Spiritual Thoughts

  I can see how it might be possible for a man to look down upon the earth and be an atheist, BUT I cannot conceive how he could look up into the heavens and say there is no God. ~ Abraham Lincoln O nly a fool would say,  "There is no God!" People like that are worthless. ~ Psalm 14:1 (CEV)

  Friday Tale - The Holiday   I n Florida, an atheist became incensed over the preparation for Easter and Passover holidays and decided to contact the local ACLU [American Civil Liberties Union] about the discrimination inflicted on atheists by the constant celebrations afforded to Christians and Jews with all their holidays while the atheists had no holiday to celebrate.   The ACLU jumped on the opportunity to once again pick up the cause of the godless and assigned their sharpest attorneys to the case. The case was brought before a wise judge who after listening to the long, passionate presentation of the ACLU lawyers, promptly banged his gavel and declared, "Case dismissed!"   The lead ACLU lawyer immediately stood and objected to the ruling and said, "Your honor, how can you possibly dismiss this case? Surely the Christians have Christmas, Easter, and many other observances. And the Jews--why in addition to Passover they have Yom Kippur and H...

  Friday Tale - The Barber and God   T his is one of the best explanations of why God allows pain and suffering that I have seen in a while.   A man went to a barbershop to have his hair cut and his beard trimmed. As the barber began to work, they began to have a good conversation. They talked about so many things and various subjects.   When they eventually touched on the subject of God, the barber said:   "I don't believe that God exists."   "Why do you say that?" asked the customer.   "Well, you just have to go out in the street to realize that God doesn't exist. Tell me, if God exists, would there be so many sick people? Would there be abandoned children? If God existed, there would be neither suffering nor pain. I can't imagine a loving a God who would allow all of these things."   The customer thought for a moment, but didn't respond because he didn't want to start an argument. The barber finished his job...

F ollow your heart BUT take your brain with you. ~ Alfred Adler  H e who walks with the wise grows wise, BUT a companion of fools suffers harm.  ~ Proverbs 13:20

“An atheist is someone with no invisible means of support.” -unknown The fool has said in his heart, "There is no God." Psalm 14:1

Any person capable of angering you becomes your master; he can anger you only when you permit yourself to be disturbed by him. - Epictetus (55-135 AD) Do not be eager in your heart to be angry, For anger resides in the bosom of fools. Ecclesiastes 7:9