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A brief Introduction:

While studying to be a pastor in college I abandoned my faith. In fact, I abandoned everything I thought I believed and rebuilt.

To my own surprise at the time, I found that Christianity was much stronger than I had thought. As I rebuilt my belief system, I realized that there needed to be people out there responding to the questions people have. I had them myself. So, while not continuing on to be a pastor, I have focused on educating people about what Christianity is all about and responding to the various charges and accusations made against it.

There are some obvious challenges to being successful in that capacity, but a big part of it consists not in arguing with atheists and skeptics, but rather in providing Christians with accurate information in the first place to prevent them from leaving the faith in the first place.

Questioning is a very normal and natural part of growing up, and I am convinced that it is not wrong to ask questions of God at any age. God doesn't strike people down. On the other hand, if people are going to reject Christianity, it is my aim to at least make sure they reject the real Christianity and not a false view of it. Also, much heartache can be avoided by educating Christians properly to begin with. My experience has helped me... but it was unnecessary.

Paul said that some plant, some water, and others reap the increase. My job is to go out into the land and move rocks- or break them if necessary- till the land, and struggle through knee deep fertilizer... all in the effort to allow those who come later to plant, water, and reap the harvest. I look forward to the prospects of either serving you as someone who needs to haul rocks out of the field, or as someone who can look at the field, detect problems, and help farmers more effectively plant, water, and reap.

Christians Should Not Use the Government to Do THEIR Good Deeds

Posted by Anthony on July 3, 2009

About 1700 years ago, a certain Roman emperor by the name of Julian the Apostate reigned. He was called the ‘Apostate’ because of his fierce rejection of Christianity and his sometimes brutal attempt to repress it. Julian was smart. He knew that he could not just eradicate Christianity without dealing with the things that made it attractive. He complained:

Whilst the pagan priests neglect the poor, the hated Galileans devote themselves to works of charity, and by a display of false compassion have established and given effect to their pernicious errors. See their love-feasts, and their tables spread for the indigent. Such practice is common among them, and causes a contempt for our gods.

In response, Julian The Apostate launched government philanthropic programs in an attempt to render the Christian message impotent.

The astute Christian reader will already see where this is going. We must ask the question: “Do the numerous government programs aimed at ‘helping’ people actually serve to undermine the Christian faith?” Some might argue that that is too conspiratorial. Let us set aside the question of intent then and deal strictly with the question of effect. Read the rest of the entry… »

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Obama: Selected Not Elected?

Posted by Anthony on June 3, 2008

So they’re throwing the Democrat nomination to Obama tonight, saying he ‘clinched it.’

Here is a link to the delegate score card:

http://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls/2008/president/democratic_delegate_count.html

You need 2,118 delegates to ‘win’ the nomination, but that number includes super-delegates, who can vote any way they please. Obama has 1764.5 and Clinton has 1637.5 regular delegates. The only way Obama ‘clinches’ it is if you add in the super-delegates. He’s hundreds short of winning the 2,118 outright on regular delegates.

In short, this race has been decided by the super-delegates, not by the people. I really can’t believe the Democrat party is going to stand for that.

No, I take that back. I totally believe it.

Obama was selected not elected. Such irony.