This term appears in Revelation 16:16, “the place that in Hebrew is called Armageddon”. It refers to the place where the battle between good and evil will take pace in the end days described in Revelation. In broader terms, it can be used to refer to the final battle itself.<\/p>\n

In common usage it has come to mean any events which can spell the end of mankind, or the end of our civilisation.<\/p>\n

Atheism<\/h1>\n

The denial of the existence of a God, supreme being, creator. Not all religions profess the existence of God – such as Buddhists and Taoists (however, Buddhism does profess a number of overseeing “spirits” that help and guide the progress of nations. Atheism has been on the increase in most ‘western’ nations for most of the last century.<\/p>\n

Atonement<\/p>\n

In the Old Testament times, sins of man had to be paid for – this was through the sacrifice of animals. Now, after Jesus death resurrection, such atonement for sin is no longer needed. Christ’s death on the cross is seen as atonement (payment in full) for the sins of mankind. This atonement for our sins is seen as Christ taking our sin upon himself, and suffering the penalty that was due to us.<\/p>\n

Atonement is also a key concept of Judaism. On Yom Kippur (Day of Atonement), Jews fast and pray – asking God to forgive them for their sins of the past year.<\/p>\n

Many Protestants believe that anyone who has faith and repentance receives atonement for their sins.<\/p>\n

Catholics affirm that atonement is only available to those who partake of the Catholic sacraments.<\/p>\n

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Abortion Abortion has caused much debate in contemporary western societies. Christians very much view abortion as the killing of an unborn child, whilst the secular community sees the debate more in terms the woman’s right to control her own body – and not have others (especially men) tell her what she can and cannot do […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1770,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[109,108],"tags":[176,177,178,179,180],"class_list":["post-1769","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-a-d","category-terminology","tag-abortion","tag-accountability","tag-apostles-creed","tag-armageddon","tag-atheism"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"yoast_head":"\n