Some missionaries came to my door a few days ago and left a packet of brochures for me to read. I told them in essence that, though I was an atheist, I would read their brochures. I shut the door and cursed my lack of a “No Soliciting” sign for my door.
Inside, I found a brochure produced for a local Baptist Church. The back had a series of “Did you know?”s, including this gem:
Did you know: You are already condemned to hell, regardless of what you have done?
And I thought, With Gods like these, who needs the Devil, to tempt them towards Hell? To me Predestination, and all derivative forms and beliefs, are an affront to the abilities of mankind. I find it hard, if not impossible, to believe that an infinitely just and loving God would condemn scores of billions of people to eternal and infinitely agonizing flames because they had never had the Blessings of the Word bestowed upon them by some White Man.
“Question,” said Thomas Jefferson, “even the very existence of a God. For if there was, he should honor more the homage of reason than blindfolded fear.” But nevermind that atheist gibberish, we were a Christian nation in the beginning and we’re a Christian nation today!
The Chinese believed in this God long before we did. They didn’t change to Buddha until the Indian missionaries brought him to them in the 14th century.
Just an FYI