There is no such thing as an atheist. If someone could be neutral religiously that would be the first time. Atheists are not neutral. They are extremely religious. In their demented minds, they believe they are god. They are idolaters pure and simple. Paul said in Acts 17:22-23, "Then Paul stood in the midst of Mars’ hill, and said, Ye men of Athens, I perceive that in all things ye are too superstitious. 23For as I passed by, and beheld your devotions, I found an altar with this inscription, TO THE UNKNOWN GOD. Whom therefore ye ignorantly worship, him declare I unto you." These materialists, at the very least, recognized a spiritual realm, even if they did this in stupidity. Most evolutionists do not even realize this. They think that the material realm is all that there is. Paul told these Greeks that they were being reverent to demons. This is idol worship.
Paul said in Romans 1:19-25, "Because that which may be known of God is manifest in them; for God hath showed it unto them. 20For the invisible things of him from the creation of the world are clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made, even his eternal power and Godhead; so that they are without excuse: 21Because that, when they knew God, they glorified him not as God, neither were thankful; but became vain in their imaginations, and their foolish heart was darkened. 22Professing themselves to be wise, they became fools, 23And changed the glory of the uncorruptible God into an image made like to corruptible man, and to birds, and fourfooted beasts, and creeping things. 24Wherefore God also gave them up to uncleanness through the lusts of their own hearts, to dishonour their own bodies between themselves: 25Who changed the truth of God into a lie, and worshipped and served the creature more than the Creator, who is blessed for ever. Amen." If man does not worship God, it is a no brainer, he will worship the creature and created.
Application
To properly understand the Bible, we need to use what is known as applied theology.
Leviticus 19:26 reads, "Ye shall not eat any thing with the blood: neither shall ye use enchantment, nor observe times." The Amplified Bible renders this verse, "You shall not eat anything with the blood; neither shall you use magic, omens, or witchcraft (or predict events by horoscope or signs and lucky days)." There can be no such thing as luck. God has created all things and rules by His law. Luck denotes chance. If God did not create the heaven and the earth, then evolution would be true and all things would be here by chance and randomness would prevail. If all is by chance, then this world is meaningless and no facts relate to any other facts. This is the philosophy of chaos and anarchy, which is the logical conclusion of evolution.
Why is eating blood prohibited? Leviticus 3:17 says, "It shall be a perpetual statute for your generations throughout all your dwellings, that ye eat neither fat nor blood." Jews eat meat that is kosher i.e. the blood has been drained out. Eating fat and blood are extremely unhealthy. The blood carries in it many pathogens. The Lord made this point clear in Leviticus 17:10-12, "And whatsoever man there be of the house of Israel, or of the strangers that sojourn among you, that eateth any manner of blood; I will even set my face against that soul that eateth blood, and will cut him off from among his people. 11For the life of the flesh is in the blood: and I have given it to you upon the altar to make an atonement for your souls: for it is the blood that maketh an atonement for the soul. 12Therefore I said unto the children of Israel, No soul of you shall eat blood, neither shall any stranger that sojourneth among you eat blood." This is a mark of satanic worship to drink blood because God has forbidden it. Blood in this state is usually out of something that has died and therefore it would be a celebration of death, not life.
Someone who is superstitious believes that religion is by the using of exact ritual. It is a search for secret knowledge whereby the created order can be manipulated to do what one desires. Moses said in Deuteronomy 29:29, "The secret things belong unto the LORD our God: but those things which are revealed belong unto us and to our children for ever, that we may do all the words of this law." These individuals despise law. They are heart lawless. They are manipulators, desiring to go where only God can go. Only God knows how things work exhaustively because He is God. These individuals try to think about themselves as not being creatures.
Wherever God’s law is disregarded, then magic will begin to predominate. This was the case throughout the Roman Empire in Paul’s day as Acts 16:16 makes clear, "And it came to pass, as we went to prayer, a certain damsel possessed with a spirit of divination met us, which brought her masters much gain by soothsaying." The Amplified Bible’s version is in part, "...we were met by a slave girl who was possessed (by a spirt of divination (claiming to foretell future events and to discover hidden knowledge)..." These individuals are trying to claim that there is not a God who has created a preordained world that is ruled by His law and with the right knowledge, one can attain to the level of a god. This is the lie of Genesis 3:5, "For God doth know that in the day ye eat thereof, then your eyes shall be opened, and ye shall be as gods, knowing good and evil." We can try to attain to this, but it is an impossibility.
Conclusion
God has given us His objective law. We are to follow His law, not seek to manipulate things to our advantage. This is demonic trying to seek our own way apart from God. 2 Kings 17:17 reads, "And they caused their sons and their daughters to pass through the fire, and used divination and enchantments, and sold themselves to do evil in the sight of the LORD, to provoke him to anger." Idolatry brings the wrath of God.
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