It is the way you get there... and the journey NEVER ends.
Most of the atheists I know, regardless what they say, NEVER stop looking for a reason or a way to believe. It is a lonely and painful trip for them, because their ‘reason’ deceives them, leads them down so many roads... and in the end, and even IF they never accept a faith... they SEEM to know more than believers.
They are truly sad and lost. I pray for them...and their children.
Amen. Once you become satisfied with your faith you eventually lose it. That does not mean you lose your belief, it means you lose the fire and the accompanying peace and joy that go with faith. You become an empty shell and are back where you started without knowing why.
Most of the atheists I know, regardless what they say, NEVER stop looking for a reason or a way to believe. It is a lonely and painful trip for them, because their ‘reason’ deceives them, leads them down so many roads... and in the end, and even IF they never accept a faith... they SEEM to know more than believers.
Without God, and more specifically, Jesus, there will forever be that aching emptiness, that feeling of "something is missing." However, the search for proof is futile. God cannot be proven! Were one to think he had proven God, he would have , by the very act of proving, turned an infinite Being into a finite being, thereby destroying God by definition. In the process, they do learn most of the arguments pro and con. What they don't learn is that it is by grace that we are saved, not by works. They keep looking at the works angle and miss the grace part.
Faith is a feeling, a feeling we know to be true and the truth is reaffirmed every day. Some, like John, have an epiphany. Others get there through Bible study and a true desire to understand. Eventually, they do and they are there.
They are truly sad and lost. I pray for them...and their children.
So do I. It is a shame for any to miss the true reason we are here. Christianity is as much about living as it is about everlasting life.
Many of the Atheists I have come across seem more like people who are just angry with God. Then, there are a few that I really just don’t want to be around because they seem like they are missing something in their eyes. They are frightening. (the latter are the ones who are the loudest)