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Christianity Today December 6, 1968 issue. If there were no God, man would have to invent one. For without God man and life become meaningless. If there is no God, man is a biological animal one ...
Sep 9, 2018 · Without meaning, life has no significance or hope.” –Pastor Rick Warren, in The Purpose Driven Life. In the last couple of decades, religious affiliation has been on a steep decline in all ...
- Historical Background
- Assessment
- The Practical Impossibility of Atheism
- Conclusion
The apologetic for Christianity based on the human predicament is an extremely recent phenomenon, associated primarily with Francis Schaeffer. Often it is referred to as “cultural apologetics” because of its analysis of post-Christian culture. This approach constitutes an entirely different sort of apologetics than the traditional models, since it ...
The necessity of God and immortality
Man, writes Loren Eiseley, is the Cosmic Orphan. He is the only creature in the universe who asks, “Why?” Other animals have instincts to guide them, but man has learned to ask questions. “Who am I?” man asks. “Why am I here? Where am I going?” Since the Enlightenment, when he threw off the shackles of religion, man has tried to answer these questions without reference to God. But the answers that came back were not exhilarating, but dark and terrible. “You are the accidental by-product of na...
The absurdity of life without God and immortality
If there is no God, then man and the universe are doomed. Like prisoners condemned to death, we await our unavoidable execution. There is no God, and there is no immortality. And what is the consequence of this? It means that life itself is absurd. It means that the life we have is without ultimate significance, value, or purpose. Let’s look at each of these.
About the only solution the atheist can offer is that we face the absurdity of life and live bravely. Bertrand Russell, for example, wrote that we must build our lives upon “the firm foundation of unyielding despair.”Only by recognizing that the world really is a terrible place can we successfully come to terms with life. Camus said that we should ...
Now I want to make it clear that I have not yet shown biblical Christianity to be true. But what I have done is clearly spell out the alternatives. If God does not exist, then life is futile. If the God of the Bible does exist, then life is meaningful. Only the second of these two alternatives enables us to live happily and consistently. Therefore,...
- Psalm 118:8 ESV / 71 helpful votes. It is better to take refuge in the Lord than to trust in man.
- 1 John 2:15-17 ESV / 69 helpful votes. Do not love the world or the things in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him.
- John 14:6 ESV / 68 helpful votes. Jesus said to him, “I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.
- Hebrews 11:6 ESV / 62 helpful votes. And without faith it is impossible to please him, for whoever would draw near to God must believe that he exists and that he rewards those who seek him.
Sep 30, 2024 · The Bible says, “The fool has said in his heart, There is no God” (Psalm 14:1). King Solomon, the wisest of all men, went through a foolish period. His book, Ecclesiastes, expresses his darkest moments about the meaning of life when man is away from God. Solomon was the wisest of men but showed, in Ecclesiastes, that even the wisest man is ...
God is there to help us through life’s most challenging troubles. The Bible says, “The righteous cry out, and the LORD hears them; He delivers them from all their troubles. The LORD is close ...
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the universe has no meaning and there is no God to give it one. Thus, if there is no God, then life itself becomes meaningless. Man and the universe are without ultimate significance. No Ultimate Value Without Immortality and God If life ends at the grave, then it makes no difference whether one has lived as a Stalin or as a saint.
