A word to the Atheists

In this country where (supposedly) majority rules, a minority group of atheists, especially one Mr. Sherman, are are taking full advantage of this country's concept of freedom of speech by being very outspoken about separation of church and state. It is fortunate for Mr. Sherman that he does not live in other countries where freedom of speech is dangerous, he might be imprisoned or killed.

Instead of being grateful for living in a country founded by people who loved freedom, one of his misplaced efforts was to make some towns remove a cross from their town emblems and from public places, ignoring the fact that these towns were founded by those who chose freely to show their heritage. Without these founders, atheists would have nowhere else to go. Nevertheless, they seem to be getting their way in some cases, even though they are a minority.

The majority is partly to blame by giving in. The majority should either not give publicity to such people, or tell them they cannot get their way until they become the majority, so until then take some history lessons or just shut up and go away.

Let us imagine some of the things that might happen if these atheists were to achieve all their goals. First of all, they would not be allowed to use any money because the money has verbiage on it stating In God We Trust. But they are already using our money, so that makes them hypocrites, have they no personal integrity by fondling this stuff?

Next, we will have to change the names of many of our sports teams, no more LA Angels of Anaheim, or San Diego Padres, or New Orleans Saints. And if there is no God, then there must also be no Satan, so no more DePaul Blue Demons, Duke Blue Devils, or New Jersey Devils. Maybe even the Cardinals, who the atheists probably think are high priests rather than red birds.T

hen we will have to get rid of the lower case "t" from our alphabet because it looks too much like a cross. Then some cities will have to change their names because San means Saint, so we will left with cities called Los Atheists, Francisco, Diego, Jose, Louis, Petersburg, etc.

Then the jolly fat guy in the red suit at Christmas will be known as Claus. Enough of this sillyness. If they want to play games, we can play games too. Tell them the symbols that look like crosses can be looked at in either of two ways. For those who prefer to view them as crosses, invoke your right to freedom of expression. For those who cannot do that, you must view them as plus signs as a symbol of the positive attitudes of the founders. Are positive attitudes OK with atheists? If not, then have a bad day.

The spirit of the concept called Separation of Church and State was to assure that no one religion could dictate laws, that is quite different than displaying symbols, which is only freedom of expression. If this is truly a country where majority rules, let us not allow minorities to take away freedom of expression from the majority or to diminish the accomplishments of our founders.

It would be interesting to see a vote on the matter. I suspect the outcome of such a vote would be overwhelmingly in favor of retaining such religious symbols in public places. If that is not good enough for the atheists, tell them they no longer can use our money because it has the word God on it, and go live in some other country.

To repeat what I stated in another post, I am only trying to do my job as the Watchman. it is up to others to take heed, or risk what is to come in the afterlife. John 3:16 says there is an afterlife. Since you are going to be dead a lot longer than you are going to be alive, where would you choose to spend it? That means atheists have no hope, what a sorry bunch of outspoken misguided lost souls.

Why are we here? What is the purpose of life? To understand that, decide what you believe in. I do not believe we will live forever on this earth. I believe there is an afterlife. I believe we get to choose where we want to spend this afterlife. We choose by our actions. If everyone else on earth will be your judge on judgment day, what would they say? For sure, some will point out your faults, and some will point out your good points. Which way will the evidence weigh more heavily?

With that in mind, I believe it makes good sense to treat all people with respect, and you will get respect in return. What makes more sense, to brighten people's day and make them smile, or darken their day by making them feel bad? Which people will be on your side at judgment day? In short, life is only a test, to prepare for the afterlife. Are other people going to be your judge? I do not know, maybe only our Creator will be our judge. If that is the case, do we behave the way our Creator wants us to behave?

We have all kinds of guidance in The Bible, but we do not follow all of it. I believe it makes sense to follow as many of these things as you can, the 10 Commandments, the 8 Beatitudes, the Corporal and Spiritual Works of Mercy, and so forth. If we must follow every single one of them, then most of us are doomed. We can only hope that our Creator finds favor with us for trying to follow some of them.

I believe the more of these you follow, the better your chances are of passing judgment day. Why take a chance? You are going to be dead a lot longer than you are going to be alive, so where would you rather spend all that time?

I believe if you really understand that, it might be a good idea to start looking into ways to please our Creator, and it starts with pleasing other people. For it is written, whatever you do for the least of my brethren, you also do to me. Also, by your works shall you be known.

Why am I saying this? Because of the parable of The Watchman. If the watchman sees the sword coming upon the land and does not blow the trumpet as a warning, the watchman is at fault, but if he does blow the trumpet and others do not take heed, they are at fault.

So this is my poor attempt at playing The Watchman, and this is my trumpet. You now have a choice whether or not to heed this trumpet. Contact me if you have any questions about this.

There is no more important topic.

A Different Idea About Reincarnation

Is It Possible That We Have Lived Before and Will Live Again? The Catholic Church teaches there is a place called Purgatory, for people who do not deserve to go to Hell, but serves as temporal punishment to be cleansed before they are allowed to go to Heaven. There is a lot of debate on what Purgatory is like, nobody really knows.

I am a Catholic and I must tell you the Church does not teach what I am about to say, this is only my idea to consider as a possibility, especially when you hear stories about people who claim they have lived in the past as a different person. Are they crazy, or are we right now living in a form of Purgatory without realizing it, and we have to keep going back until we get it right? If that were the case, this might partially explain why the universe is so vast. It might also answer those who feel there is no God because God would not allow so much human pain and suffering. It might also explain why some people die prematurely and unfairly. It could be a way to get a pass, to pay your dues. We are just being tested. Do what you can to pass the test and find out.

If there is no Purgatory, we would have to be perfect to get to Heaven, and nobody is perfect, so good luck. If you think there is no afterlife at all, then life has no meaning whatsoever, there is no point in trying to be good. Just go break all the Commandments and have a good time. But if you do that, and there really happens to be a judgment day, you will have wished you listened when you had the chance.

If you have that chance now, it is logical to take that chance and listen, because you are going to be dead a lot longer than you are going to be alive, and you get to choose where you want to spend all that time.If you want to make the right choice, just figure out and understand what it takes to get there.