Ellen Johnson is the President of American Athiests. During her interview on the O'Reilly Factor November 13, 2006, she said, Religion can't survive without government. She was emphasizing the decline of religion in America by making the point that if it weren't for the U.S. government, faith-based organizations wouldn't survive. Bill O'Reilly challenged her with high percentages from polls indicating religion was much stronger than her perception. She was bent on voicing what great gains her organization is making on bringing about religious decline.
Those who speak anti-faith seem so glib. What a calling to rid earth of God?!?
It would be interesting if there was a way to calculate the money religion sent in goods, man-power, and occupational sacrifice to the Katrina shorelines. Could it be goverment wouldn't survive without religion? Government isn't surviving without it.
Don't be dismayed when strong statements regarding faith are introduced. Faith is dependent on one thing....let me correct that....on One. His name is Jesus. His Father flinches not, even if the circumstance appears the minority. There was David and Goliath, Esther, Gideon, and so many others. Their dependence was on God; not on numbers, not on statistics, not on funds in reserve. We live in their jet-stream.
Calulate where you see God working.....and then tell the whole world about it. Hopefully such contagion will grow that unbelievers will volunteer to praise the name of Jesus with us.
3 comments:
Powerful post, brother! Thanks for that blessing.
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Some people take such strong steps to denounce God and that He even exist. What if we as believers worked just as hard at praising Him for all He has done and continues to do in our lives every day. I bet that would have an even bigger impact. Little is much when God is in it. Great post!
It's a wonder so many work so hard against something they believe doesn't exist. It must be frustrating. Good.
Thanks for the Katrina mention. I was in my insurance man's office (not a popular guy these days) yesterday. He is still in tears as he talks about the volunteers ... CHRISTIANS ... who came to clean up our city and are still coming to help rebuild the homes of the disaster-stricken. I am amazed as well. God's big family is nothing to sneeze at. Huge... bigger than we know.
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