Why are there lightning rods on churches?

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There’s a phrase that never fails to piss me off and trigger an episode of violent facepalming.

“If God exists, why are there lightning rods on churches?”

Because this world is not ruled by God, but by Satan (Matthew 4:8; John 12:31, 14:40, 15:11), because belonging to the church that celebrates the true God puts you under all kinds of hazards due to Satan’s vitriolic hatred of him (John 15:20, 16:2; Matthew 10:16-25) and his Church (1 Peter 5:8), and because Jesus himself made moves to protect his students against Satan’s wrath (John 17:15), so following his general advice is very wise, because the prince of this world would like nothing better than to have the Church carelessly tempting God (Matthew 4:5-7).

Christians don’t believe that believing in the true God is a “get out of jail free” ticket, something that can allow you to break the natural laws because you have divine protection. They actually believe that being faithful to Christ is closer to a death sentence than a protective shield in this world, but without accepting the possibility of martyrdom they are not really following Jesus. However, they are also advised not to tempt fate carelessly by doing things against natural laws that are likely to result in harm, and are especially advised against thinking that they are protected by God because they are his chosen people, because, as John the Baptist said, God can take a piece of rock and turn it into his chosen people if he so wishes (Matthew 3:9). If God allowed Jesus to be slandered, ridiculed, spat on, flogged and crucified, and his disciples and apostles persecuted, tortured and murdered, why would he prevent lightning from hitting a church building? God’s existence doesn’t preclude the existence of evil in this world, because this world is ruled by God’s sworn enemy. If God could use his power to vanquish evil this world wouldn’t even exist, and how it was allowed to exist in the first place and fall under the domain of Satan is a mystery. Instead, God can only provide an alternative to this world, and he can point to it, show the way. Salvation of the soul does not mean immunity to physical harm; in fact, it usually invites physical harm.

So yeah, I’m not a Christian and I know all this. And atheists pride themselves with being smart? My-oh-my.

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  2. I know an admin guy on a leftist forum, he is so proud he’s an atheist, he calls himself anti-theist! He is very serious about it, literally exposes his hatred of God- the concept of something beyond this material snakepit, every day, which evokes in me such disgust and hate of his attitude every time I read his stupidity. He’s truly Satan’s soldier, malicious towards truth, facts, but totally for defending “rapefugees” and leftist values whatever those are today.
    So I’m thinking there must be some huge hole in their brain/souls, something unconscious driven, not plugged into God at all, not even by a repenting feel of truth. Even most mobsters in prison have that. This guy is like a scripted bot and I wish he just disappears, why would God give a second chance to something that hates Him, the big truth so much and has proven it beyond doubt? I don’t want it to happen, anti-theists are the worst manipulators.

    • One of the problems I see is that I keep refuting the same bullshit for decades. It’s not that my initial arguments were wrong or weak, but nobody really listens, the truth doesn’t spread, and the same bullshit is recycled over and over again, creating the false impression of there being no arguments against it.
      But it’s coming home. Science was riding the vile beast of skepticism when it suited it, but now skepticism will devour science and destroy all knowledge, all intellect, as it already destroyed all spirituality. It started with “I reject your evidence for the existence of God”, and proceeded to “I reject your evidence that the Earth is round”. But it’s the same skepticism, the same mental disease, in both cases.

      • Wonder how those people would react seeing something like the Miracle of the Sun 1917: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miracle_of_the_Sun Probably shit themselves and commit suicide, because their mentality can’t compute that as reality. 🙂 And I know from your experiences, no matter what bending natural laws miracle, they will still spit at the thought of God, they will try to crush you and supress truth, and it makes me wonder how do they even exist as such, not falling apart. I think Tolkien said it best, with every second they lose power and become smaller. They protect scepticism in the name of reason, but what reason, I feel from them just their hate in proving them wrong. And this guy I’m talking about is a science professor. Poor kids :/

        • As I said, they will now have the flat-earthers and the Moon landing deniers and whatever not, and whatever evidence or reason the scientists provide will be rejected, and they will finally reap the effects of skepticism as science becomes widely doubted and discarded, and its financing dries up. Skepticism is a mental illness, and a deadly one because you can always doubt more than can be proven to you.

          • I actually thought about scenario where science gets completely rejected as a tool of progress, just because of this ridiculous illness called “skepticism to everything and everyone”.

            And I could put a bet that this series of events would help someone for sure. Just think about population who are unsure about everything and constantly questioning, making learning process and further development impossible.

            • Yes, that would be very useful for someone who wants to turn humans into super-controllable sheep, because that’s what skeptics are, and that’s why they all sound the same. They have all had their brains replaced by few sentences of propaganda.

        • > Wonder how those people would react seeing something like the Miracle of the Sun 1917: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miracle_of_the_Sun

          Ismijavanje. Iz prve ruke imam taj primjer, tip kojemu sam rekao o čudu Sunca iz Fatime, naprije je mislio da se zezam, no saslušao me do kraja. Odmah nakon što sam završio ismijao me i proglasio luđakom pošto vjerujem u takve gluposti. Jednostavno njegov metalni sklop nije mogao shvatiti kako netko u današnje vrijeme može vjerovati u takve noturne gluposti i budalaštine. Dakle istina je, netko ne vidi čudo čak i ako ga ubode u oči.

          • I can just imagine atheists being judged – “Oh, but we couldn’t know that God exists”. “Oh yeah, and all those religious people, how could they know?” “But they are idiots, we are smarter”.
            🙂

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