THE MOST HATED WOMAN IN AMERICA IS SENT TO HELL !

 "DEARLY BELOVED, AVENGE NOT YOURSELVES, BUT RATHER LEAVE ROOM FOR GOD'S WRATH, FOR IT IS WRITTEN, VENGEANCE BELONGS TO ME, AND I WILL AVENGE YOU WITH PERFECT JUSTICE SAYS THE LORD". ROMANS 12:19.

DeLani R. Bartlette Jan 13, 2020

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The Mysterious Disappearance and Grisly Murder of Madalyn Murray O’Hair

The Most Hated Woman in America

She was called “the most hated woman in America” by the religious right. She became famous (or infamous, depending on your perspective) for her 1963 Supreme Court case, Murray v. Curlett, which was one of three cases that struck down mandatory prayers and Bible study in public schools. Over the next two decades, Madalyn Murray O’Hair continued filing suits challenging religious displays and rituals in public spaces.

But she is probably equally known for her public and media appearances throughout the 1970s, 80s, and into the 90s, where she criticized and ridiculed religion, religious people, and the entire concept of god. She was combative, outspoken, angry, and cursed like a sailor.

And she was just as abrasive off camera. Reporters and others who had the misfortune of interacting with her on a personal level characterized her as “insulting” and “deeply unpleasant.”

She reveled in the title of “most hated woman in America.” At one point, she and revival preacher Rev. Bob Harrington went on the speaking circuit together, engaging in theatrical “debates” that helped them both rake in the cash.

But the life of being the most hated woman in the country wasn’t all fame and fortune. She was routinely harassed, her home vandalized, her pets killed, and her sons bullied. She received daily death threats, and once, was shot at.

So in 1963, after winning her Supreme Court case, she and her two sons, William and Garth, moved to Austin, Texas. There she set up the non-profit American Atheists organization. She named herself CEO and president — offices she would serve in until the mid-1980s.

The family lived in a large house nearby: Madalyn, Garth, William, and, later, William’s daughter, Robin.

But in 1980, after struggling with alcoholism, William had a rather extreme change of heart. After receiving a vision of Jesus, William left atheism — and his family — on Mothers Day. He later published a memoir that was critical of his mother and atheism in general. Madalyn denounced him publicly and called the whole debacle a “post-natal abortion.”

He never spoke to his mother after that. He went on to found and lead the Religious Freedom Coalition, the largest and most powerful Christian-right lobbying group in the nation. When George W. Bush became governor of Texas in 1995, William became close with him, a relationship that lasted throughout W’s presidency.

His daughter, Robin, however, chose to remain with her grandmother, and Madalyn formally adopted her. The three — Madalyn, Garth, and Robin — remained close, living and working together at the organization.

But as the 1980s went on, and into the 90s, Madalyn and her little family became more and more isolated. Madalyn in particular was so hated, she couldn’t go outside without being accosted or yelled at. Tax problems and legal fights drained the American Atheists’ funds. Madalyn began considering leaving for New Zealand.

Trouble at the American Atheists

In 1993, though Garth and Robin were now the titular heads of the organization, Madalyn, now 76 and in failing health, retained control over nearly every aspect of its operations.

That year she hired an ex-con by the name of David Waters as a typesetter for their newsletter. By all accounts, he was an extremely talented typesetter, and he earned Madalyn’s trust with his work ethic. He was very quickly promoted to office manager, a position that included taking care of the organization’s financials — which Madalyn was notoriously secretive about. She had been engaging in some “creative accounting” with the organization’s money, stashing away funds in a New Zealand account, likely in preparation to relocate there.

But Madalyn didn’t realize how violent Waters’ background was. He had been sent to prison when he was 17 for beating another teen to death, and after he was released, he brutally assaulted his own mother.

Soon after Waters’ promotion, some expensive computer equipment went missing from the office, then bonds from the office safe. Then, when the family returned from settling some legal disputes in California, they discovered Waters had laid off all the staff, closed the office, and drained their bank accounts, making off with $54,000 dollars.

The Murray O’Hairs pressed charges, but Texas courts didn’t appear to be in any rush to bring the case to trial. When it finally did, Waters was only given probation and ordered to pay back the money.

Madalyn was furious. So she did what she did best: lashed out in public. She published a harsh diatribe in the organization’s July 1995 newsletter, not only blasting Waters for embezzling the money, but exposing his criminal background and implying that he was a homosexual.

Their Sudden Disappearance

The morning of Aug. 28, 1995, employees of the American Atheists organization arrived to find the gates locked and a typewritten note reading, “The Murray O’Hair family has been called out of town on an emergency basis. We do not know how long we will be gone at the time of the writing of this memo.”

Their sudden and inexplicable disappearance raised questions. Some of the board members searched the office and the Murray O’Hair home trying to find answers. But what they found only raised more questions.

In the family home, there was no evidence of violence or struggle, but it did appear that they left very suddenly. Food was half-eaten on the table, Madalyn’s diabetes medication was sitting on the counter, and their passports were found in a desk. Most troublingly, they had left behind their beloved dogs.

But no one called the police. After frantically trying to reach them for days, one board member was finally able to get in touch with Garth on his cell phone. He assured the board member they were fine, but was vague about their whereabouts or what was going on.

Garth and Robin would answer his phone occasionally for the next few weeks, still giving strange, vague answers. The last time anyone talked to them, in late September, Robin was described as being “distraught.” But no one could get any answers, and after that troubling call, no one heard from them again.

Members of the organization continued to assert that the Murray O’Hairs were still alive and all was well. It wasn’t until a year later that her estranged son, William, finally reported her missing to the Austin police.

But since there was “no evidence” of foul play, according to the Austin police, they didn’t follow up on the report.

Secrets Begin to Surface

Around the same time that the American Atheists lost contact with the Murray O’Hairs, Dallas police made a grisly discovery: a naked, headless, handless body on the banks of the Trinity River. The remains were those of a white male, but without a head or hands, he was impossible to identify. The body was given a pauper’s burial.

A year after the Murray O’Hair disappearance, reporter John MacCormack of the San Antonio Express News was given the assignment of writing an “anniversary” story about it. MacCormack, like many, assumed the family had simply fled the country and didn’t want to be found.

In fact, one of the loudest voices for that theory was none other than Waters. He appeared on several news shows, America’s Most Wanted, and was interviewed by Texas newspapers and even Vanity Fair.

But William didn’t believe that. He said he couldn’t imagine his mother laying low for any length of time — “The most dangerous place in the world is between my mother and a camera,” he is reported to have said. Plus the three would never escape notice — they were all quite obese and Madalyn “used the F-word in every sentence she uttered,” William said. And there was the matter of their passports, medicine, and beloved dogs they hadn’t taken with them.

The spokespeople for the American Atheists weren’t talking. But MacCormack got an anonymous tip to look into the organization’s taxes, and sure enough, in their 1995 returns, it showed there had been a $600,000 withdrawal in September of that year.

Further digging showed the money had been taken out by Garth; that same month, he had sold his Mercedes-Benz through a classified ad.

MacCormack, aided by private investigator Tim Young, continued investigating. They were able to get Garth’s cell-phone records, which placed him in the San Antonio area during the month of September. There, he, Madalyn, and Robin had maxed out their credit cards with cash advances. Garth had also made several calls to financial institutions, travel agencies, and airlines, further bolstering suspicions that the family was going to flee the country. After Sept. 28, there was no more activity on his cell phone or any of their credit cards or accounts.

Their investigation also turned up another clue: right after Garth withdrew the $600,000 from the American Atheists, he called a jewelry store and arranged to purchase that same amount in gold coins. The jeweler, however, could only get $500,000 worth of coins; the other $100,000 would take longer. It had taken a month for the wire transfer, and then the order for the coins, to go through. On Sept. 29, Garth met the jeweler and exchanged the money for coins. The jeweler said he seemed disheveled and like he needed a bath. That was the last time anyone saw Garth alive.

The investigation also uncovered the man who purchased Garth’s Mercedes-Benz. When shown a picture of Garth, the man didn’t recognize him, but described buying the car from someone else entirely.

The Corpse That Broke the Case

After two years of digging, things seemed to have hit a wall. Then someone called MacCormack and told him that his brother, Danny Fry, had gone missing around the same time that the Murray O’Hairs had. Fry was last known to be in San Antonio in September doing some kind of job with David Waters, whom he had served prison time with, and an associate of Waters, Gary Karr.

Fry’s family hadn’t gone to the police out of fear of Waters.

Indeed Fry’s phone records confirmed it: there were dozens of calls between him and Waters in the months leading up to the disappearance. Fry (along with Karr) had stayed in Waters’ Austin apartment just before the disappearance, and during September, he had been in San Antonio. And Fry matched the description of the man who had sold Garth’s Mercedes that month.

One of Fry’s last calls home to his family was made from a payphone at the Warren Inn, a cheap motel in San Antonio. After that, he was never heard from again.

It was also confirmed that Waters was in San Antonio at the same time; he had purchased a white Cadillac in September from a San Antonio dealer, paying $13,000 in cash.

Then, MacCormack saw a story in a Dallas newspaper on the mysterious headless, handless corpse found in 1995. He contacted the Dallas police with his information. Through DNA testing, it was confirmed that the corpse in the Trinity River was Danny Fry.

As the investigation dragged on, Austin police still refused to open a case on “the most hated woman in America.” Without a body or a crime scene, they didn’t believe there had been a crime.

So MacCormack went over their heads — to the FBI and the IRS. Soon the BATF became involved too.

An IRS search of Waters’ run-down apartment turned up some stolen documents from the American Atheists. It also turned up 119 rounds of ammunition, which was a parole violation. Soon Karr was arrested in Michigan for similar parole violations. Waters was sentenced to eight years on the weapons charge and up to 60 years for violating the terms of his parole.

Then Waters’ ex-girlfriend, Patty Jo Steffans, a waitress at a dive bar named the Poodle Dog, told the FBI about some very interesting happenings involving Waters.

Steffans said Waters hated Madalyn deeply, and was determined to take revenge on her.

She said that in September 1995, Waters, Karr, and Fry suddenly had lots of money to throw around, thanks to some expensive gold coins they had come into possession of. The coins, she knew, were being stored in a unit at the storage facility across the street from the Poodle Dog — in fact, she had rented the unit herself.

She also said that on the night of Sept. 29, Waters had come home smelling strongly of bleach.

Waters Confesses

In a confession that was only made public after his death, Waters described the last days of the Murray O’Hairs.

The plan was put into effect Aug. 27, 1995. Waters, Karr, and Fry, all armed with handguns, used a delivery-man ruse to surprise Madalyn and Garth at the atheist headquarters. Knowing how close the family was, the kidnappers waited for Robin to appear, then they took all three to the family home.

There, they made their demands for money — first, they demanded $3 million, which Madalyn, laughing, denied they had. Finally, they settled on the contents of the secret New Zealand account — $600,000 — which would be exchanged for gold coins.

But they would have to wait 30 days for the finances to be wired from New Zealand and then the coins to arrive at the jewelers.

So the three abductors, driving Garth’s Mercedes and a rented van, drove the Murray O’Hairs to the Warren Inn in San Antonio, where they waited for the wire transfer to go through. While there, the hostages and their captors enjoyed an almost friendly relationship, playing games, watching movies, and eating Mexican take-out together — though Waters said Madalyn frequently goaded Karr into philosophical discussions.

The captors made the Murray O’Hairs max out their credit cards with cash advances, and Fry posed as Garth to sell his Mercedes.

Once Garth handed over the coins, the captors told them they needed to move to a more private hotel to finish waiting for the final shipment of coins. They all got in the van and checked into a La Quinta with private, off-street parking and entrance.

There, Waters said, they strangled Garth to death with a plastic bag. Then they strangled Robin and Madalyn in turn. They wrapped the bodies in blankets, loaded them into the back of the van, and drove back to Austin.

There, they rented another storage unit where Karr dismembered the bodies with a bow saw and stuffed the parts into 55-gallon barrels. Waters then hosed the unit down with bleach.

Then they drove to a remote area some 150 miles away to bury them.

At some point, perhaps as they were burying the remains of the Murray O’Hairs, Waters shot Fry in the head, killing him. Karr sawed off his hands and head and threw them in with the other remains. Later, they would dump Fry’s body in the Trinity River.

Afterwards went on a spending spree on drugs, expensive suits and watches, champagne, and fancy dinners. They went through nearly $80,000. They stored the rest of the coins in the storage unit across from the Poodle Dog.

Karr stood trial in May 2000, before Waters’ confession. Without any bodies, the prosecutor couldn’t charge him with murder or even conspiracy to commit kidnapping. He was, however, convicted of conspiracy to commit extortion, traveling interstate to commit violent acts, money laundering, and interstate transportation of stolen property. He was given two life sentences without possibility of parole.

Waters never actually stood trial for the kidnapping and murder of the Murray O’Hairs. In 2001, he was serving his time in a Texas prison for his parole violations. And he wanted out. In exchange for a transfer to a federal prison, Waters agreed to plead guilty to federal conspiracy charges, confess to the crimes, and lead police to the bodies.

So Waters led police to a ranch in Camp Wood, Texas. There, in a shallow grave, were three complete skeletons, along with a pair of hands and a skull with a bullet hole in it. The skeletons had clearly been dismembered. Madalyn was identified by the serial number on her artificial hip, and later, they were all identified through DNA.

But the question remained: if Waters had killed the Murray O’Hairs for their money, why did he live like he was so poor?

It seems that the criminal masterminds had stored a half a million dollars in gold coins in a storage room protected only by a $5 lock. Before they could come back and collect the rest of the coins, thieves targeting that storage facility picked the lock. When they saw their good fortune, they wasted no time in spending it. By the time police caught up with them, there was only one coin left.

As for Waters, he died of lung cancer two years after his confession. Karr continues to say that Waters unfairly placed the blame on him.

The Murray O’Hairs were buried in an unmarked grave, to protect it from vandals. William respected his mother’s wishes and allowed no prayers or religious services at their funeral.

 

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DID CHRISTOPHER HITCHENS END UP IN HELL?

This question will be answered according to the words spoken by Jesus Christ himself at the end of this article.

(REPOST) Richard Handler · CBC News · Posted: Aug 24, 2010 1:09 PM ET | Last Updated: August 25, 2010

There's an old saying, "There are no atheists in a foxhole."

It presumes that, in the shock and noise of combat, when faced with the terror of one's extinction, a soldier reaches into his psychic mess kit and utters a prayer to the deity he has previously neglected.

Reaching for God in a tough spot is not just reserved for soldiers, of course. It can be the respite of anyone faced with the recognition that life itself is an existential endnote.

I raise this because of the clamour surrounding the announcement by the well-known writer Christopher Hitchens that he has cancer of the esophagus and that it has spread to his lymph nodes.

In case you need reminding, "Hitch," as he is called — including by himself in a recent memoir, Hitch-22 — is a celebrity atheist as well as a pugnacious critic, journalist and left-wing turncoat who supported the American-led invasion of Iraq in 2003 and has employed his most sinewy and clever rhetoric in its defence ever since.

He may be best known for his polemic God Is Not Great: How Religion Poisons Everything.

And, of course, now that cancer is poisoning his body, all those people who read, love or hate him can attend to the ironies of his existential situation on the blogosphere.

A model patient

Love Hitch or hate him, you must admit he is a stalwart.

Christopher Hitchens, journalist and author of his new memoir Hitch 22, poses for a portrait outside his hotel in New York June 7, 2010, three weeks before he quit his book tour and announced he had cancer of the esophagus. (Shannon Stapleton/Reuters)

With his hair falling out from the chemo treatments, he is still writing and pontificating.

Indeed, it is a marvel to see him speak, as he does with Jeffrey Goldberg of The Atlantic magazine, in such a savvy and wry manner about his own illness, as if he were a well-tempered character in a novel.

If it can be said that, in the right circumstances, our vices are our virtues, Hitch's immense pride is serving him well, at least for now.

These are early days, but he comes across as a model, brave patient.

Then, of course, there are the responses to Hitch's cancer.

In his Atlantic interview, Hitchens tells us he has received many missives from religiously minded readers and that they can be divided broadly into three categories.

First, there are good Christians who are praying for him and for his recovery. These are Christians who want God to heal the atheist, no strings attached.

Another group is praying that Hitchens, in his suffering and pain, will see the light and finally find God, like the proverbial soldier in the foxhole. This group comprises Christians who want him to become a soldier in the army of Christ.

The third group of religionists are praying for his demise, for his punishment

This attention is not just confined to Christians. Included in this intemperate lot, apparently, as reported in the National Post, are contributors to a Canadian Muslim website, Hitchens having been a ferocious critic of radical Islam.

Straight to hell

This third group of Hitchenites apparently sees his cancer as retribution for his religious and political sins. They welcome the demise of his body and the dispatch of his soul to hell.

Hitchens tells us that he appreciates and is touched by the first group, those believers who pray for him, no strings attached. He is, of course, disdainful of those who wish him ill.

For those who want him to convert, he has a more sophisticated argument.

He admits that when the cancer advances and he enters a land of pain and dreamy narcotic, he just might find himself babbling that he has finally discovered the God he has renounced for so long.

But if he succumbs in this way, Hitchens says that won't be the real Christopher Hitchens speaking. Perhaps, we can call this creature the un-Hitchens?

No cringing worm

It might be said that, in his brave, funny and British public-school way, Hitchens' stoicism touches on the hallmarks of the religious character, as outlined in a thoughtful column by Damon Linker in The New Republic.

Linker tells us that not everyone facing earthly demise discovers God. Some remain just as agnostic as before, including the Italian writer Primo Levi, who survived Auschwitz.

Then there are all those soldiers or accident victims who, rather than finding God, lose their faith instead.

Most of us have probably known or read about those who have come back from the killing fields of war with no possible theological justification for the carnage they've beheld except the unsatisfactory cliché that God works in strange ways.

The Nobel Prize-winning writer Elie Wiesel emerged from the death camps of the Second World War a religious man of a sort, but also a morally wounded and uncertain one.

Linker, who used to be an editor at the religious journal First Things, tells us that Hitchens' stance is that of the proud, thoroughly complete person, the cool, rational being in full command of his faculties.

This is a person filled with sober confidence and endowed, for the moment, with excellent health.

But Linker goes on to say that the man or woman trembling before God, a person undone by suffering, is not simply a befuddled, cringing worm. For a believing Christian — and this works for other faiths, too — the experience of suffering discloses an essential truth.

Our own foxholes

This truth is that we are fundamentally weak, needy and anxious creatures who desperately need a god to soothe us.

This may sound like weakness to the atheist or even to an agnostic. Certainly many agnostics, such as Sigmund Freud, can die bravely and in pain without succumbing to religious inclinations, which to a Freudian would be characterized as projection or hallucination.

But a genuinely religious person understands that human weakness is not a form of moral depravity. It is, rather, an insight into his or her moral condition.

Human beings are not at their best when they deny their own fragility. The human condition alone is not a self-sufficient one, according to the religious.

What's more, religious souls can open up to the world rather than simply becoming the fanatics portrayed in Hitchens' polemic, God Is Not Great.

At the outset of the interview with The Atlantic, Goldberg asks Hitchens how he is doing.

Hitchens responds, bemusedly, that he is dying. We're all dying, he says, it is just that he might die sooner than expected.

Which is too bad, he suggested. He has so much more work to do, so many plans and books to write.

You don't have to be a famous author to be there, with Hitch. At some point we are all soldiers in our own foxholes.

But we can watch this unfolding drama without necessarily taking sides, but for a glimpse into how one plucky, though at times intemperate, soldier chooses to die.

 So what were Christopher Hitchins final words before dying?

 Christopher Hitchens remained a committed atheist right down to his last breath. A witness who was by his bedside Steve Wasserman and others stated that as Hitchens laid dying he asked for a pen and paper and tried to write on it. After a while he finished, held it up, looked at it, and saw that it was illegible. What's the use Hitchens said to S. Wasserman. Then he dosed a little and then roused himself and spoke a couple of words that were close to inaudible. Mr. Wasserman asked him to repeat them. There were only 2 words:" CAPITALISM AND DOWNFALL". 

(see link below )

The Hitch Has Landed - The Dish

http://dish.andrewsullivan.com › hitchs-service

 

The following is an excerpt from the book, Inside the Atheist Mind, by author Anthony DeStefano:

 

"Ultimately the tragedy of Christopher Hitchen's life is not that he died too soon, but that he failed in his search to find the truth.  He failed to find it even when it was staring him right in the face.  As he lay on his hospital bed, weak and suffering I am sure he looked up at least occasionally and saw that big cross over the doorway.  That great, central symbol of Christianity contained all the truth he could ever hope for.  It contained the truth that there is a God and that he is not merely some abstraction but a personal, caring Creator and Father.  It contained the truth that he is a Father who loves us so much that he became one of us and even suffered death for us in order to make up for the sin of our first parents in the Garden of Eden.  It contained the truth that the key to life is love: the key to love is self-sacrifice: and the key to self-sacrifice is the surrender of our own will in order to do the will of the Father.  It contained the truth about the mystery of evil in the world.  Hitchens spent his whole life battling what he considered to be evils; political evils, economic evils, and social evils.  But the greatest evil ever committed was right there over his hospital door-the evil of the crucifixion of Christ."

So according to God's word what was Mr. Hitchin's final judgement? 

John 3:16-18:
¹⁶ For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life. ¹⁷ For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through him. ¹⁸ Whoever believes in him is not condemned, but whoever does not believe stands condemned already because they have not believed in the name of God’s one and only Son.

"He who believes in the Son has eternal life; and he who does not obey the Son shall not see life; but the wrath of God shall remain on him". Jesus Christ  John 3:36.

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I am an atheist. Why should I consider becoming a Christian?

Answer

If you consider yourself an atheist with a sincere interest in truth, there are several things about Christianity we feel are critical to understand. Also, please note that, as a Christian ministry, we have no reason to defend other religious beliefs; so this article deals solely with the biblical Christian faith.

Truth matters, regardless of beliefs.

Integrity is a most important point. You as an individual should be able to explain why you accept or reject some particular view of the world. And your explanation should reflect the actual beliefs in question. This requirement applies universally, even if you prefer to define your atheism as merely “a lack of belief.” We mention this because distortions of religious belief tend to drown out the real thing. It’s common to hear descriptions of Christianity that are profoundly divergent from what Christians actually believe.

In other words, you can’t honestly say you’ve considered the message of Christianity unless you actually know what that message is. Dismissing the existence of George Washington on the basis that stories about him throwing a silver dollar across the Potomac are myths isn’t good reasoning. We cannot allow a caricature to crowd out actual facts and then make a judgment based on the caricature.

We are not suggesting that all atheists are uninformed. On the contrary, we acknowledge that many atheists can articulate the Christian position accurately. However, in our experience, many more self-professed atheists, when asked to give an explanation of Christianity, present a cartoonish view. If we are belaboring this point, it’s only because misrepresentations of Christianity are so often a key component of atheists’ arguments.

Christianity rejects “blind faith.”

Many atheists struggle with the idea of “blind faith,” but the claim that Christians are called to “blind faith” is simply untrue. There is no place in the Bible where human beings are told, “Believe this, just because.” This misunderstanding is due to a mistaken definition of faith. The Bible’s view of faith is best described as “trust.” This is certainly different from “proof,” but faith is never presented as belief without evidence or against all evidence. In fact, the Bible consistently points to historical events as the basis for our faith (Numbers 14:11; John 14:11).

Consider that “absolute proof” is actually rare in human experience. There are virtually no circumstances where anyone has the ability to prove—mathematically, logically, infallibly—anything before he acts. Does this mean we cannot act? No, but it does mean we are constantly acting when we have good reasons but not absolute proof. That, in a nutshell, is the “faith” that the Bible calls for. Rather than calling us to place faith—trust—in the world or other people, Christianity calls on us to place faith—reasonable trust—in God and His message to us.

As an atheist, you exhibit “faith” of this kind every day. The difference is in the object of that faith, not in the substance. You exhibit faith—reasoned trust—every time you sit on a chair without first checking it for stability. You exhibit faith every time you ride in a car without performing an exhaustive inspection. You act on faith whenever you eat food cooked by other people or take medicines provided by a doctor. You cannot have absolute proof that any of these things are reliable, each and every time. But you can have good reasons to trust in them.

Ultimately, you place the same “faith” in your view of the world, atheism. We ask you to consider the fact that, no matter what you believe—or do not believe—you cannot claim to have “proof.” Not in an absolute sense. The reality of human experience is that we cannot know everything. We have no choice but to act in trust—faith—based on what we have good reason to believe, even if we can’t prove it. Christianity is not an escape from reason or a freefall into blind faith. In fact, it’s exactly the opposite: a truth that draws even unwilling converts on the strength of evidence.

Christianity is uniquely tied to reason and evidence.

The Bible is unique in its approach to reason and evidence. Even Jesus Christ appealed to evidence when He was challenged. In John 5, Jesus acknowledges that others won’t—or can’t—believe what He says on blind faith. So He offers three lines of evidence as reasons to trust Him: human testimony, observations, and written records (John 5:30–47). The earliest believers constantly referred to facts and evidence as support for their message (1 Corinthians 15:13–14; 2 Peter 1:16; Luke 1:1–4).

God doesn’t ask us to follow Him blindly (1 Thessalonians 5:21) or ignorantly (Acts 17:11) or without doubts (Jude 1:22). Rather, Christianity offers reasons to believe: evidence in nature (Psalm 19:1), in science (Genesis 1:1), in logic (Isaiah 1:18), in history (Luke 1:1–4), and in human experience (Romans 1:20–21; 1 Peter 5:1). Our website has a large amount of material on each of these areas of evidence.

Modern atheists frequently point to “science” as a catch-all counter to religion. It should be noted that, without a Christian worldview, what we call “modern science” would be impossible. It wasn’t until a culture approached the universe from a Christian perspective that the modern scientific method was born. Science as we know it assumes that the universe is rule-bound, repeatable, knowable, and subject to human manipulation—all of which are uniquely theistic (particularly Judeo-Christian) concepts. Atheism, like modern science, can co-opt those tenets, but they all flow from a theistic worldview.

Also, it bears mentioning that interpretation is not always the same as fact. This is as true in religion as in science. Rejecting or disproving one particular facet of a belief system doesn’t necessarily mean the entire idea is wrong. It might only be that particular idea that is in error. Non-fundamental doctrines, such as the age of the earth, are ultimately secondary to the core message of Christianity. The so-called war between science and religion is truly a myth.

Christianity has the support of experience.

It’s important, at least for the sake of argument, to consider what happens when people actually apply a particular philosophy in the real world. Naturally, no two people have exactly the same understanding of how to live out a specific idea. And people often do things completely contradictory to their stated beliefs. Yet it’s possible to look at world history and see which ideas seem to work and which do not.

Beliefs have consequences. Atheism, like most worldviews, has no particular reason to consider human beings valuable, equal, or meaningful. Just as modern science owes its existence to theism, so too do the concepts of morality, democracy, and human rights. The positive impact of Christianity is clearly seen in history and in current events. The ideas of equality, self-governance, social welfare, and so forth are all rooted in Christian heritage. Even today, cultures with a Christian background are overwhelmingly ahead of non-Christian cultures in the various moral issues most atheists find meaningful.

Popular culture frequently takes the position that Christianity is a philosophy of abuse. Consider the claim that “religion causes war.” According to secular scholars such as Charles Phillips, Gordon Martel, and Alan Axelrod, religious motivations only factor into about 6 or 7 percent of all the wars in human history. Remove Islam from consideration, and that number drops by more than half. In truth, Christianity’s emphasis on compassion and peace has done far more to prevent and soften violence than it has to inspire it.

If you’re an atheist who rejects Christianity on the grounds that it’s anti-science, blind faith, or abusive, please reconsider the evidence. Those accusations are based on false narratives and caricatures. Comedians and celebrities can repeat them ad nauseam, but that doesn’t make them true.

Atheism means Christianity is worth consideration.

If the practical effects of a belief system matter in a culture, then they also matter in one’s personal life. Atheists of all stripes throughout history have pointed out a major problem with atheistic thinking: nihilism. Belief in pure naturalism or the complete lack of any deity has logical implications.

Force of logic leads atheists to reject objective morality, meaning, purpose, and so forth. This is a dominant struggle in atheistic philosophy: how to stave off nihilism or cope with its implications. This is the reason atheism, more than any other worldview, has lent itself as justification of the atrocities of dictators.

Ironically, this means that atheism itself presents good reasons to at least consider the Christian worldview. Why? If there is no meaning, purpose, or ultimate plan, then we might as well choose the worldview that leads to the best results: one that provides intellectual satisfaction, personal fulfillment, meaning, order, and morality.

The best possible option—the one that leads to the best results—is Christianity. Not that this makes Christianity true by default or that anyone can convince himself against his own will. But it’s at least a reason to take the claims of the Bible seriously. And, of course, Christianity deserves better than a shallow, meme-driven, or cartoonish approach. Atheist pundits have sometimes spoken of acting “as if” there is meaning when they “know” there is none. In that context, it’s hardly unreasonable to nominate the Bible as a reasonable option for voluntary belief.

Christianity offers hope and meaning.

As you’ve seen, our view of Christianity is in no sense driven by “wishful thinking.” We firmly believe that reason, logic, and evidence are important aspects of a vibrant faith. At the same time, we acknowledge that intellect and reason are not the complete picture of human experience.

Every person has his own reasons for his beliefs or lack thereof. Often, these reasons are more emotionally driven than we’d like to admit. The message of the gospel is not one human beings instinctively prefer. But, once a person truly understands the biblical Christian worldview, the caricatures and myths fall away, and what’s left is compelling and powerful.

To you, the atheist, we’d respectfully like to summarize that biblical message as follows:

God loves you so much that He made a way to be forgiven for every sin, so you can spend eternity with Him. The Bible says that each person needs to be saved (Romans 3:23), each person can be saved (Romans 1:16), and God wants each person to be saved (2 Peter 3:9).

What separates us from God is sin. No matter how good we think we are, we are all guilty of sin (1 John 1:10). Since God is absolutely perfect, everyone deserves to be separated from Him forever (Romans 5:16). No amount of effort, good deeds, money, talent, or achievement is enough to take away this guilt (Isaiah 64:6). Fortunately, God doesn’t want us to be separated from Him, so He made a way to fix what’s broken (John 3:16–17).

That one and only way is through faith in Jesus Christ (John 14:6). God Himself came to earth as a human, living a perfect and sinless life (Hebrews 4:15). He willingly died as a sacrifice to pay the debt for our sins (2 Corinthians 5:21). According to the Scriptures, anyone can be “saved”—forgiven by God and guaranteed heaven—through faith in Jesus Christ (Romans 10:13). This isn’t a call for blind, ignorant belief (Acts 17:11; 1 John 4:1). It’s an invitation from God to submission and trust (James 4:7). It’s a choice to let go of everything else in order to rely entirely on God.

Christianity still has more to offer.

We fully understand that no single article, answer, or conversation can completely cover every possible detail. There are thousands of legitimate questions and concerns related to the Christian faith. We respect all people, including atheists, who are willing to seek truth in depth.

Even if you don’t think that Christianity is true, we sincerely hope you’ll continue to learn more about it. You have nothing to lose. At the worst, you’ll have a more accurate understanding. At best, you’ll come to realize what so many other skeptics have: that Jesus is, in fact, the truth.

Have you made a decision for Christ because of what you have read here? If so, please click on the “I have accepted Christ today” button below.

For Further Study

Inside the Atheist Mind by Anthony DeStefano 

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DEMONOLOGY

 

OPEN DOORS TO CURSES AND DEMONIC INTRUSION

EPHESIANS 4:27 NLV “Do not let the devil start working in your life.”

NASB And do not give the devil an opportunity.
NIV And do not give the devil a foothold.
WEYMOUTH And do not leave room for the Devil.
AMP And do not give the devil an opportunity to lead you into sin by holding a grudge or nurturing anger or harbouring resentment or cultivating bitterness.

Opportunity Greek topos marked off space – a place you have allowed.

The Kingdom of darkness looks for what we call OPEN DOORS to gain entrance into a life. Satan has no authority to demonise a Christian unless he is given legal right to do so.

To believe and agree with the devil’s lies is effectively making an agreement with him to enter. Sometimes the OPEN DOOR is not of your choosing as you may have been subjected to it involuntarily such as when a child is exposed to demonic activity by their parents.

Demons are legalists they can only operate within the confounds of their authority which is minimal because it has been stripped by the Cross of Jesus Christ. Once you remove the legal right you can force demons to vacate the ‘topos’ or marked off space you have allowed.

But the truth is many, many people throughout the earth have OPEN DOORS to demonisation and in many cases were ignorant to these OPEN DOORS. In a sense, the Bible is the safety instruction book to life.

The Holy Bible is our guide book in this area of OPEN DOORS and what we must do to close them, keep them shut and drive out whatever is occupying an area within your life.
By knowing these OPEN DOORS we can accurately identify how demons or curses got in, what we must do to remove them and keep them out.

What we know from the Gospels is that Jesus dealt with CURSES and DEMONIC SPIRITS on a daily basis within His ministry. He was fulfilling prophecy about His Kingdom take over on the earth ever increasing.

ISAIAH 9:7 NKJ Of the increase of His government and peace there will be no end,

ISAIAH 9:7 LIVING BIBLE “His ever-expanding, peaceful government will never end.”

And how is it increasing and expanding? Through the preaching of the Gospel but most importantly through occupying territory once held by the devil.

LUKE 11:20 NKJ “But if I cast out demons with the finger of God, surely the kingdom of God has come upon you.”

CURSES must be broken and DEMONS must be driven out there is no other way.

MARK 1:27 NKJ “And He was preaching in their synagogues throughout all Galilee and casting out demons.”

Demonic territory is not so much geographic locations but places within human beings. Notice that much of the deliverance ministry of Jesus was conducted in the Synagogues where Godly people were congregated. This is why Jesus said in LUKE 17:21 LIVING BIBLE You won’t be able to say, ‘It has begun here in this place or there in that part of the country.’ For the Kingdom of God is within you.

The freedom that Christ wants to bring into your life is not by sending you to someplace but by delivering you from whatever is binding your life from within.
Here are 7 areas in our lives that will show signs we need deliverance.

Emotional problems
A constant feeling of confusion, Loneliness, Feeling unloved, Ongoing sadness, Feeling’s of sorrow and grief, Insomnia and restlessness.

Mental problems
Fear and anxiety, Confusing thoughts, Heaviness of mind, Feelings of paranoia, Hearing voices, Making no sense in thinking and actions.

Speech problems
Constant negative talk, Uncontrollable swearing, Using the Lord’s name in vain, Cursing people and things, Filthy talk and rude joking, Argumentative

Sexual problems
Fornication (Sex outside of marriage), Lust for constant sex, Adultery, Homosexual tendencies, Pornography addiction, Perverted desires (Pedophilia, Bestiality), Gender confusion.

Addictions
Alcoholism, Smoking, Illegal drugs, Sex, Gluttony (Over eating), Gambling Gaming (Electronic devices)

Physical infinities
Weakness, Some diseases, Reoccurring illnesses, Undiagnosed sicknesses, Symptoms with no apparent cause, Rashes that comes and go for no reason.

Religious error
Unable to believe God, Hatred towards Jesus, Unbelief towards the Holy Bible, Desires for the Occult and witchcraft, Paranormal experiences or abilities. Seeing spirits or hearing voices.

Now there could be other things not mentioned in this list that you just know are oppressing or controlling your behaviour.

I have observed in ministering to hundreds of people over the years and through experienced that OPEN DOORS to demonisation usually occur when a person is at the most weakest point.

In other words, when the defences are down they become vulnerable to attack and demons are master’s of intrusion and lurk waiting for an opportunity…remember 1 PETER 5:8 NKJ “Be sober, be vigilant because your adversary the devil walks about like a roaring lion seeking whom he may devour.”

The LIVING BIBLE TRANSLATION uses more graphic words: Be careful watch out for attacks from Satan, your great enemy. He prowls around like a hungry, roaring lion, looking for some victim to tear apart.

What the Bible is telling us is that if we are not careful demonic intrusion can occur quickly and unwittingly if we are not vigilant or on-guard.

I never knew about these open doors before I became a Christian and to be honest it wasn’t until I heard teaching on spiritual warfare that I became equipped to know how to better protect myself from demons and curses.

I want to make it clear that every Born Again Christian that is Baptised in water and Baptised in the Holy Spirit that is living a consecrated life for Jesus does not need to fear demons or curses.

When your walking in the fear of the Lord no demon or curses has any legal right or authority to afflict your life. They can attack as they did to Jesus and other Apostles and when they do we resist in Jesus’ name but they will be unable to cause any harm in your life because the doors are shut.

Consecration is the key. Consecration means to be set-apart and to walk a holy life. That will mean different things for different people because not everyone struggles with worldliness in the same ways.

Living a life of prayer and the Word will keep you being led by God.
Now we come to the OPEN DOORS and once again there are many but here are some of the most common ways OPEN DOORS to CURSES and DEMONS can enter through.

Here are some ways in which demons can have access into a person’s life.

1. A family background in the occult or false religions. (A false religion is a religion that denies that Jesus Christ is God)

2. Negative prenatal influences. (Parents who were engaged in sinful acts during conception and after)

3. Abuses from early childhood. (Either emotional, physical or sexual)

4. Traumatic experience. (An accident, sickness, criminal activity, divorce, perverted observations)

5. Sinful acts or habits particularly fornication. (By far the number one way evil spirits are transferred is through sex)

6. Laying on of hands. (Through false religious ceremonies and dedications as children)

7. Idle words. (Speaking direct curses over your life or others through undisciplined speaking)

But there is one area that by far would have to be the biggest reason why so many Christians today are afflicted, harassed and tormented by evil spirits and that is because of a LACK OF SANCTIFICATION.

1 THESSALONIANS 4:3-8 NKJ
3 For this is the will of God your sanctification: that you should abstain from sexual immorality;
4 that each of you should know how to possess his own vessel in sanctification and honour,
5 not in passion of lust, like the Gentiles who do not know God.

You can be SAVE, HEALED, and DELIVERED today here at the altar but the question is: Will you continue to follow Jesus and consecrate your life?

You see becoming a Christian means we come out of the world not the earth but the world’s ways of ungodliness. By choosing to follow Jesus Christ there is an immediate calling out of the world so to speak.

When we say of the ‘world’ in the New Testament we are reading the Greek word cosmos. Cosmos most often refers to the inhabited earth and the people who live on the earth, which functions apart from God.

Satan is the ruler of this ‘cosmos’ 1 JOHN 5:19 NLT We know that we are children of God and that the world around us is under the control of the evil one.

The simple definition of the word ‘world’ refers to a ‘world system ruled by Satan’. When Jesus said that believers are no longer of the ‘world’ we are no longer ‘ruled by sin, nor are we bound by the principles of the world’.

In addition, we are being changed into the image of Christ, causing our interest in the things of the world to become less and less as we mature in Christ.

Believers in Jesus Christ are simply in the world physically but not of it. Not part of its values. As believers, we should be set apart from the world. This is the meaning of being holy and living a holy, righteous life, to be set apart.

We are not to engage in the sinful activities the world promotes, nor are we to retain the insipid, corrupt mind that the world creates. Rather we are to conform ourselves, and our minds, to that of Jesus Christ. This is a daily activity and commitment.

We must also understand that being in the world but not of it, is necessary if we are to be a light to those who are in spiritual darkness. Ask yourself ‘are you a light to those around you?’
We are to live in such a way that those outside the faith will see our Godly lifestyle and know that there is something ‘different’ about us.

Being ‘in’ the world also means we can enjoy the things of the world such as the beautiful creation God has given us but we are not to immerse ourselves in what the world values, nor are we to chase after worldly sinful pleasures. Sinful pleasure is no longer our calling in life as it once was but rather the worship of God.

A great example of this is last night’s Mardi-Gras. That is an example of unrestrained and ungodly living. The people participating are saying to God that we don’t want your demands of holiness. The result is an utter perversion and sinful behavior that is contemptuous to a Holy God. We must pray for their salvation.

But a decision to live a consecrated life by being in the world but not of it is really the hallmark of Christianity and without consecration, it’s nothing more than useless religion devoid of power. In other words, Christianity and Consecration go together.

It’s a choice every person who comes to Christ will face and have to make. The friends you associate with. The places you go for pleasure. The things you engage in. The people whom you shall be intimate with.

So what’s the answer to these OPEN DOORS TO CURSES AND DEMONIC INTRUSION? Well simply put it’s time to close the doors and you can do that through REPENTANCE.

REPENTANCE means to come back to God and change your mind. It’s a definite decision but with Christ, you will be empowered by His Holy Spirit to keep it shut…remember sin no more Jesus said.

I have written a special prayer of repentance and renouncing open doors for empowerment in your Christian walk today. We will also minister to break any curses and drive out any demonic intruders that have entered so you can be free today.

MORE DOORWAYS:  ENTRY POINTS FOR DEMONIC BONDAGE 

1. Personal Sins : Romans 6:12-13 --- Unrighteous anger, bitterness and hatred, unforgiveness, sexual wrongdoing, deceiving, lying, drug and alcohol abuse, etc., commonly open the door to demonic influence. Matthew 18 --- unforgiveness example

 2. Ancestral Sins: Addiction – drug/alcohol (Exodus 20:5) “I am a jealous God, punishing the children for the sins of the father to the 3 rd and 4 th generation”

 3. Occult Involvement : Deuteronomy 18:10-12 --- Any dealing with Satan opens doorways in a person’s life. Leviticus 19:31 --- “Regard not them that have familiar spirits, neither seek after wizards, to be defiled by them.” Horoscope, Fortune teller, Oujii boar d, ESP, Eastern religion (T.M., Yoga), occultic role-playing, fantasy games (Dungeons and Dragons) 

 4. Satanic Brotherhood : Those involved in satanic worship growing to epidemic proportions. 

 5. Trauma : Extreme emotional experi ences – accidents, near death experiences, divorce, abandonm ent, rape, child abuse, etc. 

 6. Death Wish : Developing an attitude of want ing to die or trying to commit suicide. 

 7. Drugs & Alcohol : The will becomes passive, people’s normal restraints come down, masking hurts and pain through drugs & alcohol. This opens one up to deception and unreality.

 8. Rock music : Is Satan’s music. Many ro ck stars serve Satan for power and money. 

 9. Curses : Spoken by relatives, teachers, friends, and one’s self. Also, witchcraft practiced against persons. Breaking of God’s law may bring a curse from God. (Malachi 3:10,11) Devourer – Will a man rob God? 

 10. Rebellion : “Is as the sin of witchcr aft”. (I Samuel 18:23) Deuteronomy 5:16 – Honor your Father & Mother that it may go well with you. Parents, school, government, church, mate. 

 11. Rejection : Not being loved and approv ed opens doors through one’s negative responses and hurt. Adoption: Psalm 109-22 --- “D eliver me, for I am afflicted and needy, and my heart is wounded within me. 

12. Utero Wounds : Many persons are deeply wounded from the womb because they were not wanted for various reason s. The mother’s health and the conditions surrounding the conception are very important. 

13. Sexual Intercourse : Demons are passed from one person to another through intercourse. This is because the two people involved become “one flesh”. I Corinthians 6:16,18 Rape, incest, homosexuality, lesb ianism, masochism, beastality. (When married to an unsaved person, ask God to sanctify the marriage bed and close any doorways.) 

14 . Heresies : Wrong doctrine is rejection of the tr uth of Jesus --- II Thessalonians 2:9-12 “God will send a deluding influence because they did not receive the love of the Truth. Example: Jehovah’s Witness, Mormonism, Christian Science, Unit, etc.

 15. Domination & Control From Others : Methods of control are varied. Control amounts to witchcraft – getting a person to do what you want. Example: 1. Parent s howing unnatural control over grown child 2. Husband or wife domineering 3. Pastor – religious leader being a dictator (Jim Jones) 4. Any person “playing God” in another’s life to the point of control 

16. Fantasy : Unreality living – opens door to deception and an inability to handle the realities of life.

PRAYER OF REPENTANCE TO CLOSE DOORS
TO CURSES AND DEMONIC INTRUSION

Heavenly Father. I stand here today in your Holy House ready to give you my life. I recognize and confess that I have sinned and opened up doors in my life which have consequences.

I humble myself before you Lord God and renounce all of these open doors before you. I renounce and repent of…

1. Any family background in the occult or false religions. (A false religion is a religion that denies that Jesus Christ is God)
2. Any Negative prenatal influences. (Parents who were engaged in sinful acts during conception and after)
3. Any Abuses from early childhood. (Either emotional, physical or sexual)
4. Any Traumatic experience. (An accident, sickness, criminal activity, divorce, perverted observations)
5. Any Sinful acts or habits particularly fornication. (By far the number one way evil spirits are transferred is through sex)
6. Any Laying on of hands. (Through false religious ceremonies and dedications as children)
7. Any Idle words. (Speaking direct curses over your life or others through undisciplined speaking)

For all of this, I am sorry and repent of any open doors that have brought a curse or any demonic intrusion into my life. Today I humble myself and seek to be saved, healed, and delivered in the name of Jesus Christ.

Heavenly Father you are ALL GOOD filled with GOODNESS and you are GOOD to me. With you Heavenly Father ALL THINGS ARE POSSIBLE and my freedom is possible right now.

Any sickness, oppression, or turmoil in my life is a lie and I reject the lies of Satan and only accept that in you Lord Jesus I am saved, healed and delivered. I leave this altar today completely restored, made whole and sound in spirit, soul, and body in Jesus’ name.

Holy Spirit empowers me now to keep these doors closed and to resist and demonic attack from the enemy. I apply the Blood of Jesus over my life for safety and protection and now fill me with your Holy Spirit and fire Amen!

 

 PRAYER AGAINST SATAN AND HIS FOLLOWERS

I PUT ON THE WHOLE ARMOR OF GOD TODAY WITH GOD'S GUIDANCE TO DIRECT ME, GOD'S MIGHT TO SUSTAIN ME AND PROTECT ME. AND GOD'S DIVINE ARMIES TO DEFEND ME AGAINST THE SNARES OF DEMONS. AND AGAINST ALL THOSE WHO PLOT TO DO ME HARM. IN THE NAME OF THE LORD JESUS CHRIST, BY THE POWER OF HIS CROSS, HIS BLOOD AND HIS RESURRECTION, I BIND YOU SATAN, THE SPIRITS, POWERS AND FORCES OF DARKNESS, THE NETHERWORLD, AND THE EVIL FORCES OF NATURE. I TAKE AUTHORITY OVER ALL CURSES, HEXES, DEMONIC ACTIVITY AND SPELLS DIRECTED AGAINST ME. I STAND WITH THE POWER OF THE LORD GOD ALMIGHTY TO BIND ALL DEMONIC INTERACTION AND COMMUNICATIONS BETWEEN EVIL SPIRITS SENT AGAINST ME, AND SEND THEM TO JESUS CHRIST FOR HIM TO DEAL WITH AS HE WILLS. THANK YOU HOLY FATHER AMEN!