That's a tough question.
I'm still trying to figure it out.
The Atheists seek for signs, they seek for evidence. But like the Old Time stiff necked Jews, no sign will be given them. Except for the sign of Jonah, the sign of the Son of Man.
It says we have to confess with our mouth, and believe with out heart.
How can the heart believe?
Dreadful sorry Clementine.
I think I did learn something, but it's not too good of a thing.
I see it in the eyes of William Nye the science guy.
I saw it in my next door neighbor.
I encounter it in this forum.
It's the same thing every time, especially in the old and experienced Atheists.
They can all start off nice, but then their true colors show. Some of them eventually, inevitably, will shift into something different, something more than a simple disbelief, an outright attack on God.
Like: "If there is a God, why is everything so screwed up?
Or: "If there is a God, why should I have to do what He says?
And: "I don't want anything to do with a God that would let little kids get leukemia, and kill all the pregnant Antediluvian women..
Their augment shifts into a dark, sinister and Satanic phase of displaying a hatred for my God.
They know that there is a God, they just don't WANT it to be true.
My neighbor was a mean Atheist all his life. He would boast that he was an Atheist, and give warning not to bring up any of the "God" subject. Even in his last stages of emphysema, his exploits were known around town. I helped him build his garage until I couldn't take it anymore. He couldn't open his mouth without an expletive coming out.
G-D this, and J-C that, and he can go straight to hell. The simplest things like: "grab the crow bar, it's up again the G-D wall. I asked, Wayne, you're quick with taking the Lord's name in vain. Do you believe in God? He took his time to think about it and answered: "there might be a God, there might not be a God, but whether there is or there isn't, He never gave me a G-D thing. I had to work my *** off for everything I have.
I guess you had to be there. He was not a happy camper much of the time.
If there is a God, my neighbor had a problem with Him.
The Atheist, especially an old and experienced Atheist, can very quickly shift from the scientific evidentiary phase, into the anger phase of the five stages of grief.
I have not completely figured it out yet, but I notice similarities with the various stages of Atheism, and Elizabeth Kubler Ross's five stages of grief:
Five stages of grief.
- denial.
- anger.
- bargaining.
- depression.
- acceptance.
Denial. The Atheist says in their heart that there is no God.
Anger. If there is a God, I want to know why He lets little kids get leukemia.
Bargaining. Tell ya what, show us proof, and WE will be the deciders if God exists.
Depression. Quiet time, the Atheist goes on a break from posting.
Acceptance. When the Atheist reaches acceptance on a global scale, they will seek to kill God. Satan will gather them for that great battle in the valley that is symbolically called Megiddo. When the world is at war with God. Like it is right now.
This all might sound argumentative, I didn't intend it to be.
Peaceful Sabbath.