DENIAL: ATHEISM’S DEFENSE

Atheists insist that there is no evidence for God. The Christian retorts that they know God in their heart, but they suppress this evidence:

·       Romans 1:18-20 - The wrath of God is being revealed from heaven against all the godlessness and wickedness of men who suppress the truth by their wickedness, since what may be known about God is plain to them, because God has made it plain to them.  For since the creation of the world God's invisible qualities--his eternal power and divine nature--have been clearly seen, being understood from what has been made, so that men are without excuse.

Now some research is available suggesting that even atheists have an awareness of God:

·       A team from the University of Finland got 16 atheists and 13 religious people to read aloud statements like “I dare God to make someone murder my parents cruelly” and “I dare God to make me die of cancer.” Perhaps surprisingly, both atheists and the religious got emotionally aroused when daring God to do terrible things. In fact, if anything, the atheists were even more het up. They went on to do another test, in which they got the atheists to simply wish for terrible things to happen. But that didn’t cause nearly the same reaction as asking God to do it.

This might suggest that rather than confronting the atheist with more evidence, which they will deny, it is better to confront them with the consequences of their denial.