Trade Your Soul for a DVD?
A group calling themselves the Rational Response Squad is conducting the Internet equivalent of an alter call -- in reverse. Walk the aisle to your nearest video camera and upload a clip of yourself saying "I deny the Holy Spirit" on YouTube, they suggest. Why? To get a free DVD called "The God Who Wasn't There" and to go public as a true believer in unbelief. It's atheist evangelism, and plenty of people are going forward to proclaim their freedom from belief in God.
More specifically, they are "denying the Holy Spirit." They're mangling the meaning of Mark 3:29 to get followers to mockingly "damn yourself to Hell." The passage says, "Whoever blasphemes against the Holy Spirit will never be forgiven; he is guilty of an eternal sin." But if you read the whole chapter, you'll see Jesus wasn't just describing a phrase that would give someone a one way ticket to hell (even as a joke). He was responding to people suggesting His obvious supernatural power was from Satan, essentially denying that He is God's Son. So, yes, to deny that Jesus' power comes from God is to deny He is the Savior. It's not about one big unforgivable sin someone might stumble into; it's about rejecting Jesus. Without Him, there is no forgiveness.
The Rational Response Squad is missing the point that Jesus was rationally responding to people who could not rationally deny His supernatural power. They witnessed the miracles for themselves, but they still could not bring themselves to acknowledge Jesus as the Son of God.
While I think they're foolish and self-deluding, you've got to admit this group has made a serious commitment. It takes a lot of faith to hold on to the idea that everything in the universe we can't currently explain and don't fully understand absolutely must have a purely natural explanation. I think my faith in salvation from the loving God who is far smarter, stronger, and wiser than myself makes a lot more sense.
More specifically, they are "denying the Holy Spirit." They're mangling the meaning of Mark 3:29 to get followers to mockingly "damn yourself to Hell." The passage says, "Whoever blasphemes against the Holy Spirit will never be forgiven; he is guilty of an eternal sin." But if you read the whole chapter, you'll see Jesus wasn't just describing a phrase that would give someone a one way ticket to hell (even as a joke). He was responding to people suggesting His obvious supernatural power was from Satan, essentially denying that He is God's Son. So, yes, to deny that Jesus' power comes from God is to deny He is the Savior. It's not about one big unforgivable sin someone might stumble into; it's about rejecting Jesus. Without Him, there is no forgiveness.
The Rational Response Squad is missing the point that Jesus was rationally responding to people who could not rationally deny His supernatural power. They witnessed the miracles for themselves, but they still could not bring themselves to acknowledge Jesus as the Son of God.
While I think they're foolish and self-deluding, you've got to admit this group has made a serious commitment. It takes a lot of faith to hold on to the idea that everything in the universe we can't currently explain and don't fully understand absolutely must have a purely natural explanation. I think my faith in salvation from the loving God who is far smarter, stronger, and wiser than myself makes a lot more sense.
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Yeah, these YouTube atheist evangelists are breeding like rats. Marshall Brain has been doing his "proof" videos, and ever since then, they're number's exploded. Too bad, eh? JP Holding is planning a spoof video, with the aid of P-Dunn. When it's done, I'll post a link in the Thought Cafe.
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