Good Luck!

June 27th, 2008 by Dan

Good luck. Wish me luck. Lucky. Should Christians use phrases like these? I'm leaning towards no, and I'm trying to eliminate them from my vocabulary. As part of a Christian worldview, we don't believe in luck, right? So what am I hoping for? That events will magically happen in such a way that will benefit me in some fashion? I know that God is in control, not luck. His will be done.

Alternatively, if luck is merely the sum total of circumstances that happen to us, it is just a descriptive term and not a metaphysical statement. Either way, non-believers may misunderstand, thinking there is no God, and that things just happen truly randomly. This seems to be sufficient cause for abandoning the term "luck".

Pat Robertson For 2008

January 3rd, 2008 by E. I. Sanchez

I used to work with this guy named Enrico. Enrico was an IT analyst in my team, and he was a really cool guy. During lunch, we would hang out together, and he would always have good stories to talk about. He loved films, music, the Simpsons and Richard Dawkins (He was actually surprised I knew Richard). Anyway, Enrico was like my "arts & culture" consultant. He would keep it real for me. Unfortunately, he quit a few weeks ago to pursuit a music career.

Now, I say all this to tell you about one of the best lunch conversations we had. Though he wasn't a believer, Christianity was always in the conversation. Whether Enrico had watched a movie, read something online, or heard something somewhere...Jesus kept on joining us at lunch...

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Beware: Buddhism is Bankrupt

October 3rd, 2007 by E. I. Sanchez

Ravi Zacharias asks: If the ultimate goal in Buddhism is to stop all desire, why does the Dalai Lama desire the liberation of Tibet (podcast)?

And in most recent news: Why are Buddhist Monks protesting in Burma?

If Buddhists are in search of enlightenment, they're definitely way off.

The Basic Philosophy
The ultimate goal in Buddhism is to stop all desire: The less you desire, the less you suffer. When you stop all desire, you attain nirvana (rzim.org).

This philosophy sounds nice. It sounds well-thought-out. Unfortunately, it isn't.

• Human beings are relational beings.
• Relational beings love.
• And Love desires.
• And Desire brings suffering.
• And Suffering is part of reality.

What Must I Do To Be a Buddhist?
Though Richard Gere & Lisa Simpson make Buddhism look cool and intellectual, it is bankrupt.

Buddhism may work great in the solitude of a cave or in a monastery. It has no place in reality where Love, not only for other humans, but also for Scientific Truth (desiring to know) is fundamental.

Have you noticed that pictures of Buddhists Teachers have no babies?
Where are the wives? Where are the husbands? Where is the family?

Resources
Suffering: Five Views
The After Life
Buddha vs. Jesus
Podcast: Ravi Zacharias in late 2006.

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