Lie #1: ‘If you live a moral life, deny yourself pleasure, follow the prescribed rituals and give us enough money, you’ll have a decent shot at being accepted by God.’

Yes, there are those who would claim to be ‘Christian’ who might say something like this. But the problem is, critics of Christianity nearly always go by what ‘men’ say. What is normally considered to be organised religion are denominations founded not upon a biblical foundation, but on the desires and misinterpretations of self righteous men and women.

Christianity is not a series of rituals, nor is it something that denies pleasure. Yes, there are some religious groups who give that impression, but they should not be taken as representing Christianity. Biblically based Christians would never suggest that to be accepted by God one has to give money to have a ’shot at being accepted by God.’

Acceptance by God is on the basis of faith in Him, and that is not ‘blind faith,’ but the acceptance of the truth of God and Christ through study and examination of the Bible and historical record.

It is fascinating how critics only look at what they want to see. No matter how often we stress the truth about Christianity, and the rejection of the denominations that present a false picture of our faith, they will still come out with the same clap trap arguments against Christianity.

What are they afraid off? Well, I suppose if people dent something long enough and loud enough, they will eventually manage to deafen themselves to the message. The problem is, no matter how much they disbelieve, how mush they rage against it, at the end of the day one of us will be right and one wrong. The critic hopes he is right, then he has nothing to fear. The Christian has nothing to worry about, because if we are wrong, we have nothing to fear either. But if, as we believe, we are right, we have everything to gain. The critic has everything to lose.

Maybe I will answer the other “lies” later. So folks, just for once, remove the blinkers, open your minds to the possibility you might not be as correct as you hope you are.

2) The New Testament clearly teaches that Jesus was born but not created:

1In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. 2He was with God in the beginning.
3Through him all things were made; without him nothing was made that has been made. 4In him was life, and that life was the light of men. 5The light shines in the darkness, but the darkness has not understood[a] it.
14The Word became flesh and made his dwelling among us. We have seen his glory, the glory of the One and Only,[d] who came from the Father, full of grace and truth.

Isaiah 9:6: For to us a child is born, to us a son is given, and the government will be on his shoulders. And he will be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.

I understand this is very different from the Islamic understanding of Jesus. The Koran denies that Jesus is God but the New Testament authors are emphatic that Jesus is both God and man. The Koran denies that Jesus rose from the dead but the New Testament authors are emphatic that he did.

3) If Hitler, Mau etc left this earth without asking God for forgiveness, then they have no choice but to pay the penalty for their sin. On the other hand they are just as eligible to be forgiven as anyone else.