OXYMORON: a figure of speech by which a locution produces an incongruous, seemingly self-contradictory effect, as in "cruel kindness", "make haste slowly", or "brutal honesty".
An atheist is a person who disbelieves in the existence of God or gods.
Is it therefore safe to say that an atheist is an oxymoron? For how does a person convince others that something that does not exist does not exist?
Atheists want people to believe that atheism is not a religion, but why did they create the First Church of Atheism in Langhorne, Pennsylvania?
Their doctrine is as follows:
"Nothing exists besides natural phenomena. Thought is merely a function of those natural phenomena. Death is complete, and irreversible. We have faith solely in humankind, nature, and the facts of science."
The First Church of Atheism has legally ordained ministers to perform their ceremonies, such as weddings, funerals, and commitments. Any person who desires to be an ordained minister can be ordained for life, without cost, and without question. Ordained ministers can launch their own churches and build their own congregations.
The First Church of Atheism meets on Sundays, and they also have "Sunday School" for adults and "Sunday School" for children.
But is it also safe to say that people of all religions are oxymorons?
For if a person's faith is in his or her church, or in his or her religion, where is God?
Do not people of religious Christianity also believe in idols, in gods and goddesses, whose images are captured in statues, portraits, and photographs, and in the belief that dead people can become gods?
Do not people of religious Christianity believe that certain men of the earth are as gods, sinless, and filled with the power to forgive sin? Does this not indicate that their faith is in people of the earth and not in God?
Where is Christ in religious Christianity? Why is an image of Christ captured on a crucifix as a dead corpse? Do not people of religious Christianity believe that Christ arose from death? Do they not believe that Christ will return as in the Second Coming of Christ? They say they are Christians, but is their faith actually in their religion and not in Christ?
For if we examine the life of Christ in the Bible, we will see that Jesus never came to earth to launch a new religion, nor to build a congregation that would kneel to idols, or images of gods, nor to seek certain men to forgive sin. Neither did Jesus ever suggest that people should pray to the souls of dead people as if they are gods.
So, then, who is the oxymoron?
Is it the atheist who wants people to believe that something that does not exist does not exist?
Or is the oxymoron a religious Christian, who wears the cloak of Christianity, but his or her faith is in a religious system and not in Christ alone?
The atheist clings to his church of atheism and the religious Christian clings his church of religion.
For it was Christ who was crucified for sin, and not religion.
Wherefore come out from among them, and be ye separate, saith the Lord, and touch not the unclean thing; and I will receive you, and will be a Father unto you, and ye shall be my sons and daughters, saith the Lord Almighty. (2nd Corinthians 6: 17-18)
An atheist is a person who disbelieves in the existence of God or gods.
Is it therefore safe to say that an atheist is an oxymoron? For how does a person convince others that something that does not exist does not exist?
Atheists want people to believe that atheism is not a religion, but why did they create the First Church of Atheism in Langhorne, Pennsylvania?
Their doctrine is as follows:
"Nothing exists besides natural phenomena. Thought is merely a function of those natural phenomena. Death is complete, and irreversible. We have faith solely in humankind, nature, and the facts of science."
The First Church of Atheism has legally ordained ministers to perform their ceremonies, such as weddings, funerals, and commitments. Any person who desires to be an ordained minister can be ordained for life, without cost, and without question. Ordained ministers can launch their own churches and build their own congregations.
The First Church of Atheism meets on Sundays, and they also have "Sunday School" for adults and "Sunday School" for children.
But is it also safe to say that people of all religions are oxymorons?
For if a person's faith is in his or her church, or in his or her religion, where is God?
Do not people of religious Christianity also believe in idols, in gods and goddesses, whose images are captured in statues, portraits, and photographs, and in the belief that dead people can become gods?
Do not people of religious Christianity believe that certain men of the earth are as gods, sinless, and filled with the power to forgive sin? Does this not indicate that their faith is in people of the earth and not in God?
Where is Christ in religious Christianity? Why is an image of Christ captured on a crucifix as a dead corpse? Do not people of religious Christianity believe that Christ arose from death? Do they not believe that Christ will return as in the Second Coming of Christ? They say they are Christians, but is their faith actually in their religion and not in Christ?
For if we examine the life of Christ in the Bible, we will see that Jesus never came to earth to launch a new religion, nor to build a congregation that would kneel to idols, or images of gods, nor to seek certain men to forgive sin. Neither did Jesus ever suggest that people should pray to the souls of dead people as if they are gods.
So, then, who is the oxymoron?
Is it the atheist who wants people to believe that something that does not exist does not exist?
Or is the oxymoron a religious Christian, who wears the cloak of Christianity, but his or her faith is in a religious system and not in Christ alone?
The atheist clings to his church of atheism and the religious Christian clings his church of religion.
For it was Christ who was crucified for sin, and not religion.
Wherefore come out from among them, and be ye separate, saith the Lord, and touch not the unclean thing; and I will receive you, and will be a Father unto you, and ye shall be my sons and daughters, saith the Lord Almighty. (2nd Corinthians 6: 17-18)
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