There is only one type of person who can be trusted, and that is someone who lived and died and rose again. That one is clearly correct in everything he said. Interestingly, when he was around the second time, he didn't change a thing he had said the first time.
Google has a list of Dawkins' horrific anti-Judeo/Christian blasphemies that cannot be repeated here. But he is correct in stating that religion is a dividing force (Jesus stated that too) in the world. Just two examples: Hindus versus Muslims after India's independence; Catholics versus Protestants during the 30-years war in Europe, 1618-1648. I'm sure that's what he means.
So true James. I know quite a few people at the latter end of life suddenly discovering (or re-discovering) Christianity. Better late then never I guess.
I've always had some pity for Richard Dawkins and his ultimate Delusion. Because, in the end, there's a choice between only two things - a wonderful relationship (which can give you everything, including life forever) and NOTHING!
I hope Richard comes to this realisation before it's too late to make that choice
Excellent summary of what’s really wrong, James! There are so many lost souls in this turbulent era. I just pray that more people will wake up from their spiritual coma and really start to understand that a loving God is always there with His welcoming arms outstretched to receive anyone who calls on Him.
James, who would have imagined that Richard Dawkins would now call himself a ‘cultural Christian.’ His admission of the influence of Christianity on the western world, commenting he would not like to see it lost ……’but oh I don’t believe it personally.’
The interview with Dawkins and Aayan Hirsi Ali was enthralling, as she gave her humbling testimony to her admired atheistic mentor.
It has been an interesting phenomena to see many influential intellectuals speak of the great benefits and force for good of Christianity, even quoting scripture, perhaps as they see the dismantling and hostility to Christianity and the rise of Islam. I think of Jordan Peterson, Douglas Murray and Tom Holland.
🙏🏻May they all have a life-changing revelation of the saving mercy and grace of the Lord, including Richard Dawkins.
Interesting that Nietzsche declared God was dead and died insane.
His soulless, false teaching so influenced the educated, spiritually empty German ruling classes that Nazism took over the country and resulted in a world war and 60 million dead.
Today vast numbers of westerners try to live denying God and his truth and live shortened, empty, pointless lives. The vast epidemic of mental illness and addictions is the result of trying to live without Christ. The recent learning from research in studies of epigenetics clearly shows how addictions to drugs and mental problems changes the genetics of the children, grandchildren and great grandchildren. This confirms the bibles comment that the punishment for the sins of the parents will be visited on their children to the 3rd and 4th generation.
Interesting that modern scientific research is discovering that even more of the bible written 3,000 years ago is correct!
When I was a little boy in kindergarten (1950) every Monday morning we would line up and recite" I honour my God Serve my King and salute the flag "then sing the then National Anthem God Save The King and then march into our lessons . I believe those sentiments to this day , Perhaps Mr Dawkins was denied the quality of education that I did as a boy and now is having two bob each way on his faith just in case he was wrong for all those years now that his tenure on this planet is in its golden years .
I remember saying the oath too. They were good times when education was thorough and disciplined, and kids were automatically taught proper respect for authority and each other.
These guys who suddenly discover that all they believed was wrong are fascinating. Dawkins said once that we mustn’t throw Nanny out of the nursery and then he acknowledges that all they had to offer was nothing and Islam is looming in Britain. Dawkins realised that Islam offers nothing and Christianity was better even though he had rejected it. Irony indeed.
Unless they have a last minute epiphany that God is exactly who He says He is and they humble themselves before Him, these atheists must suffer incredible terror at the end. They have believed satan’s lies and just before they meet God, satan would relish nothing more than to let them see they were lied to.
Sadly Dawkins is going to have to do better than acknowledging he wants and is happy with God’s gifts without acknowledging the Giver. I pray he will repent before it’s too late. My goodness, I’d hate to have on my head all the evil and unbelief he has taught to millions of people. My own sin is enough for me!
Poor Richard Dawkins is getting closer to the abyss and must be getting scared. There is a huge increase in mental illness because men loved the dark rather than the light. There must be different types of mental illness because having a schizophrenic Christian mother who never got healed, she was a very strong believer, but what I see causing depression and anxiety in people today is their total lack of faith let alone the knowledge of Jesus other than a swear word. If God has put the knowledge of Himself in the heart of all men, then they are denying that God shaped hole and filling it with anything they can find. This world is in a mess. The time to speak out about Jesus is now. As a Christian and along with all the ones I know, we have a future and a hope, therefore we do not suffer depression or anxiety (unless you have a bona fide mental illness). Any psychiatrist I ever met in my younger life when I had to be assessed to see if I was mad too, was that these doctors needed psychiatrists, they were all nuts! I cannot imagine life without Jesus, I need Him.
Thanks James. All atheists must have headaches worrying about the lists of spiritual bankruptcy they have brought on the masses by their convincing arguments, there is no God.
Now they have been feeding the poor souls for so long, their own larder is empty! The pit of the stomach, the mental fog and the hollow heart, all attest to the fake story they have been living all their lives.
Has a conscience suddenly been pricked awake? Maybe the devil's torments have rubbed raw places, and attending funerals where hymns and other moving Christian songs have been sung, have begun to trickle into the empty places?
Maybe Mr. Dawkins is about to write another book? Famous last words of an Atheist!
If only Dick could bring himself to actually have a read of the book that underpins the faith that he has mocked his entire life but oddly now ascribes to, albeit in an oblique, cultural sense. If he did he might discover that contrary to popular belief, people are not inherently good. In fact there is none good, no not one, including himself. He’d also find out that the heart is desperately wicked and virtually unknowable. And then he might also read the many references about the fallen nature of man, that there’s a way that seems right unto man but the end thereof is death and that, shock, horror, there is nothing new under the sun. It might then dawn on him that the state of mankind and the increasing mental health crisis has almost nothing to do with technology and our access to decent broadband and more to do with our rejection of God’s prescribed order, our rebellious sin nature, the abandonment of objective truth and our pursuit of darkness over God’s light.
But that’s just a wild guess.
Of course, if Dick is right about God’s non-existence and the consequential meaninglessness of life, the universe and everything then the mental health crisis, general hopelessness and utter pointlessness of our existence doesn’t matter anyway. Welcome to the depressing, spiritually degenerate, nihilistic world of the atheist.
There is only one type of person who can be trusted, and that is someone who lived and died and rose again. That one is clearly correct in everything he said. Interestingly, when he was around the second time, he didn't change a thing he had said the first time.
Google has a list of Dawkins' horrific anti-Judeo/Christian blasphemies that cannot be repeated here. But he is correct in stating that religion is a dividing force (Jesus stated that too) in the world. Just two examples: Hindus versus Muslims after India's independence; Catholics versus Protestants during the 30-years war in Europe, 1618-1648. I'm sure that's what he means.
Well said James! And yes, THAT picture in your post was quite a shock!
Hallelujah! A public figure discovers the truth and is spreading the word. God bless Hirsi Ali
So true James. I know quite a few people at the latter end of life suddenly discovering (or re-discovering) Christianity. Better late then never I guess.
Good one, James 👏🏼👏🏼
I think the current state of the world has ignited personal spirituality that may have previously laid dormant within.
I've always had some pity for Richard Dawkins and his ultimate Delusion. Because, in the end, there's a choice between only two things - a wonderful relationship (which can give you everything, including life forever) and NOTHING!
I hope Richard comes to this realisation before it's too late to make that choice
He seems to approve of the Christian moral code, but Nietzsche is his true god.
Excellent summary of what’s really wrong, James! There are so many lost souls in this turbulent era. I just pray that more people will wake up from their spiritual coma and really start to understand that a loving God is always there with His welcoming arms outstretched to receive anyone who calls on Him.
James, who would have imagined that Richard Dawkins would now call himself a ‘cultural Christian.’ His admission of the influence of Christianity on the western world, commenting he would not like to see it lost ……’but oh I don’t believe it personally.’
The interview with Dawkins and Aayan Hirsi Ali was enthralling, as she gave her humbling testimony to her admired atheistic mentor.
It has been an interesting phenomena to see many influential intellectuals speak of the great benefits and force for good of Christianity, even quoting scripture, perhaps as they see the dismantling and hostility to Christianity and the rise of Islam. I think of Jordan Peterson, Douglas Murray and Tom Holland.
🙏🏻May they all have a life-changing revelation of the saving mercy and grace of the Lord, including Richard Dawkins.
Interesting that Nietzsche declared God was dead and died insane.
His soulless, false teaching so influenced the educated, spiritually empty German ruling classes that Nazism took over the country and resulted in a world war and 60 million dead.
Today vast numbers of westerners try to live denying God and his truth and live shortened, empty, pointless lives. The vast epidemic of mental illness and addictions is the result of trying to live without Christ. The recent learning from research in studies of epigenetics clearly shows how addictions to drugs and mental problems changes the genetics of the children, grandchildren and great grandchildren. This confirms the bibles comment that the punishment for the sins of the parents will be visited on their children to the 3rd and 4th generation.
Interesting that modern scientific research is discovering that even more of the bible written 3,000 years ago is correct!
Well said!
When I was a little boy in kindergarten (1950) every Monday morning we would line up and recite" I honour my God Serve my King and salute the flag "then sing the then National Anthem God Save The King and then march into our lessons . I believe those sentiments to this day , Perhaps Mr Dawkins was denied the quality of education that I did as a boy and now is having two bob each way on his faith just in case he was wrong for all those years now that his tenure on this planet is in its golden years .
I remember saying the oath too. They were good times when education was thorough and disciplined, and kids were automatically taught proper respect for authority and each other.
Some thoughtful comments there.
These guys who suddenly discover that all they believed was wrong are fascinating. Dawkins said once that we mustn’t throw Nanny out of the nursery and then he acknowledges that all they had to offer was nothing and Islam is looming in Britain. Dawkins realised that Islam offers nothing and Christianity was better even though he had rejected it. Irony indeed.
Unless they have a last minute epiphany that God is exactly who He says He is and they humble themselves before Him, these atheists must suffer incredible terror at the end. They have believed satan’s lies and just before they meet God, satan would relish nothing more than to let them see they were lied to.
Sadly Dawkins is going to have to do better than acknowledging he wants and is happy with God’s gifts without acknowledging the Giver. I pray he will repent before it’s too late. My goodness, I’d hate to have on my head all the evil and unbelief he has taught to millions of people. My own sin is enough for me!
Lots of people will believe a lie even though they know it is a lie. The mystery of the human mind.
We should rejoice and watch God working in their lives.
Poor Richard Dawkins is getting closer to the abyss and must be getting scared. There is a huge increase in mental illness because men loved the dark rather than the light. There must be different types of mental illness because having a schizophrenic Christian mother who never got healed, she was a very strong believer, but what I see causing depression and anxiety in people today is their total lack of faith let alone the knowledge of Jesus other than a swear word. If God has put the knowledge of Himself in the heart of all men, then they are denying that God shaped hole and filling it with anything they can find. This world is in a mess. The time to speak out about Jesus is now. As a Christian and along with all the ones I know, we have a future and a hope, therefore we do not suffer depression or anxiety (unless you have a bona fide mental illness). Any psychiatrist I ever met in my younger life when I had to be assessed to see if I was mad too, was that these doctors needed psychiatrists, they were all nuts! I cannot imagine life without Jesus, I need Him.
Thanks James. All atheists must have headaches worrying about the lists of spiritual bankruptcy they have brought on the masses by their convincing arguments, there is no God.
Now they have been feeding the poor souls for so long, their own larder is empty! The pit of the stomach, the mental fog and the hollow heart, all attest to the fake story they have been living all their lives.
Has a conscience suddenly been pricked awake? Maybe the devil's torments have rubbed raw places, and attending funerals where hymns and other moving Christian songs have been sung, have begun to trickle into the empty places?
Maybe Mr. Dawkins is about to write another book? Famous last words of an Atheist!
If only Dick could bring himself to actually have a read of the book that underpins the faith that he has mocked his entire life but oddly now ascribes to, albeit in an oblique, cultural sense. If he did he might discover that contrary to popular belief, people are not inherently good. In fact there is none good, no not one, including himself. He’d also find out that the heart is desperately wicked and virtually unknowable. And then he might also read the many references about the fallen nature of man, that there’s a way that seems right unto man but the end thereof is death and that, shock, horror, there is nothing new under the sun. It might then dawn on him that the state of mankind and the increasing mental health crisis has almost nothing to do with technology and our access to decent broadband and more to do with our rejection of God’s prescribed order, our rebellious sin nature, the abandonment of objective truth and our pursuit of darkness over God’s light.
But that’s just a wild guess.
Of course, if Dick is right about God’s non-existence and the consequential meaninglessness of life, the universe and everything then the mental health crisis, general hopelessness and utter pointlessness of our existence doesn’t matter anyway. Welcome to the depressing, spiritually degenerate, nihilistic world of the atheist.
Well said!