Originally posted by jaywill
We want you to be saved. We want you to not be condemned by the righteous God. We want you to be saved.
Could we push a button to force you to believe and be forgiven of your sins, we would surely do so. But we cannot.
So we plead, reason, argue, preach, pray, debate some more, pray, entreat, try to show you the sense of it all.
We know that we ...[text shortened]... you will run into us and hear us because we know Christ loves you and we want you to be saved.
God is an undeniable reality, but when Christianity is presented to an atheist, it only strengthens their resolve to be atheist.....why?
Christianity has been fabricated, and with that fabrication there is much error and falsity presented.
This doesn't help the cause for theism, but actually where someone is agnostic, they now become full blown atheist, for who could accept the obvious errors presented by the Bible.
There are 2 types of atheists,
1. the vocal aggressive atheist who defends their absurd atheistic stand with fabricated science teachings.
2. the quiet atheist, who is actually agnostic and could not be bothered to discuss his atheism for lack of commitment.
Number one will practically never change his position, for his foundation of atheism is being untruthful and obstinate.
Number two can be influenced by reasonable discussion from true knowledge of God.....but when they hear the falsity presented from the Bible/Koran they strengthen their resolve to be atheist.
Then you you get the third person, who upon hearing of the Bible and its teachings, likes the idea of going to heaven for accepting Jesus and just blindly accepts everything no matter how faulty.
Then you get the fourth person who is truthful and sincere, and they believe in God but only need to be informed of the truth of God.....and when that person comes into contact with Vedanta, they embrace it with enthusiasm.
It is very difficult in this age of Kali to find genuine persons who are looking for spiritual forefillment......who are sincere and truthful.