Why God?

For the past few weeks, I have been following the "Blasphemy Challenge". For those who need a quick summary, blasphemychallenge.com is a website run by a group of atheists that is encouraging people to post video online of themselves verabally stating that based on rational thinking, there is no God, Jesus, or Holy Spirit. All of these people receive a free DVD if they post a video of such.

Now before you visit the site, please note that it can likely shake you. Some would argue that the whole purpose is to bother Christians. Well...they win. I am bothered and this is why.

First, Christians are targeted. Wouldn't a true atheist be more agressive to all religions? The founder of this challenge argued on Fox News that he does personally target all religious yet all of his rhetoric was Christian-oriented and specific. But why woudn't it be! Christianity is true and therefore the largest threat to their agenda.

Secondly, the site claims to be motivated by "rationale" yet their approach to the whole initiative is not very rational. They are encouraging people to make an uniformed decision. Any rational person would want to consider more information, even if it may appear anecdotal, before making a decision. Even after they may have decide something, most rational people would not want to close a door that they could keep open or return to. Leave your options open, right? Yet this group is irrationally encouraging what they themselves characterize as unforgivable sin and eternal damnation. Where's the rationale in that?

Here's my response. What I Was Made For .com is launching a web page called God challenge. WWW.GODCHALLENGE.COM will host similar videos, except they will be of testimonies of people and their God experiences.. Instruction on how to be a part can be found on the site. The site is geared toward true God-given wisdom and rationale. It encourages people to search for God and that if they do...they will find him. It promotes listening to others' experiences with God and considering the fact that we may not know everything, or, at the very least, we may not know enough to make such statement as the Blasphemy Challenge is requiring.

Encourage your circles to send their support by sending their videos. We know that we will overcome by the word of our testimonies!