Atheist Objections to God

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Atheist

I don’t believe in God.

David

Well, I suppose if I had lived your life then I would be of the same opinion. 

Most people are atheists because their parents were atheists. No one taught them about the evidence for God and so they didn't teach their children about the evidence for God.  But today, there is so much evidence for God it makes sense to look at the evidence for ourselves.  It is not that our parents or grandparents were wrong, they simply failed to believe in God because no one explained the evidence for God to them.

When I was a young man I was an atheist, but I became curious if there was a God and life after death, heaven and hell. I was also curious if there was eternal life in heaven, then why did we have such a short time here on Earth?

So, I decided to search for the answers to my questions by looking at the different religions, and I discovered the evidence for God through the Christian Holy Bible.

Atheist

You can’t say the evidence for God is evidence just because it says so in the Bible.

David

No, I am not saying that. I’m saying the Bible provides the evidence for God, heaven and hell, and it does so through the prophecies of God. In my book Evidence for God, I have included 100 prophecies that would have been impossible to add to the Bible after the prophecy had been fulfilled. Also, these prophecies not only prove that God exists but also prove that since the beginning of creation, the history of humankind has been unfolding according to the predetermined plan and purpose of God.

I have also included the miracles of healing and the power and presence of God that is available today through Jesus Christ just as it was 2,000 years ago.  When you read the evidence of the prophecies of God, then you can prove they are genuine by your own research if wish to do so. Also, you can experience the love, power, presence and miracles of God in your own life, if you wish to do so.

When you combine the evidence of the prophecies of God with the evidence of personal experience for yourself of the miracles and power and presence of God, then the evidence for God is irrefutable.

Atheist

Suppose there is irrefutable evidence for God, heaven and hell. Then why don’t they teach this stuff in schools? I attended religious education at school for five years, and the teachers never told us about the evidence for God as you have described.

David

I can only assume the teachers didn’t know about the evidence or didn’t want to teach these things in case it was offensive to atheists or those of other religions. When I first became a Christian I knew about prophecies of God, but it was when I began training as a Lay Minister in the Church of England that I discovered there were hundreds of prophecies of God. It was by studying these prophecies I also discovered they proved God existed and the history of humankind is unfolding according the plan of God.

Atheist

Well, suppose God did exist, I can’t believe a God of love would throw anyone into a burning lake of fire called Hell. I’m sure God would allow everyone into his heaven. I’m also sure if I died today God would allow me into heaven. I may not be perfect, but I’m as good as any Christian and probably better than most!

David

So, you think you are good enough for heaven. The Bible tells us that to offend God or break the law of God is a sin. I’m sure you have heard the word sin before. God has a moral code by which He judges everyone, and that moral code is called the law of God, the Ten Commandments of God. 

The First Commandment is, ‘You shall have no other gods before Me.’ What this means is as well as not bowing down and worshipping anything as though it was a god. It also means nothing should be more important in your life than the Lord God of all creation.

Have you ever failed to make God the most important person in your life? The answer is of course, yes, you have broken that commandment every day of your life.

The Second Commandment is, ‘You shall not make for yourself a carved image.’ This is like the First Commandment, and it means do not make or create something you would bow down and worship as a god or serve them. If you do this, then you are committing a sin against God. God finds it offensive that anyone could worship anything or anyone other than the Lord God of all creation.

The Third Commandment is, ‘You shall not take the name of the Lord your God in vain.’ Have you ever made jokes about God, or spoken about God without respect? Have you ever used the name of Jesus Christ as a swear word, or to express your anger, hatred or disgust? Then you broke another law, you have sinned against God.

The Fourth Commandment is, ‘Remember the Sabbath Day, keep it Holy’. As Christians, we keep Sunday special for God. We go to church to worship God, to give God thanks and praise. To be with our church family to enjoy our time together, and to pray for one another. To encourage and comfort one another. By going to church every week we are demonstrating our gratitude to God for all He has done for us. Have you ever failed to keep one day special for God to show Him your gratitude? I guess the answer is No!

The Fifth Commandment is, ‘Honour your father and mother’.  Have you ever been disrespectful to your parents? Then God considers that a sin.

The Sixth Commandment is, ‘You shall not commit murder’. Hopefully you have never murdered anyone. But Jesus taught the it was a sin to be really angry with someone without cause.

The Seventh Commandment is, ‘You shall not commit adultery’. Jesus Christ said that whoever looks at a woman (or man) to lust for them has already committed adultery with them in their heart. If you have ever lusted after someone you were not married to, then you are guilty of sinning against God.

The Eighth Commandment is, ‘You shall not steal’. Have you ever stolen anything that didn’t belong to you? Even if the value of the item was insignificant. Then you have broken this law and sinned against God.

The Ninth Commandment is, ‘You shall not bear false witness against your neighbour’. Telling lies is bad, we shouldn’t do it.

The Tenth Commandment is, ‘You shall not covet (anything that is your neighbours)’. This means to wish for greatly or be filled with envy. A feeling which can lead you into temptation to do something bad and sin against God.

Most people when they think of the Ten Commandments of God allow themselves to think that they are not that bad. They haven't broken too many commandments too often, and if they haven’t killed anyone in a fit of rage, then they think God will overlook their other sins.

Someone asked Jesus what was the Greatest Commandment of God. Jesus replied, “You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, mind, soul, and strength and to love your neighbour as yourself” That’s from Matthew 22:37-40.

Have you ever, even for just one day failed to love God like that? 

Just multiply your age by 365 days of the year. If you are age 30, that’s 10,950. If you add that to all the other sins against God you have committed when you broke god’s moral law of the Ten Commandments.  Then do you really think God will let you into His Kingdom of Heaven when you die?

Atheist

Well, when you put it like that it does seem a heck of a lot of sins against God, but everyone must have broken the Ten Commandments. If God applies his law like that to everyone, then no one would ever be good enough for heaven.

David

That is correct. That is why the Bible says: All have sinned against God and fall short of the glory of God. Romans 3:23.

Also: Whoever keeps the whole law and yet stumbles on just one point of law is guilty of breaking the whole law. James 2:10.

Atheist

Another thing is how can anyone love the Lord their God with all their heart, mind, soul and strength when they don’t even know if God exists? It's impossible.

David

There are millions of Christians all over the world who at one time did not know or love God. but they made a decision to learn about God through Jesus Christ, and by coming to know Jesus and His love for us, we cannot help but love God.

Atheist

But there are billions of people in the world, I am just insignificant to God, so why should God care about me?

David

Some time ago a lady came to our church and asked our healing prayer group to pray for her. I had never met her before, and when I asked her what she wanted us to pray for her, she wouldn’t tell us, and said “Just Pray.”

So we began praying for her and I asked God to give me a message for her. Then I asked her if she was angry with God. She looked surprised and said No. I asked her again, are you sure you're not angry with God. She looked quite anxious and said No.

Then I told her I had asked God for a message for her, and God showed me a picture as though I was above the white clouds in the sky. Looking down at the clouds I saw a small hole open and up came a hand and an arm. The hand was in a fist and the arm was shaking their fist against God. I said to her. The reason I asked if you were angry against God, is because it was your arm and your fist that you were shaking against God. so tell me, are you angry with God?

She looked startled and said No, well, not anymore!

The following week she arrived early at our meeting to speak with me. She told me she had been going through a terrible time in her life, and she felt so low, so down that she felt God didn’t know or care about her, she felt insignificant to God. She was angry with God, very angry against God and she was beginning to doubt that God existed.

But when I told her about the picture and about her being angry with God, then she knew only God could have told me that.

Other members of our healing prayer group arrived and we were able to share with her how she was anything but insignificant to God, and that God loved her and cared for her and knew who she was, where she was, and exactly what was going on in her life. And we were able to pray for her and offer her comfort and advice.

This is what I mean about experiencing the miracles of God and the power and presence of God, and that is why I published my book – Evidence for God. I made it available as a 300-page eBook and a FREE DOWNLOAD at my website – www.EvidenceForgod.co.uk so that anyone who wants to can read my book for free.  This is how you can learn about Evidence for God, Jesus Christ, heaven, hell and exactly what you need to do to inherit eternal life in heaven. This is how you can learn to feel loved by God and out of gratitude for what God has done for you, come to love God.

Atheist

Well, I suppose I could look at your book.

David

Before you do that, let me tell you what God has done for you.

The Bible tells us: Man (and woman) is destined to die once and then face the Judgement. Hebrews 9:27.

The wages of sin is death. Romans 6:23.

God so love the world that He gave His one and only son Jesus Christ, that whoever believes and trusts in Him shall not perish in the second death (the lake of fire), but have eternal life. John 3:16.

These Bible verses tell us that everyone dies once, but physical death is not the end of human life.

We then face the Judgement of God, and the wages of sin means what our sins against god have earned us, what our breaking of the commandments of God have earned us is death. The second death in the eternal Lake of fire of Hell.

But, thank God, thank Jesus Christ, because:

We all (every one of us) are like sheep that have gone astray, each one of us turned away from God. But the Lord our God has laid on Jesus Christ the sins (all our sins) on Jesus Christ. Isaiah 53:6.

Most religions offer their sacrifices to their gods in the hope their sacrifice is pleasing to their gods.

But the Lord God of all creation offered His only Son Jesus Christ as a sacrifice on the cross, in the hope His sacrifice would be pleasing to us!

When Jesus Christ had been crucified it was as though God laid all the sins of everyone upon Jesus Christ. And so transferring the guilt and punishment for our sins upon Jesus Christ. So, instead of us paying for our own sins by being cast into the Lake of Fire and the second death. Jesus Christ died in our place upon the cross.

Do you think you are insignificant to God? Jesus Christ died for you, so that you could inherit eternal life in heaven.

As the Bible tells us: God demonstrated His own love for us in this. While we were still sinners, Jesus Christ died for us. Romans 5:8.

The Bible also tells us: God is patient with you, not wanting anyone to perish in the second death, but for everyone to come to repentance. 2. Peter 3:9.

What this means is, that you have lived your life going your own way without any thought for God. You have broken the Commandments of God on a daily basis throughout your adult life, and your sins will drag you down like quicksand into the lake of fire to perish in the second death.

But repenting means to realise the way you lived your life without any concern for God was an offence to God, and making a decision to learn about God through Jesus Christ. To accept Jesus' death on the cross for your sins, and be willing to live your life in a way that is pleasing to God. Not out of punishment or hardship, because as I mentioned before. Once you learn what God has done for you personally and how much God loves you, then it is a joy to love and serve God through Jesus Christ.

So, tell me what you're thinking.

Atheist

I’m thinking I’m interested to read your book and learn about the Evidence for God.

David

Great, you can download the 300-page eBook PDF from my website at www.EvidenceForGod.co.uk

Just scroll down to the bottom of any page and follow the download instructions.

For those who prefer to read a paperback book, there is the option to buy a copy through Amazon.co.uk and the link is at the bottom of each webpage.

Also, once you have read the book, if you have any questions then you can always contact me via the contact form on my website.