The atheist would like to believe that his rejection of God has no more implication than his taste for chocolate or vanilla. It would free him from consequences, which afterall is the point of the exercise. It is an old effort beginning in the Garden and succinctly expressed by the Jews before Pilate: "We will not have this man rule over us."
The mistake with atheists is that they believe that belief in God is a matter of faith when in reality it's a matter of reason. When someone tells me that he is an atheist, he might as well tell me that the earth is flat.
The atheist would like to believe that his rejection of God has no more implication than his taste for chocolate or vanilla. It would free him from consequences, which afterall is the point of the exercise. It is an old effort beginning in the Garden and succinctly expressed by the Jews before Pilate: "We will not have this man rule over us."
Sounds like my Pizza and Sushi discussion :)
The mistake with atheists is that they believe that belief in God is a matter of faith when in reality it's a matter of reason. When someone tells me that he is an atheist, he might as well tell me that the earth is flat.
Romans 1