Favorite Quotes

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Ed Harrison (cosmologist):

"Here is the cosmological proof of the existence of God – the design argument of Paley – updated and refurbished. The fine tuning of the universe provides prima facie evidence of deistic design. Take your choice: blind chance that requires multitudes of universes or design that requires only one.... Many scientists, when they admit their views, incline toward the teleological or design argument."

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Ephesians 6:5-9

⁵ Slaves, obey your earthly masters with respect and fear, and with sincerity of heart, just as you would obey Christ. ⁶ Obey them not only to win their favor when their eye is on you, but as slaves of Christ, doing the will of God from your heart.⁷ Serve wholeheartedly, as if you were serving the Lord, not people, ⁸ because you know that the Lord will reward each one for whatever good they do, whether they are slave or free.

⁹ And masters, treat your slaves in the same way. Do not threaten them, since you know that he who is both their Master and yours is in heaven, and there is no favoritism with him.

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The more I study nature, the more I am amazed at the Creator.

Louis Pasteur (1822 – 1895)

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Can you tell me anything you know about evolution, any one thing, that is true? I tried that question on the geology staff at the Field Museum of Natural History and the only answer I got was silence. I tried it on the members of the Evolutionary Morphology Seminar in the University of Chicago, a very prestigious body of evolutionists, and all I got there was silence for a long time and eventually one person said, "I do know one thing - it ought not to be taught in high school."

Colin Patterson (1933 – 1998) Senior Palaeontologist at British Museum of Natural History

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"-All atheists believe in evolution, which means they don't believe in morality and think we should all act like animals.

-Atheists try to shift the burden of proof unfairly upon theists (ie, atheists make the wild and unprovable claim that God does not exist, and then unfairly expect us Christians to prove that He DOES exist)

-The Bible says atheism is wrong, and the Bible is always right (see: Genesis 1:1, Psalms 14:1, Psalms 19:1, Romans 1:19-20)

-Some famous atheists have shown they occasionally have doubts about their disbelief, which proves that all atheists really do believe in God. Of course, no Christian has ever doubted the existence of God.

-Everybody who has ever been in the army will tell you that there are no atheists in foxholes. That is, once they are in danger of death, the atheist will strip himself of his irrational disbelief in God, and come to admit he believed in God all along. Only liberal slimebags like MSNBC report otherwise.

-Communism, which is inherently evil, is founded by atheism, and all atheists are probably secret communists.

-Because we can think of the existence of God, God must obviously exists, and therefore atheists are illogical.

-Everything in the universe shows obvious and undeniable signs that it was created by a mind far superior to our own.

-a lot of mass murderers were atheists, and all atheists, having no morality to guide them, are only a bad day away from going on a genocide spree. There have no exactly zero cases on Christian mass murderers throughout all of history.

-no atheists contribute to charitable causes, and all Christians do. This is because of atheist's beliefs in Darwinism.

-I quote: "The Barna Group found regarding atheism and morality that those who hold to the worldviews of atheism or agnosticism in America were more likely, than theists in America, to look upon the following behaviors as morally acceptable: illegal drug use; excessive drinking; sexual relationships outside of marriage; abortion; cohabitating with someone of opposite sex outside of marriage; obscene language; gambling; pornography and obscene sexual behavior; and engaging in homosexuality/bisexuality" Despicable.

-I quote: "

Atheism The belief that there was nothing and nothing happened to nothing and then nothing magically exploded for no reason creating everything and then a bunch of everything magically rearranged itself for no reason what so ever into self-replicating bits which then turned into dinosaurs."

-atheists don't believe in miracles, although many Christian philosophers disagree.

-atheism cannot explain the origins of the universe, therefore God exists.

-Atheists have more mental and physical health problems than Christians. This is attributed to theists having something more to life for. Therefore, God exists.

-Friedrich Nietzsche went crazy and was an atheist, therefore atheism drove him insane (although there is an ongoing debate on the matter...)

-Countries with large numbers of atheists have higher suicide rates, therefore atheism makes you want to kill yourself. Of course they would take the easy way out, not realizing like normal people that God sends suicide cases to hell. Also, developed nations also tend to have higher rates of both atheism and suicide, so we must conclude that technology and wealth are evil.

-Sigmund Freud said religious belief was unhealthy, but many doctors think Freud is wrong, therefore atheism is evil.

-many famous atheists tell lies, therefore atheists are deceptive.

-Fewer people believe now as opposed to x number of years ago (usually around twenty) in evolution, therefore evolutionary theory is wrong and by proxy atheism is wrong, since it's the same thing.

-Non-Christians are more likely to believe in silly superstitions, like palm reading and astronomy (note: Non-Christian = atheist). Christians believe only in the cold, hard logical of the world around them.

-Some theologians say atheist is on the decline, therefore it is. However, this is no reason to lose caution of the atheist threat!

-There are a number of anti-atheist blogs (isn't that good to know? )

-there is a pro-atheist bias in the liberal controlled media, but as we know from stated above that atheism is on the decline, this hardly matters.

-Causes of atheism (I quote): moral depravity, rebellion, superficiality, error, state churches, poor relationship with father, division in religion, learned times, peace, and prosperity, negative experiences with theists, scientism.

-atheists question why evil exists since God is good, but don't ask why good exists if God isn't real.

-early scientists were Christian, therefore Christianity owns a monopoly on science and atheists are not allowed to say there is discrepancy between the beliefs in the two.

-Sir Francis Bacon said he'd rather belief in any silly old legend then believe that God doesn't exist

-Some Christian apologists have problems with the beliefs of Bertrand Russell

-Creation scientists tend to win creation-evolution debates

-Notable atheists have converted to Christianity. The reverse never happens.

A poll found these results =

Position: This group does not at all agree with

my vision of American society: I would disapprove if my child wanted

to marry a member of this group: Atheist 39.6% 47.6%

Therefore, the majority of normal people clearly know atheism is evil.

-atheists criticism of the Bible can't be trusted because, I quote: "a thorough understanding of the Bible -- and this would actually apply to any complex work from any culture -- requires specialized knowledge, and a broad range of specialized knowledge in a variety of fields.... Not even most scholars in the field can master every aspect"

Of course, I quote: The Bible is still loved by millions, read by millions, and studied by millions.

-atheists make bad arguments on the internet, says Christian apologist.

-atheists try to convert young people to atheism over the internet. Christians, of course, never stoop to such behavior.

-Nearly a quarter or a third of philosophy professors are theists, therefore, I quote: "God is not 'dead' in academia; he returned to life in the 1960's and is now alive and well in his last academic stronghold, philosophy departments."

-atheists do not really exist, they just pretend that they don't believe in God.

-atheism brought upon the French Revolution, one of the most evil events of all of history.

-atheists make up a small percentage of the world population, therefore it is wrong.

-a lot of famous people said bad stuff about atheists"

Dr. Don Batten,A Who’s Who of evolutionists

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Ezekiel 35:7-9

⁷ I will make Mount Seir utterly desolate, killing off all who try to escape and any who return. ⁸ I will fill your mountains with the dead. Your hills, your valleys, and your ravines will be filled with people slaughtered by the sword. ⁹ I will make you desolate forever. Your cities will never be rebuilt. Then you will know that I am the Lord.

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1 Samuel 18:25-27

²⁵ he told them, “Tell David that all I want for the bride price is 100 Philistine foreskins! Vengeance on my enemies is all I really want.” But what Saul had in mind was that David would be killed in the fight.

²⁶ David was delighted to accept the offer. Before the time limit expired, ²⁷ he and his men went out and killed 200 Philistines. Then David fulfilled the king’s requirement by presenting all their foreskins to him. So Saul gave his daughter Michal to David to be his wife.

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Leviticus 26:21-22

²¹ "If even then you remain hostile toward me and refuse to obey me, I will inflict disaster on you seven times over for your sins. ²² I will send wild animals that will rob you of your children and destroy your livestock. Your numbers will dwindle, and your roads will be deserted.

Edited September 21, 2012 by ☠

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1 Peter 2:18

Slaves

¹⁸ You who are slaves must accept the authority of your masters with all respect.^[a] Do what they tell you—not only if they are kind and reasonable, but even if they are cruel.

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Arthur L. Schawlow (Professor of Physics at Stanford University, 1981 Nobel Prize in physics):

"It seems to me that when confronted with the marvels of life and the universe, one must ask why and not just how. The only possible answers are religious. . . . I find a need for God in the universe and in my own life."

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Praise the infant-killing child-murdering wife-raping God of Christianity. Praise His Holiness and Kindness and Baby-Killingness

Isaiah 13:1-18

http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Isaiah%2013:1-18&version=NIV

Wail, for the day of the Lord is near;

it will come like destruction from the Almighty.^[a]

⁷ Because of this, all hands will go limp,

every heart will melt with fear.

⁸ Terror will seize them,

pain and anguish will grip them;

they will writhe like a woman in labor.

They will look aghast at each other,

their faces aflame.

⁹ See, the day of the Lord is coming

—a cruel day, with wrath and fierce anger—

to make the land desolate

and destroy the sinners within it.

¹⁰ The stars of heaven and their constellations

will not show their light.

The rising sun will be darkened

and the moon will not give its light.

¹¹ I will punish the world for its evil,

the wicked for their sins.

I will put an end to the arrogance of the haughty

and will humble the pride of the ruthless.

¹² I will make people scarcer than pure gold,

more rare than the gold of Ophir.

¹³ Therefore I will make the heavens tremble;

and the earth will shake from its place

at the wrath of the Lord Almighty,

in the day of his burning anger.

¹⁴ Like a hunted gazelle,

like sheep without a shepherd,

they will all return to their own people,

they will flee to their native land.

¹⁵ Whoever is captured will be thrust through;

all who are caught will fall by the sword.

¹⁶ Their infants will be dashed to pieces before their eyes; their houses will be looted and their wives violated.

¹⁷ See, I will stir up against them the Medes,

who do not care for silver

and have no delight in gold.

¹⁸ Their bows will strike down the young men;

they will have no mercy on infants,

nor will they look with compassion on children.

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Sometimes reading a scripture and not understanding the context of what is happening you can see why a person can come to a different conclusion. Many of the folks in the land were raping, killing others, sacrificing their babies to idols. So he takes away his protection and let other nations defeat them. He is not the cause of the tragedy. It is like a weather man reporting that a storm is coming. You can't blame him for his forecast.

Here are some of his feelings towards people and he doesn't take delight in the death of others.

Ezekiel 18:25-35

New International Version (NIV)

25 Yet you say, The way of the Lord is not just. Hear, you Israelites: Is my way unjust? Is it not your ways that are unjust? 26 If a righteous person turns from their righteousness and commits sin, they will die for it; because of the sin they have committed they will die. 27 But if a wicked person turns away from the wickedness they have committed and does what is just and right, they will save their life. 28 Because they consider all the offenses they have committed and turn away from them, that person will surely live; they will not die. 29 Yet the Israelites say, The way of the Lord is not just. Are my ways unjust, people of Israel? Is it not your ways that are unjust?

30 Therefore, you Israelites, I will judge each of you according to your own ways, declares the Sovereign Lord. Repent! Turn away from all your offenses; then sin will not be your downfall. 31 Rid yourselves of all the offenses you have committed, and get a new heart and a new spirit. Why will you die, people of Israel? 32 For I take no pleasure in the death of anyone, declares the Sovereign Lord. Repent and live!

Ezekiel 33:10-11

New International Version (NIV)

10 Son of man, say to the Israelites, This is what you are saying: Our offenses and sins weigh us down, and we are wasting away because of them. How then can we live? 11 Say to them, As surely as I live, declares the Sovereign Lord, I take no pleasure in the death of the wicked, but rather that they turn from their ways and live. Turn! Turn from your evil ways! Why will you die, people of Israel?

Edited September 23, 2012 by Mr Smiley

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"Quoting bible verses for others to read in a Favorite Quotes game thread is extremely boring for the reading."

John Brown, Paramedic(918) 2012

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A stumble is not a fall. -- Haitian (on adversity)

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1 Kings 14:9-11

⁹ You have done more evil than all who lived before you. You have made other gods for yourself and have made me furious with your gold calves. And since you have turned your back on me, ¹⁰ I will bring disaster on your dynasty and will destroy every one of your male descendants, slave and free alike, anywhere in Israel. I will burn up your royal dynasty as one burns up trash until it is all gone. ¹¹ The members of Jeroboam's family who die in the city will be eaten by dogs, and those who die in the field will be eaten by vultures. I, the Lord, have spoken.'"

Edited September 23, 2012 by ☠