> On Wed, 20 Aug 2008 16:52:21 -0700 (PDT), Mike Mordant yahoo.com>
> wrote:
>

>>On Aug 18, 4:09 am, old man joe home.com> wrote:

>>> no one can wonder why people are mislead by well meaning but
>>> unstudied commentor's of the Bible.
>>>
>>> such is the case with the word ' Atheism ' and how an Atheist got
>>> to be one.
>>>
>>> Atheism comes from the Greek word " Atheos " and it's found in just
>>> one place in all of Scripture, and that is in Eph. 2:12 and is
>>> rendered " without God. "
>>>
>>> what " without God " is like is not what the man in the street would
>>> likely answer. the answer is given in the verse the word ' atheist '
>>> is found in, as well as many other places in Scripture... Ro. 9:18 for
>>> example... where it is stated that there are but two kinds of people
>>> on earth...
>>>
>>> those upon whom God shows mercy and whom upon whom He does not.
>>>
>>> the Atheist thinks he's the smart one and rejected God by some wit
>>> and wisdom on his part, but that's not the case at all.
>>>
>>> he's rejected by God Himself, impartially, because upon him God does
>>> not desire to have mercy, but rather, God desires to harden him, just
>>> like Ro. 9:18 says...
>>>
>>> the verse reads... " He has mercy on whom He desires, and He hardens
>>> whom He desires. "
>>>
>>> so, when someone posts foul mouthed statements calling God a liar;
>>> a sky fairy; some kind of figment of man's imagination and the like,
>>> it's not because the poster is so smart to have cornered the market on
>>> truth... it's because the poster and his kind were passed by and left
>>> to themselves, being shown no mercy, resulting in a life of hating
>>> and being hated from which his dark words spring.
>>>
>>> it's God's choice he's marked for death, not his... and there's
>>> nothing he can do about it since God does not love everybody but
>>> rather... " Thou dost hate all who do iniquity. " ( Ps. 5:5 ) and
>>> God is angry with him everyday... Ps. 7:11
>>>
>>> the vast majority of people on earth today are Atheists. just as
>>> when millions of men, women, and children were swept away in the great
>>> flood in Noah's time by an angry and just Almighty God, so too are
>>> they today who are passed by and marked for death, being shown no
>>> mercy. God chooses who will be shown mercy, not man.
>>>
>>> curse God all you desire Mr. Atheist... it just confirms you've been
>>> passed by for mercy and left to yourself.

>>
>>Did your Preycher tell you that, Old Man Joke? Do you really think
>>that you will make any headway with that argument?

>
> He makes no headway with any of his arguments. They've all been beaten into
> dust over in alt.atheism and talk.origins over the years.
>
> I guess I can't blaming him for not even trying to defend them.