Having Lunch With The Atheist

Our Red-Letter Bible Study has me going down rabbit holes I had not considered. This one stems from my own testimony. Early in the Gospels, Jesus just parachutes into the land of Israel - an essential unknown and like the cleansing of the temple, he completely upsets the status quo of religion all through the Galilean landscape.

Fast forward two thousand years and you're now a believer and you just parachuted into a room full of atheists. No, you're not the savior. Your mission, should you wish to accept it (as every Christian must), is to teach the word of God to a room full of atheists and see if you can't at least get one of them to look up to the heavens and believe what you're saying. How exactly do you go about that?

You can't use The Cat in the Hat to prove the existence of Cats. The Atheist will look at you as if you're silly if you try to use the Bible to prove the existence of God. He considers the Bible a fictional piece of literature. The Cat in the Hat does prove the existence of the Author, though! Someone had to write that book. Look around you, this creation has to be the product of intelligent design. That suggests a designer. Even if you're dealing with a pure evolutionist, the big bang itself implies an intention. The reading material in the source guide is great for understanding how to approach an atheist. I know... I was one! My trigger, if you want to call it that, was a book by Dinesh D'Souza - Life After Death - a fascinating argument for the existence of God using the science and philosophy an atheist would reference as proof otherwise. 

So, how do you approach an atheist? That's what this episode is all about.

Notes and Source Guide for Having Lunch with the Atheist

https://www.rabbitholes.faith/e/having-lunch-with-the-atheist/