When I discovered this meme, I immediately understood that it’s a shot across the bow at spiritual people. The book — almost certainly a Christian Bible — behind the clutched hands makes it clear this meme was likely created by atheist people.
So what about it? I’m sure there are some misguided spiritual people who claim their beliefs are facts. I’d never insist that my faith in Jesus of Nazareth, who many people believe is the Son of God, is a proven fact.
Now let me be clear: my faith is based on important truths (just one example: a vast majority of secular historians believe Jesus was a real person), but much of my spiritual convictions builds faith into those truths.
What is interesting, though, is through all my years of interacting with atheist people, I find they regularly deny their beliefs are anything other than cold, hard facts.
Based on hundreds of interactions over the past decade, I find a majority of atheist people have these beliefs:
- There is no creator
- People have no soul and, when they die, all that they are becomes NOTHING more than rancid worm food
- All Jesus followers are deluded and stupid
- All Jesus followers are in a cult
- All Jesus followers should be mocked and denigrated whenever possible.
- The Bible is toilet paper
- All prayer is useless and should be mocked whenever possible.
- Atheists are the only people who are smart
- Atheists must teach the world how to follow them.
- Anyone who disagrees with atheists is ignorant and deserves to be ridiculed.
- All church leaders are money-grubbing liars.
- God is a rapist
- Anyone who believes in the existence of hell is a sadist
Notice that none of these points can be proven? Every one of them is a belief — or a conviction, if you prefer that term. Now I know that any atheist person who reads this blog (and I do have some regular God-denying readers) will strenuously disagree with me, but none of them have ever proven these points.
Maybe you’re not sure where you stand on God and Jesus. So let me encourage you to spend a little time doing research. Find a Jesus follower and engage him/her in a mature, respectful conversation. You can even email me (at fdking@hotmail.com) and I’ll be my imperfect best to help.
My point is, this is important. If there is a creator and He sent His Son to show us how to live, then died for ALL the wrongs we’ve done and ALL the right things we’ve failed to do, then this is important.
If there is something beyond 70+ years of eating, working and sleeping, then this is important. Please consider my words carefully, because it could effect the direction of your life — now and beyond the grave.
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