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I am thankful for the Atheist

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craig lock

August 8, 2018

Reblogged this on Thoughts of my good friend, Lindsay, "the prophet and the prayer-warrior" and commented:
3 For everything there is a season, and a time for every matter under heaven:

2 a time to be born, and a time to die;
a time to plant, and a time to pluck up what is planted;
3 a time to kill, and a time to heal;
a time to break down, and a time to build up;
4 a time to weep, and a time to laugh;
a time to mourn, and a time to dance;
5 a time to cast away stones, and a time to gather stones together;
a time to embrace, and a time to refrain from embracing;
6 a time to seek, and a time to lose;
a time to keep, and a time to cast away;
7 a time to tear, and a time to sew;
a time to keep silence, and a time to speak;
8 a time to love, and a time to hate;
a time for war, and a time for peace.

Beautiful (and powerful) words and some of my favourites from Ecclsiastes 3

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Orvillewrong

August 23, 2018

An interesting analogy!

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1. simplymyswank
  
  August 23, 2018
  
  Thank you. The idea came from a church service we attended. The pastor was a reformed Athiest and his story was so powerful. It made me think about what life would be like if I had the capacity to NOT believe in God.
  Then He inspired me with this poem. I’m so glad you enjoyed reading it.
  
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Ellie www.newcreationsministries.wordpress.com/

August 24, 2018

Excellent post. As I’ve said on another post recently, it takes more faith to believe that we came from crystals, mud clumps or aliens than it does to believe that God created the universe and everything in it. How could someone believe that one mud clump in one section of the world could develop into a perfectly formed male and then a perfectly formed female could develop thousands of miles away at the exact same time to discover each other . . . takes more faith to believe that than I have.

Josh McDowell and Lee Stroebel were also confirmed atheists until they began studying to try to refute its claims. Perhaps one day this girl will also come to know Truth. She needs prayer.

Thank you for finding and following my blog, I can’t wait to read more of yours!

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simplymyswank

August 24, 2018

Reformed Atheists are some of the most powerful Christians, you’re right. God is so good. Thank you for your encouragement. I love writing about my faith, and I can see you do the same. God bless you! PRAISE!

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Laura Bennet

September 5, 2018

Interesting perspective! No matter what we believe, nothing changes who God is so there is no problem considering another person’s position. Our openness to them may in fact allow them to be open to God. Thanks for sharing and for checking out my blog. I’m glad you found something helpful there.

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1. simplymyswank
  
  September 5, 2018
  
  I agree. I wrote that about a really impactful church service where the pastor explained how he was an atheist for a really long time. It’s crazy to me that there are some people that don’t believe in God, when I feel him and believe in him so POWERFULLY. I pray that the title captures their attention, makes them read and that they just think a little.
  Many times people challenge atheists and tell them they are lost and desperate, but that just makes them angry. They are super intelligent people that believe they are smarter than religion. Challenging them doesn’t get anywhere.
  I know that the title of the post might offend my fellow Christians, but when you read the context you see that I am not thankful that they don’t believe, I’m thankful for the POWERFUL Christians they can BECOME.
  Thanks so much for reading, and for your encouragement. God bless you!
  
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Margo Johnson

September 12, 2018

Welcome to that little voice and thank you for following my blog.

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CARL R D'Agostino

September 13, 2018

God ? discuss extensively in 12 Step program alcoholism recovery, AA. I have found that most atheists know (without admitting it) that there is a divine being and creator of sort. Because of tragedy in life and unmerited suffering in the world they just don’t want anything to do with God.

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In Response to a Fence Sitter – Simply My Swank

January 22, 2020

[…] are many people that think that they can outsmart faith, that there must be a better solution. Even atheists have faith that there isn’t a God, right?! That’s super […]

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Victor

December 2, 2022

Greaat post thank you

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1. SimplyMySwank
  
  December 2, 2022
  
  Thank you for reading Victor, God Bless you.
  
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