1. Christian
belief of "Who is God"?
God is a Spirit.
We can see the attributes of God through His creation. Since God is the
Creator, we can see His work clearly. Creation shows us His power and order. It
is impossible for anyone to look at creation and not see God's creative power.
No one can plead ignorance of God. We can trace God from the world around us. We can see His power and majesty in creation.
For
the invisible things of him from the creation of the world are clearly seen,
being
understood
by the things that are made, even his eternal power and Godhead; so that they are
without excuse:
Romans
1:20 (KJV)
Atheism belief
of "Who is God"?
All atheists
disbelieve in all gods. Atheists believe no one has yet provided enough
evidence to warrant a belief in god(s) or in Christian context, God. There is
no reason to believe that a
supernatural
intelligent Creator exists.
[There are
billions of reasons to believe a supernatural intelligent Creator. From the
order of
DNA, to every
atom, to the amazingly designed tiny fleas, to the massive elephants, to the
sun and its circuits, to the millions of stars and the entire universe, there
is incredible order.
If you were
walking along a beach and saw words written in the sand that said,
"Johnny, make sure you come home at 5:00 pm for dinner. See you then. I
love you. Mum xxxx," Could you ever believe that the order of the words
happened by a random process---an accident? Could you con-clude that perhaps
the incoming waves left the words in the sand? Only a fool would think so. Their
very order, information content, and constructed logic tell you that the
message was written by an intelligent mind.]
2. Christian
belief of "Who is Jesus"?
The Bible tells
us that Jesus is God, eternally preexistent before the "incarnation. He is
“the image of
invisible God". He created a body for Himself and became a man to suffer
and die for the sin of the world.
Who is
the image of the invisible God;
Colossians
1:15(KJV)
And he
is the propitiation for our sins: and not for ours only, but also for the sins
of the whole world.
1 John
2:2 (KJV)
Atheism belief
of "Who is Jesus"?
"A
relatively enlightened man for his times. Preached simple things such as
brotherly love. Likely a real man. Some, like I, think his simple lessons were
wrapped to control the gullible masses.(which still works)."
"The
carpenter from Bethlehem existed, in all likelihood. He went around giving
sermons,
but he was not
the son of God and he did not speak for God. My father, also an atheist, has
speculated that
Jesus himself was an atheist and preached his doctrine to give comfort to the minds of people on
Earth. I am not sure about this."
[ In such
sermon, Jesus gave the ultimate challenge to skeptics:"He that hath my
commandments, and keepeth them, he it is that loveth me: and he that loveth me
shall be loved of my Father, and I will love him, and will manifest Myself to
him."(John 14:21). To find out with 100 percent absolute certainty that Jesus
is God in the flesh, atheist can simply obey His command to repent and believe
the gospel, and He will reveal Himself to them. Then they will know God exist,
because they know Him.]
3.Christian
belief of Heaven and Hell
We will be free
from all trouble and sorrow. All tears shall be wiped away and no remembrance
of former sorrows shall remain. God Himself, as our Father, shall wipe away the
tears of His children.
And
God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes; and there shall be no more
death,
neither
sorrow, nor crying, neither shall there be any more pain: for the former things
are passed away.
Revelation
21:4 (KJV)
This will be the
day, when all shall be judged. The appearance of the Judge and that is the Lord
Jesus Christ who puts on such majesty and judge righteously. Woe to the wicked,
whosoever was not written in the book of life, for they shall perish in hell
forever and ever.
And
whosoever was not found written in the book of life was cast into the lake of
fire.
Revelation
20:15 (KJV)
Atheism belief
of Heaven and Hell
"I don't
believe God exists. I do not believe in the Bible as the literal inerrant word
of God. Thus, Heaven and Hell are, in my opinion, much like God: a feel-good
idea that swims in the minds of people, but has little bearing in reality. It's
also a nifty way to control people through fear, but I digress. Personally, I
think the idea of Hell points to exceptional cruelty. An eternity of pain?
That's pure evil. Heaven also sounds pretty boring. I'd rather reincarnate (but
alas, I don't believe in that either)."
[The question is
often asked, "How could a loving God create Hell?" Think of how a
civil judge, who turned a blind eye to murder, would be corrupt and should be
brought to justice himself. If a Judge of the Universe is not going to bring
murderers to ultimate justice, then He is corrupt. He would be wicked. In the 1990s
in the US there were 200,000 murders. Statistics show that during those ten
years half of those homicide crimes were unsolved. That means that 100,000
people got away with murder. When we use the Law to show that God is not only
loving, but that He is perfect, holy, just and good, we end up saying,
"How can there not be a Hell?"]
4. Christian
belief of Sin and Salvation
We believe that
sin is a transgression / violation against God's Holy Law ( The Ten Commandments). An act of rebellion
against Him.
Whosoever
committeth sin transgresseth also the law: for sin is the transgression of the
law.
1John
3:4 (KJV)
God loves us so
much that He sent His Son, Jesus Christ to be born on earth and die on the
cross. There is nothing we can do to make us good enough for heaven. All we
have to do is repent, believe, and trust in Jesus Christ alone as our Lord and Saviour.
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.
John3:16
(KJV)
Atheism belief
of Sin and Salvation
“I do not
believe there is such a thing as sin, mainly because I do not believe that the
Bible is
anything other than a load of stories. If there is sin, then there must be
moral
absolutes, which
do not exist because our stance on morality has changed over time.”
"Seeing as
I do not believe in an afterlife, the concept of salvation seems ridiculous and
unnecessary to me.”
[There’s a big
problem when an atheist denies that sin (evil) exists. All you have to do is
ask if murder is wrong, and if he says that it’s not, keep on asking if what
Hitler did was wrong, or if pedophilia is wrong. You will soon find that he has a
moral boundary regarding what is right
and what is wrong. God’s moral standard is infinitely higher.]
Conclusion:
How can we know
that God exists? We cannot see Him, hear Him, touch, taste, or smell
Him. Common
sense tells us that creation is absolute 100 percent scientific proof that
there was a
Creator. We cannot have creation without the Creator. We don’t need faith to
believe in a
Creator. All we need is eyes that can see and a brain that works.
So, just as I
don’t need faith to believe in a builder because I have a building in front of
me, so I don’t
need faith to believe in a Creator, because I have creation in front of me.
However, if I
want the builder to do something for me, then I need to have faith in him.
The same is true
with God:
But
without faith it is impossible to please him: for he that cometh to God must
believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him.
Hebrews 11:6(KJV)
