Today we’re going to talk about
John Lennon and Bill Maher
and where they all got the “God-thing” allwrong.
My goal today is not to convinceyou or them
that God does exist,
but to convince you that you WANT God toexist.
There are THREE reasons
why I believe Bill Maher WANTSGod to exist.
He just doesn’t know it
—yet.
And by “God,”
I don’t mean some fairytaleGod
you make up in order to makeyourself feel better.
I mean the God of Abraham,Issac, and Jacob.
I mean the God who said, “Loveyour neighbor.”
I mean the God who died on a cross
and came back to life again to prove hisdeity.
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 areback in the news
with their latest release, “Nowand Then,”
I want to start by quoting John Lennon
from his song, “IMAGINE,”
the one we hear every New Year’sEve.
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 fewminutes
there is no heaven, no hell, noreligion,
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 fitsurvive and the weak die)
to “Be Kind?”
If Survival of the Fittest is the basis of morality,
then Stalin, PolPot, Mao, Hitler
and even theInquisition did nothing wrong.
In fact, they advanced the Evolutionary struggle,
and therefore whatthey 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 asystem of morality
that works for you.
The problem is,
why am I REQUIRED to embrace YOURmorality?
What in the universe OBLIGATES me
to abide by a system
that you and your friends make up?
So to John Lennon and Bill Maherlet me say:
You want God to exist because hisfollowers
have changed your life for thebetter.
You want God to exist because ifHe doesn’t
“Survival of the Fittest” is the only remainingbasis
for morality.
You want God to exist because ifHe doesn’t
morality is a fairytale,
just like Santa Claus or theEaster Bunny.
God IS the issue in every issue—especiallymorality.
This is Brad Bright and the God isthe Issue Podcast.
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