delusion??

Question

I have thought to my self countless times why or how could someone not believe ............ when every breath you breathe is a blessing.......but I recall something about... many will belive great delusion and will belive a lie does anyone recall this correctly?

thanx for all the input..the reason i think some visiters come to this even when they proclaim non-beliefe is because the spirit is willing but the flesh is weak GOD is always here u have withdrawn as long as you still have the air to breathe u can call on his name..and believe

Answer 1

2Th 2:10 And with all deceivableness of unrighteousness in them that perish; because they received not the love of the truth, that they might be saved.


2Th 2:11 And for this cause God shall send them strong delusion, that they should believe a lie:


2Th 2:12 That they all might be damned who believed not the truth, but had pleasure in unrighteousness.

Answer 2

I'm not going to quote the verse, you have an idea of what the bible says there.

This is what some people will call a 'fail-safe' device. Basically, the claim is made that people will believe things that are different than what the bible says (at times going so far as to call them foolish), but since you believe the bible is right, your not delusional. It's done to keep you within the faith (since believing differently is wrong) and to give you a sense of superiority over those with different beliefs.

If you want to believe the bible, that's fine. Just understand that without evidence to back up the extraordinary claims that it makes, the faithful are just chasing their own delusions.

Answer 3

It comes from 2 Thessalonians 2:11; '... for this reason God will send upon them a deluding influence so that they will believe what is false.' (NASV)
Most modern translations do not use the KJV version which talks of a 'strong delusion'.

Answer 4

To believe in something without evidence is often taken as a definition of a delusion.

Answer 5

Yes. It's Revelation 3:16- "And then the clouds parted. And with a triumphant mighty roar a giant transparent Jesus decended from the clouds with a mean look on his face. Following him was a legion of transparent angels with mean looks on their faces. Then they started shooting lightning bolts at the humans and dumping grasshoppers on their wheat feilds. The ocean turned to blood and vampires increased in number, filling the earth with the blood sucking undead."

Answer 6

Nobody has ever provided any evidence that any gods, much less a specific god, exist. People believe in specific gods because of indoctrination from an early age, tradition, hallucinations, fear of torture (for gods sadistic enough to threaten it) and other similarly illogical reasons. But no gods exist in reality; these are all stories, created for people who were scared of the world long before we understood it. Now we have no more reason for these superstitions.

What's the harm in religion:
http://www.abarnett.demon.co.uk/atheism/harm.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Criticism_of_religion

How harmful the bible is in particular:
http://www.skepticsannotatedbible.com/
http://www.evilbible.com/

The origin of the Jesus stories:
http://www.wilsonsalmanac.com/jesus_similar.html
http://www.religioustolerance.org/chr_jcpa5.htm
http://www.religioustolerance.org/chr_jcpa2.htm
http://www.geocities.com/paulntobin/jesus.html

How illogical religion is in general:
http://godisimaginary.com/
http://whywontgodhealamputees.com/

The alternative:
http://www.religioustolerance.org/
http://www.infidels.org/
http://www.positiveatheism.org/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unitarian_Universalism
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Secular_humanism

Answer 7

Recall it exactly!