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Atheist Conversation

Created: Jun 9, 2024

In our last outing at the Matchan Center a man approached our table.  I struck up a conversation with him and asked if he was a Christian.  He said "No.  In fact I'm an atheist."  I said really?  How do you think everything got here?  He said "By chance, over billions of years."  I said how many billions?  He said "lots and lots".  I asked him if he believed we could have design without a designer, laws without a law giver, life without a life giver, and that something could come from nothing.  He said, "Yes, with enough time."  I said well you can believe that if you want, but your belief is not based on reason, logic, science or common sense. Because reason, logic, science and common sense say the opposite.  Furthermore, science says things go from order to chaos, they don't go from chaos to order on their own.  It was a cordial conversation and he seemed interested.  I think I gave him some food for thought.  He actually took a couple of our brochures.  He said he'd read the Bible.  I asked if he'd read it with an open mind and an open heart.  He said no, he'd read it as a critic.  I said that's the problem.  You have to read it with an open mind and an open heart.  Then God can minister to you.  Even though he claims to be an atheist, something drew him to our table.  I think he's searching.  Hopefully he'll return.