Mr. Freethinker

A guy nicknamed “Freethinker” left a comment on my blog so I naturally checked out his blog. As a humanist atheist, Freethinker’s blog is a splash of color and life, yet sadness and death. This is the subtitle of his blog: Freethinker: "One who forms opinions on the basis of reason independent of authority; especially one who doubts or denies religious dogma." I left the following in the comments section on his blog. ----------------------------------------- "Freethinker": Thanks for stopping by. Of course the Folsom Street Fair (FSF) is not just for homosexuals. It is for all of those who seek to pervert that which is good. FSF is actually a radical perversion of how sex was intended. Such a perversion is the result of rebellion against God their Creator. Of course, you personify this rebellion in your blog and by your very assumption of being a "freethinker." This is what the Bible says: "For although they knew God, they neither glorified him as God nor gave thanks to him, but their thinking became futile and their foolish hearts were darkened. Although they claimed to be wise, they became fools and exchanged the glory of the immortal God for images made to look like mortal man and birds and animals and reptiles. Therefore God gave them over in the sinful desires of their hearts to sexual impurity for the degrading of their bodies with one another. They exchanged the truth of God for a lie, and worshiped and served created things rather than the Creator-- who is forever praised. Amen. Because of this, God gave them over to shameful lusts. Even their women exchanged natural relations for unnatural ones. In the same way the men also abandoned natural relations with women and were inflamed with lust for one another. Men committed indecent acts with other men, and received in themselves the due penalty for their perversion." I like your definition of a free thinker. Unfortunately it is rather naive. In your free thinking you have only traded in the true God of the Bible for a false and enslaving religion with yourself and/or reason as god. You rule your life and you have traded in one "religious dogma" for another. You are now your own authority. If you are not your own god than from your definition you seem to have placed reason as your deity. For many, reason becomes their sole authority and religion. The very sad thing is that reason is so corrupted. Interestingly, you unwittingly exalt reason as an unquestioned, infallible and sure dogma. The very thing you despise in “religious” people you end up doing yourself with reason. It seems that you have placed a lot of your faith in reason and reason alone. Do you really believe that you can reason independently of all authority and religious thought? This is only possible if you were to exist in a vacuum of nothingness. You are shaped by authority and by religion. I no doubt believe that you are a very religious person. Of course you reject Christianity, but you seem to have developed your own atheistic religion. One of the main tenets of such a man-centered religion is the rejection of Jesus Christ and the only true religion he offers. As the Bible says you have exchanged the truth of God for a lie. I would much rather be labeled as a critical thinker. One who seeks after the truth and determines its validity or invalidity through careful study and attainment of knowledge. Such free thinking to which you espouse only results in a free fall of the mind and soul. Have you ever read completely through and understood that which you so quickly denigrate – the Bible? Do you understand truly the message of Jesus Christ? Yet, by rejecting the God of the Bible and his Son Jesus Christ you have allowed your thinking to become futile and as punishment God has given you over to your sin. However, God is in the habit of saving and changing those who hate him. Paul, one of the main writers of the New Testament hated God before his life was changed after he realized who Jesus Christ was and what Christ had done. In fact, he actually killed Christians, much worse than your denigration with words. Yet, God demonstrates his love for the world in this way – while we were still in our sin, still with our corrupt God hating minds – he sent his Son to die on the cross to take away our sins. If you believe in the Lord Jesus Christ you will be saved. Your mind will be renewed. Your thinking will be aligned with the way it was created to be. You will know your God, your creator. Of course, all this only appears as foolishness to those who are perishing, to those who reject and hate God. Yet it is the greatest wisdom to believe in the one who created you. Whether you believe it or not you were created to worship, you were created religious. Yet, because of the sin of your heart you have rejected the only way to restore true worship to the one and only true God. By believing in Jesus Christ you will restore that relationship. This is not foolishness, but hope and life for now and in the next. Thank you for your time in reading this. Thank you for posting your comment on my blog. Please feel free to respond if you would like. I would very much like to hear your thoughts about what I have said. By the way I agree with you – I would rather listen to Green Day over Stryper any day! I certainly think they are right in Jesus of Suburbia. Many who claim to be Christians have so distorted Christianity that it has become unrecognizable. Too many Christians offer a watered down Jesus tailor made for what people want – what will make them feel good. This is not at all how the Bible presents the almighty Son of God. They are also right: “No one ever died for my sins in hell as far as I can tell.” Jesus did not die in hell; he died on a cross some 2,000 years ago outside of the city of Jerusalem. It was there he died for the sins of those who believe on him. And three days later by the power of God he arose from the dead and now he stands at the right hand of God the father awaiting the time of judgment and salvation. “As far as [you] can tell” Jesus may never have died for your sins, but I tell you the truth – if you confess with your mouth that Jesus is Lord and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead you will be saved. You will not stand condemned. You will have eternal life. You will not stand at the “end of another lost highway” but you will stand before the One who is the Way and the Truth and the Life. Foolishness…maybe. Words of life – definitely!