Saturday, March 13, 2010

The sad side of atheism.


I am sure that at some point of your life you have encountered someone who claims to be an atheist and claims that there is no God. If you haven't...then I don't know what to tell you because there are many people out there who deny the existence of a True and Living God or any form of Higher Power.

This morning I was watching an episode of the TV show "30 Days", created by Morgan Spurlock, the man behind "Super Size-me" and in this show he takes a similar approach as in the movie, him or some other person spends 30 days with a family or group of people of an opposing view, it was super interesting and informative. The episode I watched this morning is titled "Atheist VS. Christian" and it was about a self-proclaimed atheist mother who spent 30 days living with a Christian family and had to abide to their lifestyle.

One of the first things that I got from this show is much this lady's point of view broke my heart, as most atheists she claimed that there is no God, that when we die nothing happens and she made it sound like anyone who thought different than her was ignorant and uneducated. Not only that, but along with her atheist husband they indoctrinated their children to be atheist and even told them during dinner that there is no God, forcing something that these kids had to come to experience on their own to determine their wrong conclusions.

A verse that came to my mind while watching this show was Ephesians 4:18

They are darkened in their understanding and separated from the life of God because of the ignorance that is in them due to the hardening of their hearts.

This woman and her "belief" system was of the same as one whose heart has been so hardened that even being exposed to the Light she could not take it in at all. How sad is that?

I think of myself and how I used to be before coming to Saving Grace, I used to know that "maybe there was a God out there", but deep inside I thought I knew that was not the truth and when I got saved, God convicted my heart so much that I felt miserable for doubting Him and questioning His existence so much. I never considered myself an atheist but deep down inside I kind of was one. That's why I praise God for breaking my heart before it was too late!

If you are a true believer who has been Saved by Grace, you know that God is real...but how do you argue that if someone comes to you and starts questioning your beliefs? I have prayed a lot about it and the truth is that there is that whole Bible has the answer. God is so real and I have experienced Him in such a way that I can no longer question His existence. One point that this lady made in the episode was that, she joined the family for a Bible study and just kept going on and on with hard questions for them and that is hard.

Atheists are in such a hard place and it is hard to convince someone who denies God that there is a God because for them, the whole idea about an existing God is ridiculous and ignorant.

After watching this show I started praying that God equips me so that I can be strong in my faith so I can witness to atheists some day, I have met several and every time God has given me the right answers, if they believe it or not, it is not in my hands but only in God's hands.



But in your hearts set apart Christ as Lord. Always be prepared to give an answer to everyone who asks you to give the reason for the hope that you have. But do this with gentleness and respect,

1 Peter 3:15

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