A Skeptic's lookout of Atheism

The Definition  :Atheism - The Religious Belief in a Spontaneous, Causeless, Sourceless, Purposeless, Meaningless, Existence.

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“Try imagine nothing exists. There is no sun, no moon, no stars, and no galaxies. There are no elements such as carbon, hydrogen, nitrogen, or oxygen. There are no such things as time, space, matter or energy. There is no universe, no God, nothing.  

“If there ever was a time when nothing existed, then nothing would exist now. Therefore something must be eternal.  You only have two choices: either God is eternal and uncreated, or matter is eternal and uncreated. There is no third option. Einstein’s Theory of Relativity provided a basis for proof that time; space and matter had a definite beginning. That leaves us with our only other option.”

— ' Where Did God Come From?' By Philip DelRe

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Persecution For The Sake of Christ

Reality of Over a 100 Million Christians Martyred for Faith

Yea, and all that will live godly in Christ Jesus shall suffer persecution
[2 Timothy 3:12]

Remember the word that I said unto you, The servant is not greater than his lord. If they have persecuted me, they will also persecute you; if they have kept my saying, they will keep yours also.
[Gospel According to St. John 15:20]


Persecuted, but not forsaken; cast down, but not destroyed;
[2 Corinthians 4:9]

Jesus Christ was persecuted and so were the Apostles persecuted and martyred (except St.John, tradition relates that he was by order of Emperor Dometian cast into boiling oil but came forth unhurt and was banished to the island of Pathmos for a year. He died at an extreme old age, at Ephesus around 100 AD). The persecution of Christians was mentioned in the Holy Bible and it has continued to even this day and will be continuing till the last days. It is more so in the case of earnest Christians, persecution and martyrdom are inseparable from Orthodox experience.