In my last couple of posts, I have been addressing some of the reasons that people often claim a disbelief in God – and it most often has nothing to do with the evidence. Unfortunately, it is frequently tied to how they have been mistreated by those who claim to have a faith. For others it may have more to do with not wanting to be accountable to a divine Creator. So, some naively think, “If I just stick my head in the sand and say ‘There is no God,’ then I’m off the hook.” But as we noted last time, with no anchor, this approach often increases people’s feelings of inadequacy and “not being good enough,” rather than reducing them.
Another issue that comes with frequency is one of “I don’t want to think that hard.” If this life is all there is, then God is irrelevant. And to try to persuade them to look at the facts, to examine the overwhelming evidence, is just too much. And truly, they don’t want to think that hard. But, of course, if there is even a chance that the Creator of the universe is out there, and He made us with design, purpose, and the opportunity for eternal life – isn’t that worth doing some brain stretching to know what our life can be now as well as what the future holds? There is certainly an awful lot at stake.
Next time, in the final post in this series, I want to take a look at some pretty famous doubters and what they have discovered – because Mondays really do matter.