1. The Weirdness of Atheism. When one stops to think about the dynamics and implications of Atheism as a religion (‘belief-system’) one stands amazed at the absurdity and weirdness of it, i.e. something that should rather have been the domain of the less informed citizenry of the world, has amazingly actually become the province of those at the vanguard of academia and scientific endeavour. The Apostle Paul was, apparently, not wholly unfamiliar with the phenomenon. He writes about the unbelievers of his day:
“For the invisible things of him [GOD] 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 … Professing themselves to be wise, they became fools.” [Romans1:20,22].
2. The “God is dead!” mantra. Scientifically speaking, this stance is particularly puzzling, as scientists by their own admission concede that they only know about 5% of what is going on in the Universe with the rest (95%) constituting ‘undetectable by scientific instruments dark matter + dark energy’; they also concede that they know only about 10% of what is going on in our own oceans ... all of this hardly the kind of knowledge-base to establish an ideology as inexact and fuzzy as 'Atheism' upon ... and with such an inordinate store of confidence too.
3. The “God is evil!” mantra. How God can be both ‘dead’ and ‘evil’ at the same time boggles the mind; but, I assume that, being as ‘empirically’ thorough as they usually are, the atheists nevertheless issue these types of imposing philosophical pronouncements with a considerable measure of scientific circumspection and academic judiciousness.
More disconcerting is the notion from certain atheistic quarters that ‘there is no such thing as good or evil, only thinking that makes it so’ that appears to contradict the ‘God is evil’ notion. After all, were there really no such things as good and evil, then why do atheists complain about the ‘unfairness’ (evil!) of prayer and Bible-readings in public schools?
4. The “We cannot see God!” mantra. Jesus Christ is very clear about this issue:
“Blessed are the pure in heart: for they shall see God.” [Matthew5:8].
This begs some valid questions:
► Are God-hating and God-profaning atheists pure in heart?
► Is it not indeed possible for God to be obscured from their view and the observations of their scientific instruments in the 90% they still not know about the oceans of planet earth, or in the 95% they still do not yet know about the Cosmos?
► Even had 100% of the Cosmos been 'visible' (observable) to the atheists, what makes them think they would detect God’s presence even then even with he best of technologies in existence … one would not search for Henry Ford in the engine of a Ford automobile. I thus find it incredible that atheists can be so grossly deluded that they deserve an audience with God at all when even Moses, when he pleaded with God to see His glory, has had to be satisfied with only a fleeting glimpse of God's back parts while at the same time being cautioned by God that no man could see God and live. [Exodus 33:18-23].
5. The Better Part of Valour. Should atheists refuse to repent and turn to God along familiar, traditional ways, it is recommended that atheists then (in the meantime) at least accept the veracity of the Bible and the existence of God in good faith until such a time the contrary is proved instead of accepting Atheism in blind faith until the contrary has been proved. The Apostle Paul has given some excellent advice in this regard:
" ... without faith it is impossible to please him [GOD]: for he that cometh to God must believe that he is [EXISTS], and that he [GOD] is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him." [Hebrews11:6].
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