It seems we're hard-wired to believe, even if we question the traditional orthodoxy. This is a fascinating area of study.
Most atheists can give you a detailed description of the God in which they do not believe. Present them with a different idea and they can't accept that anyone could describe God that way.
To quote Dr. Ernest Holmes, "I thank the God that is that the God they told me about isn't."
“I swear there ain’t no heaven and....
I pray there ain’t no hell...”
Great old folk saying...that’s why only
the great old folks understand it. A prayer
to a God unknown can sometimes be the most sincere.
Some take up boxing. Then it finally dawns on some of those.
Arms -- too short.
Perhaps it’s that nagging fear of eternity....and....”what if I’m wrong?”
Dear Elizabeth,
Blessed are those who are pestered by the Holy Spirit. You ignore Him at your peril. He is leading you to Jesus. "Behold, I stand at the door and knock." Listen to Him. Say yes to Him. It's the most important decision you can ever make for the most important relationship you will ever have.
Yes, but the problem seems to be that we are convinced that all beliefs must be common and shared, when in truth, everyone's relationship with and belief in God is unique. And I believe he designed it that way for a reason.
The radio wonders if it really has an orchestra inside it, or if, on the other hand...
The answer is, we don’t KNOW. No one does.
She’s really an agnostic, she just doesn’t know it.
Being an agnostic is the most logical stand given the available evidence.
Really.........
Atheists will probably be saved before me.
The atheist says that he does not believe that God exists.
God says (in His Word) that atheists do not exist.
Who do you think is right?
Rom 1:18
For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men, who hold the truth in unrighteousness;
Because that which may be known of God is manifest in them; for God hath shewed it unto them.
For 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:
because, although they knew God, they did not glorify Him as God, nor were thankful, but became futile in their thoughts, and their foolish hearts were darkened.
Romans 2
15Â They show that the requirements of the law are written on their hearts, their consciences also bearing witness, and their thoughts sometimes accusing them and at other times even defending them.
There’s nothing like the universe to bring you down to earth.
Shade of His hand, outstretched caressingly?
Ah, fondest, blindest, weakest,
I am He Whom thou seekest!
- Francis Thompson
“For You have formed us for Yourself, and our hearts are restless till they find rest in You.”-St.Augustine of Hippo
Because even though you don’t believe in Him, He believes in you.
I called myself an atheist for almost 30 years. Then one day, I wasn’t anymore. It wasn’t that I discovered God or he discovered me. It was just that I finally understood who the voice in my head really was.
32not like the covenant which I made with their fathers in the day I took them by the hand to bring them out of the land of Egypt, My covenant which they broke, although I was a husband to them," declares the LORD.
33"But this is the covenant which I will make with the house of Israel after those days," declares the LORD, "I will put My law within them and on their heart I will write it; and I will be their God, and they shall be My people.
34"They will not teach again, each man his neighbor and each man his brother, saying, 'Know the LORD,' for they will all know Me, from the least of them to the greatest of them," declares the LORD, "for I will forgive their iniquity, and their sin I will remember no more."
A number of atheists who set out to disprove God, became so convinced of His existence and presence that they became very effective in carrying His Word....
If they truly do not believe in God’s existence then why all the anger? Many of them seem to waste of huge amount of time (in a life that’s finite and short by their own estimation) being angry with a non-existent entity and in trying to convince others to not believe as well. That’s not to say they aren’t entitled to their supposed disbelief. It’s only that their disbelief is not to be believed.
The notion that you will be held accountable for your actions in the afterlife is a hard one to shake. I can guarantee that it it keeps many atheists in line, whether they admit it or not. Also, if you life is ever threatened, you will appeal to G-d.
Well Ms. King as Carl Jung said, “God is present like it or not”