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Me:\u00a0 Prodigal, what a beautiful view!<\/p>\n

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Prodigal:\u00a0 It really is and I have been enjoying the day.\u00a0 I am in Tampa and not far from the University of Tampa.<\/p>\n

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Me:\u00a0 Do you mind if I walk with you and I can share some thoughts about someone at another University.<\/p>\n

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Prodigal:\u00a0 Please do!<\/p>\n

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As I was reading I came across a statement from Thomas Nagel a professor of philosophy at New York University.<\/p>\n

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I want atheism to be true and am made uneasy by\u00a0the fact that some of the most intelligent and well-informed people I know are religious believers.\u00a0 It isn’t just that I don’t believe in God and naturally, hope there is no God!\u00a0 I don’t want there to be a God.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Let me just share my thoughts for a minute.\u00a0 Here is a professor of philosophy who has a job to really learn about life.\u00a0 Study life and then teach others what life means.\u00a0 He is made uneasy and wants atheism to be true.\u00a0 That tells us that he has to be committed to unbelief.\u00a0 Committed to atheism.\u00a0 Committed to no God.<\/p>\n

We hear a lot that people who believe in Jesus Christ are “brain washed”, not intelligent, and weak people.\u00a0 We have this professor admitting that the most intelligent people in the world believe.\u00a0 We hear a lot also that we who believe in Jesus Christ dig for facts to prove our case.\u00a0 Look at it this way though.\u00a0 This professor has just admitted a bias of wanting there not to be a God.\u00a0 If you don’t believe in Jesus Christ you are just as guilty as trying to dig facts to prove your case.\u00a0 So then what is the answer.<\/p>\n

The truth is that Jesus is who he says he is.\u00a0 He is the son of God and has come to be our savior which is what we need.\u00a0 See a lie could not exist for 2000 years.\u00a0 Think about it.\u00a0 Hitler could not keep his lie and his brain washing around for 10 years.\u00a0 A lie cannot last.\u00a0 The truth always creeps out.\u00a0 The only way Jesus Christ has this many followers is it is true who he is.\u00a0 Study it some more though for yourself.\u00a0 Start reading the bible in John.\u00a0 Learn all that he said about himself and what he did.<\/p>\n

I have never regretted accepting Jesus as my savior ever!<\/p>\n

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John 3:16-17<\/p>\n

For God so loved the world, that He gave His only Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have eternal life.\u00a0 For God did not send His son into the world to condemn the world, but in order that the world might be saved through Him.<\/p>\n

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Jennifer Van Allen<\/p>\n

www.faithincounseling.org<\/p>\n

www.theprodigalpig.com<\/p>\n

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