I had a thought today. It's not something that comes up everyday, but it is something to think about if you're religious. Hell, even if you're not. A lot of Atheists don't know how to argue that there is no God.
I mean, think about it. There could be one possible way to deter someone from thinking there is, but Atheists avoid it like the plague. Instead, this happens:
Atheist: There's no God.
Christian: How can you say that? Look at nature?
Atheist: Yeah. It's natural for nature to occur. (Based on "logic" that was presented to me.)
Well, of course it's natural, you ninny. IT'S NATURE! The counter-argument will almost always be, "That's how God intended it to be." The Christian will be secure in his faith, and the Atheist may think that he won the argument. Either way, neither side had gone anywhere. No mountains have been moved, nor lakes drained.
If an Atheist wants to prove there is no God, he should find a photographer. He would blindfold the photographer, give him a camera, and point the camera for the photographer at the subject. The subject is so horrible, that the photographer has to be blindfolded for this to work, so hopefully you have a technically competent Atheist. You then print the picture, and show it to the said lab rat. The picture is so horrifying that he/she'll vomit for days, and not be able to eat anything for months. That picture is one of his/her grandparents having sex. It can't be just random old people, they have to be his or her grandparents. Because nothing is more disturbing than seeing a picture of your grandmother's now floppy breasts (and other assorted fat deposits and wrinkles) sloshing about as your grandfather goes at it.
Now, perhaps, I have this wrong, too. You may also have someone look at the picture who isn't traumatized. That person will look at the picture, and say, "Well, this is actually a thing of beauty, that these people love each other so much, that they continue to show it in this manner. I wish to love someone that much that when we're this old, we could be as in love as this couple." When that happens, several Atheists heads will turn around. They may also think, "Oh, crap, this bit us in the ass." They may also think, "Well, we need to try harder."
The biggest problem is that Atheist argue to the wrong people. I heard a story from a Chaplain of an Atheist telling a man that God didn't exist. The man was of faith, and had given the last of his money for the month to help feed the people of Haiti after the earthquake. The man didn't have money to buy food nor pay his bills. Yet, the man turns to the Atheist, and says, "I disagree. God will find a way to help me through this." Two months later, the man hadn't starved, and he kept his home. He was still breathing, and living a healthy life, thanks to people taking care of him (families who didn't know him bought dinner for him for a reason you'll soon find out why.)
The next month, the Atheist finds the man in a church. The man asks, "Do you still think God isn't real?"
The Atheist replies, "Yes, Reverend. But, I can't argue with you."
Why argue with a person whose faith is so strong that they sacrifice their last penny for people across the globe, that he'll never meet? Conversely, why argue with someone whose lack of faith is so strong that they'll try to convince the previous person that God doesn't exist? All its going to get you is nothing. And if you get doubt, than your faith of whatever side you're on wasn't that strong in the first place.
Keep in mind, I'm writing this as a man who believes in God. If my faith was as strong as the Reverend's in the story, I'd have it made in the shade.
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