Apparently a billboard sponsored by atheists reads, "You know it's a myth...this season, celebrate reason."
Seriously???? This statement is not a logical and well-reasoned argument. It is an appeal to the emotions. No one wants to be duped into believing a myth. That would be stupid, and no one wants to look stupid!
One of the things that really makes my blood boil is when atheists imply that their beliefs are a product of logic and intelligence, which is absent in persons of faith. If they are so logical, why don't they put one of their "well-reasoned" arguments on the billboard? They have no way to prove that the Christmas story is a myth. Their promotion is clever, but it doesn't exactly reek of intelligence.
This season, I will celebrate reason.
It is reasonable to believe that intelligence is derived from intelligence. Man was made in the image of God.
It is reasonable to believe that the orderly universe in which we live was the plan of an intelligent being and not a random accident.
It is reasonable to believe that man is creative, because he is the product of a Creator.
It is reasonable to believe that giving man a choice means that some will choose to do what is wrong.
It is reasonable to believe that a God who is personal and cares about man on a personal level would have a plan to lift man out of the mire he creates for himself.
It is reasonable to believe that the best way to communicate with man would be to become one.
It is reasonable to believe that only a perfect man could die for the misdeeds of another.
It is reasonable to believe that Jesus existed....that He was a real person. (If he is a myth, he is the most powerful myth in all of human history.)
It is reasonable to believe that the man Jesus, being also God, can bridge the gap between God and man.
I celebrate the birth of God's son....deity temporarily clothed in humanity.
I celebrate His life of good deeds and kindness...an example to follow.
I celebrate His sacrificial death which purchases my redemption.
I celebrate the comfort of a personal relationship....I am His child.
I celebrate the fact that I do not have to segregate my intellect from my beliefs.
I grieve for people who don't recognize that it is NOT their intellect that prevents them from believing. It is the inability to admit their need and the fear that they might have to change their behavior.
"For unto you is born this day, a Savior."
CELEBRATE!
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Loved this post. It seems silly to me that a person of intellect would claim to know that I know it's a myth, when I don't know it is a myth. I know it is truth. That sentence doesn't make much sense--not unlike the billboard that thinks it knows my heart and my brain. Blessings to you!
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