where you are going. You get past the questions/attacks so you can proclaim the Gospel. It is the proclamation of the Gospel, not argumentation, that transforms minds. See Give Them the Gospel. Lies About the Bible--Falsely Claiming Inconsistency   One common lie is to say that the Bible is inconsistent. The following is an example:   I...

This page is provided to answer a specific question, but don\'t get tied up in detail and forget where you are going. You get past the questions/attacks so you can proclaim the Gospel. It is the proclamation of the Gospel, not argumentation, that transforms minds. See Give Them the Gospel. If you have not read Stories Versus Truth, you may want to read that before reading this. Almost all Evolutionists are...

If you have not read Stories Versus Truth, you may want to read that before reading this.   Even More Questions that Evolutionists Cannot Answer This is a page full of questions about creation and about evolution. Has life really existed on Earth for thousands of millions of years? Using no emotional arguments or rationalizations, but only actual empirical observation and deductive logic, what proof can you offer for this? When you try...

If you have not read Stories Versus Truth, you may want to read that before reading this.   Are Super-Germs an Example of Evolution In Action? NO! They are a problem for Evolutionism. Super-germs are not examples of adding order, Information, organization, an increase in complexity or improvement of function. Super-Germs are, in fact, examples of lost order, Information, organization, a decrease in complexity and degradation of function. This decrease in function has resulted...

An example where someone came to the conclusion that Acts 2:5-11 contained an error. One scoffer wrote that the Bible gives the wrong value for Pi: Article: The_Value_Of_Pi One scoffer claimed that there are three incompatible principles in the Bible: God has all power, God would have all to be saved, all people will not be saved? Article: The_Three_Incompatible_Principles Some have claimed that the Bible has an error in the report that tells...

Both materialistic evolutionary theory and theistic (God-controlled) evolutionary theory claim that we are all descendants of fish.  Who could believe such a message?  Only someone who wants to avoid God. Given the scientific facts that have been uncovered, a person would have to be willingly ignorant to believe such a thing. They would have to want very badly not to know about God\'s power and sovereignty, wouldn\'t they? They...

Does Evil Exist? This may or may not be a true story.  The author is unknown, but the point is valid. A university professor challenged his students with this question. \"Did God create everything that exists? A student bravely replied, \"Yes, He did!\" \"God created everything?\" The professor asked. \"Yes, sir,\" the student replied. The professor answered, \"If God created everything, then God created evil, since evil exists. And according to the principal...

If you have not read Stories Versus Truth, you may want to read that before reading this. In answering this type of challenge, we must remember the words of George Macdonald: \"To try to explain truth to him who loves it not is but to give him more plentiful material for misinterpretation.\" Also, the words of Richard Weaver: \"How frequently it is brought to our attention that nothing good can be...

Evolution and Confusing Words Have you noticed how many important words have at least two meanings. Often these meanings are exact opposites. Here are a few examples: Axiom of science Meaning #1: a principle that has been proven, by observation and experience, beyond a reasonable doubt. Examples: Second Law of Thermodynamics, Inverse Square Law of Gravity. Meaning #2: an assumption or made up story, that is, a fabrication, which is accepted on make...

If you have not read Stories Versus Truth, you may want to read that before reading this.   False Credentials Phoney Credentials are an old ploy. You create a legal way to make yourself or someone else an expert. There are many ways of creating the illusion of authority. Certificates, degrees, licenses, tests, and many other methods may be used to create this illusion of authority. Once you create the illusion, you ask...

If a person were going to be an evolutionist, he or she must keep reworking the hypothesis to fit the unsupported assumptions upon which evolution is based, ever going further out on the limb. Evolution isn\'t science. An evolutionist must fall in love with the presuppositions of Humanism to be able to keep defending this unworkable, improbable hypothesis. This is not an intellectual problem. It is a spiritual problem. \"I am...

How have the schools teamed up with Hollywood to spread a myth about the Scopes Monkey Trial?   One of the many myths that an evolutionist will try to sell is this: an evolutionist will try to convince people that defense lawyer Clarence Darrow, the evolutionist, made the fundamentalist prosecutor William Jennings Bryan look like a fool over the Bible. William Jennings Bryan did, at times, look like a fool in the...

Junk Science Ungodliness teaches a form of logic that allows speculation, which is not valid. Evolution and other junk science depend on this false logic to fool people into thinking that their unsupported claims might have some value. There are many varied ways in which this is done, and some of the methods are difficult to detect, but they all violate true logic. True logic is simply a set of rules...

Question: I\'m 28 years old and I\'m from the United Kingdom. I said the sinners\' prayer in 2005 with some other Christians and I\'ve been going to church ever since. I got baptized in 2006. I was drinking very excessively before I started coming to church and I continued to live in this sin of drunkenness even when I was hearing the gospel at church and after I got baptized. When...

If you have not read Stories Versus Truth, you may want to read that before reading this. Does Evolutionism Have a Dependency on Abiogenesis? Feedback: \"evolution has nothing to do with creation or how life formed from non-life. that is abiogenesis. evolution is change over time.\" Dear Reader, Thank you for your comment. Your feedback brings up a matter of semantics, acually equivocation. Many Evolutionists want abiogenesis split from the Evolutionistic story. The stories...

A reader thought that this quote had been refuted.  Feedback from a reader is in the box.  We answer below that just because someone claims do have refuted something does not mean that they have refuted it.   Comment: \"We\'ve staked our future on our ability to follow the Ten Commandments with all of our heart.\" James Madison  this is completely false. james madison never said this. this is a made up quote from...

There is evidence of a restructuring of the planet on a scale and in a way that would be consistent with a world-wide flood. The types of restructuring that is evident is difficult to interpret in any other way other than that there was a world-wide, catastrophic flood followed by a shifting of the earth's surface in which the ocean areas went down and the continents and mountains went up....

The Scripture Testifies to Holiness as the Heritage of the Church 1 John 1:5 This then is the message which we have heard of him, and declare to you, that God is light, and in him is no darkness at all. 1 John 2:8 Again, a new commandment I write to you, which thing is true in him and in you: because the darkness is past, and the true light now...

For those who think that they can have love without God, John, answers the question: "No."    Without God, there is no love.  Are you missing out on love?    For those who think that they can have God without having love, the answer is also, "No."    God is Love.   1 John 4:7  Beloved, let us love one another: for love is of God; and every one that loveth is born of God, and knoweth God. 1...

God Made A Way; The Name Of God's Way Is Jesus. John 14:6 Jesus saith to him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh to the Father, but by me.  Rom 5:18-19 Therefore as by the offense of one [judgment came] upon all men to condemnation; even so by the righteousness of one [the free gift came] upon all men to justification of life. For as by...

Evolution\'s Cultic Dogma   Here is a quick explanation of why evolution is religious dogma of many cults and it is not science. EVOLUTION IS A SERIES OF BROKEN ARGUMENTS A common tactic of Evolutionists is to stack one bogus argument on top of another and continue this process hoping to bury you in the debris. On examining each argument, you find that not one of them has any value. Since they have no...

It is the truth that will set you free. Many, over the last century, have taken up the insane, unwarranted, and unsupported claim that there is no truth, that there is no reality. This, of course, is an obvious lie. There is real truth and there are real lies And when you state something is true, you are stating that it corresponds with reality.  It is the Truth that Will Set You Free. ...

I have a question about James chapter 5 verses 13 and 14. In verse 13 we are told that if we are afflicted to pray and if we are merry to sing psalms. However, in verse 14, instead of praying for ourselves when we are sick, we are told to call on the elders.   In 13 we do the praying and rejoicing ourselves, but not in 14.   Why does it...

If you have not read Stories Versus Truth, you may want to read that before reading this. Don\'t forget where you are going. You get past the questions/attacks so you can proclaim the Gospel. It is the proclamation of the Gospel, not argumentation, that transforms minds. See Give Them the Gospel. A Supposed Error by Jesus Jesus said that there were some who would not taste of death until they have seen Jesus\'...

Unless you are born again, you will lose out.  You can\'t enter the Kingdom of God. Nicodemus saith to him, How can a man be born when he is old? can he enter the second time into his mother\'s womb, and be born?  Jesus answered, Verily, verily, I say to thee, Except a man be born of water and of the Spirit, he cannot enter into the <\"\" />kingdom of God.  ...

John 3:1 - 21 There was a man of the Pharisees, named Nicodemus, a ruler of the Jews: The same came to Jesus by night, and said to him, Rabbi, we know that thou art a teacher come from God: for no man can do these miracles that thou doest, except God be with him. Jesus answered and said to him, Verily, verily, I say to thee, Except a man be...

If you have not read Stories Versus Truth, you may want to read that before reading this.   What Is the Foundational Basis For Evolution Short answer Evolutionism is based on observation and mathematical logic and rationalized speculation and presupposed assumptions. Evolutionism presupposes that there is no God, there was no flood, there was no creation, and there are no miracles. You may wonder how a Christian would put up with the obvious conflict...

Short Answer Naturalism, the presupposition that God doesn\'t do anything, is not a valid assumption.  Actually, there are no valid assumptions.  This assumption, however, violates all that God has revealed to His people.   It violates what God has revealed through creation.  There is no way that Naturalism can account for creation.  That would mean that nothing created everything with no cause or energy.  Impossible!  The stories, such as the big...

Liberals Are NOT Open-Minded Worldly Liberals, including Evolutionists, strippers, the majority of public school teachers, people involved in all sorts of perversion, and News reporters, are only open to worldly liberal ideas. Actually, evolutionists are not open-minded to any ideas outside of the realm of worldly Liberalism. They are not open to the idea that God created the universe in six days, though that is what the physical evidence shows. They...

It is important that we are obedient to the Spirit of God as He reveals the order in the Scripture.  We are learning to hear His Voice and respond to it.  It is also important to note that no one can select his or her own calling or gift.  No one can decide to have an office in the Church or a gift of the Spirit or a certain ministry. ...

Teachings of Scriptural Christianity Biblical Christianity\'s Teachings on God: The Only God is triune, Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. He is all-powerful, all-knowing, everywhere-present, and has always existed. No person can find purpose or meaning in life or be fulfilled outside of a relationship with God. God is love and wants a personal relationship with every person. Biblical Christianity Teachings on the Perfect Creation: God created the universe and everything in it,...

If you have not read Stories Versus Truth, you may want to read that before reading this. Why Do People Conform and Profess Belief In Evolution? Most people who believe in Evolution do so because they have never heard an alternative and they have never really been told about Evolution\'s many problems. In most schools, Evolution is taught as a religious dogma that cannot be questioned. And it is taught as if...

There Is Only One Scriptural Church Government Order.  There Are Many Man-engineered Orders For Church Government.  Scriptural Church Order: There is only one order defined in Scripture for the Church.  That order of authority is the Spiritual order.  It is the order of the Holy Spirit.  In the Kingdom of the Heavens, when it fully comes, this Spiritual order will become the order of the government of the entire earth. ...

If you have not read Stories Versus Truth, you may want to read that before reading this.   More Questions that Evolutionists Cannot Answer Who or what provided the material for the big bang? Why didn\'t it implode rather than explode? What are the specifics of the method by which the big bang coagulated into stars? What are the specifics of the method by which the planets were formed? Fifteen Questions for Evolutionists Fifteen Questions...

The baptism of the Holy Spirit is real and available to you today. Speaking in tongues is Biblical. Scripture speaks of two distinct types of tongues. Liberalism rejects the power of the Holy Spirit We can speak by the Spirit of God or not. 1 Corinthians 12:2-3 You know that when you were pagans, you were led astray to the mute [incapable of articulate speech] idols, however you were led. Wherefore I...

The manifestation of the sons of God is the next great event that will take place.  When it does take place, it will be a tribulation to those at ease in Zion [the church], but it will be a day of light to those who are walking in obedience.  To some, it will come as a thief in the night (1 Thessalonians 5:2).  To others, it will be one final...

Protecting the Citizens   Another issue that often comes up is the issue of war and law enforcement.  Does God give authority to governments so they can enforce law or protect citizens?  The Scripture is clear on this for all who accept the Scripture.  These are not issues for the Church to be involved with.  Most of the anti-war or anti-law campaigns are put forward by the anti-Christ religions, and...

There was a day when I worked so hard, always trying to get everything done.  There was always so much to do that it was impossible and frustrating.  It bothered me so much that it was a problem in my life.  Then, one day, it just came to me.  I suppose that somehow God revealed it to me, but it just seemed that I knew this all of a sudden. ...

Dwelling On Church Short-Comings   Consider the question. \"What about all the things that are wrong with the Church?\" The fact that you could ask that question is an indication that you are seeing that there are things that are the Church and things that are not the Church. You are seeing that there are things that have come into the Church that are not of the Church. You can obviously...

If you have not read Stories Versus Truth, you may want to read that before reading this.   The Mechanism for Evolution--How Does It Supposedly Work? When you turn on a light, do you suppose it\'s magic that makes the light bulb glow, or do you think there is some sort of mechanism that makes the light go on. There is a mechanism. Everything has a mechanism, and if evolution were a valid...

As with the home, God has an order for the Church, and that order is in the Scripture.  There may be more that needs to be revealed from Scripture, but some things appear to be quite easily understood in the light that God has given today.  We believe that the Holy Scriptures teach:   The 5 apostolic ministries(Ephesians 4:11)   The nine gifts of the Spirit (1 Corinthians 12:8-10)   Local congregations...

Satan told a lie that had enough truth to be convincing.  That's what he always does.   God cannot lie.  Satan always lies.  Satan meant this for evil, and that evil enemy continues to tempt every man and woman to struggle to try to become gods.  That is at the core of many of the useless cults such as New Age Religion, Alien false religions, and Secular Humanism. Yet, God said, \"I...

While everyone should promote tolerance, a promotion of homosexuality should not be thrust on little children and unexpecting parents. It is absolutely wrong for schools to be used to promote the homosexual lifestyle. Donald E. Wildmon, Founder and Chairman American Family Association The above quote is part of Mr. Wildmon\'s response to bold tactics using public schools to promote the homosexual lifestyle. 4brevard.com/choice/Public_Education.htm This link is a real revelation of what has...

If you have not read Stories Versus Truth, you may want to read that before reading this. Relativism says there can be no absolute doctrine, principle or standard. Of course, that means that relativism violates its own premise, because relativism is an absolute doctrine, principle, and standard. The belief in absolutes, sometimes known as absolutism says there can be an absolute doctrine, principle or standard. Note: there are other, unrelated meanings...

What Is the Nature of True Liberty? � Worldly liberals are all about liberty. They want to be liberated, but from what? What do worldly liberals want to be liberated from? What do they want to be liberated to. What is this liberty What is this liberty of which we freely speak? We\'re free from Christ or free from self, There is no in-between. And if we\'re free...

In a sense, He does take you just as you are, but some people present God with a proposition that is unworkable.  They want to be joined to God and to not be joined to God.  That can\'t work. God takes you just as you are and makes you a new person.  Some people are so rebellious that they don\'t want this free gift.  They ask, \"Why god can\'t accept sin?\" ...

  The Bible is still unchallenged, though many have spent fortunes (often pubic tax money) trying to discredit it, not a single error has been found. All attempts have failed to find an error or inconsistency in the Bible. All attempts have failed to explain away the miracles in the Bible using the assumptions of Naturalism, materialism and uniformitarianism. When miracles take place today, then the followers of materialism and Naturalism will...

Question: What is the church? How it should be governed. what kind of worship is most pleasing God? Describe the different answers given in the 17th century church of England to these questions. what was the outcome of these controversies? What challenges to traditional theology were experienced in the 17th century and 18th century? and what effects could be seen in the life of the Christian church? what was the usual...

If you have not read Stories Versus Truth, you may want to read that before reading this. Question: I am an Atheist and have not [SIC] history of violence. Have you ever even read your Bible and it\'s history of violence? Answer: I\'m glad that you don\'t have a history of violence. And I think that we agree that violence is a terrible thing. As a person who believes in Christ, I can...

If you have not read Stories Versus Truth, you may want to read that before reading this. Don\'t forget where you are going. You get past the questions/attacks so you can proclaim the Gospel. It is the proclamation of the Gospel, not argumentation, that transforms minds. See Give Them the Gospel. How to Handle This Question (The parts in quotes are just examples of what you might say or ask.) It is best to...

Yes, the Bible says it is infallible. Notice the following scriptures. the Scripture cannot be broken John 10:35 b For the prophecy came not in old time by the will of man: but holy men of God spake as they were moved by the Holy Ghost. 2 Peter 1:21 For we have not followed cunningly devised fables, when we made known to you the power and coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, but...

There are no contradictions in the Bible.  Those who make these claims are confused, uninformed, or else deceptive.  Sometimes, it is a little of each.  Perhaps they don\'t know what a contradiction is. A contradiction says, \"At the same time and in the same relationship, two mutually exclusive propositions are both true.\"   That is a contradiction.  However, the Bible does not have any such thing.  A contradiction says: \"at the same time and in the same...

Study To Shew Thyself Approved. That means to give diligence, and that means to listen to the Spirit of God, because you need guidance as you read. Study to shew thyself approved to God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth. 2 Timothy 2:15 Actually, the word, \"study,\" in this verse means to make an effort or to be dilligent. Strong\'s 4704 spoudazo spoo-dad\'-zo from 4710; TDNT-7:559,1069;...

If you have not read Stories Versus Truth, you may want to read that before reading this.   Many stars are billions of light years away from the earth. Evolutionists and Old Earthers claim that means that it would take billions of years for the light from those stars to get to the earth. Is there any truth to this claim? Actually, distant starlight is a problem for Evolutionists--not for creationists. While we...

If you have not read Stories Versus Truth, you may want to read that before reading this.   Evolutionists claim that the Founder Principle to justifies Evolutionary stories. Is there any truth to this claim? The Founder Principle gives no method for adding information or complexity. It takes away information. Gecko study, used by Evolutionists using loopy logic, actually supports a biblical creation model and completely destroys evolutionary theory The reason we believe is not...

Evolutionists and Old-Earthers claim that the days of Genesis 1 were not literal. Those who want to commit various sins and don\'t want to obey God will try to discredit parts of the Bible. Many hate those things that God says concerning marriage and those things that are part of marriage and are not be used outside of marriage. They want to use what God created for marriage in a...

God's Way is not a smorgasbord from which the Christian may pick and choose.  For each person, God pulls back the veil of the flesh so the person can see some element of the Kingdom of God.  The person either receives the revelation or not.  We are all on the road somewhere.  Many are stuck in a rut because they continually reject what God has revealed to them.   Many rejected...

Question: The Old Covenant royal law of love is that upon which Christ said all the Law and Prophets hang. What do you think is the essential difference to how that was kept or fulfilled under the Old Covenant of Law and how it is kept or fulfilled under the New Covenant of Grace? Answer: Paul, speaking of those who tried to fulfill the law under the Old Covenant, said: \"For they being...

This is one of the most common questions that we get at SeekFind.net. It seems that many people are unsure about their salvation. Question: \"I believe I have been saved. I was so worried about my death and what would happen if I died, and I knew I had no place in heaven. I found my wife\'s Bible and read for hours, and I broke down in my heart and I knew...

If you have not read Stories Versus Truth, you may want to read that before reading this. And don\'t forget where you are going. You get past the questions/attacks so you can proclaim the Gospel. It is the proclamation of the Gospel, not argumentation, that transforms minds. See Give Them the Gospel. Anti-Bible, Anti-God Comment: \"...and Isaiah 13:16 which extends to bashing babies against rocks in Hosea 13:16 & Psalm 137:9.\" (Read the...

If you have not read Stories Versus Truth, you may want to read that before reading this. And don\'t forget where you are going. You get past the questions/attacks so you can proclaim the Gospel. It is the proclamation of the Gospel, not argumentation, that transforms minds. See Give Them the Gospel. Comment: \"... read about god supported child abuse in Judges 11:29-40...\" Answer: (Read the article that prompted this comment HERE) (See the entire...

If you have not read Stories Versus Truth, you may want to read that before reading this. And don\'t forget where you are going. You get past the questions/attacks so you can proclaim the Gospel. It is the proclamation of the Gospel, not argumentation, that transforms minds. See Give Them the Gospel. Comment: \"... I would recommend you read Exodus 21:1-11 where the God of the Bible allows slavery, including selling your...

If you have not read Stories Versus Truth, you may want to read that before reading this. The Magic Trick An anonymous commenter writes: \"It is interesting that you say that research done by others is \"lies, creative stories, loopy logic, and insanity\' however you do not support any of your statements with evidence. Debate is essential to maintain a high quality of research in society however you must support your claims. As...

Question: As a Christen being married, I committed many sins--lie\'s on top of lies.  I was in sexual sin.  I scammed insurance companies and other companies out of huge amounts of money.  Then, I asked God to forgive me and change me,  The Word, Jesus, has changed me.  These sins are not with me any more.  I\'m stronger in the Lord now.  I hate the person that I was.  I would...

Question: Can a Christian lose salvation? Answer: If you are asking whether a Christian who is born again can become un-born again, that would be difficult to answer. If God wanted us to try to find the lowest place, then perhaps He would have invested some of the Scripture to explaining this, but He is always calling us higher and closer to Himself both before and after we have been born again. If...

Comment: I have to say that you are making inaccurate comments on Islam. In the first few pages of the Quaran it says \"If you do not believe in Jesus Christ and his teachings you can never be a Muslim\". So what does that tell you about our belief in Jesus Christ? We also believe in the Second Coming of Christ. SeekFind.net Answer: Thank you for your letter.   I appreciate it.   It...

Comment: You use your website (very carefully) to advocate religious propaganda. There is so much inaccurate information on there. Seekfind.net Answer: You say that SeekFind.net uses its website to (very carefully) advocate religious propaganda. I\'m not sure what you mean. The purpose is to glorify Christ and to open the door for anyone to come to Him and abide with Him and grow to the measure of the stature of the fullness of...

Comment: In our Quaran it says that \"If you kill a person it\'s as though you\'ve killed the whole of humanity\". Terrorists who commit suicide bombings and other atrocities are only Muslim by name, not by religion. These things are NOT allowed in Islam. If people bring shame to their religion, don\'t blame the religion as being violent, blame the people. When Hitler committed atrocities did they call him a Christian...

Comment:   I hope you all burn in hell you close minded [deleted expletive], and ANOTHER THING thing just because a religion isn't the same as yours don't go bashing it down you [deleted expletive] [deleted expletive] and just because your saying. "Oh blah blah blah it's not meant to blah blah." What the [deleted expletive] ever.     The only difference between christianity and islam...you [deleted expletive] [deleted expletive]...is that muslims...

Comment: [Irrelevant ad hominem attack is deleted] First off you need to do some research on other religions before you can start to talk about them and criticize them. Second, making sweeping generalizations about anything and everything is what leads to the most idiotic of conversations, such as the one above. If you are truly interested in learning, I recommend doing some research instead of blurting out a whole bunch of...

Question: Why is Islam a \"false religion\" because in Islam, they believe that Jesus is a Messenger of God and thus can\'t be God? Isn\'t is so that the Earth in {SIC} unholy, why would god want to enter something that is unholy? Answer: If that statement were true, then the teachings of Jesus that we find in the Bible would be false and all of what is true that God has revealed...

Comment: The Bible isn\'t the exact word of God as if it were passed down from Jesus, unlike the Qur\'an which was written in the time when Muhammad was alive and like so, the Qur\'an has never been changed and is read in it\'s original language, while the Bible has seen different version and different translations which of course words and passages to be incorrect. In this way, the Bible and...

Question: Would you please help me to connect the old testament ministers to the new testament fivefold offices clearly stating the similarities of these offices. Answer: If you look throughout the old testament, there were elders of families and cities. When the Kingdom of God is fully established, there will likely be elders of families and cities. Consider the parable of the talents. The prophets and patriarchs passed spiritual authority by the laying on...

If you have not read Stories Versus Truth, you may want to read that before reading this.   Question: \"My Question is about Autralia. Do the very different types of animals found in Australia prove evolution. And/or do they prove that the flood account should not be taken literally. For example it is hard to imagine that animals left off by Noah at Mt. Arrarat would then become isolated on just one continent....

Question: I feel so empty and alone inside. I have been going to church since I was little. I do believe in God, but I don\'t know why I can\'t accept Him fully. I feel embarrassed about giving myself fully to Him. I often feel like letting go and leaving everything to God, but when the time comes I choke. I\'m NOT running around sinning, yet, I feel empty and alone....

Topic: Deception

A Teacher of logic Takes an Illogical Stand and Will Not Admit It A personal testimony: I heard an acquaintance, a teacher of logic, conversing with some students. The question was, \"Even though it\'s illogical, can we still believe in God?\" The answer the teacher gave was, \"Yes, as long as you remember that it\'s totally illogical to do so.\" This seemed like an odd conversation for several reasons. First, it seemed...

Evolution\'s Cultic Dogma   Here is a quick explanation of why evolution is religious dogma of many cults and it is not science. EVOLUTION IS A SERIES OF BROKEN ARGUMENTS A common tactic of Evolutionists is to stack one bogus argument on top of another and continue this process hoping to bury you in the debris. On examining each argument, you find that not one of them has any value. Since they have no...

Definition of Words Used by Evolutionists Convergence: a desperate effort from evolutionists to keep creatures under the evolutionary umbrella. Evolution: a term used to confuse the public through equivocation. In mid-thought, sometimes in mid-sentence, the skilled Evolutionism evangelist will switch the meaning of the word. The most common method is to start by speaking about the common variations that occur within a kind of animal, say, a dog or a finch. That...

Evolution and Confusing Words Have you noticed how many important words have at least two meanings. Often these meanings are exact opposites. Here are a few examples: Axiom of science Meaning #1: a principle that has been proven, by observation and experience, beyond a reasonable doubt. Examples: Second Law of Thermodynamics, Inverse Square Law of Gravity. Meaning #2: an assumption or made up story, that is, a fabrication, which is accepted on make...

How to Avoid Cults   You must come close to Jesus and get to know Him--this is the only place of safety. There is coming a deception so terrible that it would be impossible to avoid being deceived were it not for this one way. The only way to avoid being deceived is to get to know the real Son of God so well that you can tell when something is not from...

Mark 8:33 But when he had turned about and looked on his disciples, he rebuked Peter, saying, Get thee behind me, Satan: for thou savourest not the things that be of God, but the things that be of men. In this Scripture, Satan, the liar, speaks through Peter.  We need to yield our members, especially our tongue and the words of our mouth, to the Holy Spirit.  We can\'t yield both...

Matthew 16:21-23 From that time forth began Jesus to shew to his disciples, how that he must go to Jerusalem, and suffer many things of the elders and chief priests and scribes, and be killed, and be raised again the third day.  Then Peter took him, and began to rebuke him, saying, Be it far from thee, Lord: this shall not be to thee.  But he turned, and said to...

It is the proclamation of the Gospel, not argumentation, that transforms minds. See Give Them the Gospel. Whether the questions you receive are honest, sincere questions or those of an ungodly skeptic is often not known. It would not be surprising that the ungodly would use such reasoning as is found in the formulation of many of these questions. Every person has two voices speaking to them at all times. There...

Jeremiah 17:9 The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked: who can know it? ...

Science and Logic are Limited Tools It is illogical to apply logic past its own limits and then claim that the results make sense. It is unscientific to apply science past its own limits and then claim that the results are valid. Human weakness keeps scientists and theologians from understanding because human minds are sadly lacking in the ability to perceive. The invention of instruments, such as the microscope and telescope, have...

God\'s way has the Scriptural structure and order and a sure foundation. God is a God of order. He has an opinion on everything, including how the foundation of His Church will be laid. No man can send himself to this work. 2 Timothy 2:19 Nevertheless the foundation of God standeth sure, having this seal, The Lord knoweth them that are his. And, Let every one that nameth the name of...

The apostolic age is an assumption that support the theological position that miracles, tongues, the power of God, apostles, prophets, the gifts of the Spirit, the leading of God\'s Spirit, and many other things are no longer available to the church. Duration: Ephesians 4:11-13 The apostles will be here until we all come to the unity of the faith and of the knowledge of the Son of God to a perfect man...

Jeremiah 23:16-22 Thus saith the LORD of hosts, Hearken not to the words of the prophets that prophesy to you: they make you vain: they speak a vision of their own heart, and not out of the mouth of the LORD. They say still to them that despise me, The LORD hath said, Ye shall have peace; and they say to every one that walketh after the imagination of his...

We know that the ministries and offices of the Church are counterfeited. Every gift of God, including salvation, is counterfeited. By their fruits shall you know them. The Scriptural order is very plain. The counterfeits: There are many instances where authority is claimed but a man or an organization is glorified. Anyone would know that this is not from God. A friend of mine went to a seminar where anyone who wanted it could purchase...

Big Brother, in the book, 1984, realized that the key to controlling the future was to control history.  He employed and army of editors to edit all historical documents to eliminate any troublesome facts.  Today, there is an army of editors doing similar work.  We often call them "scholars."  As of this writing, this army is using the philosophy called "Post Modernism" to justify their re-writing of history.  Their work...

This page is provided to answer a specific question, but don\'t get tied up in detail and forget where you are going. You get past the questions/attacks so you can proclaim the Gospel. It is the proclamation of the Gospel, not argumentation, that transforms minds. See Give Them the Gospel. Fraud is being committed repeatedly by the evolutionists. They lie about Natural Selection, claiming that Natural Selection is Evolution.  Natural Selection...

This page is provided to answer a specific question, but don\'t get tied up in detail and forget where you are going. You get past the questions/attacks so you can proclaim the Gospel. It is the proclamation of the Gospel, not argumentation, that transforms minds. See Give Them the Gospel. If you have not read Stories Versus Truth, you may want to read that before reading this. Science has merit. Scientists...

If you have not read Stories Versus Truth, you may want to read that before reading this. Has the HIV Virus Demonstrated Evolution In Any Way?     No! Many false claims have been made. Here are the facts. #1 If we had an example of new information being added by a random mutation, by random chance (though we do not have any example of new information being added by random chance, neither...

If you have not read Stories Versus Truth, you may want to read that before reading this. Comment: An anonymous commenter writes: \"It is interesting that you say that research done by others is \'lies, creative stories, loopy logic, and insanity\' however you do not support any of your statements with evidence. Debate is essential to maintain a high quality of research in society however you must support your claims. As I am...

If you have not read Stories Versus Truth, you may want to read that before reading this. And don\'t forget where you are going. You get past the questions/attacks so you can proclaim the Gospel. It is the proclamation of the Gospel, not argumentation, that transforms minds. See Give Them the Gospel. Comment: \"... I would recommend you read Exodus 21:1-11 where the God of the Bible allows slavery, including selling your...

If you have not read Stories Versus Truth, you may want to read that before reading this. And don\'t forget where you are going. You get past the questions/attacks so you can proclaim the Gospel. It is the proclamation of the Gospel, not argumentation, that transforms minds. See Give Them the Gospel. Comment: \"... read about god supported child abuse in Judges 11:29-40...\" Answer: (Read the article that prompted this comment HERE) (See the entire...

If you have not read Stories Versus Truth, you may want to read that before reading this. And don\'t forget where you are going. You get past the questions/attacks so you can proclaim the Gospel. It is the proclamation of the Gospel, not argumentation, that transforms minds. See Give Them the Gospel. Anti-Bible, Anti-God Comment: \"...and Isaiah 13:16 which extends to bashing babies against rocks in Hosea 13:16 & Psalm 137:9.\" (Read the...

If you have not read Stories Versus Truth, you may want to read that before reading this.   Ages of Time + Impossibility     Many Christians have lost their faith because of ungodly speculations regarding the age of the Earth. They listen to those who speak out of the human mind rather than the mind of God and the ungodly speculations that put death before sin, eliminate the world-wide flood and replace...

It is the proclamation of the Gospel, not argumentation, that transforms minds. See Give Them the Gospel. Everything that we believe either goes back to the Rock, Jesus, or else it goes to the sand, axioms. Axioms are just assumptions. They are deeply rooted assumptions. Axioms are made up and they are believed because they are believed. Even those who are most dedicated to logic as the only way to truth,...

If you have not read Stories Versus Truth, you may want to read that before reading this. The points on this page may shake the faith of the Atheist in the precepts of Atheism, but the most important thing is that you share the Good News (Gospel). This is simple. All these other things may help, but it is the proclamation of the Gospel that transforms minds. See Give Them the...