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The LORD shall rejoice in his works

Posted by Agagooga on October 27, 2005

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2 Peter 2:12

Monday, February 06, 2006 5:40:00 PM

The bounty of New Creation

It is common to praise the Christian god for blessing you and your kin, and especially for healing you when conventional medical techniques have failed. However, reading the testimonies page of the New Creation church is enlightening. Here, the Christian god is portrayed as one who will grant you various favors if you worship him, much like the pagan gods of Greece and Rome. Among other things, the Christian god is credited with: - finding a buyer for a piece of property, and offering a good price too - increasing sales - healing someone of food poisoning ("I knew that this was not really food poisoning but more of the devil’s sabotage as I was supposed to have my final-year project implementation/presentation at 2.30pm.") - getting people jobs - a fellow church member giving someone a red packet - upgrading someone from a C to B2 ward at no charge - giving someone a pay raise of 5% - taking business away from one company and giving it to another ("Talk about the supern...

Non-falsification

[Reworked version of an old post ] Something that has always intrigued me is how people are able, through post-hoc rationalisation, to attribute everything to their god and to say that his will, mercy, grace et al are being displayed. Take the case of someone getting into a serious accident. For every possible outcome, a rationalisation that involves praising and thanking his god can be found: If they are uninjured - Praise be to God! I am uninjured! It's a miracle! If they are slightly injured - Praise be to God! I am barely scratched! He's watching over me! If they are injured - Praise be to God! I am injured, yet since I have faith in him, I have come out stronger. Hallelujah! If they are badly injured - Praise be to God! This is a caution to me, to tell me not to be so careless next time. Thank you God for protecting me from death this time. I will take better care of myself next time. If they are crippled for life - Praise be to God! Though I am crippled in body, I am...

"Amazing inspiration"

Amazing inspiration "My name is Nick Vujicic and I give God the Glory for how He has used my testimony to touch thousands of hearts around the world! I was born without limbs and doctors have no medical explanation for this birth "defect". As you can imagine, I was faced with many challenges and obstacles." I find this extremely repellent. If it's inspiring in any way, it's a testimony to the strength and resilience of the human spirit, not the sadism of some cosmic madman. It's like praising Hitler for the Final Solution, because that meant the Jews came out stronger as a people. Stockholm Syndrome is such a sad thing.

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