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Thoughts on Atheism

The fervour behind belief in a God has never been about proving anything; it was never about being right or wrong. Some philosophers confuse faith with a position where we as Christians take against the rest of the world. We as Christians never antagonized the world, instead we are taught to Love against reason: that when an enemy strikes us we should offer him the other cheek, to love our enemies and pray for those who persecute us. That is what the grace of God has taught us; that the world deserves more than what our justification and reasoning can offer. By accepting the grace of God and the application of the dynamics behind the love of God, we go beyond the reason itself or the burden of responsibility of acting on Logic or Reason. On Prayer By praying, we do not try to evade from responsibility, but rather we recognize that there is a choice, and by choosing Love over what our urges as human beings are to react through reason, we transcend ourselves. Most atheists do not u...