How reading the Bible itself helped made me an atheist
Response to comment [from an atheist]: [How reading the Bible itself helped made me an atheist]
For
whosoever hath, to him shall be given, and
he shall have more abundance: but whosoever
hath not, from him shall be taken away even
that he hath [Matt.
13:12].
"If you know a little truth and you want to
know more, the Lord will add to it. If you
don’t want to know the truth, the Lord will
see to it that you won’t get it. You see,
the Lord will never shut the door to one who
wants to hear. He makes it very clear that
this is His reason for speaking in parables.
Those who don’t want to hear will not
understand them.
The Lord drew His parables from commonplace
things, things that were at the fingertips
of the people in that day. He gave them
great spiritual truths illustrated by things
they knew and could see. Someone has put
this concept in verse—
He talked of grass and wind and rain
And fig trees and fair weather,
And made it His delight to bring
Heaven and earth together.
He spoke of lilies, vines and corn,
The sparrow and the raven.
And words so natural, yet so wise
Were on men’s hearts engraven.
In the parable of the sower, we see what
could be called a Kingdom–of–Heaven
condition; that is, it exhibits God’s
present rulership over the entire earth as
He calls out a people to His name. And God
is carrying out His program today through
the church, the called–out body, composed of
every true believer. Therefore, we have a
Kingdom–of–Heaven condition today as God is
carrying on His program of bringing folk to
a saving knowledge of Christ." McGee, J. V.
(1991). Vol. 34: Thru the Bible commentary:
The Gospels (Matthew 1-13) (electronic ed.)
(183–184). Nashville: Thomas Nelson.
"The perfect example of fundie logic: the bible must be the word of God..."
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