Apologetics

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“You will seek me and find me when you seek me with all your heart”—Jeremiah 29:13 (NIV).

What would you tell an atheist if he wanted concrete evidence before he would believe in our Creator God? A video posted on a Facebook page called “Jesus Christ is King,” led me to post the question above on my own page.

Before I posed the question, I viewed the four-minute video called “Dear Mr. Atheist.” After watching it, I started reading the comments from others, left by both believers and nonbelievers. While a few comments of the almost 115,000 were kind, most were not. It was a battle of the believers versus the nonbelievers. Many comments were hate-filled.

As a Christian, I left a cordial comment. An atheist responded to my comment—in a nice way, I might add. When I mentioned to this individual that he might want to read Lee Strobel’s “The Case for a Creator,” he responded with “I will need more than a book for me to believe. Show me the evidence, that's all I need. Simple, concrete evidence.”

How do you explain to a nonbeliever that God really does exist? When I asked my Facebook friends, I received some incredible responses. While some said they’d share their personal testimony, others mentioned Bible verses they’d share.

Some of the responses I received were based on fact. One friend said, “One could point out the fact the Bible isn’t just a book....it’s a collection of books, written by different people, most of whom didn't even know each other, or maybe not even ever hearing of each other, and how all those books are interrelated and back each other up. All the ‘coincidences’ in the Bible, and in nature itself, can't just be chalked up to coincidence! In addition, of course, are all the millions of personal testimonies. I heard a saying once, ‘A sinner with an argument is no match for a Christian with an experience!’”

A pastor friend on Facebook shared this, “For me, I would have to have proof God doesn’t exist. Quoting scripture to them won't work, because they don’t believe in the Bible. Seeing comes from faith. It’s not up to us to prove there’s a God, that’s God’s job. We are to lead by example, show others the way to Christ, and the Holy Spirit will convict and penetrate the depths of the heart.”

Another friend added, “God is like the wind. You can feel it. You know it’s there. You just can’t see the actual wind. You can see stuff blowing, but not the wind itself. You can’t see God, but you can feel Him. You can see the evidence of things He has done and how He works in our lives, but you can’t see Him. You just go by faith that He is there.”

Another friend mentioned Jeremiah 29:13. Without telling him it was scripture, I replied once again to the atheist, “If you seek Him wholeheartedly, you will find Him.”

What would you tell an atheist?

Feel free to contact me at [email protected] and tell me what you would say to an atheist.

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