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One Hundred Reasons Why I Believe in Jesus Christ and why I Think Atheism is Shortsighted

1) People convert from atheism/ agnosticism to Christianity, not the other way round. So who will have the best knowledge about both worlds?
2) If sexual promiscuity is so clearly wrong and has such devastating results in peoples’ lives ,why be like an ostrich and put my head in the sand just because I can’t exercise the necessary self –control. (And self control is the major thing that Christians do get via the working of the Holy Spirit in them)
3) The world is in such a state and there is so much corruption and it is ever getting worse. But our atheistic school curricula won’t help the children and teach them: “ The love for money is the root of all evil”
4) There is a total lack of perspective today and our children are being swamped by ‘Hollywood reality’ - who are going to (be able) to correct their perspectives?
5) Hollywood in itself is a perfect example of what is wrong today: we accept that there should be so much violence, showing of guns, sex, nudity, misuse of God’s Name – and (again) it is just getting worse by the day. With no visible signs of huge protest as there should be, except may be from the RCC
6) The world is regressing in moral values and in our belief in values exactly the way the Bible predicted 2 000 years ago.
7) The ‘signs of the Times” are there for all to see and there is no way that we can have up to 28 of these signs occurring at the same time (unrelated as they mostly are but coinciding in one generation) without being vaguely stimulated to ask: HOW IS IT POSSIBLE? (That is unless we – again - prefer to see life the way an ostrich deals with his problems)
8) Evolution does not disprove the existence of God and anybody who would jump to such an conclusion is unscientific. But that is exactly what these biologists are saying even though their cosmological counter parts do not come with such claims .How good is their scientific reasoning then ?.We can find God in the stars but not in evolution?
9) People who have not experienced the working of the Holy spirit in them can’t judge it or anything or something they don’t know anything about – that is just common sense.
10) There are millions upon millions of cases of NDE’s reported but these materialists refuse to believe in a spirit or an after life . .because they believe in things like ‘complex biological interactions” in stead – and how much do they know about that? And how long will they take to come up with an answer .? .just as is the case with evolutionists they will just forever extending the period (in which things were supposed to have happened) when they can’t come up with a good explanation.
11) Christianity and the Bible is quite open where and why people will not become believers or at least struggle to become that. On the other hand atheism do not know what to be open about because there is nothing to become (except maybe an even greater atheist)
12) Human nature is such that it wants to believe in something .Today knowledge is the main thing but it is of such a diverse nature that it will just lead to nowhere.
13) The history of “organized religion” vs the history of “organized atheism: tells us everything one can want to know. Whereas the Christians brought education, better care for the sick and social services to all over the world, the efforts of (such ) a combined effort under atheists do not even exists except on the ground of political motif and wars .Atheism is what its history tells you it is, it is not something you can just now accept as a new fancy option to live your way in a ‘more enlightened world”
14) Christianity serves above everything else it stands for, as a focus point for values .Yes atheists also have values but they so often forsake those values when it suits them
15) Thankfulness is something very close to the core of Christianity – I don’t see and /or hear a lot about that from atheists
16) The values and the belief of Christianity have stood the test of time .Mass atheism have so far produced many wars and also the yops!!
17) Christians for some very good reason don’t become bored with their belief system/religion but are ever striving towards more perfect goals. Atheists don’t seem to have any moral goals to strive towards and they obviously don’t spend a lot of time thinking about things like that because they feel they are Okay and that they (already) know . . .
18) Even an atheist like Albert Einstein thought very highly of Jesus Christ and made no secret about it – he did not even want to read a book about it but insisted on reading the Bible on that (topic) in stead.
19) The analogy in the Bible likening faith to like seed which must germinate and which is exposed to so many dangers ,is so easy to see and apply and so unfailingly accurate that anyone who is willing to open their eyes will see it is exactly the reason(s) why some people cannot believe.
20) The witnessing by generations upon generations over centuries and even millennia about how faith changed their lives cannot be ignored – and these witnesses have been carefully documented and preserved for all to read and see. What can atheists reveal to us about their past in this regard? Yes, only that nothing so lofted and life changing happened in their lives and nothing else.
21) It is obvious that people left to themselves do not go out of their way to help and comfort others because when we don’t believe is an Upper Hand that will help us ,our natural reaction is to be selfish and only live to protect what is dear to us.
22) To believe is just another way of communicating with God and not as many atheists would have it just a mindless following of rules in the Bible. It should be marveled at, not sniggered at ,but materialists today would first want to see it as part of the visible electro magnetic spectrum. (but maybe it lies just outside the gamma or the radio waves  – just a point worth considering)
23) According to scripture ( Micah 6:8 ) the Lord (only) require of us to:” do justly ,and to love kindness and mercy and to walk humbly with God” I am not sure which part atheists find the most objectionable – the doing justly or the love and/or mercy part or the humble part.
24) There is nothing in the literature vaguely resembling the definition of human love for one another as it is ‘defined’ in 1 Cor 13
25) There is no other definition Good vs Evil (in the Bible “the fruit of the Holy Spirit and the practices of the flesh”, as concise and easily accessible as what you would find in a mere 80 words in Gal 5:19 – 23.
26) Rom 12:9-21 defines the life of a Christian and they have nothing to hide (and also nothing to hide under) but unfortunately the same cannot be said about atheists who are a law unto themselves as their needs or greeds predict their hierarchy of needs to them.
27) The condition the world is in today and our school systems make it easy to predict an even bleaker future for it/us/the world is a testimony of what ‘practices of the flesh’ are all about. This was not the case when there were good discipline and people were not too proud to obey God but the changes started way back in the 16thC and what we have seen in the last 50 years is an amazing and frightful acceleration of godlessness. Yet , somehow atheists do not have that perspective and no wonder – they have no yardstick whereby to measure these (adverse) changes.
28) The church is nothing more than body of believers belonging to it .When the church does not do what God longs it to do ,the church is sick. But is it is for those who love God and want to do His will ,to try and rectify what is wrong. People forsaking the church show their own inadequacies or inadequacies in their faith, nothing more
29) Nothing tells me more that we should have a Bible to live by ,than what any users guide accompanying any article we buy, tells me we need it for successful application or use. The very same principle applies and for a ‘complex thing like a human being, even doubly more so. That is just plain common sense.
30) Ego centric behavior, selfishness and love for money today have reached levels not attained in recent history, yet we will not even mention the fact that God hates pride in our schools to help future generations gain a better perspective on life and God.


31) What I see in nature is harmony. From the blue sky to the lush green fields (all colors that make us calm) as well as His other creations on earth to the stars, there appear to be a clockwork synchronicity i.e from the microscopic small to grandest of them all – why should I take notice of man’s learning and teachings which are all in conflict with one another and never seem to come up with any lasting solution
32) To peel an orange and notice how the orange is ‘wrapped’ in a peel ;divided in nine sections making it easy for us to eat and appreciating the taste and the goodness for our bodies . .why should I think any invention of man like wrapped chocolates can even vaguely compare.
33) To know that The Lord regards peace as the gift which will allow you to settle in life, give you the time and energy to do and learn things; Why should I want to join the restless mob who cannot find that peace within and spend their life on for ever wanting to buy material things and thus trying to get in extra stimuli to keep them going and perhaps make them happy for a short while in life?
34) Why should I want to investigate what is evil when I already know that not to help my brother in need (Matt 25) is evil enough to rob me of my place in heaven one day ?
35) Because it seems pretty simple minded to argue that we only are when we can be seen here on earth when we all feel strongly that we are so much more and so unique and something infinitely more.
36) Because everything in life is connected, purposeful and driven ,very unlike what the evolutionist want us to believe about our purpose in life.
37) Because we haven’t made contact with so called extra-terrestrial life (of the human or any other kind) giving us any other explanation about our uniqueness in the universe. .Whatever they find on Venus ,Mars or the Moon, traces of water may be ,it does not explain away a planet so filled to the brim with life and beauty that the only way we can keep it under control is to destroy life.
38) Because ‘evil abounds when good men do nothing” and that refers to sustaining a moral code on earth. Atheists cannot convince me that they have moral values foremost on their mind and that is not good enough.
39) Because of the perfection of love between spouses in a Christian marriage – not what the statistics tell us the divorce rate is among so called Christians ,but the harmony evident in a Christian marriage where both parties adhere to what the Bible prescribes.
40) Because we run a catastrophe risk today second to none and ‘those with eyes “ can see what is about to follow soon – yet our atheists counterparts marvel at the achievements of science and seem to totally lack an overall perspective.
41) Because I ‘d rather marvel at the achievement how 12 men were able to bring the message of Christianity to all the world and the assistance they got through the Holy spirit to do that, than at all the “scientific” inventions that have led to the enslavement and destruction of mankind during the same period of 2 000+ years.
42) Because it is as clear as daylight that what is happening in the world is that the rich is getting richer and the poor is getting poorer and that the super rich will be the ones in this materialistic world that will eventually want to control all the resources for pure selfish purposes. Jesus on the other hand, “ came for the poor . .” (Luke 4:18)
43) Because I can see that it is true what Jesus taught in connection with money and possessions:” The eye of the lamp is the body, so if your eye is sound ,your entire body will be full of light .But if your eye is unsound ,your whole body will be full with darkness .If then the very light in you is darkened, how dense is that darkness?” The thing that the world needs most now to avoid a worldwide clash in an effort to secure market share and ‘vital’ resources for every nation ,is exactly a Christian attitude.
44) The promise we get from the Bible that God so loved the world that He gave up His only begotten Son, so that whoever believes in Him, shall not perish but have eternal life (John 3:16) BUT (also) “He who does not believe is judged already because he has not believed in and trusted in the name of the only begotten Son of God” (3:18) leaves me in no doubt about what God expects from me – that is why and what I believe.
45) The unraveling of the moral fabric of society today does not promise any good for the generations to come - and from an atheistic standpoint nothing need to be done – which makes me wonder when will they see the dangers lurking and admit that that they have no answers - only when it is absolutely, absolutely too late???
46) Why has school systems making so much of human rights not been able to ‘satisfy’ these needs of the children – why (with all the advancement in science and technology and in management systems ) ,is it all in such a big mess today with no discipline, and with all these terrible things happening at schools?
47) Because even the saying “Do unto others as you would like others to do unto you” cannot help us unless we focus it on Christian love and we go the extra mile and turn the other cheek etc. Today people will just say: “I want nothing from you ,and you will get nothing from me.”
48) When you ask atheists why they do not want to believe, they often try and hint that they are ‘not ignorant’ (implying you are) and they know what is right and what is wrong. Nothing in the history of the world has ever suggested that is the case and the world’s philosophers and all the religions’ efforts have always been to create a better way of understanding life.
49) You cannot judge something which is spiritual unless you yourself are spiritual too and by denying the existence of the spirit, atheists disqualify themselves .
50) There are many miraculous healings taking place all over the world in the name of Jesus – if you have not witnessed one and /or even know of one ( ie if you are not in any way involved or connected to these things) , how can you judge the validity of these wonders?
51) Because this world do not seem to have any idea how serious a problem sexual promiscuity is .A study conducted many years ago and reported on by Prof JD Unwin showed that over a period of 4 000 years 80 civilizations went under due to sexual promiscuity .The world does not think in terms of this being a big sin or offense – the Bible tells us something different, namely that 23 000 people died on one day because of this. One does have to have a feeling and sensitivity about these things.
52) Jung analyzed 80 000 dreams and reported that recurring dreams in which the symbol of the church ,the devil or Jesus came up regularly was a serious warning of psychological imbalance
53) I trust my feelings and the feeling I got over the years taught me a lot. When I am proud or arrogant I cannot speak properly .The same goes for most people that I know. There is a deep seated sense of what is right or wrong in us and we should not ignore ,disobey or struggle against it unless we are fools.
54) The dreams I had over many years which included the name of God have always been in line with what the Bible teaches us. It was never about the things I wished for or desired.
55) The experiences I had in my faith served to strengthen it and included many miracles in my own life
56) The outcome of all my combined dreams, feelings, experiences have served to make me a more stronger and focused person and even the most negative experiences have been to the good in the long run.
57) You get to a point where you no longer believe - you know that the abstract things of believing are more real than the material things And that has happened also in my life.
58) Believing has in no way limited my life – I do not desire things which are not also part and parcel of what I know God wants me to have.
59) I find it strange that atheists/the world does not see and admit that believers run into much less problems than unbelievers and enjoy more blessings and even prosperity than the rest who seem to make the same mistakes over and over again
60) I find it amusing that people who seem to reject the teachings of Jesus still hold on to a large potion of what the Bible teaches us and would freely quote from it – although often out context.
61) I wonder how unbelievers manage to read the Bible – from A to Z or how? You need the guidance of the Holy Spirit to read, be focused on and understand the Bible. ( In my experience they mostly fall asleep halfway through a text.)
62) There is enough historical evidence about the existence of Jesus and certainly enough written material about the early Christians and their lives in the first century AD.
63) The history of the Bible and its canonization and the church have been documented throughout the ages and we know more about that than we know about the activities of atheists
64) Trusting science (evolution) to bring you the desired results may take a few million years .There is no good reason to stop believing and nothing to fill its place.
65) People who do have a proper perspective of how the world has become ‘enlightened’ will also tell you that reason has brought a lot of problems of its own – and that vacuum in values we are beginning to experience has been predicted and prophesied long ago.
66) The law of decision making say that there are results/consequences for every decision we make. .this is much like the choice God gives us. We make the decision but must equally accept the inevitable result.
67) Biblical predictions of how men will change at the end times ,are too good to have been any guess work .The prophesies contained in 2 Tim 3: 1-5 are so real that no even minded and fair person would be inclined to disregard it.
68) The predictions about how people will treat the marriage as an institution of God (1 Tim 4) are exactly as prophesied .Why ? How is it possible?
69) People have become lovers of themselves just as predicted
70) People have become lovers of their money just as predicted
71) People have become hedonistic just as predicted
72) People are disrespectful of their parents just as predicted.
73) Homo-sexuality has become prevalent just as predicted
74) Proud arrogant and contemptuous boasting has become quite acceptable
75) “Intemperate and loose morals” we see every day
76) Bribery and corruption is at the order of the day
77) Prediction in connection with Israel seem to becoming true as well.
78) Why do a lot of people convert to Christianity when they are over the age of 60 when they should otherwise have found ‘other answers’?
79) Why did Einstein say about the universe :”It is a put up job?”
80) The meaning of almost half the words in the dictionary are influenced by underlying values .Do we need a new dictionary today?
81) Humility is something great that we discover in life as we become more mature – fools do not discover that. We can’t have any relationship with others if we are not humble at heart. And this is the first thing anyone who want to come to God must learn (Matt 11:28)
82) Science cannot assign a purpose to the world it is exploring even though it may transcend political, religious & cultural differences . Jesus dying for us and the Bible give us that purpose.
83) The burden of absolute materialism will be too heavy for man to carry and will show that that he is a complex human being containing a soul and a spirit as well – but how far down the road will that be?
84) Religion (Christianity) has proved over and over that it can make people happy whereas a multitude of possessions just lead to more frustration. Happiness is not negotiable.
85) John Lennon sang the song “Imagine” – “no religion/ a brotherhood of man”. Okay so there is nearly no religion in England ,do the actions of the yobs remind us of “a brotherhood of man?”
86) Because true Christians can discern that God has a plan and that plan does not work like worldly plans
87) True Christians will always be numerically few. Christ’s ministry on earth was a life of sacrificing all personal and earthly interests and there is no reason to think that the success of Christianity lies in mass convertions if there is no obedience – it just does not work like we want to measure success here on earth
88) The Bible is purposely written so that not all people would understand it and many be converted. It is not a system of logic but consist of parables and symbols.
89) The gospel will be preached to all nations, and then the end will come .This has become possible with modern technology to happen relatively soon . . .and we can see in the signs of the times that the end is near.
90) .Evidence of non believing is actually a perfect sign that where we are with the spreading of the gospel today because that has been predicted/prophesied.
91) Believers do not only experience peace and love in their lives but that their lives become more Christ –like with time.
92) God has chosen the foolish things to confound the wise . .and through the ages man has tried every conceivable philosophy ,political or economic ideology/system to solve his problems . .but none worked .The world is not prepared to try and understand God’s way ,so it is also not very likely that Christianity will have special appeal to ordinary people as a way to solve their problems.
93) Christianity is certainly not for “cissies” and there are many lessons to be learned – not something that will have special appeal to worldly people.
94) Christianity does not promise to make anybody rich and none of the text verses promising blessings include promised riches.So understandably not all people will persist if it is misrepresented from the start.
95) The Gospel is about God and Jesus (and not us) and if people get the impression that they will not gain in the way they understood it ,they will forsake the belief
96) So understandably is not for the masses ,unlike we are so often made to believe. .scripture confirms this in Jesus’ own words
97) The more demanding and arrogant we get about our needs that must be fulfilled ,the less we will understand the Bible ,and this is the case today.
98) The promise is that those who persevere will know the truth and the truth will set them free. The language of atheism does not sound like they want to believe anything ,let alone suffer anything. That is why it is so dangerous to
misled by their superficial arguments.
99) Our egocentric way of approaching God is so wrong and we are so blinded by it that we often have no idea that it is god that will have the final say and not us.
100) I have no faith that the 100 (99) reasons given will help anyone to accept Christianity because I also know that God calls us – if you are not called ,you are likely not chosen.