Kyle Evans Doesn 't Believe On God

The men outside of the cell started to laugh at him. He looked utterly pathetic at the moment. He continued to shake as he looked up at her. She let go of him walking towards the cell door. The man opened it up, letting her out. Isaac watched as the cell door was being closed. He lied down on the floor, continuing to cry. He couldn’t believe the things that were happening to him. The slums were more messed up than what he was led to believe.

Now far enough away from the night club opening, Jessie could hear the distinct sound of a woman screaming. The heart wrenching sound made her stop mid step. Cold terror washed over her as she neared the corner of the alley and peered around it. There were distinct shapes - someone on the ground writhing in pain, one cowering against the wall, and three that approached her. She heard the poor woman crying out for help and saw one of the advancing shadows reach a hand up to strike her across the face. Nausea broiled in the put of her stomach and Jessie took a cautious step in. For a moment she weighed her options - trying to decide what to do. Did she fight or did she fly? Whatever - or rather whoever she thought she saw obviously wasn't real. There was no Superman. But this woman still needed help. Jessie clung to her phone as though it was a bludgeoning weapon and dialed 911. She took a step forward - about to call out to the attackers - when another shadow landed in front of her.

According to Kevin Nelson, a neuroscientist and the author of “The Spiritual Doorway in the Brain,” adults often have a sense of looking back over a life; young children, lacking that perspective, tend to report “castles and rainbows, often populated with pets, wizards, guardian angels, and like adults, they see relatives and religious figures, too.” It’s hard to convey to anyone who grew up without the idea of God just how fully the language, stories and “logic” of the Bible can dominate a young mind, even perhaps especially the mind of a toddler (Nelson, The Spiritual Doorway in the Brain”20-21.) There have been various accounts taken over the years regarding near death or life after death experiences. A known account of this situation is taken from Colton Burpo, in which a bestseller book published in 2010 and motion picture released in 2014 known as “Heaven is for Real” is based on. In 2003 three year-old Colton claimed to have visited Heaven during a near death experience where an emergency surgery was performed on him to save his life. Colton recounts the details of his amazing journey with childlike innocence and speaks about things that happened before his birth... things he could not possibly know. The next is the story of Dr. Eben Alexander, who is a proclaimed neurosurgeon and writer coming from a lineage of scholars and medical doctors. He

It was a day like any other, until Surai hears a piercing screech that slowly fades away. “Hey, did you guys hear that?” says Surai. “Yeah it sounded like a scream” replies Tooler. “I wonder who it was?” questions Mickey. All of them rush to the edge and discover nothing. They all say their goodnights and return to our rooms. They all go to sleep wondering who made that noise. The next day we wake up and find a load of people crowded on the deck. “It’s chaos” Surai says. Tooler goes up and asks Schmedrick what’s wrong. “Schmandon has gone missing, and a bunch of people thought they heard a scream last night” replies Schmedrick. Surai, Mickey, and Tooler then realize that it was Schmandon who made the scream last night. “I think that Schmandon

Mary left work and thought about what Andrea said. What if she did live with someone else? Would they stop her from going out at night? These thoughts followed her to the bus stop and until she got on the bus. Mary noticed that the same man eavesdropping on her conversation earlier was still there, he stared at her while she sat

A loud piercing scream, hit my ears. It was me. I screamed and screamed. I punched in the walls and let my body shake until there was nothing left to do. My throat was raw and my eyes were wild, inhumane. Soon I turned upon Heath and Clarice, who were standing there, gripping each other in fear. The terror of the creature that they thought they knew so well was suffocating them, closing around their lungs.

First, to “hold a more accurate view of the world, [Second, to] be consistent within themselves, or [third, to] gain social approval and acceptance” (p. 154). Wade’s article seems to address the first reason, to hold a more accurate view of the world. However, if an individual has negative experiences in life, the cognitive dissonance created will likely cause external evidence to be denied or rejected in order, as per the second reason, to remain consistent within themselves (Kenrick, Neuberg, & Cialdini, 2015, p. 164, 173). Internal questions arise, such as, “if God is good, why would he allow bad things to happen (to me)? If the Christian life is a supernatural life, why do few, if any, Christians express little of the fullness of life that Christ offers?” Or, more specifically, “why would God allow me to be molested when I was a boy?” Or, “why would God allow my mother to die?” These types of questions tend to motivate an individual’s disbelief in God. Wade’s arguments will be readily dismissed if the issues beneath the surface are not adequately addressed. Individuals from Sigmund Freud to C. S. Lewis (before his conversion) were staunch atheists because of the negative experiences they suffered in their lives (Nicholi, A. M., 2002). If Wade’s arguments are true, and Christianity is more accurate to reality, how does one reconcile it with the negative experiences an individual holds

“What?” he barked as he finally turned towards her. As he loomed over her, standing at the foot of their bed, buried in his cellphone, she got her first good look at him for the day. She took in his ragged demeanor; his dirty worn out clothes too large for his scrawny frame. Through a tear in his pants she could see a cut on his leg, no doubt attained by begging on the streets of St. Louis. She never saw him do it anymore but there was no doubt in her mind that he had kept that habit, among others. His disheveled black hair was covered by a grimy nondescript

After the adrenaline disappeared, he started to question himself and his stupidity - just why did he have to hide? This was his turf, ever since he decided that he, from now on, would live there. It wasn 't as if something dangerous was chasing him - it was... The man peeked over to see what had been blocked from his view before, and he saw a scene that was all-too-familiar with him before his eyes; a dealing between a drug dealer and an addict (a quite chubby one at that).

“I heard her crying out.” (11) This was like music to his ears. He ran to the bedroom window where they were, but the curtains and window was closed. This was a major let down. He had put in a lot of late nights and missing his bus to miss this.

understandable picture of Erudite people stream from the buildings, evacuating as the group less and Dauntless assault. The color blue binds them mutually, and most obvious is the whites of their eyes. This picture is particularly awful to Protagonist, since lots of these public are blameless; through this explanation, readers can get a improved sense of the surprise she feels while inspecting them.

McCloskey claims that it’s better to find comfort in knowing there is no God than the idea of finding comfort in a God that stands by watching the evil one is facing. However, some of the arguments in William Craig’s article, “The absurdity of life without God”, challenge this view that McCloskey has. William Craig offers a few examples of why we should take comfort knowing that there is a God. First, life is meaningless without God and Immortality. What is the point of our existence if our end result is definitively death? McCloskey argues that because God stands by as someone is stricken with disease or death then it is better to take comfort in something else since God allows this to happen. Instead, Craig offers the argument that our existence has a purpose with God and that with Him we do have immortality and this disease and death is only temporary as God provides immortality with Him. Second, is the value with God and the moral obligations we have to live our lives according to God? In this Craig shows that without the moral obligation we have no reasons to live our lives to the values that God provides. Instead, one can live a life full of wickedness or live a life full of goodness and there would be no consequence and it wouldn’t matter how morally one were to

“She ran pass that way and up the stairs…” He never finishes as the men take off, running again in the opposite direction I am. Joy flitters through me. He didn’t turn me in. “You’re welcome!” Flich yells after them, sarcasm thick in his words. Minutes later after the yelling and footsteps died down, the door opens and there stand Flich, holding his side in pain, but a smile is on his face. His face is slightly bruised and swollen.

Seeing someone who could possibly help them is tempting, but once Rayna recognizes the man who abused her, she is triggered by memories and attacks him. Losing breath and the battle, the bad man is about to die when Rayna leaves him on the floor, she understands that she is better than him and will not kill him. Rayna is able to walk away, feeling somewhat healed from the experience and leaving what had happened to her behind.

McCloskey brings up the problem of evil and he makes arguments against the concept of free will. He claims “might not God