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Do you believe in God?


Here is a simple explanation between believing or not: when asked if there is a God, a theist says “yes”, an atheist says “no”, and an agnostic says “I don’t know”.

You can choose to argue if you wish, but the answer is the same. Life and creation can prove that God exists, although most atheists choose to believe that evolution caused everything to form spontaneously. In my view, it takes far more faith to believe in evolution than it does to believe in God or the Bible itself. Where do most people seem to be in this description of beliefs?

Here is a breakdown of some beliefs or lack thereof:

When pollsters like the Pew Research Center survey people who are religiously unaffiliated (often called “nones”):

  • Nothing in particular: The majority of unaffiliated individuals (about 63% in the U.S. and similar majorities globally) describe their religion as “nothing in particular” rather than adopting the label of atheist or agnostic. Many of these individuals still hold spiritual or vague higher-power beliefs.
  • Agnostics: Make up about 20% of religious “nones” in the U.S. (or roughly 6% of the total U.S. adult population), identifying with the view that the existence of God or the ultimate truth is unknown or unknowable.
  • Atheists: Make up about 17% of religious “nones” in the U.S. (or roughly 4% to 5% of the total U.S. adult population), explicitly rejecting the belief in God or deities.

My blog has always been written by a Christian, so yes I do believe in God and His Word, the Bible. There is no reason to ask the question about whether there is a God or not because the heavens declare His handiwork. Yet, the most beautiful area of the United States, in my opinion, has the most non-religious people in it. I’m speaking of New England. I drove through there many years ago and the mountains and trees were so beautiful, I thought “God was having a good day when He designed this part of America”.

Belief in God is not a requirement for living but it should be. A baby is formed in the womb by cell division and multiplication and God places all of our characteristics inside each of us before we are born. He told Jeremiah, “Before I formed you in the belly, I knew you…” God knows each of us in such an intimate way that it cannot be denied but many people choose to do so.

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What will be your destination?


Many of us just live our lives as if they are going to keep going. We don’t think about “end of life” until we have to. Even then, we don’t consider our eternal life. So…what will be your eternal destination? Will you just go puff and that is it after your mortal body dies? Do you believe in an eternal destination? It seems that many people do because most obituaries seem to point to a heavenly destination. But what if your soul doesn’t go to heaven? How do you get to Heaven?

How do you get to Heaven?

According to the Bible and the Christian definition, you can only get there by believing in Jesus as your Savior. There are no work requirements and no other “hoops” you have to jump through. Is this the right way? Again, according to Jesus Christ, belief in Him is the only way to come into the presence of God in heaven. Accepting Jesus as your Savior takes all of the punishment for your sins away and you are wiped clean.

There are other religious ways in the world and I won’t list them here. But, in the past 25+ years that I have been a follower of Jesus, no other religion offers you an eternal relationship except Christianity. God loves all of us, but He knows our weaknesses and our strengths and He knows who will accept Jesus as their Savior and who will not.

Remember the thief on the cross? He asked Jesus to remember me when you come into your kingdom. Jesus told him, “today you will be with Me in paradise”. He couldn’t even be baptized, but he was saved. Just believe in Jesus and ask Him to forgive you of your sins.

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