Poor Atheists

Dr Greg Clarke, co founder of the Centre for Public Christianity (CPX) suggested to me and the rest of the crowd at a Christian men’s convention to respond kindly and not in kind to opposition from non-believers. After all, Jesus said to love your enemies, to turn the other cheek and to love your neighbour as yourself (Matt 5: 38-48). It is also not for us to condemn people, that’s for God. But why would you bother anyway when it seems the atheists’ condemn themselves.

The atheists had their own convention last week in Melbourne. CPX was shut out but Andrew Bolt in the Daily Telegraph did attend. Bolt, a self proclaimed agnostic, instead of feeling at ease with the thought of there being no God felt like he needed God even more due to the vitriolic attack by speakers on prominent Christians in Australia. Bolt says,

“My near conversion occurred because three of the speakers managed to confirm my worst fear………that if the Christian God really is dead then there is not much to stop people in our society from behaving like barbarians”.

He goes on to describe three examples that are just as bad if not worse than any of the bad statements spouted by noted Christian leaders, mainly in America. They were insulting and downright rude. Bolt was expecting a better example from these intellectuals

It is a big part of Richard Dawkins’ (prominent atheist) argument that you don’t need the bible to have a morality. This may be partially true, but Dawkins would claim his morality is superior. Yet this example of behaviour and attitude shows the opposite.

Hence to display a superior morality one can’t react in kind, but kindly. As hard as that may seem. remember to pray for those who persecute you (Matt 5:44)