Hooo, boy. There’s a lot to unpack in this graphic, isn’t there?
Kindly presented by an Internet atheist community, I grabbed it because it presents such a wonderful opportunity to tell you the truth about the creator and master of time, space and the universe.
1. If there were proof that a god exists, atheists would be denied the freedom to claim that God doesn’t exist. And if God has proven anything over the centuries, it’s that He’s all about free will.
Want proof? One of the early followers of Jesus of Nazareth (who many people believe is the Son of God) said “God wants everyone to be saved and to fully understand the truth.” That’s right, God wants everyone to be saved. He doesn’t force a single person. It’s up to us.
Another ancient writer goes further: “Today you must decide who you will serve … But as for me and my family, we will serve the Lord.” See? More free will. In fact, the entire existence of atheism is proof of free will.
2. Like it or not, God wants us to come to Him in faith. The evidence comes from one of Jesus’s early followers: “Without faith no one can please God. Whoever comes to God must believe that he is real and that he rewards those who sincerely try to find him.”
So the very thing that many atheists hold in contempt is the very thing that God is all about. He wants a relationship with free-thinking people. He’s not interested in programming soulless robots to do His bidding because no matter how you look at it, that’s NOT a relationship.
3. The “facts” that “could be repeated, tested and demonstrated” is for logic and mathematics, not for the creator of time, space and the universe. As Matt Slick puts it on the Christian Apologetics and Research Ministry website:
How do you “prove” there is a Great Being outside of our universe? Do we look for footprints in a riverbed? Do we examine evidence under a microscope and say, “A ha! There’s God!”? That would be the wrong approach. If God exists, He would be beyond our universe, non-material, and transcendent.
For me, the evidence of God is the universe. No God means no universe, no Frank’s Cottage, no you or me.
For me, the evidence of God is Jesus. Original-source biographies of His physical life on earth refer to Jesus as God’s Son at least four times. There’s no provable reason to believe that’s not so.
For me, the evidence of God is the set of morals that are common to a majority of people on this planet.
Where did these morals come from? How do we really know that it’s wrong to kill, to rape, to steal, to lie, to defraud, to cheat on our spouses?
Why are these moral absolutes? Because they were implanted inside us by our creator. And we clearly see what happens when these implants are ignored (see: ISIS, the Taliban, Nazi Germany, the Pol Pot regime, Josef Stalin and whoever has committed the latest mass murder).
So what do you think….do I, as a follower of Jesus, have a fiction that I simply want to believe? Yes or no, post your thoughts below and let’s have a conversation.
Frank's Cottage 
It won’t be much of a conversation as I agree with you. 🙂
Sadly, yes, Frank you do have a fiction you wish to believe.
If there was evidence of your claims then you would not need faith.
As Martin Luther noted, reason is the enemy of faith.
Atheists (and this commenter has told me he is one) almost always believe that God and Jesus – as He’s portrayed in the Bible – are fiction. That’s a key part of their dogma. Otherwise, they wouldn’t be atheists.
Following Jesus of Nazareth has *always* been a mixture of faith, reason and evidence. So the opinion of Martin Luther – a renowned 16th century Jesus follower – was (and still is), very wrong.
PS: Martin Luther also said this: “Faith is a living, daring confidence in God’s grace, so sure and certain that a man could stake his life on it a thousand times.”
A hit hegyeket mozgat. [Translated from Hungarian: Faith can move mountains.]
You have hit the nail on the head here, Frank. Yes, it’s all about free will – God loves us that much to allow us to choose Him or not.
Blessings!
Thanks for sharing.
I totally agree with you and love these posts. They teach me how to respond to atheist people.
I am convinced many people are going to be very shocked to find out they have a soul after they take that last breath, only then it’s too late for repentance. And they keep on rejecting any proof or anything we say, any testimonies or witnessing to them. I am starting to see that what the Bible says about them; they are those that cannot be saved.