You have some well thought out arguments against God, The Bible, and Christ's followers.
Slavery
God in the old testament sanctioned many crimes against humanity like slavery (Leviticus 25;44) and genocide (1 Samuel 15:3). This is in contrast with what Christians and Jews call a good God that should be worshiped.
The Paradox of Omniscience
If God knows everything, then he can not forget because the moment he forgets, he doesn't know everything. However, if God cant forget, he then doesn't know how to remember or recollect. If he can't recollect. then there is something he doesn't know- he doesn't know how it feels to recollect or remember something.
Why can't God heal amputees?
Regeneration of limbs for humans is quite impossible and difficult to fake. It comes as no surprise to atheists that we hardly hear the faith healers claim tat they have grown back a leg or an arm for an amputee.
There are two rationalizations made by apologists for this problem (which both fail)
a) God has a special plan for amputees
Well, there is no such plan in the bible or Quran. This is a simple excuse for God.
b)Amputees don't need healing
This is a sad but not surprising argument that I have heard. I would really like to know how a footballer who lost his leg wouldn't like to play football again?Or a pianist who lost his hand wouldn't like to play the piano again. It is quite insensitive to make such an argument- unfortunately such is the rationalization and mental gymnastics for God.
The reason why God doesnt heal amputees is simple. A personal omnipotent God doesnt exist. A god may or may not exist but an ambulance god does not.
I sampled from the following website:
http://www.nairaland.com/1150005/library-best-40-atheist-arguments
I don't even know how to logically argue against these. Why?
Friday, 16 August 2013
Wednesday, 14 August 2013
You and Me
I glow inside this cage,
yet I am still not safe.
For I am not like a diamond scattered between heaps of stones.
It has not come down to the fear of others.
It has come down to the fear of myself.
I often wondered what it would be like to be you.
I thought of such as being frightful.
My mind sketched pictures of agony, terror, and a lack of control.
It took me years to realize that I was going through the same thing.
I was you, and you were me.
However, it took me years to find out that I was you.
Did you ever find out that you were me?
yet I am still not safe.
For I am not like a diamond scattered between heaps of stones.
It has not come down to the fear of others.
It has come down to the fear of myself.
I often wondered what it would be like to be you.
I thought of such as being frightful.
My mind sketched pictures of agony, terror, and a lack of control.
It took me years to realize that I was going through the same thing.
I was you, and you were me.
However, it took me years to find out that I was you.
Did you ever find out that you were me?
Tuesday, 13 August 2013
Friday, 9 August 2013
heart, soul, chaos
I can see it. I can see the depression slowly walking toward me again. It's not that I'm necessarily weaving through personal, dystopian chaos, but I am troubled. I want to talk, but face to face communication without my notes is like taking a knife to a gunfight (Norma Jean reference). Anxiety is pretty usual for me, but lately it hasn't been so bad. Thank God for that! Thank God for happiness! And you know, I'm thankful for the other emotions too. Even the ones that are more difficult to deal with. Without emotions, I don't think I'd have my conscience. It didn't have to be that way, but that's how God designed it. Or at least, he allowed it. I don't want to put words inside the mouth of God. Every lie is like food caught between the teeth; it's uncomfortable and frankly, it's unattractive. He could have done it differently, but he didn't. I mean, he could have done anything, right? God, God, God, God, God, God, God. Would mercy be the same? Would compassion be the same? I usually feel mercy and compassion when I feel bad for another person. The greatest temptation within happiness is to submit to my own utopia. Don't submit to a utopia Graham, but seek the things above.
I can pretend that you're here, but the truth is you're not. The cherished souls I met on a small island in BC (does that sound like a fictitious book or what?); you are missed. I didn't want to turn you into my idols, but maybe I turned you into that. God works through people. He is the root. Nobody is great on their own, but God works great things through humans (whether they give thanks, or not). I believe that, so are you my idols? JPEGs, videos, letters, and emails are appreciated, but I lust after physical presence. It could be awhile until I see God (only he knows), so maybe that's why I lust after seeing God through physical properties. But they're not my properties (sigh). I am to own nothing within my greed-ridden self-constructed box.
Why does God look at The Heart? I always thought The Soul to be of more significance. Desires come from the heart don't they? What if I have evil desires until the day I die? I thought that evil desires weren't necessarily sinful, unless they were acted upon. Am I wrong? I don't understand. God, you don't fit inside my brain. I sense that is a good thing, even though it hurts sometimes.
I can pretend that you're here, but the truth is you're not. The cherished souls I met on a small island in BC (does that sound like a fictitious book or what?); you are missed. I didn't want to turn you into my idols, but maybe I turned you into that. God works through people. He is the root. Nobody is great on their own, but God works great things through humans (whether they give thanks, or not). I believe that, so are you my idols? JPEGs, videos, letters, and emails are appreciated, but I lust after physical presence. It could be awhile until I see God (only he knows), so maybe that's why I lust after seeing God through physical properties. But they're not my properties (sigh). I am to own nothing within my greed-ridden self-constructed box.
Why does God look at The Heart? I always thought The Soul to be of more significance. Desires come from the heart don't they? What if I have evil desires until the day I die? I thought that evil desires weren't necessarily sinful, unless they were acted upon. Am I wrong? I don't understand. God, you don't fit inside my brain. I sense that is a good thing, even though it hurts sometimes.
Wednesday, 7 August 2013
Reflections on Sleep
The more I meditate upon dreams, the more I recognize the profound aspect of them. Memories. Fear. Happiness. Future. Heaven. Hell. Lust. Responsibility. Control. Lack of control.
Only recently I realized that, many times, my dreams reveal profound desires which exist inside of me. These desires are so deep within me, that I only really come to them when I am not awake. Why is that? Could it be that dreams are comparable to the afterlife? I believe that the afterlife will reveal to me things that are unseen on Earth, and I have found that sleep sheds light on things unseen during my waking state. To quote Nas: "I never sleep, cause sleep is the cousin of death." (N.Y. State of Mind)
The danger in being intrigued with dreams is that human discernment is not to be trusted. In the book of Genesis, this truth is revealed through an occurrence between Pharaoh and Joseph. Pharaoh said to Joseph, “I have had a dream, but no one can interpret it; and I have heard it said about you, that when you hear a dream you can interpret it.” Joseph then answered Pharaoh, saying, “It is not in me; God will give Pharaoh a favorable answer.” (Genesis 41:16)
Sleep. Wake up. Sleep. Wake up. Right now I'm tired of both.
Only recently I realized that, many times, my dreams reveal profound desires which exist inside of me. These desires are so deep within me, that I only really come to them when I am not awake. Why is that? Could it be that dreams are comparable to the afterlife? I believe that the afterlife will reveal to me things that are unseen on Earth, and I have found that sleep sheds light on things unseen during my waking state. To quote Nas: "I never sleep, cause sleep is the cousin of death." (N.Y. State of Mind)
The danger in being intrigued with dreams is that human discernment is not to be trusted. In the book of Genesis, this truth is revealed through an occurrence between Pharaoh and Joseph. Pharaoh said to Joseph, “I have had a dream, but no one can interpret it; and I have heard it said about you, that when you hear a dream you can interpret it.” Joseph then answered Pharaoh, saying, “It is not in me; God will give Pharaoh a favorable answer.” (Genesis 41:16)
Sleep. Wake up. Sleep. Wake up. Right now I'm tired of both.
Friday, 2 August 2013
Heaven
"Your kingdom come. Your will be done, on earth as it is in heaven." Do you think this means that the earth should become like Heaven, or is it referring to a separate will of God? Jesus himself suffered on the earth, and that was in God's will; yet suffering does not happen in Heaven. What is the will that exists in Heaven?
Collaboration
Sintax the Terrific (member of Underground Hip-Hop group Deepspace5) used one of my beats and wrote lyrics to it. First off, DS5 is one of my favorite groups. He has this blog where he posts songs based on current events / politics. It's basically American News in the form of songs. You can check out the collaboration between Sintax the Terrific and Dalama Jones below. Thanks God for this opportunity!
http://www.ipoetblog.com/2013/08/the-girls/
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