I overheard a friend recently say, “My young son asked me what happens after we die. I told him we get buried under a bunch of dirt and worms eat our bodies. I guess I should have told him the truth – that most of us go to Hell and burn eternally – but I didn’t want to upset him,” (…a quote he borrowed, I believe).
He was responded by a couple other people saying: “Sounds like you did the right thing… To tell you the truth, the first is probably more the truth than the later… at least that’s what I’m betting on…”

I got to thinking about these statements, (go figure), and about destiny.

Destiny…

What happens when we die?  Where do we go?  Do we in fact simply go back to the dust from whence we came?  Is that the end?  Is there something for us after we die?

Author Deepak Chopra said in one of his books,

“On the material level, both you and a tree are made up of the same recycled elements.  Mostly carbon, hydrogen, oxygen, nitrogen and other elements in minute amounts.  You could buy these elements in a hardware store for a couple of dollars.  The real difference between the two of you is between the energy and the information.  Your body is not separated from the body of the universe.  Because of the quantum mechanical levels, there are no well defined edges.  You are like a wiggle, a wave, a fluxuation, a convolution, a whirlpool, a localized disturbance in the larger quantum field.”
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Part I | Part 2 | Part 3

We often find ourselves with the big questions in life. The major, most important questions…Origin, Meaning, Morality and Destiny.

That is to say:
1. How did I come into being?
2. What gives life meaning?
3. How do I know right from wrong?
4. Where am I headed after I die?(*)

I should like to expound on these questions on other blogs, but for now…
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Part I | Part 2 | Part 3

After thinking about Part I, I suppose it could take a whole book to get into “new age, humanistic, postmodern viewpoints, and even within the church” viewpoints and debates, so for now I shall do my best to not digress much, and just talk about Atheism. Try, I say… Let the games begin…

I am not here to critique books, and admittedly, I have not read any of these books yet, I intend to just show you the book, what it’s about, and at least one rebuttal from another source who has indeed read these books. This is simply to give you an idea of what is out there. Please, if you have read any of these, I would love your comments and thoughts, regardless if they agree with mine.

Let’s start with a few books:
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I’ll put these thoughts, A New Rebel, in bite size articles so you can keep up…

There is a new breed of thought processes coming out these days. Actually, they’ve been around for some time, but recently they are starting to really stir up a storm and seep deeper and deeper into the American culture and around the world. Much like the 60′s uncovered in their time, we’ve uncovered a new kind of rebel today… a new kind of atheist… New Atheism.
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Some questions have been asked as to what the symbol was next to my former blog on the top, and at the footer of the blog.

  Here’s the story…

Chi-Rho

“The Chi Rho is one of the earliest cruciform symbols used by Christians. It is formed by superimposing the first two letters of the word “Christ” in Greek, chi = ch and rho = r . Although not technically a cross, the Chi Rho invokes the crucifixion of Jesus as well as symbolizing his status as the Christ. The earliest evidence of the Chi Rho symbol is Constantine’s use of it on the labarum, the imperial standard, in the early 4th century CE. Lactantius, a 4th century Christian apologist, reports that on the eve of the Battle of the Milvian Bridge in 312 CE, Constantine had a vision of God in which he was commanded to mark his men’s shields with the Chi Rho symbol. After Constantine’s success at the Milvian bridge, the Chi Rho became the official imperial insignia. Archaeologists have uncovered evidence demonstrating that the Chi Rho was emblazoned on the helmet and shield of Constantine as well as those of all of his soldiers. Coins and medallions minted during Constantine’s reign also bore the Chi Rho. By the year 350 CE, the Chi Rho began to be used on Christian sarcophagi and frescoes. [A.E.M.] “  (Definition taken from the University of Rochester)

The Greek symbols on the left and right are Alpha & Omega.  The beginning and the end. In the Greek alphabet, in which the New Testament was written, alpha is the first letter and omega is the last. In the Book of Revelation, God says, “I am Alpha and Omega, the first and the last,” meaning that God remains from the beginning to the end of time.

The particular symbol images you’ve seen on my site (in the header/footer), I created from scratch using Photoshop.

Original article here: http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1686828,00.html

Ahh, the world never ceases to amaze me…  Time Magazine published an article in their December 3, 2007 issue titled, “Sunday School for Atheists.” 

As stated in the article, “…The lives of these young people would be much easier, adult nonbelievers say, if they learned at an early age how to respond to the God-fearing majority in the U.S. ‘It’s important for kids not to look weird,’ says Peter Bishop, who leads the preteen class at the Humanist center in Palo Alto.”  What?!  Can someone please tell me, since when, in this post-modern society we live in today, has being a ‘non-believer’ looked weird??!  I was really under the impression that now, more than ever in our lifetime, it’s almost preposterous for someone to believe in God.  At least that’s what general society is telling us more and more.  Our culture, as a whole, is now trying to push God out of everything in the United States, a nation that was founded on Christianity.  But let’s move on…

Humanist, or Humanism defined:
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