Josiah Concept Ministries

It’s obvious to me that theists make no attempt to find out where atheists are coming from. And that saddens me. And then they try to argue with an atheist as if that person accepted the same presuppositions that we take for granted. I’m here to tell you something, every Christian that attempts to argue with an atheist:

1. They don’t accept a created world.  They won’t even listen if you try to argue for one.
2. They don’t accept the Bible as the only infallible source for faith and morals.  At best, they think that it’s an intriguing book filled with myths same as Bullfinch’s Mythology.  At worst, they think that it is a pack of lies concocted for the sole purpose of controlling unwary humans so that the priests would have all the power.  Repudiating them with the Bible has no effect.
3. They don’t believe that world we live in or the stars in the heavens points to any sort of supernatural Creator. Those who at least allow the possiblity to stay on the table only allow for a deist worldview.  This plays back to point #1, and is part and parcel why it is so difficult to argue for creation with these people.

The approach to evangelizing an atheist should start with a challenge to the presuppositions. But only through studying the atheist worldview (or lack thereof) and actually understanding the presuppositions underlying it (as well as the apologetic typically used to defend it) will someone like me be able to have a meaningful dialog with atheists about any sort of possibility of belief in (or re-dedication to) the God I hold so dear and serve with enthusiasm.