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When Necessary, Use Money

The typical church atmosphere today is such that attendees are conditioned to put money into an offering plate and consider this to be a pretty decent way to spread the Gospel. hether intended or not, this method of helping, if it is the primary focus, keeps the average church-attender from actually meeting and connecting to needy people and it tells him that money is his best gift or good deed.

De-Powering the Name of Jesus

In the old days, Superman could move planets. As if that weren't enough, he could move multiple planets at once. Heck, he could even do this as a teenager! Somewhere along the line, the writers decided that this just wasn't believable enough, I guess, so they brought his powers down to a more realistic ensemble. You know, flying, heat vision, super-cold breath... the more normal things.

The Noise and Impact of Worship

How many fellowships are apathetic and complacent, perched in the middle of hurting communities and not lifting a finger to help, but instead singing songs one day a week about how good it is not to be a part of the riff-raff on the outside? Isn't it time we redeemed ourselves by our actions?

Good Deeds and Contradictions

When we're challenged or confronted with an argument about contradiction in Scripture, sometimes we can be taken completely off-guard. One of the worst responses in this kind of situation is simply to say, "I just take the Bible on faith," and dismiss the challenge as being made by an ignorant Christian-hater. The fact is, most of the time it's not the Bible we're taking on faith. Often it's the teaching of someone who pieced together some verses to bolster a themed speech.

Showing posts with label Atheism. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Atheism. Show all posts

12 January 2011

A Sign of the Times

5:15 AM 2 comments

While searching to see if my place of employment would be cloed due to ice on the roads, I read this news story at a local TV station's website: Local Religious Leaders Respond to Atheist Bilboard. It's also been reported on by other local media outlets.
I'd not heard about the billboard before reading the article, but the sign reads, "You KNOW they're all SCAMS," and depicts symbols from a variety of religious faiths, also showing a date for a "Southeast Regional Atheist Meet." Several religious leaders were interviewed and they shared a variety of thoughts and observations.

Is any response warranted from the Christian community? (This is the only group to which I can speak because I belong to it.)

I've noticed a growing sentiment among both atheists and Christians, from personal conversations to local and national news stories. It's interesting to me that each group believes that the other has gained serious traction in both government and in the media; enough to be alarming. The same kinds of stories and situations my Christian friends see as evidence of bias or even persecution have been cited by atheist friends as indicators that religion has a large -- and problematic -- influence on our culture.

Very interesting.

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