Does God believe in atheists?

Woody Allen once said: “To you I'm an atheist; to God, I'm the Loyal Opposition.” This is a warm sentiment, and I suspect it is pretty close to the truth.

The phrase Loyal Opposition is from British politics. Wikipedia describes it this way: "It is intended to illustrate that Members of Parliament in a country's legislature may oppose the policies of the incumbent government—typically comprising parliamentarians from the party with the most seats in the elected legislative chamber—while maintaining deference to the higher authority of the state and the larger framework within which democracy operates. The concept thus permits the dissent necessary for a functioning democracy without fear of being accused of treason."

Along these lines, even while theists and atheists disagree passionately about what doctrines are true and what institutions are good, they are all part of the human family, something larger than our differences. As a believer, I would see God's fatherhood as the uniting factor; Allen and other atheists would not label it that way of course, but at their best moments I suspect they get a glimpse of it. I do not think God would want either side to fall into the hostile us-vs-them mindset that is sadly so prevalent in online forums (one can only hope it is not yet that bad in real life).

I think that Christians should believe in their hearts and openly proclaim that even if atheists don't believe in God, He believes in them. There is ample encouragement in the New Testament for this.

First, it is possible for one person to be further from God in their beliefs than another, yet closer in practice, or vice versa. See Luke 10:29-37, Matt 7:21, Matt 15:7-9, Matt 21:28-31 for just a few examples. Some theologians attach absolute importance to holding correct beliefs about Jesus rather than doing His will, but I don't hear that in the Gospels. We all need to be careful not to assume we are one of God's favorites.

Second, we are not all judged according to the same absolute requirements, but according to the light we have been given. Jesus's vivid language about this in Luke 12:47-48 suggests to me that nonbelievers may be judged more lightly than those who have accepted Jesus and disobeyed. One more good reason to judge not, to forgive and seek forgiveness, to love our enemies.

Third, if someone is far from God in both thought and practice, it is likely that God is intensely interested in that person and would want all of us to love and support and welcome them. This is powerfully presented in the parables of Luke 15.

Finally, we should always remember that Jesus died to save nonbelievers too. See 1 Tim 4:10, 1 John 2:2.

No matter what side of the argument you take, may God bless you all, and peace be with you.

No. Any legitimate god would never resort to merely pretending. By definition, He'd already KNOW everything..

The obsession with "believing in" religious issues originated with Aristotle, Plato, and early Catholic theologians. They purported that mental experiences were the basis of reality and asserted that thoughts, beliefs, and perceptions defined reality. (See Solipsism, Idealism.)

Because of Catholic intellectual tyranny (enforced by burning people who disagreed at the stake) it took more than thirteen centuries for humanity to finally discover and prove the truth -- that the Church is totally wrong about the nature of existence. It is a verifiable fact that the physical realm is the true basis of objective reality. It is also a fact that subjective mental experiences (including beliefs) are created by natural processes occurring within each person's living brain. It is objective physical reality which shapes our subjective mental life -- not the other way around, as Aristotle and the ancient Church would have us believe.

If God did actually exist, there would be no need for pretending ancient Greek philosophy and Catholic propaganda correctly describe how reality operates. If God were real there would be obvious evidence of His existence -- not the bizarre superstitious nonsense of our ignorant ancestors.

God doesn't exist.

Even if he did, I really wouldn't care whether or not God believed in my existence, because unlike God, I don't demand love and worship from people. Also unlike God, I can prove my own existence. In addition to providing circumstantial evidence through my activities on Yahoo! Answers, Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn, I appear in person in front of people every day.

The last time I checked, God didn't have a Facebook account. Okay, I admit that's not exactly true. There is a "God" on Facebook, but it turns out that "God" is a 23-year-old web developer from Ohio.

possibly they * shouldn't *. If God extremely gave all human beings unfastened will, then atheists, for in spite of reason, have desperate to no longer have faith. As somebody above already reported, "arguing" for God's existence is comparatively moot. interior the tip, somebody will have faith because of the fact the Holy Spirit finally convicted them of the certainty. If one would not have faith interior the Holy Spirit, i do no longer see that occurring. If an atheist comes to a decision their contemporary existence would not experience "precise", they'll seek for some thing else. Do Christians have a "extra effective" existence because of the fact of God? seem at Paul, he grow to be overwhelmed, whipped and run out of city for his ideals. Christians could say Christianity brings them convenience. An atheist could retort that they desire no such crutch. Christians could say they sin much less. Ha! Neither has a lock on morality. You suggested that we won't be able to use "the afterlife" as a help for why Christianity is extra effective. If one in each and every of those impediment is placed on the reaction, then we ought to continuously persist with stories in this earth. if so, if we decrease our reaction to existence in the international, we could discover that the atheist could * continuously * think of their existence is extra effective as an unbeliever. this isn't any longer till you grow to be a have faith that your attitude transformations to comprise the afterlife. --- further ---- i spotted you reported the two "interior the long-term" and "brushing aside the afterlife". To a Christian, the two are inseparable.

No. There are two possibilities:

If God doesn't exist, then it would be impossible for Him to believe in atheists.

If God does exist and is omniscient, then He doesn't have to believe in atheists... He would have perfect knowledge of their existence, their reasons, and their true beliefs.

Of course. God understands the delusions that most atheists have and the various reasons and psychosis as to why these people rule out the possibility of a creator and for the most part claim themselves to be the only god they need.

Are you saying does God believe that people choose to be atheists ?

By saying, "Does God believe in atheist?" You are first saying you believe in God, as do I. Saying this also states that God is real. And since He is, why in the world would atheists, be atheist?

Psalm 14:1

To the choirmaster. Of David. The fool says in his heart, “There is no God.” They are corrupt, they do abominable deeds, there is none who does good.

To then answer your question, I do not think God believes in anything but His love for us.

He doesn't believe in the way they think or believe or anything.

No. God is nonexistent so he cannot believe in anything.