Today we’re going to talk about
John Lennon and Bill Maher
and where they all got the “God-thing” all
wrong.
My goal today is not to convince
you or them
that God does exist,
but to convince you that you WANT God to
exist.
There are THREE reasons
why I believe Bill Maher WANTS
God to exist.
He just doesn’t know it
—yet.
And by “God,”
I don’t mean some fairytale
God
you make up in order to make
yourself feel better.
I mean the God of Abraham,
Issac, and Jacob.
I mean the God who said, “Love
your neighbor.”
I mean the God who died on a cross
and came back to life again to prove his
deity.
I mean the God of the Bible
that Speaker Johnson referred to.
THE FIRST REASON YOU WANT GOD TO EXIST
IS BECAUSE HIS FOLLOWERS
HAVE CHANGED YOUR LIFE FOR THE BETTER.
Now that the Beatles are
back in the news
with their latest release, “Now
and Then,”
I want to start by quoting John Lennon
from his song, “IMAGINE,”
the one we hear every New Year’s
Eve.
Then I want to ask YOU to imagine
what life would really look like
if John Lennon got his wish.
IMAGINE, by John Lennon
“Imagine there’s no heaven.
It’s easy if you try.
No hell below us,
Above us, only sky
“Imagine no religion.”
Let’s imagine for the next few
minutes
there is no heaven, no hell, no
religion,
and by implication, no God, No CHRISTIANS.
What would that look like?
The Second Reason
You Want God to Exist is
because if He doesn’t then
SURVIVAL OF THE FITTEST
is the only remaining
Basis for Morality.
How do you get from “Survival of the Fittest”
to “Love your neighbor?”
How do you get from “Survival of the Fittest”
(where the fit
survive and the weak die)
to “Be Kind?”
If Survival of the Fittest is the basis of morality,
then Stalin, Pol
Pot, Mao, Hitler
and even the
Inquisition did nothing wrong.
In fact, they advanced the Evolutionary struggle,
and therefore what
they did was Good.
The Third Reason
You Want God to Exist is
because if He doesn’t then
MORALITY IS A FAIRTYTALE
just like Santa Claus and the Easter Bunny
If God does not exist,
there is NO RATIONAL SOURCE
for MORAL OBLIGATION
Sure, you can make up a
system of morality
that works for you.
The problem is,
why am I REQUIRED to embrace YOUR
morality?
What in the universe OBLIGATES me
to abide by a system
that you and your friends make up?
So to John Lennon and Bill Maher
let me say:
You want God to exist because his
followers
have changed your life for the
better.
You want God to exist because if
He doesn’t
“Survival of the Fittest” is the only remaining
basis
for morality.
You want God to exist because if
He doesn’t
morality is a fairytale,
just like Santa Claus or the
Easter Bunny.
God IS the issue in every issue—especially
morality.
This is Brad Bright and the God is
the Issue Podcast.
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