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I Am a Christian and I Love Jesus

The fool says in his heart,
“There is no God.”
They are corrupt, their deeds are vile;
there is no one who does good.

Psalm 14

The bible knows about atheists - those who deny God's existence. But the references to them in the bible are very, very, very few. The more important question for the biblical writers is this: "who is the true God?"

Atheism is a nonissue in the bible. One could even say that atheists are nonexistent from a biblical point of view.

On the other hand I notice that many atheists make constant reference to the bible and to Christians in their posts and their replies. Atheists react to the bible and to Christian claims as if they derive energy and life-support from interacting with what they deny and fight. Modern Atheism is a reactionary movement to a large degree. I dare to say that Atheists need Christians just like fire needs oxygen.

Another unnverving fact about atheists is their strong tendency to being cynical and ironic in their interacting with believers and their strong aversion to certain arguments and facts - rather than admitting that they have no answer to certain phenomena and cant explain some facts and arguments, they simply deny their relevance and ignore those arguments and facts. Atheists claim to have a great love for science and tangible evidence, at the same time they do the very opposite of scientists - who do their research without bias and prejudice, who take all facts and evidence into account.

My personal impression is that a good number of atheists lack peace and harbor a lot of anger and even hatred inside them. Not all of them. Please reply with respect and kindness :)
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How mean! I have one friend who doesnt believe in God. She is the kindest person on the whole wide world.
And she isnt corrupt at all! I mean yes you said there isnt written much of atheists but already this is lets say funny..

And atheists cant explain some things like what? your view is really interesting.
Dreammmer · 56-60, M
I am glad that your friend is such a kind person!
Well, Im sure atheists can explain everything or try to. But is their explanation satisfactory? Or is it at times rather a cop out? Important questions are:
What is the purpose of life?
Where does evil come from and why are humans evil?
How come Christiany could become a world wide and very successful faith?
Why do so many people who are just as educated and intelligent come to faith?
@Dreammmer: Yes, I understand what you mean. I think evil can be explained. Cant be summed up now or how to say but it depends on what the human experienced.
Because christians discovered many parts of the world. I think that is pretty senseful. But i can ask you why there are so many religions? And also really amazing religions.
I think such cases are really pushed. Hm that people see : oh wow such an amazing religion. I can also say that many educated are atheists. Like my philosophy teacher etc etc. But they dont go out and show it. They dont have symbols for ahteism or so haha. Like the cross in christianity.
EuphoricTurtle · 41-45, M
@Dreammmer:
1- Who says there IS a purpose?
2 - Actions that might be labelled as "Evil" are perpetrated by all animals as so it's not exterior to us or something that afflict us like a disease.
3 - Popularity has no relevance to truth. If everyone were to believe the world is flat against contrary evidence it wouldn't MAKE the world flat. I would also be wary of using popularity in determining what's best considering recent elections and POP music.
4- Faith provides comfort, the "meaning" which many people desire. In terms of numbers though you would find that more people born into faith leave than those who are raised atheists actually join a religion.
Sharon · F
@Dreammmer: [quote]Well, Im sure atheists can explain everything or try to. But is their explanation satisfactory? Or is it at times rather a cop out?[/quote]

Aren't "God did it" and "God works in mysterious ways" cop outs? At least scientists provide emperical evidence for their theories, which is tested by others.
EuphoricTurtle · 41-45, M
@Sharon: And we're never afraid to just say "we don't know"
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Dreammmer · 56-60, M
@Unicorn: Thank you for your reply. I have found peace and hope and purpose in life by knowing Jesus Christ. But I do not see Christianity as a religion. Religion is mans attempt to please God and earn heaven. I do not believe that people can earn heaven or please God with works. So, there is no amazing religion for me. And all I can say is, there is truth and wherever there are truths in the realm of faith, there are lies.