It’s curious how often Christians and other theists can’t imagine why anyone would seriously doubt God’s existence. Doesn’t everyone (at least everyone God gave a soul) just know in their heart that God exists?
So if you become an atheist it must be for a nefarious reason. You must hate God. (Some Christians believe atheists are people who grew up hating their father and then transferred that to hatred of The Father.)
Another nefarious reason behind atheism was proposed by Billy Graham who wrote, “Many atheists I find, reject God for one reason: They want to run their own lives.”
He also said “Taken to its conclusion, atheism ends in despair.”
Ha Ha! Gotta love the depiction of God as an old white man. Jesus is typically Caucasian also. I thought the ultimate absurdity was Max von Sydow--a Swede--playing Jesus in the 1965 film The Greatest Story Ever Told. Even the Holy Ghost is represented as a--white--dove.
Spot on.
It’s curious how often Christians and other theists can’t imagine why anyone would seriously doubt God’s existence. Doesn’t everyone (at least everyone God gave a soul) just know in their heart that God exists?
So if you become an atheist it must be for a nefarious reason. You must hate God. (Some Christians believe atheists are people who grew up hating their father and then transferred that to hatred of The Father.)
Another nefarious reason behind atheism was proposed by Billy Graham who wrote, “Many atheists I find, reject God for one reason: They want to run their own lives.”
He also said “Taken to its conclusion, atheism ends in despair.”
I wrote an article about it here -
https://atheology.com/2011/06/15/billy-graham-on-atheism/
and, like you, suggested that atheism is just a conclusion about God’s existence.
As for the cliffs of despair, I couldn’t find them.
Ha Ha! Gotta love the depiction of God as an old white man. Jesus is typically Caucasian also. I thought the ultimate absurdity was Max von Sydow--a Swede--playing Jesus in the 1965 film The Greatest Story Ever Told. Even the Holy Ghost is represented as a--white--dove.
How can one hate someone who doesn't exist? 🧐