that’s weird

You are saying some rather strange things, and we want to know what it’s all about.

- Acts 17:20 (NLT)

 

I have heard a lot of weird things in my lifetime, as I am sure we all have.
The earth is flat, the moon landing was faked, if you eat mentos and drink diet coke you will explode, that’s how the kid Mikey from the LIFE cereal commercials died.
If a black cat crosses your path, it’s bad luck, you have to enter and exit a house from the same door, chem-trails from jets are a chemical being sprayed to make humans more subtle, King Charles is a vampire, cell phones cause cancer, certain high-profile people faked their own deaths.
I could go on for a while or we could just dive deeper into the ones I have already mentioned, but let’s not.

There are a lot of conspiracy theories out there, some could be true, and others are so silly, it makes people wonder how anyone believes them to be true.
I would imagine that the people in Athens, Greece thought that Paul was crazy, in fact they flat out told him that what he was saying was strange.
A few verses prior to that, we read that Paul was deeply troubled by all the idols he saw everywhere in the city (Acts 17:16). 
Paul took the opportunity while he was in Athens to tell them about Jesus, and we read later When they heard Paul speak about the resurrection of the dead, some laughed in contempt, but others said, “We want to hear more about this later.” (Acts 17:32)
Just like the people in Biblical times believed in other gods and worshiped idols, conspiracy theories of today are believed by some and laughed at by others.
It is our choice what we believe, but as a Christ follower, we are under the Great Commission, to go and share the word of God.

So, it might be strange to some, but that is how we bring in new believers.
I do want to dispel the black cat one though, if a black cat crosses your path, he is probably just going somewhere.

 

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