Atheists, do you know that in every man the knowledge of God exists?

"A man can no more diminish God's glory by refusing to worship Him than a lunatic can put out the sun by scribbling the word, 'darkness' on the walls of his cell."

---C.S. Lewis

Yes I believed that God existed and that I had a personal relationship with both God and Jesus and that I could approach God because of Jesus' sacrifice. However, there is no evidence that God exists, and there is only very circumstantial evidence that Jesus might have existed and nothing to indicate that he was divine in any sense of the word. I reach this conclusion after careful study of the case for creation (or more appropriately the lack of a case) as well as careful research into any evidence for the flood, exodus, and any other miracle that the Bible records. There simply is none. So yes, I once believed just like I believed in Santa, but when I found out that those beliefs were unsubstantiated, I left them.

Brainwashed member of "God's" Church, do you know that God says IN THE BIBLE that there are other gods. Read it yourself.

It takes a lot of effort and work to ignore the truths present in The Bible, yet it seems that every one of God's "hardcore" followers denies these truths, such as:

"And the Lord said to Moses, "When you go back to Egypt, see that you perform before [him] all the wonders that I have put in your power; but I will harden his heart so that he will not let the people go. Then you will say to Pharaoh,"..." 'Israel is my firstborn son'...'but you refused to let him go; now I will kill your firstborn son.' " Exodus 4:21-23 God forced the Egyptians to die. An eye for an eye, huh?

The first Commandment, Thou shalt have no other idols "for I the Lord your God am a jealous God." Exodus 20:5 Hmm...I though jealousy was one of the seven sins. No one ever seems to think God has any flaws.

I'm sure there are many more. Maybe, in order for the world to be a more peaceful place, you should learn to accept the fact that others have different views on religion. You may also want to read the Qur'an and see if it reminds you of something. Maybe, your concept of God may be a universal being, which your religion has named and claimed for themselves. Time to share the love.

Atheists

If you can read this, I can prove God exists: http://cosmicfingerprints.com/ifyoucanreadthis.htm

Where Did the Universe Come From? Was it started by… God?

http://www.perrymarshallspeaks.com/

New Scientific Evidence for the Existence of God

http://cosmicfingerprints.com/audio/newevidence.ht...

Bad Advice for Atheists (Doug Eaton)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=umAfoxnP3MY&feature...

That's exactly like saying that in every man, the knowledge of Zeus exists, and that it takes a lot of effort and work to deny the existence of Zeus, then backing your claim up with classical Greek legends about Zeus and his power.

Atheists deny the existence of the Christian god for precisely the same reasons Christians deny the existence of Zeus.

In me, the knowledge does not exist. I do not understand how science and religion can both be true, and science has proof. Where is the proof of God? Is it not possible someone made up a story and now, it is global thing. Look how rumours get spread about, and believed to be true. The idea of "God" creating the earth is a bit far-fetched.

This is just my opinion and i mean no dis-respect to anyone committed to a religion.

I guess I have a natural talent for it, because it seems like the easiest thing in the world.

Edit:

Okay, okay, I admit it. I work very hard to deny the existence of God. I labor at it constantly. Also, I struggle to find a justification for not believing in unicorns. Dragons? Don't even get me started!

I think you should be a little more impressed with my efforts. I have to work like hell to deny not only YOUR god, but all of the other hundreds and hundreds of gods other people believe in.

Additionally Romans 1:20 essentially says that all nature knows there is a God. You just gotta know you've hit a nerve when they rail as they do upon being confronted with the truth. ..and boy do they ever!!

It doesn't take any effort at all. There's no proof of any god. It doesn't tale any more effort not to believe in it than it does not to believe in Santa Clause.

I'm here, personally, to try to decrease the violent and hateful effect that your religion has on the world. That's why I responded - not because I have to work at being an atheist. Being atheist is a natural outgrowth of being intelligent.

What? What?

You believe in God. You have faith that God exists.

But there is no proof.

Believe what you wish, but why do you keep trying to convince others. It's like those who go on a diet and keep telling each other how wonderful it is even though they are obviously unhappy. And then they fall off the wagon and get fat again.

yeah it woudl take a lot of work and effort to "deny" god, if there was evidence to deny

but theres really not any evidence is there

so i dont "deny" god

i accept that god doesnt exist, because thats what the evidence says

and how is quoting bible scripture written by men suppsoed to prove anything excpt you cant put this inot your own words, and that you dont hve any thoughts on the matter of your own