Mozambique, England 

Manuesse Mario Maluleque, Maputo,  Mozambique,  manuessemaluleque@hotmail.com   A Christmas gift for atheists -- five reasons why God exists

For atheists, Christmas is a religious sham. For if God does not exist, then obviously Jesus’ birth cannot represent the incarnation of God in human history, which Christians celebrate at this time of year.

However, most atheists, in my experience, have no good reasons for their disbelief. Rather they’ve learned to simply repeat the slogan, “There’s no good evidence for God’s existence!” 

In the case of a Christian who has no good reasons for what he believes, this slogan serves as an effective conversation-stopper. But if we have good reasons for our beliefs, then this slogan serves rather as a conversation-starter. 

The good thing is that atheists tend to be very passionate people and want to believe in something.

The atheist who merely repeats this slogan after having been presented with arguments for God’s existence makes an empty assertion.
 
So what reasons might be given in defense of Christian theism?  In my publications and oral debates with some of the world’s most notable atheists, I’ve defended the following five reasons why God exists:

Dr.Victor David , Nottingham, Nottinghamshire , United Kingdom

Email Address: vicdav45@yahoo.co.uk

WHAT ARE THE LEGAL REQUIREMENTS FOR STARTING A CHURCH IN YOUR COUNTRY?  Issues of law and religion in the United Kingdom

Churches as charities: There are no legal requirements for starting a church in the United Kingdom

It is the same  law that guild all charity organization that apply to the churches also they are categorise under non profirt orgnization.

The meaning of “charity” The legal underpinning of churches’ charitable status In England and Wales is partly the law of trusts and partly the various successive Charities Acts. In the Charities Act 2011:

• s 1 (Meaning of “charity”) states that “For the purposes of the law of England and Wales, ‘charity ‘means an institution which

• s 3(1)(c) defines “the advancement of religion” as a charitable purpose.

Therefore, an organisation whose objects are exclusively charitable is, in law, a charity and, crucially, charitable status is not dependent on registration with the Charity Commission for England & Wales. If someone (“the settlor”) establishes and endows a trust that has an exclusively charitable purpose, it may be regarded a charity even if it is not clear that the settlor had intended it to be so regarded. (And if the settlor does not wish to set up a charitable trust, s/he had better make sure that the objects of the trust are not exclusively charitable).

PAUL KATONGO KAFINYA,   ZAMBIA,   paulkkafinya@outlook.com; 

In telling how God saved me, let me first give some background of my years prior to that life-changing day, I grew up in a Christian family, my family attended church of God and I remember my Dad playing keyboard and singing in the choir.  

 So I was surrounded by God and the church from the very beginning. I was raised in a Christian home, but just followed through the motions of doing “Christian things” that I thought you were supposed to do. I didn’t know Him, I just knew about Him.

I found myself searching for purpose and meaning in people and also in myself. Whether that was my friends or in relationships, I poured my whole heart into them. I also became very fixated on myself and my image. I became very consumed with what people thought of me and was living for the acceptance of the world. To the extent I find myself doing what none believers are doing. I became a drunkard, a smoker.

The next year I spent in utter rage. I was in fistfights and worse. Finally, the school suspended me, and and I stopped sleeping at home. Time does permit an explanation of this period in my life except to say I turned hateful and developed the attitude that, "I would hurt you before you could hurt me." I now know I had developed a desire to excel in everything, because it was my source of belonging.