Creation Ministries International in their article on atheism declare concerning atheism and deception:
“Another reason for rejecting God (choosing atheism), is a willing acceptance of satanic deception.
The angel Lucifer (“luminous one”) fell and became Satan (“adversary”) due to his desire to supplant God. This was Lucifer’s single-minded obsession.
He not only rejected God by attempting to supplant Him, but he urged humans to do likewise. Satan urged Eve to choose against God for her own self-fulfilment:
He said to the woman, “Did God actually say, ‘You shall not eat of any tree in the garden’?” And the woman said to the serpent, “We may eat of the fruit of the trees in the garden, but God said, ‘You shall not eat of the fruit of the tree that is in the midst of the garden, neither shall you touch it, lest you die.’” But the serpent said to the woman, “You will not surely die. For God knows that when you eat of it your eyes will be opened, and you will be like God, knowing good and evil.” (Genesis 3:1-5 ESV).
The tactic is clear: firstly, question God’s statements, then, contradict God’s statements and, finally, urge rebellion in seeking equality with God.
This manifests in atheists as
1. Questioning whether there is a God to make statements in the first place, so God did not say anything.
2. Contradicting the statements said to have been spoken by God.
3. Seeking equality with God by replacing God with the self.
This satanic deception appeals strongly to atheists as it bolsters two of their desired delusions: 1) absolute autonomy—being free to do as they please, and 2) the lack of ultimate accountability—there are no eternal consequences for doing as they please.[1]”
In a 2008 interview, Dinesh D’Souza declared:
“Look at Satan’s reason for rebelling against God. It’s not that he doesn’t recognize that God is greater than he is. He does. It’s just that he doesn’t want to play by anybody else’s rules. This idea that it is better to reign in hell than to serve in heaven is Satan’s motto, and it turns out that this is also the motto of contemporary atheists such as Christopher Hitchens.[2]”
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There is no hell, the idea is absurd and no evidence supports it.
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Do you have proof or evidence that there is no hell? 😇 I’d like to see it.
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You want to see that something doesn’t exist? A thing that has no evidence for its existence, an idea that bears no resemblance to anything in real life, that is bizarre and contradictory?
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I recall believing that tornadoes weren’t real when I was young, because I’ve never seen nor experienced them. These were things I only heard about, and saw on television. Like when it comes to hell. You only know what you hear religious people, and what’s written in the Bible concerning Hell. But when I was stationed in Ft. Riley Ks, that was when I experienced and learned it was real. Prior to that it seemed weird, and unreal that a huge funnel came out the sky and caused so much damage.
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That’s the problem, you only hear from religious people and what’s written in the bible.
I can’t think of any more unreliable sources.
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Life is contradictory my friend. 🙃
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I know, but we can filter the nonsense out if we choose.
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The burden of proof is on the one making the claim. The claim is that there is a creator, atheism isn’t making a claim it’s rejecting the creationist claim.
Therefore, burden of proof is on you.
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Got you! So you have no proof! lol 😉
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What you’re saying is equivalent to:
“Unicorns exist, and the burden is on you to prove I’m wrong.”
Do you see how inapplicable & silly that is?
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I BET YOU LIKE UNICORNS TOO, HUH? YOU MIGHT HAVE A STUFFED UNICORN IN YOUR HOME. LOL
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I’m more of a teddy bear girl actually
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Even the pope came out and spoke against the concept of hell. There is no evidence to support your stance, and hell is a fear tactic and a much later construct. Totally bogus.
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You actually agree with a pope?? There are quite a few atheist clergy in many of these churches. Bible even warns of the wolf in sheeps clothing. I’m not catholic, so the poops words have no real power.
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Just another example of contradiction. One of you is wrong. Where is your evidence? The Bible?
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I need no evidence. The burden of proof is on you to produce the evidence that I’m wrong.
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Nice try. The evidence that you are wrong, is you fail to grasp the fact that you have nothing but a book that says so. Written by fearmongers to control. The fact remains there is no evidence of a hell, just as there is no evidence of god. Human construct. Nothing more, and as neurotheology advances, we see that certain regions of the brain are responsible for certain behaviors. Take away those regions, or manually stimulating those regions creates a spiritual experience. If someone has a left parietal seizure, then prophecies, you would say they are malfunctioning. Stimulate the same region with anything else and you call it god. “Prove all things” my friend. You have nothing.
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