Does Athiesm Require Faith?

"The fool has said in his heart that there is no God." - Psalm 14:1

One day, someone caught the comedian W.C. Fields reading the Bible and asked what he was doing. His reply was "just looking for loopholes."* There are a lot of people who read with the same intention of disregarding any evidence.

There are only three options to explain our existence, one is to believe in God, another is agnosticism which states there may be a God but I haven't found proof. The last is atheism where one will state they know God does not exist. Atheism is not just a non-belief in God but a willful denial of his existence. Agnosticism is where one admits that they do not know if God exists.

Success begins at understanding why we believe what we believe

Before we can transform our finances we need to transform our belief system.

Be bold and positive about your goals.

Remember - The position you are in today is not your Destiny. Don't accept it.

Your destiny is the higher calling of God which is abundance.

Your thoughts are shaping your financial future.

Learn to take control of the thought process going on within us.

Phil 4:4-8 (KJV) Rejoice in the Lord always: and again I say, Rejoice. Let your moderation be known unto all men. The Lord is at hand. Be careful for nothing; but in every thing by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God. And the peace of God, which passeth all understanding, shall keep your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus. Finally, brethren, whatsoever things are true, whatsoever things are honest, whatsoever things are just, whatsoever things are pure, whatsoever things are lovely, whatsoever things are of good report; if there be any virtue, and if there be any praise, think on these things.


This passage highlights the fact that we need to think on thoughts that are:

• true
• honest
• just
• pure
• lovely
• good report

I want to concentrate on two of these in relation to finances. True and of a good report.


The bible promises abundance therefore we need to stop focusing upon lack and not having enough.


1 Corinthians 2:9 (KJV) But as it is written, Eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, neither have entered into the heart of man, the things which God hath prepared for them that love him.


Our inner beliefs have been shaped by the things that we have seen and the things that we have heard over time. Therefore the way we respond to situations in life that we are confronted with is based upon the past information we have processed. We do tend to have a negative focus on life based upon lack and failure. We are scared to act positively with so much negativity going on around us. To overcome a person has to be bold and have faith.


In Summary, do not let the past experiences shape your destiny.


Let your destiny be shaped by the truth in God's word which promises the more abundant life of abundance.


Lou Galloway

http://www.harvestwells.com/ge/successbeginsat.html

7TH CENTURY CORPSE UNEARTHED IN ORNAMENTAL BED WITH JEWELED CROSS

Mytheos Holt 

LONDON (AP/The Blaze) — Archaeologists excavating near Cambridge have stumbled upon a rare and mysterious find: The skeleton of a 7th-century teenager buried in an ornamental bed along with a gold-and-garnet cross, an iron knife and a purse full of glass beads.

Experts say the grave is an example of an unusual Anglo-Saxon funerary practice of which very little is known. Just over a dozen of these “bed burials” have been found in Britain, and it’s one of only two in which a pectoral cross – meant to be worn over the chest – has been discovered.

One archaeologist said the burial opened a window into the transitional period when the pagan Anglo-Saxons were gradually adopting Christianity.

“We are right at the brink of the coming of Christianity back to England,” said Alison Dickens, the manager of Cambridge University’s Archaeological Unit. “What we have here is a very early adopter.”

The grave, dated between 650 and 680 A.D., was discovered about a year ago in a corner of Trumpington Meadows, a rural area just outside Cambridge that is slated for development.

Dickens said the teen’s grave was interesting because it had a mix of traditional grave goods – the knife, as well as a chain thought to hold a purse full of beads – along with a powerful symbol of Christian devotion.

The grave, she said, indicated “the beginning of the end of one belief system, and the beginning of another.”

The teenager’s jewelry – a solid gold cross about 3 1/2 centimeters (1 1/2 inches) wide, set with cut garnets – marks her out as a member of the Anglo-Saxon aristocracy. She was about 15, but her skeleton hasn’t yet been subjected to radiocarbon dating or isotopic analysis. Those techniques might help experts determine where and under what circumstances she grew up.

Howard Williams, a professor of archaeology at the University of Chester who is not connected to the discovery, said bed burials were very rare. He noted that they were an irregular feature of wealthy female graves in England and mainland Europe, suggesting that Anglo-Saxons may have looked across the Channel for inspiration.

“It’s part of a broader pan-European elite identity in life and in death,” he said.

Three sets of Anglo-Saxon remains were also found nearby, but it’s not clear to what degree any of the people buried there were related. As for the bed itself, there’s little left of it other than its iron fittings.

The rationale behind bed burials remains a matter of speculation.

“The word in Old English for ‘bed’ and ‘grave’ is the same because it‘s ’the place where you lie,’” Dickens said. “It is interesting that you have that association. You’re lying there – but just for a much longer time, I suppose.”

http://www.theblaze.com/stories/7th-century-corpse-unearthed-in-ornamental-bed-with-jeweled-cross/