IS GOD A HOAX?

Is God real?  Or, is this a figment of man's needy imagination?  In other words, is this faith in God thing all a hoax?

Shrugs of indifference come from both sides of the question.  Yet, there are those--a very many those--who give this sobering thought; maybe not when in the midst of crowds of friends, but at least when reflectively alone.  Very good people have no bias.

Is there really a true God or has man bought into hand-me-down folklore which is empty, useless, and therefore fraudulent?

I believe He is real.  I'll give you a few reasons and you can add your version as to whether He is.

1. The fact that there is life after death before our very eyes every Spring noted in flowers and new leaves confirms that things which have died have resurrection power.
2. Garden seeds are buried as history (it's over/the-end) only to arise in an unexplainable new dimension from the ground/burial plot.
3. Our calendars are currently dated from the birth of Jesus; not Plato, not Stalin.  He was a real person who truly walked this earth.  Dating each of our documents confesses that the Son of God did exist upon this earth.
4. God does not insulate believers so that nothing goes wrong for them.  Rather, He transforms them to be able to find hope and life even in dead settings.  
5. Every trouble is pregnant with a new hope.
6. The Creator is still gone wild with the creative "newness" saturating society to this day.

I don't know that I was ever really a doubter of God.  I simply was indifferent.  We live.  We die.  We hope there is something afterward (And oh please God, don't make heaven as boring as church.).  Yet, after research, lengthy contemplation, and serious openness, I believe He is.

A thing about mankind hurts my heart...for mankind.  In general we are too distracted to care about our own eternal destination.  No probing.  No inquiry.  No sobriety about the topic.  None.  People live as if they will one day be as dead grass thrown into the fire.

This is life's greatest catastrophe.  Fatal wrecks.  Massive destruction.  Ebola.  None compare to the disaster of individuals who give no serious thought about the true form of spiritual reality.

It is time for the masses to investigate.  Become vulnerable.  Admit that you are not your own god.  Ask for assistance.  Sort through the distracting quagmire of religion.  Belief in Jesus is very possible and quite likely.  You will be so encouraged by him.  He will give you a definition of who you are, what you are about, and what you are to be doing that will...not...quit.

If you have no regard for other believers, fine.  I can accept that for we are a useless sort.  That's why we cast our lot with Jesus for he is the only one righteous.  We are not.  He is.  So good for you that you have figured our lack.  So don't seek him for us.  Seek him for yourself.  

You owe it to yourself to seriously weigh whether you believe God is a hoax.  I think you will like the experience of your honest search.

For those who wish to have private assistance in search of Him, I would be one who is willing to share thoughts.  Email me at trush@memorialdrive.org.  Together, maybe we can open our hearts toward the God who died for us...on purpose.