How Facebook might loose me friends
Today I had a friend post this comment as his status on facebook.
Hey Fundamentalist Conservative Idealogues, why all the crazy talk with no way to back it up? Obama’s the Anti-Christ? The Creation Museum? Intelligent Design? Gay people are going to destroy the moral fabric of this country? Are you SERIOUS? Wh…y don’t you just wait for the next comet to pass through the solar system and drink some cianide-laced punch? You’re now the occult.
Personally I have had a few too many stabs at my beliefs and faith on facebook this week, and have grown tired of it, so in response I had to use 4 comment boxes to reply to him, this is what I wrote what do you think about it?
If there were a dislike feature I would do that, since there is not I will answer for myself, and some of the other Christian fundamentalist conservatives who still believe in the constitution.
First Obama as the anti-Christ, well I do not agree with this. While fundamentally disagreeing with the man he has not yet done anything that would support this claim. I am against his widespread and excessive spending, just as I was against Bush’s overspending. As a country we are drowning in debt, and adding to it and selling our debt to the Chinese is not the way to fix that. Also Obama believes the constitution is “fundamentally flawed” his own words, and I cannot and do not agree with that. So Anti-Christ NO, someone I do not agree with YES.
I will lump the creation museum and intelligent design into one category. I think they are brilliant. I do not fully know where I stand on creationism v. young earth creationism, but I can say that I do believe in the Bible and in the creation of the earth and solar system as an act of God’s will. Watch “Expelled no intelligence allowed” some time, it is a brilliant film by Ben Stein that shows why there is little to no science to back up creationism or intelligent design, as soon as any scientist mentions it or suggests it as a possibility they are black balled, un published. The ironic thing is, as Ben Stein shows, the scientist who black ball and creation or ID scientist are completely open to the idea that Aliens could have had a hand in designing life on earth, but will not even consider the a higher power, such as the God of the Bible, could be involved. So a museum that looks at the history and artifacts that have been recovered and found through the ideology of Creationism is a huge advance and something I would love to see, and something I think everyone should have to look at to compare with the popular theory of evolution.
As for “Gay people are going to destroy the moral fabric of this country“, I understand where some people are coming from for this, but do not completely agree. As both of you know, I do not mind gay people, I have a few friends, and some relatives who are gay. I love and care for them the same as any friends or relatives I have. I follow the Biblical, and Christ demonstrated approach of loving the people regardless of sin. Much as I love my friends who drink in excess, swear, blaspheme, and have sex outside of marriage. I am a sinner myself and have no place judging anyone for their sin, I do not always agree with their actions but I love them regardless. I do not feel gay people threaten our moral fabric any more than the sexual revolution that encourages sex before marriage, television, the internet, strip clubs and the objectification of women and men, and a number of other items in our day and age. What truly threatens our moral fabric is the denial of God, and His absolute Truths (notice the capital T). There are things that are good and evil, right and wrong, and our disregard and chipping away at these Truths are what has and continues to chip away at the moral fabric of this country, nothing else.
Thoughts on God’s Will
As I have shared before I have been on a journey to find “God’s Will” for my life, and I have had an interesting response to this. For a while I felt that I was lost and just going through the motions, but I have recently been awakened and shaken from this thought, and some of that is due to the book Just Do Something: A Liberating Approach to Finding God’s Will
Kevin talks about three unique aspects to God’s will that can cause us to get confused when talking about it. The first is God’s will of decree, as DeYoung says in his book “This refers to what God has ordained. Everything that comes to pass is according to God’s sovereign decree. And all that he decrees will ultimately come to pass.” The second aspect of God’s will is His will of desire, which refers to what God has commanded us to do. God’s will of desire is how He wants us to act and behave. Now many of you will ask how can God decree all that happens, and then hold US accountable for our actions. I don’t have a great answer for you, all I can say is that the Bible clearly affirms both aspects of God’s will, and he exists beyond my comprehension so I will trust Him. Finally if God’s will of direction, what most people refer to when saying they are looking for God’s will. What DeYoung has to share is that while God has a desire for our lives, and that he has a specific plan for us it is not something God expects us to figure out before we make a decision. Throughout the book DeYoung makes a well thought out, and Biblically documented argument that God’s will is for us to become more Christ like, it is not a corn maze, a tight-rope, a bulls-eye, or a chose your own adventure book. Biblically God will give us wisdom and insight into decisions, but we should not be stagnant sitting around for God to give us the perfect answer every time.
Overall I would strongly recommend Just Do Something
On a side note, I am sitting here in my house watching and listening to my parents Bible study meeting in our house. It is their first meeting after their summer break. It is an interesting situation for me to be in because I have been able to sit and chat with a founding couple of North Way, the church I go to, and to just have a dialog about our beliefs and theology while catching up on what has happened over the summer. They are meeting to discuss what they want to study this fall, how they can pray for each other, and just sharing what is happening in their lives and their children’s lives. It is just so neat to see these people coming together in community to share life in Christ with each other. It is literally bringing tears to my eyes as I am sitting here and observing their meeting.
This is what I want to be continually living in, when I look to my future I want to be married with at least two children, and have close friends living around me sharing our lives together in Christ, not just weekly, but daily. That is what I will be praying for, even more I am praying for God to prepare me to be the husband he wants me to be, to lead my future family centered in the Holy Spirit, and striving to serve God in all we do. BTW my parents group chose to study C.S. Lewis’ Mere Christianity
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