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Forsaken by WHICH God?... There be designer Gods aplenty.. besides the regular ones.. Even atheists have made themselves Gods.. to inhabit the vacuum..

Jeepers, dear 'pipe, you speak of God in the plural here. That is difficult for me to conceive; for I'm "all in" — mind, heart, soul, and strength — with the Shema: "The Lord thy God is One God" [Who expresses Himself to human comprehension as three substantively indivisible Persons].

The Oneness of God entails that any other "gods" are pretenders, false gods. [Take Allah, for instance. And IMHO, even Buddha has his limitations. But we won't even "go there" in this writing.]

I do take your point about the "atheist position": The main point of denying or "forsaking God" is to create a vacuum into which human cupidity and will to power can rush, without any possible limitation or resistance.

It's at that point that we enter into an inverted, "looking glass" world, a "second reality" that has no conceivable foundation in truth whatsoever....

Even an atheist must know that God "exists." Otherwise, why would he contend against Him so relentlessly, so mightily — or from my point of view, so tiresomely and pointlessly?

Thank you for the cite to Romans 1:21. It captures the point under contention perfectly.

JMHO FWIW

Thank you so much for writing, dear brother! HUGS!!!

Thank you so much for all of your insights, dearest sister in Christ!

Romans 1:20 does indeed drive the point home beautifully! Thank you so much, dear hosepipe!

Precisely so and the consequence is the "reprobate mind":

And even as they did not like to retain God in their knowledge, God gave them over to a reprobate mind, to do those things which are not convenient; - Romans 1:28

Please be sure to ping me to the answer to the "Second Reality" question!