The Young Man Psalm 14:1-7 The fool has said in his heart, There is no God. They are corrupt, they have done abominable works, there is none that does good.… "If you meet with an atheist," says Dr. Farrar, "do not let him entangle you into the discussion of side issues. As to many points which he raises you must make the Rabbi's answer, 'I do not know.' But ask him these seven questions — 1. Ask him, what did matter come from? Can a dead thing create itself? 2. Ask him, where (lid motion come from? 3. Ask him, where life came from save the finger tips of Omnipotence? 4. Ask him, whence came the exquisite order and design in nature? If one told you that millions of printer's types should fortuitously shape themselves into the Divine comedy of Dante or the plays of Shakespeare, would you think him a madman? 5. Ask him, whence came consciousness? 6. Ask him, who gave you free will? 7. Ask him, whence came conscience? He who says there is no God in the face of these questions talks simply stupendous nonsense. This, then, is one of the things which cannot be shaken, and remain. From this belief in God follow the belief in God's providence, the belief that we are His people, the sheep of His pasture." (The Young Man.) Parallel Verses KJV: {To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David.} The fool hath said in his heart, There is no God. They are corrupt, they have done abominable works, there is none that doeth good. |
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