Bible Insights

Good - Evil

Skia — 2008-10-24T16:31:10Z

I was in a gaming forum that was discussing the concept of alignments (good vs. evil, lawful vs. chaotic). One person in particular thought that there was no point in alignments. He saw no difference between the paladin and the blackguard. He was an admitted atheist who saw no difference between good and evil, who regarded morality as a construct that society places on its members. In many ways this atheist saw more clearly than most in two things. With his denial of God came a denial of good/evil, of right/wrong. If there is no God in heaven then there is no such thing as good/evil. The second thing that he admitted was that if there was such a thing as good/evil he was evil because he lived selfishly, putting himself and his desires first. That is clearer eyed than most who argued that putting yourself first is neutral instead of evil. It made me think of Is 5:20 and other passages in Romans 1 and in James as well, that talks about people calling evil good and people's reactions when they deny God. It also me think about the fact that more often than not our denial of God isn't usually an all or nothing thing. We tend to deny God's sovereignty in different aspects of our lives and in turn commit evil thinking that it is just a neutral action. God doesn't really care how we worship Him or as long as I do this part I don't really need to do this part of God's Word because God knows my heart. Either the God who is in heaven is sovereign in all things or there is no God and His Word is a lie. So the question to ponder is why do we keep playing the hypocrite when we know that there is a God in heaven?

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Annie — 2008-10-22T17:46:25Z

Is this for incites or insights?

Original thanksgiving proclamation

snotmare — 2008-10-23T00:51:50Z

I thought this was worth sharing with thanksgiving coming up. You often hear of thanksgiving being in honor of the pilgrims and how they made nice with the native americans while feasting on a turkey. Well, that may well be part of it, but the original intent of thanksgiving can clearly be understood by George Washington's proclamation. Note that there are no misspellings below. That's how they actually spelled the words back then.