I believe in God. My atheist friend does not believe in God. But the startling harmony is that he doesn't have disbelief on the God that I serve while I too don't believe in the god that he is suspicious of! That means I am an atheist in terms of the god he hates and he is a theist in terms of the God I serve. Puzzled?
I am an Atheist - My atheist friend does not believe in a god who inspires his deities to spoil women in his name, in whose name billions of dollars are swindled, kids are abused, women are mistreated and so on. What big deal; even I don't believe in a god like that! If a believer in god could carry such a mission on this earth, I don't have the slightest problem in denying that god. I am an Atheist!
My atheist friend is a theist - Refusing to accept a cozy life, a spinster in Italy was inspired by God to travel to one of the world's under-developed nations to serve the poor. She spotted forsaken lepers lying on the road to whom she didn't spare her helping hand. She gave all the gratitude to the God who inspired her to carry on the mission of love. My atheist friend does not have the slightest problem in trusting the God of Mother Teresa. He is a Theist!
To summarize, I am an atheist when god is misused and a theist when God uses me His way…the most righteous way. Similarly, all my atheist friends hate god and love God because God is God; period!
Thursday, April 3, 2008
Why I am an Atheist and a Theist?
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