It Depends on How You Read It

A couple or so years ago, one of the elders where I preach handed out the information below in one of his Bible classes. I thought it was both unique and thought-provoking. 

The material is designed to be read either from the top to the bottom or from the bottom to the top.

Here’s the difference: if it is read from the top to the bottom, we are reading what the unknown author labels “Atheist’s View of Life.” If, on the other hand, it is read from the bottom to the top, the author has labeled that as “A Christian’s View of Life.”

I will live my life according to these beliefs

God does not exist

It is just foolish to think

That there is a God with a cosmic plan

That an all-powerful God brings redemption and healing to the pain and suffering in the world

Is a comforting thought, however

it

Is only wishful thinking

People can do as they please without eternal consequences

The idea that

I am deserving of Hell

Because of sin

Is a lie meant to make me a slave to those in power

“The more you have, the happier you will be”

Our existence has no grand meaning or purpose

In a world with no God

There is freedom to be who I want to be

But with God

Everything is fine

It is ridiculous to think

I am lost and in need of saving.

So, how do you read it?

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