Atheists often know much more scripture than they would ever admit. In fact percentages show that atheist talked more about about God and Jesus than Christians do.
So this revelation does not surprise me at all. What I was always wondered and questioned is what goes on in the atheist mind as they read scriptures? Do atthists loath and revile these readings, do athesists commit the unpardonable sin of revoking the Holy Spirit?
In some cases, do athesists reach a point of epiphany and convert? With today’s strong anti-christian and satanic influence on young folks in schools and colleges that probably happens less and less as the influence is very strong throughout their formative years to reject God and morality.
“Do not fear” my old cowboy preacher used to say, “because the Lord is in control.”
Maybe this is a winnowing process put into motion before the tares are gathered up placed in a gigantic pile and burned. Which, is my view of the pre-tribulation rapture where it is not the Saints who are caught up but, as Jesus described in Matthew, it is when the tares are gathered up and destroyed.
I think some atheist are very anti-religious and some aren’t. It’s the latter that I have difficulty with because they accept that there may be some form of God, but it’s too unenlightened to say that one religion is any truer than the others. Therefore they are ok if you are a Christian, but don’t accept the divinity of Christ. Many are former believers who tried to resolve their doubts and failed. They claim they are scientific in the sense that they are always searching for truth and self-correcting whereas most religions are beholden to culturally created texts. I.E., they see themselves as truth-seekers and everyone else as dogmatists or Plato’s cave dwellers.