The Atheist Creed

I heard this satirical creed while listening to Ravi Zacharias a few months back and was astounded by it. The self-contradictions prevalent in this thinking are made blatantly obvious, and yet it's still such a challenge to convince anyone of the truth of it because of the Postmodern era we live in. Apparently it doesn't matter if you believe two things that are in direct opposition to one another, and it doesn't matter if the evidence doesn't support your position, because according to the world, YOU get to determine what is true. But it just goes to show that unbelief is really not a matter of God refusing to reveal the truth, but rather of man suppressing the truth which God has already revealed.

The Atheist Creed
by Steve Turner

We believe in Marxfreudanddarwin.
We believe everything is OK
as long as you don't hurt anyone,
to the best of your definition of hurt,
and to the best of your knowledge.

We believe in sex before during
and after marriage.
We believe in the therapy of sin.
We believe that adultery is fun.
We believe that sodomy's OK
We believe that taboos are taboo.

We believe that everything's getting better
despite evidence to the contrary.
The evidence must be investigated.
You can prove anything with evidence.

We believe there's something in horoscopes,
UFO's and bent spoons;
Jesus was a good man just like Buddha
Mohammed and ourselves.
He was a good moral teacher, although we think
his good morals were bad.

We believe that all religions are basically the same,
at least the one that we read was.
They all believe in love and goodness.
They only differ on matters of
creation, sin, heaven, hell, God, and salvation.

We believe that after death comes The Nothing
because when you ask the dead what happens
they say Nothing.
If death is not the end, if the dead have lied,
then it's compulsory heaven for all
excepting perhaps Hitler, Stalin and Genghis Khan.

We believe in Masters and Johnson.
What's selected is average.
What's average is normal.
What's normal is good.

We believe in total disarmament.
We believe there are direct links between
warfare and bloodshed.
Americans should beat their guns into tractors
and the Russians would be sure to follow.

We believe that man is essentially good.
It's only his behaviour that lets him down.
This is the fault of society.
Society is the fault of conditions.
Conditions are the fault of society.

We believe that each man must find the truth
that is right for him.
Reality will adapt accordingly.
The universe will readjust. History will alter.
We believe that there is no absolute truth
excepting the truth that there is no absolute truth.

We believe in the rejection of creeds.

Still Addicted To YouTube...

Just some pretty cool videos for your viewing pleasure. :-)





And can life get any better than both OK Go and The Muppets in one video? No. No it can not.

Beheld.

I'm typically not a huge fan of dramatic readings, but I came across this video today and really liked it. I found it incredibly encouraging and hope you do too. If anything, keep in mind what is written in the "about" section of their blog:

"We have all been told that beauty is in the eye of the beholder. Our perception of beauty changes greatly depending on what or who that beholder may be. Whoever you are today, happy or heartbroken, hopeful or hopeless, know this – you are welcome here. You are welcome to read, and rest, and realize that your identity can be redefined. You need not be bound by the things of this world, caught up in its whirlwind of catastrophic vanity. You are free – we are free – from definitions of beauty that purge us of our value as women.

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder. Who is your beholder?
We are made in the image of our Maker. We are the Beheld"

Beheld from Marianne Bach on Vimeo.

Someday I'll Get A Tattoo...Maybe...But Probably Not

If I were to ever get a tattoo, I think this would be it. I. love. it. I do not, however, love being poked repeatedly by a needle. And I think it's imperative that I also consider the fact that by the time I'm 80, this tattoo could very well look more like birds being torpedoed and sucked into a vortex of back fat than anything. But hey, a girl can dream for now, right? :-)