Monday, May 11, 2009

Losing Value to Pluralism

Creed
by Steve Turner

We believe in Marx freud and darwin
We believe everything is OK
as long as you don't hurt anyone
to the best of your definition of hurt,
and to the best of your knowledge.

We believe in sex before, during, and
after marriage.
We believe in the therapy of sin.
We believe that adultery is fun.
We believe that sodomy’s OK.
We believe that taboos are taboo.

We believe that everything's getting better
despite evidence to the contrary.
The evidence must be investigated
And you can prove anything with evidence.

We believe there's something in horoscopes
UFO's and bent spoons.
Jesus was a good man just like Buddha,
Mohammed, and ourselves.
He was a good moral teacher though we think
His good morals were bad.

We believe that all religions are basically the same-
at least the one that we read was.
They all believe in love and goodness.
They only differ on matters of creation,
sin, heaven, hell, God, and salvation.

We believe that after death comes the Nothing
Because when you ask the dead what happens
they say nothing.
If death is not the end, if the dead have lied, then its
compulsory heaven for all
excepting perhaps
Hitler, Stalin, and Genghis Kahn

We believe in Masters and Johnson
What's selected is average.
What's average is normal.
What's normal is good.

We believe in total disarmament.
We believe there are direct links between warfare and
bloodshed.
Americans should beat their guns into tractors .
And the Russians would be sure to follow.

We believe that man is essentially good.
It's only his behavior that lets him down.
This is the fault of society.
Society is the fault of conditions.
Conditions are the fault of society.

We believe that each man must find the truth that
is right for him.
Reality will adapt accordingly.
The universe will readjust.
History will alter.
We believe that there is no absolute truth
excepting the truth
that there is no absolute truth.

We believe in the rejection of creeds,
And the flowering of individual thought.

If chance be
the Father of all flesh,
disaster is his rainbow in the sky
and when you hear

State of Emergency!
Sniper Kills Ten!
Troops on Rampage!
Youths go Looting!
Bomb Blasts School!
It is but the sound of man
worshipping his maker.

Bottom Line

"We are living in dangerous times. Not because of attacks from outside this land, but because this land no longer knows what it believes. Until we know what we believe here and what it is that is worth preserving, we'll never know what it is that is really being attacked." Ravi Zacharias

Never The Same

I tried religion, it made me want to die. I tried behavior modification, psychological tricks, and kicked it old-school with tradition; but it all proved itself a dire waste. I tried intellectual stimulation, overloaded on sensory perceptions, and tried the "eff-it" approach to life; but they all left me feeling exactly the same. In other words, "I can't get no satisfaction!" Somewhere along this road, I decided to go back to the starting point. When everything outside of me failed to bring me the life I thought I needed, and conceded to the life I thought I could never have, I gained the life I never knew I always wanted. Since then, I have never been the same!

I suppose you could call it many things: Jesus Freak, Holy Roller, Christian, Christ-Follower, Church Kid, Minster Dude, Pastor, Preacher, or even one of those Bible people. Whatever you call it, no matter how you spin it, see it, like it, hate it, love it, ignore it, follow it, judge it, accept it, percieve it, respect it, deny it, live it, laugh at it, converse about it, fight it, or want it, the bottom line is, it changed me.

I was given a choice, I could either take my life (which at one point seemed logical), or I could give my life (which is what I ultimately decided). I gave my life to someone who promised to give me a more abundant life, and I have never been the same.

See John 10:7-10 for details.

With that said, it is only logical that I should use every opportunity and skill that has been given me to share that change with those who, like I once did, feel empty and dissatisfied. If you're looking for truth, there is a way, a truth, and a life, and he is called Jesus Christ.