Easter Is For Atheists: Spoken Word
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“What would make you believe in God?” I asked my friend at the end of a drink,
He didn’t spend a second to think,
He’d been asked before I figure,
Had his answer on a hair-trigger:
“IF God,” he said, “would reconfigure the stars in the sky,
to spell the 10 commandments on high,
THEN I would believe.”
I don’t know how you’d conceive of divine proof,
here would you set your sights?
My friend set his to galactic heights.
But I asked: “Would you like this Almighty Meddler,
shuffling nebula,
simply to tell you: “Thou Shalt Not.”
Back he shot:
“I could never like God,
But if he flexed somehow,
I’d grudgingly bow.”
I said “NOW we agree. We both opt out of the God that you doubt.”
But have you considered what Easter’s about?
There’s this Doubter called Thomas - a little like you,
He too had a TEST. He said: “Unless I see the nail marks in his hands,
and touch the wound where the spear was rammed,
I will not believe.”
He soon received his demand.
The butchered God arose to stand,
and stretch again his hands,
And say: “Look!
See! Reach out! Believe and do not doubt!”
And Thomas knew, THIS is the FOUNT.
NOW he was seeing the Source of all being,
for HERE was life poured out.
He was spent for the cursed, he was parched for the thirsty.
And spilled every drop of his blood.
Of COURSE Thomas cried-seeing hands and side-“YOU are my Lord and my God.”
So in the end, I say to my friend: HERE is the faith-giving sight-
Maimed and magnificent. Wounded, omnipoten
A warrior back from the fight.
Do you have suspicions
Forget cosmic magicians;
See this battle-scarred conquering Knight.
You look for God, but you’ll fail to see if you raise your gaze to the stars,
Easter would teach us to lower our sights: his story he writes in the scars.
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Love this!! God bless ❤✝️
Thanks Raphael!
A brlliant poem with a profound ending.
Dawkins when being asked if there is anything that would persuade him to think there might be a Creator he ironically said “I’m beginning to think NOTHING would” 😅
"His story he writes in the scars". I really like that. I often think that its difficult to understand God without looking at the life of Christ. He's this huge presence who created all things and through whom we have our being. But he seems far away. Through the life, miracles, words and ways of Christ, God seems so much closer to us. His atoning death and resurrection make him very personal to me. The fact that the disciples went from hiding away behind closed doors to each dying a martyr's deaths in his name means one thing. They saw the resurrected Christ on easter day and the weeks afterward. Jesus is IMMANUEL. He is the risen living God, and through him we each have hope if we accept his saving grace. Happy Easter everyone.
There is insufficient evidence for anything supernatural, no demons, ghosts and gods. You have not supplied one shred of evidence. You are welcome to your opinion based on faith, belief without evidence. But it is only an opinion without evidence.
I was just about to unsubscribe, but clicked on this video and was touched! I still doubt, but this channel is still in my subscriptions! By the way, I think Joe Rogan recently seems to be more agnostic, which is where I land as well.
Love the hints of 'There is a fountain' in the music! Brilliant!
Glad you spotted them :)
Wow! Beautiful and true. You are so talented. Thank you for using your gift for the glory of God
Love your comment...
Now that is a good thumbnail. Love it
😂 on clicking on this✝️📽️, I got an intro popup advert for Ramadan☪️
🤔 You gotta hand it to RUclips for their algorithms 🙄
Almost as if there is an evil intent working against us all trying to tempt the lost sheep. Not many people see what’s going on - glad you spotted it too brother.
amazingly well done!
This is so excellent thank you!
Keep swinging 🙌🏻🥊
Even if they are not sincere in saying "Christ Is King" that phrase is probably the greatest memetic weapon the liberty-movement could ask for. If Christ Is King, then implicitly no earthly ruler is. The phrase exposes and defeats everyone who doesn't believe it.
There is a bigger question: what would it take to ACCEPT Christ into your life? Belief is not enough. Satan believes Christ is who He claims, but he does not accept Christ.
We know one day every knee will bow, every tongue will confess Christ's lordship, *but* not all will accept Christ. That is the real question. It gets away from the demand for proof, to reflection on how one will react to Christ revealing Himself to us each individually.
happily, your little sadistic fantasies will never come true. 2000+ years of abject failure.
He became one of us so we could become one of his.
AMAZING 😮😁
Please could I get this as a poem it would be great for my family to memorise for Easter? God bless
Certainly. The words are now in the description box.
@@SpeakLifeMedia thank you very much. I'm a huge fan of all you do
Can we share on our social media?
So, based on his argument, Silmarilion is real.
So true. My sister and all in her family doesn’t believe in Jesus but she celebrates Easter. I celebrate Passover now. They celebrate Christmas to 🤷🏻♀️
Because painting eggs and dressing up a Christmas tree is awesome and has nothing to do with Jesus at this point in out culture. Christmas was always a secular holiday for me in my childhood, and New Year. Only later in life I understood its origins (well, there are pagan Origins to fo Christmas, to be fair).
I see no contradiction in people addressing these holidays in secular way at this point, despite historical conext.
Passover, killing all the Egyptian first born (lovely) and the first born of animals. So many innocents killed. Why the blood on the doors? Surely God would have known where the Israelites lived. Why kill a lamb, just use a flag. So much unnecessary violence from a kind, loving and understanding God.
@Rendref actually that's a myth. Neither Christmas or Easter have pagan origins. Simple research shows this.
The reason I became an atheist is because as soon as I began questioning and critically examining what I believe, I came to realise the entire belief system is not based on evidence nor rational thought, and so it's something I could not continue to accept as truth if I'm to think logically and base my beliefs on what can be known and demonstrated. I have absolutely nothing against the idea of a supreme deity who seeks a personal relationship with everyone and I think it would be great if it were true, but just wishing something to be true doesn't make it so. I am still completely open to the idea if I can experience empirical evidence of God or sufficient proof Jesus was as the Bible says, but to me Christianity seems like little more than man-made ideas developed over time
People kept telling Jesus they would believe if he would give them a sign - eg Matthew 12.39, Mark 8.11. They'd already witnessed plenty. Sometimes you have to risk your self-esteem and pride in your intellect and take a step of faith. Because if Jesus is true then you are missing out on everything, and if not - well, you really don't matter at all.
@@susanc6058 What reason do I have in the first place to even take a step of faith if I see no reason to consider the truth of Christianity over any other religion or idea? What happens if I do take a step of faith and still find nothing? What happens if I am literally incapable of having any faith until I have some indication it might be true? Assuming it isn't true, how far do I go before I conclude it won't achieve anything?
@asherloat8570 what would you have to lose though? Because otherwise life is meaningless. Jesus offers purpose and relationship. And hope.
@@susanc6058 I thought that too when I first stopped believing until I realised that life is absolutely not meaningless without Jesus. Yes, it means there is no objective purpose to the universe, but everyone's individual lives still have their own personal meaning which can be whatever you make of it. I trust that Christianity isn't the only thing that means anything to you. What about friends, family, hobbies, etc? Purpose, relationship, and hope from Jesus all mean nothing if it's not true, and I see no reason to believe it is, and pretending it's true isn't good enough for me.
@asherloat8570 well, there are many things that mean a lot to me, but to be honest I see them all in the light of God's love and grace towards us. And I could never summon up the faith to believe that the incredible complexity of the world came out of nothing and is purposeless.
So you believe without any proof, and then force those beliefs on others. We want proof that god could actually make a difference in our lives, but see no benefit because its just as useful as not believing in any god. So we don't want to live under a god's rules and somehow that makes us a target from Christians everywhere, and instead of trying to convince us, you try to medial in politics to force those beliefs on us.
Once again a story for the converted. The premise here is that you must believe all the stories in the Bible before this presentation makes sense.
To begin with, all we're asking is for you to consider the different stories that are out there. The story with the battle scarred God is unique. And compelling. It might be worth investigating further.
To those truly on the fence or flat out denying God but genuinely open to evidence, I highly recommend a booked called “Cold Case Christianity” by J Warner Wallace; an athiestsic detective who turned his forensic investigation skills to the Biblical account of Jesus’ life, ministry, death and resurrection as an actual historical event. Even if just for intellectual intrigue - please take a look. If you can’t buy the book much of the material is free on the Cold Case Christianity website.
There is an evidential basis for Christianity that does not exist in any other religion. Please consider the evidence before closing the door.
God bless you all and Happy Easter!
@@SpeakLifeMedia So, since we have, and yours fails miserably, then what? No evidence of a god at all, much less scarred. Unique and compelling doesn't mean true.
@@SpeakLifeMedia The story of Jesus isn't entirely unique anyway, and many details are found in other mythology that predates the Bible
The poem is simply, and beautifully, asking you to reconsider Jesus Christ. It is something His disciples ought to do daily, too. But if you aren't yet a believer of Jesus, taking some time to reconsider his scars - namely the God Man come down and hung on a tree to save us from our sins and reconcile us to God - would be a good use of your time. And soul.
First to comment❤ what made me believe? Look around read the Bible you don’t need anything else faith and love in Christ. Amen.❤
I love the way Peter puts it: "Through [Christ] you believe in God" (1 Peter 1:21)
One day when Jesus returns to this earth to finally take control of His Kingdom, then surprise, surprise!! EVERY man, woman & child who has turned away from God WILL LOOK UPON the nail scarred hands, the lashes on his body, his face marred beyond recognition as Isaiah tells us in chapter 52: 14 & realise their GREAT ERROR in rejecting the One who died for them!! They they will bow their knee before Him & confess that He is indeed Lord of All!! Then we, the righteous will be singing, Holy, Holy Holy, Lord God Almighty! Worthy is the Lamb, Worthy is the Lamb... and I don't know about you, but my heart will be bursting with joy....
Yet more religious BS! Nice poem. All bullshight.
In what way? You haven't offered anything. We have an embarrasment of riches in terms of evidence that Christianity is true, and you have Richard Dawkins and a rude comment on youtube. Is this an April Fools?
Evidence that Christianity is true? Evidence? You can't be serious. Perhaps you need to take a profound look at the word "evidence." Let's take a good long look at Galileo. He had scientific proof that the earth was not the center of the universe but he was condemned to burning at the stack or house arrest for life. It was heresy, and condemned to death, anyone who said otherwise that the earth was the center of the universe because the church "had proof" through prophecy. More than 2 centuries later, the church finally admitted that the earth does indeed revolve around the sun with other more concrete proof but still maintained its belief in god. Proof is proof. You can't keep moving the goal post just to win your argument, which is what Christianity and other religions of the world keep doing. Believing in Christianity is as small minded as believing in leprechauns, or any other kind of magic for that matter.
@@danielmcdonagh2889
There’s alot of distraction, deflecting, and fluffery coming from Christian apologist but no demonstration that the god is real.
Aside from all the evidence? A well-presented video and eloquent apologist doesen't mean he is wrong. Look to Jesus. Have you honestly done that? As Christians we look to Jesus Christ in all that we do. It would be remiss of Glen if he failed to mention Jesus. I assume you are here to regard, weigh and think about the evidence we do have. Leaving a vague and rude comment isn't changing the fact we do have evidence for Christianity. Glen is one example. I am another. The Bible is a library of evidence. We know God. We have a relationship with Him. This is only possible when we submit to Christ.
@@danielmcdonagh2889 Ah, believe it and it will be true, says every charlatan and cult leader ever. And the Bible is a book of claims, and therefore is not evidence. Repeating your beliefs by proxy may be acceptable in an echochambr like church where nobody cares about the truth; but here in the real world you need a lot more than a book says a thing. Especially if said book allows you to own others as property and says that pigeon blood can treat leprosy. And no evidence was provided. I dare you to summon and demonstrate your god. I challenge you to do the thing that no person of any god belief has done thus far. Let’s see if your god actually exists or if it’s like every other made-up deity.
@@danielmcdonagh2889 that’s a lot of fluff and question begging and BS’n, but no demonstrable evidence. Pfft.