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The Coming of Age of Secularization in Today's Social Theory
"Where has God gone?" he cried. "I shall tell you. We have killed him - you and I. We are his murderers. But how have we done this? How were we able to drink up the sea? Who gave us the sponge to wipe away the entire horizon? What did we do when we unchained the earth from its sun? Whither is it moving now? Whither are we moving now? Away from all suns? Are we not perpetually falling? Backward, side ward, forward, in all directions? Is there any up or down left? Are we not straying as through an infinite nothing? Do we not feel the breath of empty space? Has it not become colder? Is it not more and more night coming on all the time? Must not lanterns be lit in the morning? Do we not hear anything yet of the noise of the gravediggers who are burying God? Do we not smell anything yet of God's decomposition? Gods too decompose. God is dead. God remains dead. And we have killed him. How shall we, murderers of all murderers, console ourselves? That which was the holiest and mightiest of all that the world has yet possessed has bled to death under our knives. Who will wipe this blood off us? With what water could we purify ourselves? What festivals of atonement, what sacred games shall we need to invent? Is not the greatness of this deed too great for us? Must we not ourselves become gods simply to be worthy of it? There has never been a greater deed; and whosoever shall be born after us - for the sake of this deed he shall be part of a higher history than all history hitherto."
Here the madman fell silent and again regarded his listeners; and they too were silent and stared at him in astonishment. At last he threw his lantern to the ground, and it broke and went out. "I have come too early," he said then; "my time has not come yet. The tremendous event is still on its way, still traveling - it has not yet reached the ears of men. Lightning and thunder require time, the light of the stars requires time, deeds require time even after they are done, before they can be seen and heard. This deed is still more distant from them than the distant stars - and yet they have done it themselves."
It has been further related that on that same day the madman entered divers churches and there sang a requiem aeternam deo. Led out and quietened, he is said to have retorted each time: "what are these churches now if they are not the tombs and sepulchers of God?" Source: Friedrich Nietzsche, The Gay Science (1882, 1887) para. 125; Walter Kaufmann ed. (New York: Vintage, 1974), pp.181-82.]
It was Aldous Huxley who said, "My ambition and pleasure is not to act but to understand" and somehow I cannot but seek, as many existentialist are doing, for answers to describe the days that we are locked in. These are the days of unquantifiable peril arising from the loss of meaning to life and the death of God. This is the idea that rule in our time. We are living in a secular world and many thanks to the world's religions especially today's Christianity which celebrates as it were, not the Resurrection but the crucifixion of the only meaning and hope that I see.
Life does not mean anything anymore but hedonism, the glorification of pleasure and self perpetuation. This is obviously the result of an equation without a value for God. We have succeeded in not only going to the moon, biotechnology, particle acceleration and what have you that we can safely say, Welcome to the age of the Man God. But the unwholesome liaisons with knowledge as glorified by science has brought into existence powerful machines and ideas which has succeeded in bringing about increasing loss of control of our lives as to totally obliterate the existentialist ideas of our independence. We are captive in our world and the idea of secularization has done nothing but rub insult upon injury driving us deeper and deeper into darkness, indeed hopelessness. Huxley's concern that "we are living now, not in the delicious intoxication induced by the early success of science, but in a rather grisly morning after, when it has become apparent that what triumphant science has done hitherto is to improve the means for achieving unimportant or actually deteriorated ends" is a prophecy that has come to pass, indeed.
Godlessness is rife. It is almost more fashionable than the thong in the fashion lexicon of 21st Century life. Darwinism may have attacked the concept of God publicly but secretly people still know that the scientific world view of the world is essentially partial. It is not the full picture. But the allure of being without restraint, being able to gratify our desires stretches beyond the farthest horizon, even beyond the fringes of the galaxy itself. This is the heart of mankind and we are playing true to type. This is sad but in recent times I have found myself arguing more in favor of the existence of God to people with an evaporated capacity to conceptualize even the elementary idea of who He is not to talk of the salvation work which cost God his life. Instead sex and it expression including other base instincts in man has taken over. Bishops are now gay and Pastors profess to be atheist. Boys and girls who would have serious problem were they told to boil water have become prostitutes, murderer, ever ready to drive the blade even deeper into friends and foe alike. Immorality holds sway like the stench of a putrid corpse and thicker than a massive blizzard blitzing the senses and enslaving the soul. From the ancient to the child, the whole world feeds on it. It is easier to walk through a graveyard in the middle of the night than to go on the Internet, the TV or any other medium having mass appeal without suffering a significant assault of the highest kind. Our world which was built on values such as respect, loyalty, marriage, family, love, chivalry and godliness is coming apart at the seams like Ravi Zachariah commented and we have entered into a different world which short-change and destroy us.
Where do we go from here? Who can we turn to? But let God be true and everyman a liar, I know that my redeemer liveth and with my eyes and not another I will see Him. May the Lord redeem my soul and not suffer my body to see the corrosive power Godless corruption. May the name of the Lord be Praised!
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The Resurrection of Jesus Christ is either ... Did Jesus Christ actually rise from the dead? Dr. Greenleaf, the Royal Professor of Law at Harvard University, was one of the greatest legal minds that ever lived. He wrote the famous legal volume entitled, A Treatise on the Law of Evidence, considered by many the greatest legal volume ever written. Dr. Simon Greenleaf believed the Resurrection of Jesus Christ was a hoax. And he determined, once and for all, to expose the "myth" of the Resurrection. After thoroughly examining the evidence for the resurrection — Dr. Greenleaf came to the exact opposite conclusion! He wrote a book entitled, An Examination of the Testimony of the Four Evangelists by the Rules of Evidence Administered in the Courts of Justice. In which he emphatically stated: "it was IMPOSSIBLE that the apostles could have persisted in affirming the truths they had narrated, had not JESUS CHRIST ACTUALLY RISEN FROM THE DEAD, . . ." Greenleaf concluded that according to the jurisdiction of legal evidence the resurrection of Jesus Christ was the best supported event in all of history! And not only that, Dr. Greenleaf was so convinced by the overwhelming evidence, he committed his life to Jesus Christ! What changed his mind? What evidence did Dr. Greenleaf encounter that so drastically turned him around? What facts did he discover that he could not rationally ignore? In order to answer that, let's go back to that scene nearly 2,000 years ago. That eery night in the garden of Gethsemene, as a blood-thirsty mob came and arrested Jesus Christ. He was brought before Pilate, and there in plain view, Jesus Christ was spit upon, cursed, he was laughed at, whipped, beaten. He was branded a blasphemer. And He was sentenced to die by the most extreme, shameful form of capital punishment ever devised — crucifixion. Galatians 3:13 reads, "Cursed is every one that hangeth on a tree". Jesus Christ died a curse. He died as a criminal. He died in open shame and disgrace. In the eyes of the world, Jesus Christ died a total disgrace! And there stood His apostles — in stunned unbelief. Here was their hope. Here were 11 men that had forsaken all and followed this man. They believed in this man for 3 years. Can you imagine what was going on in their minds? Didn't He heal the sick? Didn't we see Him walk on water? Didn't we see Him raise people from the dead? Didn't we see Him still the raging storm? And to end like this? THAT NIGHT, THERE STOOD 11 DEFEATED AND CONFUSED MEN! They had given up everything for naught. And then to die like He did. Beaten. Smitten. Humiliated. Guilty. Blasphemer. A complete disgrace! And Mark 14:50, says, "And they all forsook him, and fled". BUT SOMETHING HAPPENED! Something happened to that small band of frightened and humiliated men. . . Less than two months later — they went back into Jerusalem boldly preaching, at the threat of death, that — JESUS CHRIST WAS ALIVE! Listen to Peter in Acts 2,: "Ye men of Israel, hear these words; Jesus of Nazareth, a man approved of God among you by miracles and wonders and signs. . . ye have taken, and by wicked hands have crucified and slain. . . THIS JESUS HATH GOD RAISED UP, WHEREOF WE ALL ARE WITNESSES." What transformed these fearful and confused men into fierce, bold lions? Acts chapter 4:18-19, reads, "And they called them, and commanded them not to speak at all nor teach in the name of Jesus. But Peter and John answered and said unto them, Whether it be right in the sight of God to hearken unto you more than unto God, judge ye." And verse 20 reads, "For we cannot but speak the things which WE HAVE SEEN AND HEARD". What had these men seen? What was it that beatings, threatenings, jail, torture and even death could not silence? In Acts 5, they put in jail and beaten — and verse 41 says "And they departed. . . rejoicing that they were counted worthy to suffer shame for his name". What had these 12 men seen that they would eventually die a horrible death for? Friend, there's only one event in the history of this universe that could explain such a change. THE RESURRECTION OF JESUS CHRIST! One theory suggests the apostles fabricated the resurrection. Two major problems: One, If the body of Jesus Christ was available, you'd better believe, the Roman authorities would have paraded His body for all to see. Christianity was spreading like a wild fire! And nothing could have quenched that flame quicker than the body of Jesus Christ! Do you know the problem with that — if the resurrection of Jesus Christ was not true — there were 11 men that knew it! Remember, friend — THESE MEN WERE EYEWITNESSES! They were there! "Even as they delivered them unto us, which from the beginning were EYEWITNESSES. . ." Luke 1:2 "That which was from the beginning, which we have HEARD, which we have SEEN WITH OUR EYES, which we have LOOKED UPON, and our HANDS HAVE HANDLED. . ." 1 John 1:1 "For we have not followed cunningly devised fables, when we made known unto you the power and coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, but were EYEWITNESSES of his majesty." 2 Peter 1:16 And these men went so far as seal their testimony with their blood! They died a horrible and martyrs death! FOR A LIE. . . There is no way, these 12 men could have all been deceived. For this reason — these 12 men not only died for a lie — and here is the catch — THEY KNEW IT WAS A LIE! If the resurrection of Jesus Christ a lie — THEY KNEW IT! You can not find a group of 11 men in the history of this universe who forsook all, were beaten, were jailed and even went so far as die for a lie — KNOWING it was a lie! IT IS IMPOSSIBLE! Michael Green, principal of St. John's College, Nottingham, writes concerning the apostles, ". . . You could imprison them, flog them, kill them, but you could not make them deny their conviction that on the third day he rose again." Dr. Greenleaf wrote, "IT WAS IMPOSSIBLE that the apostles could have persisted in affirming the truths they had narrated, had not JESUS CHRIST ACTUALLY RISEN FROM THE DEAD!" And then there's the man called Saul of Tarsus. Saul of Tarsus thought Jesus was a false messiah, a fake, a blasphemer. And to exterminate Christianity totally, became his passion! The Bible describes him: "As for Saul, he made havock of the church, entering into every house, and haling men and women committed them to prison." (Acts 8:3) "And Saul, yet breathing out threatenings and slaughter against the disciples of the Lord, . . ." (Acts 9:1) Saul of Tarsus was one of Christianitys' most rabid persecutors. One day traveling the dusty road to Damascus, Saul burning with vengeance, with documents authorizing him to capture all the followers of Jesus. But on the road to Damascus something happened to Saul of Tarsus. . . "And as he journeyed, he came near Damascus: and suddenly there shined round about him a light from heaven: And he fell to the earth, and heard a voice saying unto him, Saul, Saul, why persecutest thou me? And he said, Who art thou, Lord? And the Lord said, I am Jesus whom thou persecutest". (Acts 9:3-5) And on the road to Damascus, the greatest conversion in history took place! For Saul of Tarsus, among the greatest enemies of Jesus Christ, that ever lived — became the Apostle Paul — THE GREATEST CHRISTIAN THAT EVER LIVED! What happened to this man? What could so transform this man, that he completely dedicated his life to spreading the gospel of Jesus Christ? And was later beheaded at Rome in 67 A.D. for his faith in Jesus Christ. There is only one possible explanation — Gilbert West and Lord Lyttleton, two Oxford students, believed Christianity was a "tale gone mad" and they determined to refute the Christian faith. Lyttleton resolved to disprove the conversion of Saul of Tarsus, and West would refute the resurrection of Jesus Christ. They figured a careful, rational, examination of the evidence would easily disprove the Christian faith. But after examining the evidence — they both separately came to the opposite conclusion! Lyttleton concluded that Saul of Tarsus did, in fact, convert to the Apostle Paul through Jesus Christ. And Gilbert West concluded that the Resurrection of Jesus Christ was among the best established facts in all of history! West went on to write a book entitled, "Observations on the History and Evidences of the Resurrection of Jesus Christ". Professor Thomas Arnold, former chair of history at Oxford, and author of the famous volumes, History of Rome, was skillfully educated in the study of historical facts. Professor Arnold, stated, "I have been used for many years to study the histories of other times, and to examine and weigh the evidence of those who have written about them, and I know of no one fact in the history of mankind which is PROVED BY BETTER AND FULLER EVIDENCE of every sort, than the great sign which God has given us that Christ died and rose again from the dead." After investigating the evidence of the resurrection, Lord Darling, former Chief Justice of England, stated, ". . . there exists such overwhelming evidence, positive and negative, factual and circumstantial, that no intelligent jury in the world could fail to bring in a verdict that the resurrection story is true." To deny the resurrection of Jesus Christ you have to close your eyes to the overwhelming facts of history. And friend that's a very serious thing to do If Jesus Christ actually rose from the dead — what He said about "after death" is not something to take lightly! And Jesus Christ warned of a place called hell — over and over! He mentioned hell eight times more than heaven! In Luke 16:23, Jesus described a man that had died, and Jesus said, "And in hell he lift up his eyes, being in torments,. . ." Jesus said plainly — the man was in hell! Jesus went on to describe the man, in verse 24, ". . . for I am tormented in this flame." Friend, Jesus Christ believed in a place of fire and torment called hell! What if Jesus Christ is Right? Friend, I want to ask you the most important question you'll ever answer: Have you ever received Jesus Christ as your Savior? Not joining a church, not religion, not baptism, not good works, not sacraments — but trusted Jesus Christ and Him alone, as your Savior. If not, Friend you could be — one year, one month, one hour, one minute, one heartbeat — away from eternity in a lake of fire! Revelation 20:15 says, "And whosoever was not found written in the book of life was cast into the lake of fire." Friend, God does not want you to go to hell. 2 Peter 3:9 says, "The Lord is. . . not willing that any should perish. . ." Jesus loved you so much He died on a rugged cross, to pay for YOUR sin, and to keep YOU out of hell! Revelation 1:5 says, ". . . Unto him that loved us, and washed us from our sins in his own blood." Friend, don't EXIT this message, until you MAKE SURE you've received Jesus Christ! I assure you — if you die without Jesus Christ — it'll be the biggest mistake you'll ever make! DO NOT TAKE THE CHANCE! Friend, If you've never been saved, don't wait another minute! FRIEND, YOU CAN BE SAVED THIS VERY MINUTE! It's simple to be saved ... # Know you're a sinner. "As it is written, There is none righteous, no, not one:" Romans 3:10 "... for there is no difference. For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God;" Romans 3:23 # That Jesus Christ died on the cross to pay for your sins. "Who his own self bare our sins in his own body on the tree, ..." 1 Peter 2:24 "... Unto him that loved us, and washed us from our sins in his own blood," Revelation 1:5 # And the best way you know how, simply trust Him, and Him alone as your personal Savior. "For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life." John 3:16 WOULD YOU LIKE TO BE SAVED? Pray this prayer, and mean it with all your heart. Just pray this simple prayer, and mean it with all your heart. Lord Jesus, I know that I am a sinner, and unless you save me I am lost forever. I thank you for dying for me at Calvary. I come to you now, the best way I know how, and ask you to save me. I now receive you as my Savior. In Jesus Christ name, Amen. -Dr. Terry Watkins, Th.D. Dial-the-Truth Ministries | |
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| This is not the sensationalized program aired on CBS in 1993 which depicted Noah's Ark protruding from the ice on Mt. Ararat. That program was later shown to have been based on falsified stories, myth, and bogus documents. This is the real Ark site! Noah's Ark has been found. Here is the evidence, including photographs, to prove it. Furthermore, you can visit the site yourself, and you won't have to climb into a glacier to get there! Here are the facts. It is in Turkey 17 miles from Mt. Ararat on a gentle slope at the 6000-foot elevation. It is a man-made object and was clearly designed as a boat. It incorporates principles of higher mathematics and advanced hydrodynamics. It contains decks and interior chambers. It is the proper dimension for the Ark. It is in the proper geographical location. It is accompanied by large, anchor stones of an appropriate size. It has been visited by religious pilgrims for thousands of years. It is consistent with the Bible, the Torah, and the ancient clay tablets from Sumer. And it is surrounded by mountains and villages which carry names from antiquity relating to the Ark's landing. This program was written and narrated by G. Edward Griffin. It is based upon the book, The Ark of Noah, by David Fasold and includes testimony by Mr. Fasold, author Donald Patten, marine engineer Sam Windsor, and archaeologist Marvin Luckerman. | |
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| Sadly this is the tale of many people these days. ‘Prove to me that God exists, every skeptic would say.' They add rebellion to sin, and clap their hands among us, and multiply words against God. They even make it look fashionable. "You nitwit, God is a primitive idea", some would say. And they are quick to tell you about Darwin, Evolution and Science, although new discoveries in science, creation, archaeology and the sudden and rapid fulfillment of Bible prophecy are all convincing even the most determined skeptics to take a second look.
I know that many would wish that death would be the end of it all. But I daresay to you that you are wrong, you know. Death here isn't just the end yet. It is actually the beginning of eternity as you defined it while you had the chance here...NOW on earth. For point A-Z of your life on earth, will form or mould into your nature or soul (which is why you are different from everyone else). This nature will precede you into eternity and will actually locate your place forever just like Jesus, who still bears the deathly scars of his crucifixion and is seated on the right hand of the Father in Glory. God is in charge here, actually He has been for a while now. And you know what; He is still going to be around for a very long time, actually for all eternity. He will not be afraid of you. Your wealth and celebrity status is nothing to him. You can be sure of one thing…He will surely hold you accountable for the good and the evil that you have done. Just like the Universe, we are already in His system and His system will sort all that out. Period. Have you not heard? Haven't you seen it that the triumphing of the wicked is short and the joy of the hypocrite is but for a moment. Be afraid. Yes. Be afraid of the sword: for wrath brings the punishment of the sword, that you might know there is a judgment. But you still have the chance today, to make a change. Make peace with God today now while you have the chance. Give your life to Christ before it is too late!!! In this fast-moving docu-drama you'll see the startling new evidences that prove God exists! Then do one simple thing. Judge the evidence for yourself. Featuring scientists and leading Bible scholars like Peter and Paul Lalonde, Grant Jeffrey, Dave Breese, Dave Hunt, and Chuck Missler, this is a thought-provoking video that will leave viewers with a wealth of evidence upon which to weigh decisions | <>|
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I am the LORD, and there is none else, there is no other God beside me: I girded thee although thou hast not known me. That they might know from the rising of the sun, and from the west, that there is none beside me. I am the LORD and there is none else. I form the light, and create darkness: I make peace, and create evil: I the LORD do all these. Drop down, ye heavens from above, and let the skies pour down righteousness: let the earth open, and let them bring forth SALVATION, and let RIGTHEOUSNESS spring up altogether; I the LORD have created it. Woe unto him that striveth with his Maker! Let the potsherds strive with the potsherds of the earth. Shall the clay say to him that fashioneth it, What makest thou? Or thy work. He hath no hands? Woe unto him that saith unto his father, What begettest thou? or to the woman, What has thou brought forth? Thus saith the LORD, the Maker, Ask me of things to come. Concerning the work of my hands, command ye Me. I have made the earth, and created man upon it: I even my hands, have stretched out the heavens, and all their host have I commanded... For I know that my redeemer liveth, and that he shall stand at the latter day upon the earth. And though after my skin worms destroy this body, yet in my flesh shall I see God: Whom I shall see for myself and my eyes shall behold and not another, though my reins be consumed within me.
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The Lion Has Roared, Who Will Not Fear. The Lord God Has Spoken Who Can But Prohesy... YAHWEH is God. Blessed be His Holy Name. | <>|
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| Dont' be caught unawares. You can afford to be ignorant only to your eternal detriment. Read the times. This is the Doomsday Code The prophecies contained within the Book of Revelation indicates that millions will be spirited up to Heaven, Israel will fight a nuclear war against the Arabs, that the Secretary General of the UN will be unmasked as the Anti-Christ and the world will end after the Battle of Armageddon. Doomsday, End of days, World war 3, Iran, Israel, Islam, Jew, Christianity, Muslim, war! Lobby Groups! | <>|
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It's time to put the whole thing in perspective and arm ourselves with the truth. The battlelines are drawn since we are born into an eternal conflict, as it were. How sad to pretend otherwise. How terrible and sad to be without knowledge. It is Ok for you if you are Godless maybe but as Christians we have to face the reality. We did not chose this war but it has come. Also, it is the battle for which we have prepared. Amageddon is here even at the doors... BUT WE WILL NOT DESPAIR. THE BATTLE BELONGS TO THE LORD. WE CAN COUNT ON GOD TO HELP US. WE CAN COUNT ON GOD TO REMEMBER HIS COVENANT AND SAVE ISRAEL when the time comes. But for now...ISRAEL MUST REBUILD THE TEMPLE. The Bible contains hundreds of fulfilled prophecies concerning Jesus, Israel, and the last days. Jesus is the TRUE Messiah. Find out all of these incredible things and more, in this piece, probably one of the most striking documentaries ever put together. Islam If you have the time, please click PLAY and learn. | <>|
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| "You Are The One", the little book, is a spiritual message for you, from Christ Jesus. In it, you will learn how you are the one that he needs help from in order for his vision for heaven and earth becoming one. It's about your relationship with the Christ and Holy Trinity, The Father, Son and the Holy Spirit. It's actually a little book on video - with wonderful supporting music. You will discover how Christ Jesus is returning and your role in his return. You will discover the mystery behind the Holy Trinity, that has eluded theologians and biblical scholars for the last two thousand years, from before the Catholic Church was formed, to today. So sit back and relax, turn up the volume and get your goose bumps, truth bumps and perhaps even a few tears of joy, as you discover, you are the one. | <>>|
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| This is a video of my animated christmas lights playing the THX intro from the Pixar movies. | |
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