Religion

[TheWalshinator]

Good and Evil. Accepted concepts in society. But does anyone really care enough to think deeply about them? What is good? What is evil? What is right? What is wrong?
It is impossible for any single human, no matter how smart and no matter how wise to come up with these concepts. And humans didn't "evolve" to "learn" the concepts, because that would mean that they were already there. For those who believe in evolution, you are only demoralising yourself. You are choosing to accept that we have no purpose whatsoever, which means that you will often lead yourself to do stupid things. If you still choose to believe this, you may have come from monkeys, but I most certainly did not; I came from the Creator of the Universe that loves me as much as I love him.
Same thing with the phrase "YOLO", you are just saying that to get yourself to do something stupid or something that goes against your character.
As for the people who are saying that "God is the enemy" or "God is a dog", you people need to take a hard look at yourselves, for you were made in His image; and I'm sure you don't go around licking your balls (if you do, I recommend you get some help). And if God is the enemy, then why did He create us? He created us to love Him, but He also gave us the choice of whether or not we do so.
Christianity provides us with reasons for our talents. We are all called for greatness, and our talents are given to us to further the Glory of God.
In the Bible, there are two verses in Romans, one of them being Romans 3:23 "For we have all sinned and fallen short of God's glory", another being a very confronting one, Romans 6:23 "The wages of sin is death". To those who read these two together, it is the ultimate confrontation; how can anyone have hope of making it into Heaven? It is impossible, at least in our own strength, to do so. If you are thinking that it will take only the mercy of God to get you into Heaven, then you are right on the money.
If you then continue to read Romans 6:23, you will see this: "But the gift of God is eternal life through Christ Jesus our Lord."
Jesus has won the battle for us. I remember a song in Church (I don't know the name of it), but there is a particular section of the song that I love the most about it:
"There will come a day, when the story of the Earth is done
We will make our way to stand before the judgement throne
And Satan, our accuser, will bring up every sin
And every situation we fought but did not win
[Favourite part] But then the blood of Jesus will cry out but their guilt is none
For He has overcome!"
I will fight to the end in defence of my God.

Btw, Paddy, if Atheism isn't a religion, then what is it? Think about it; if Atheists say that they believe there is no God, then how does it make them any different to me saying that I believe there is a God? (Despite the obvious point in beliefs being different).

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Not much to say.

• There is no need for a creator/God
  
• There is no strong (if not at all) evidence for God.
  
• It's not possible to know if God exists.
  

Therefore we cannot arrive to a safe conclusion.

• If there was no need for a God, then why are we here? If there was no Creator, then we or this Earth wouldn't exist. If you think that this Earth could create itself, or that it was just here with people and animals in it, then where did the people and animals come from? Where did the germs come from? Where did atoms come from? Where did EVERYTHING come from? There must have been something before everything else.
  
• There is lots of evidence that shows God's existence, I have witnessed Him at work in my life and many others that follow, and some that don't follow because of our prayers. Testimony is a great example of evidence.
  
• It is possible to know, sometimes you've just got to take a leap of Faith. It's hard, I know, to put your trust in something you cannot see. But sometimes, He might just show Himself to you if you are really looking and listening for Him. You may be able to deny the Bible, but one thing you cannot take from Christians is testimony; their own personal experiences with God.