Yariv.....how's it going. How is CAL? Have to say, kinda miss seeing ya around the school house and in the crew room.
Question....I'm wondering why you would say that "Under God", and "In God We trust", is just lip service; that our country was not founded under religion. I am by no means a history buff, but didn't the very men whom signed the The Constitution do so "Under God". I think that many if not the majority of those individuals were Christians weren't they? Why does our currency say "In God We Trust?" There must have been some kinda of Faith in God for these things to happen, right?
Now you are a very intelligent man and a friend of mine, so I mean no disrespect of course. But those that are non believers seem to be " I haven't seen, so I don't believe". I can tell you that we as Christians believe, God does and Will make himself known to everyone in the World. However it is up to them to believe and accept him through Faith. I know that you have read or studied the Bible. Do you not feel anything when you read the Bible, or are they just words and stories to you. I pray, (because I believe in God) before I read and ask that God would reveal to me what it is that I should take away from what I am about to read. We Christians call it the living word, and that any question one would have about anything can be found in God's Word. It applies just as much now as it did when it was written. The stories and testimonies written then can be applied to our everyday living here on Earth even now. I don't believe that they are just stories, I believe that they are truths.
I only ask because I know that you don't get defensive and can have an adult discussion about these things. I too enjoy talking with believers and non believers to strengthen what I believe to be the truth. Have you always been a non believer? I know that when you and I flew together, you told me where you were from, so I can only assume that Christianity was part of the environment that you may have been a part of in your surroundings. What was it that made you decide, there is no God? Just curious?
Take care my friend and safe flying,
Rick Childers
Sorry for any misspellings or bad grammar, I don't claim to be an English teacher
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