This is an e-mail I received from an old friend. I don’t vouch for its veracity but it is entertaining and makes the point well.
FLORIDA COURT SETS ATHEIST HOLY DAY In Florida, an atheist created a case against the Upcoming Easter and Passover days. He hired an attorney to bring a discrimination case against Christians, Jews and observances of their holy days. The argument was that it was unfair that atheists had no such recognized days. The case was brought before a judge. After listening to the passionate presentation by the lawyer, the judge banged his gavel declaring,”Case dismissed!” The lawyer immediately stood objecting to the Ruling , “Your honor,how can you possibly dismiss this case? The Christians have Christmas, Easter and others. The Jews have Passover, Yom Kippur and Hanukkah, yet my client and all other atheists have no such holidays.” The judge leaned forward in his chair saying, “But you do. Your client, counsel, is woefully ignorant.” The lawyer said, “Your Honor, we are unaware of any special observance or holiday for atheists.” The judge said, “The calendar says April 1st is April Fools Day. Psalm 14:1 states, ‘The fool says in his heart, there is no God.’ Thus, it is the opinion of this court, that if your client says there is no God, then he is a fool. Therefore, April 1st is his day. Court is adjourned.
Psalm 14:1 For the director of music. Of David. The fool says in his heart, “There is no God.” They are corrupt, their deeds are vile; there is no one who does good.
The fact that so many people do not believe in God demonstrates the reality of total depravity. Adam’s original sin had several consequences. First, it caused them to lose their created righteousness and become unrighteous, necessitating God’s judgment on them. We have all inherited this eternal judgment which is only removed by believing in Christ.
Second, it corrupted their nature from a nature to worship God to a nature to worship self. This sin nature is also passed down genetically through the male.
Finally, it has caused a psychological corruption of man’s mind. We were made to need God for the human soul to be healthy. We are all born spiritually dead and separated from God and develop our beliefs without a relationship with God. Buildig our ideas without God causes our belief system to be corrupted. We build our beliefs with self as the center instead of with God as the center.
For fallen man, reality is based on what can be seen or what can be proven. With self centered beliefs, life is about getting all that we can for self while we are here. The devil supports this idea through his worldly viewpoints that he publishes throughout the world. He promotes the idea of promoting self since that is his own philosophy.
Separated at birth, growing up without God and being deceived every day through the world’s ideas, it is not surprising that many do not believe in God. In fact, it is the miracle of God’s grace that any of us do.
