Oh Those Atheists

I often see atheists (Rebecca Watson was the latest) say something like - “I distrust those who know so well what God wants them to do. It always coincides with their own desires.”

Seriously!

Next to, “man created God in his own image,” the above statement has to run a close second in being profoundly stupid.

Out of pure ignorance these atheists believe that our own desires match commands like:

. Love your enemy

. Do good to those who hate you

. Pray for those who persecute you

. Do not repay evil for evil

. Do not be proud

. Hate what is evil

. Do not divorce

. Show mercy to everyone

. Give to the poor

. Love your neighbour as yourself

. Obey every law of the government

. Do not take revenge

. Consider others better than yourself

. Submit to your spouse's wishes

. You are sinful to the core and need forgiveness

. Associate with people of lowly class who cannot return the favour

. Forgive wrongs done to you every single time

. Do not let any unwholesome talk come out of your mouth

. Do not let there be even a hint of sexual immorality in your lives

. Do not allow greed to exist in your life.

. Whether you eat or drink, or no matter what you do, do it all for the glory of Jesus

. Do everything without complaining

. Honour your parents

. Do not commit adultery

. Give thanks in all circumstances

. Do not be anxious about anything

. Do not lie

. No one will come to heaven except through My forgiveness

. Bless those who curse you

. If you do not believe that I Am who I say that I Am you will die in your sins

. Give thanks to God the Father

. Devote yourselves to prayer

. Be meek and humble

. Whoever believes in Jesus will be saved but whoever rejects Jesus as Saviour will experience God's undiluted wrath

. Put God first in your life

. If you would call yourself my follower, you must deny yourself

. Make every effort to enter through the narrow gate

. You cannot love money and God

. Take the lowest position; lead by being the servant of others

. Do not lust

. Be content with what you have

. Mourn and grieve over your sinfulness

. Do not get your value and worth from money, power, looks, possessions.

. Do not have sexual intercourse outside of a monogamous, faithful male/female marriage

. Love the Lord your God with all your heart, soul, mind and strength

And finally, the greatest proof that God's commands do no cohere to our desires. We are saved by grace through our faith in what Jesus accomplished by His resurrection.

There is not a human on earth that would or even could come up with the concept of salvation by grace alone. Humans, every single one of us demand that we "earn" our way to heaven through being good people. Every religion but Christianity and even some religions that call themselves Christian (eg. Mormons) rely on good works for one's entrance into heaven.  

There is hardly a single command of our Creator regarding how we are to interact with Him and with our fellow humans that does not go directly against human nature. Our efforts to love our neighbour as our self or to act toward others as we would want them to act toward ourselves are sporadic at best and tainted with a memory bias that weeds out most if not all of our selfish actions and failures to live as we should.

I could make this list of commands four or five times as long but it is obvious that these commands of God are in direct conflict with human desires. Watson and other atheists make these claims just as though they are not as absurd, illogical and incoherent as is world-view of atheism itself.

Tomorrow I'll give you the atheist claim that “God Was Created In The Image of Man.”