Miracles For An Atheist by: George Geiger
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George Geiger's second book, is a "flying-by-the-seat-of-your-pants" account of a man challenging God to act in his life. A most thought-provoking book, anyone - especially those who find their faith challenged by modern-day "miraculous" technology - should read. This book is painfully honest; deeply penetrating, and ultimately moving. George has a unique talent to uncover our hidden doubts, and prove to the reader that some things just have to be miraculous.
FOREWORD
by: WebPastor David Todeschini Approximately six months after his first book, "Jesus – Christian Agnostic", my good friend and brother in Christ George Geiger has blessed me with the honor of helping him get his second work to press. George’s approach to faith is unlike anything I’ve ever experienced; it is a tenacious will to believe, struggling with the doubts that modern society (with the Devil’s help) tries to take away from us. George articulates the age-old questions as most of us have done at one time or another, but he takes his catharsis a far beyond the questions; he dissects the underlying rationalizations, and asks simply, "If they had miracles (in Biblical times) Why can’t I have my miracle?". Can a person who does not believe in God; or someone whose faith is hanging by a thread have his / her miracle? Would such a person even recognize the hand of Divine intervention – even if it happened right under their nose? What, exactly is a miracle, and when does one say to himself, "That certainly was a miracle!" How do you know when to rest in the sufficiency of the evidence and be certain that you’re not mistaken? The answers may surprise you, but you have to come to your own conclusions. George and I do have some differences in our theology, as he mentions briefly. However, as long as I have loved the Lord, nothing I have read to date can approach what George Geiger’s two books have done for my relationship with Jesus Christ. George’s struggle here pits doctrine against historical truth, theology against spirituality, and poetic license against empirical fact. It challenges us to cease being entertained, and begin to become inspired. It dares us to drop unquestioning doctrine in favor of spiritual discernment. I can identify with George’s struggle; I once "ragged on God", too. That was almost 35 years ago in Vietnam, where a wounded Vietnamese boy we found in a bombed-out village, died in my arms.
If you never gave God a second thought, if you’re not sure whether God exists, or if you’re struggling with a shaky faith, this book will blow you away! George’s first book, "Jesus – Christian Agnostic" is brilliant... if you can surpass that, well, I guess I would have to say that what you are about to experience is certainly nothing short of that. On my list of what I will, for lack of a better term call "Miracles on the Down-Low", running into George Geiger and being part of bringing the Lord’s message to you, is an event God certainly had a hand in. Thank you, Jesus! <<<<<<<☼☼☼☼☼☼☼>>>>>>> ççç&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&èèè SAMPLE TEXT FROM THE BOOK:
& was as good as any fourteen year-old at ragging on God; "This God" or "This Not-God" as I used to call Him. I was going to bring Him to His knees, and eradicate Him from the human vocabulary. He had disappointed me, so from my vantage point, I wanted to discredit Him, and destroy Him from the consciousness of every living soul. I went to Sunday school, and I loved those Old Testament stories my wonderful teacher brought alive with such vivid imagery and passionate conviction. I believed her, that God loved me while my father was beating me to a bloody pulp because I left my bike in the driveway. Then he proceeded to run over it with his car. It wasn’t enough for him that he destroyed the bike I loved, but I had to spend a month of solitary confinement in my room after school. This God or this "Not-God" really loved me, my teacher said, but it wore thin after a while, because He was seemingly powerless to answer my prayers and stop my father’s beatings. I wanted Him (God) dead. I don’t know how the mind of a child works, but I couldn’t kill my father so I killed God over and over again for letting my father do all those terrible things to me. He would beat my mother when she would try to come to my defense. I would hear the words and the sobs, but I couldn’t help her. Where was this God or this "Not-God" when I needed Him? I still went to Sunday school, but the teachers changed and the stories seemed a little less real. My sister and I began to sneak across to the YMCA after my mother would drop us off at church. We would use our donations to buy milkshakes and play ping-pong. It was quite a while before someone let the cat out of the bag, but she never told my father. My parents didn’t go to church, and after a while we didn’t go either. When they say, "God is dead", I killed Him once for every time He stood by and let my father beat my mother or me. I killed Him over and over again any time someone brought up the name of the Almighty. I took it upon myself as a crusade to make Him small and helpless with my sharp tongue. I saw the same anger I expressed toward God tear apart the lives of my brothers, sisters, and my mother. They didn’t vocalize it quite so angrily as I did. They internalized their anger and slowly, silently, it tore apart their lives. I saw my younger sister kill herself with alcohol, my mother with prescription pills.... My oldest sister tried to escape the madness by getting pregnant, my youngest brother by staying high on marijuana, and my other brother by making a pact with the Devil..... I am trying to establish enough circumstantial evidence that in a court of law, my existence would be considered to be a miracle. I’d prefer to walk on water, but I’ll take my miracles any way I can find them – straight-up or with a touch of irony. We should start an Internet web site for substantiated miracles.... I would trade walking on water for an angel any day of the week. However, if you think about it, they are both very similar; they represent Man’s desire to know God; to know that God cares for him. It honestly isn’t very important to walk on water. There are many better modes of transportation, and frankly the only reason we need our own angel is that we don’t think that God has time to personally keep track and care for us.
It is very possible from our experiences we sense an impersonal distant God uninvolved with our lives. It is a lot easier to create angels and miracles than do the kind of everyday walk of faith Jesus displayed. Did Jesus need a miracle for Him to believe? Did He worry about the salvation of His soul? There is every Biblical indication both answers would be negative....
ççç&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&èèè READER COMMENTS "As much as we differ theologically, I found George's second book just as piercingly enjoyable as his first... that is why I have George as a guest author on this web site. George has a very practical approach to his faith; he wants proof... he wants to walk on water, just as Jesus did. He asks (paraphrasing), "Is that too much to ask?". I was very pleasantly surprised by his conclusions. I just had to have this book on my Web site."  WebPastor Dave Todeschini "I'm going to give this book as a Christmas present to my friend, who claims that "Everything is just luck - random chance". Great job, George! I really enjoyed Christian Agnostic, too". - Via E-mail - Dan C. "Whatever you do, George, don't stop writing. This book is so touching... it's absolutely brilliant". - In conversation - Rip B. "From the front cover to the back cover, every doubting Thomas, and everyone who has ever wondered, "Where is this God I believe in?", should get this book and study it dilligently". - Via E-mail - Bobby P. ççç&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&èèè
"Miracles For An Atheist" - By George Geiger
 
 
 
 
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