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Saturday, October 20, 2007
Doug Giles :: Townhall.com Columnist
How to Shut Up an Atheist if You Must
by Doug Giles
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4. When they get sweaty and tell you that the Bible breeds intolerance, refresh their memory with the fact that only those societies influenced by biblical teachings (in North and South America, Europe, and Australia) today guarantee freedom of speech and religion. Period.

5. When one of them queues up and quips that the Bible opposes freedom, smack ‘em with the fact that the Bible’s insistence that no one is above the law and all must answer to divine justice led to theories of universal human rights and…uh…limited government.

6. When they tell you that Christianity and the Bible justify war and genocide, unsympathetically remind them that societies which rejected biblical morality in favor of a more “rational” and “scientific” approach to politics murdered millions upon millions more than the Crusades or the Inquisition ever did. Hello. “Atheist regimes have caused the greatest mass murders in history,” says D’Souza. Inside D’Souza’s book you’ll find little gems like, “The Crusades, the Inquisition, the Galileo affair, and witch hunts together make up less than 1% of the murders that have occurred during modern atheist regimes like Stalin, Hitler, and Mao.”

This is just a smattering of the various 411 fun the Christian is going to get as they plow through What’s So Great about Christianity and The Politically Incorrect Guide to the Bible.

Senior pastor, college pastor and youth pastor: do yourself and your congregants a favor and teach this stuff to your church. Equip Christians to stand against the BS (belief system) of the atheists. The culture war is heating up, therefore make sure your people don’t stand intellectually naked and neutered before these no-God numb nuts.

Lastly, comfortable and cocky atheists, you had better brace yourselves. Hundreds of thousands of Christians and authors are about to read these books and, as stated, systematically dismember your old and haggard arguments.

In addition, everywhere I go and speak—be it in conferences, on the radio, on television or in print—I’m going to encourage the tens of thousands of Christians I address that every time and everywhere they get crapped on by an atheist with unfounded arguments to open their mouths and slam dance them with facts found in these two new brilliant books from Regnery.

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Doug Giles’ new book “If You're Going Through Hell, Keep Going!" is now available. Ann Coulter says "Doug Giles is a substantive and funny tour de force for traditional values.” Doug’s talk show and video blog can be seen and heard at www.ClashRadio.com.
 
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How to Shut Up an Atheist?
I don't understand any of this. Some people believe in a god and some don't. So What?

Simply based on the merits of the preceeding comments it seems all the judging and name calling seems to be coming from the peace loving, understanding and forgiving christians.

Not really a good christian example is it? See you make the atheists case.

I for one don't care if you believe in the cherry tree, if it helps you get through your day so be it. Why is there a need to attack others, turn the other cheek, right?

And why would a Christian want to shut up an atheist (or anyone) anyway when a simple "God bless you" will do? At least you would sound like a christian even if you don't demonstrate it.

The way to silence an atheist?
Mr Giles:
People don't comprehend the truth of the Gospel or come to Christ through intellectual excercises and foolish debates.

CS Lewis's "Mere Christianity" and Josh McDowell's book of Christian apologetics (Evidence that demands a Verdict) have had little success in converting non believers-and we believers don't need "logical" proof.

The things of God are spiritually discerned according to Paul in First Corinthians chapter 3 verses 18 and 19:

"Let no one deceive himself. If anyone among you seems to be wise in this age, let him become a fool that he may become wise.. For the wisdom of this world is foolishness to God..."

Hence, no book of Christian apologetics will convince non believers-and we believers don't require "proof":

"Faith cometh by hearing and hearing by the Word of God-not clever books of "logic"

That's the main weakness of the Christian conservative political movement today.

We are trying to create the Kingdom of God through our own political efforts-which lead only to frustration and anger at the wicked, and consequently we simply damage our testimony in the process.


Psalm 127:1 says: Unless the Lord builds the house, they labor in vain who build it"

Remember also, most of the Roman Emperors were Godless dictators as were many of the unelected Kings of Israel, such as Ahab and Herod, yet God's purposes were accomplished.
and will be in the future-regardless of who is our next President.

That is why I dont stay awake at night worrying about President Hillary or President Guliani.

The Bible says "Be still and know I am God"

So, why waste time or emotional energy debating with atheist fools?

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