The atheist and I

[tadoflamb]

I work with an atheist.

We get along pretty well.

I tell him I'll pray for him.

He tells me he'll think for me.

 

[John Davidson]

Psalm 14:1
The fool hath said in his heart, There is no God.

Give him this book: https://www.christianbook.com/darwi...c-evidence/james-gills/9780884199250/pd/99251

 

[Tigger45]

That's cool, I choose my friends by character.

 

[Godlovesmetwo]

I don't mind atheists but I don't like the proud, argumentative ones. You could say the same about some Catholics too, I know.
Last year I met some atheists in a Toastmasters group I was attending. The topic came up "Gay marriage should be legalised in Australia." Christian members either kept quiet like me or felt very nervous putting their case forward against legalisation. It is very uncool to express doubts about the legalisation of gay marriage and atheists come into their own! They really shine!!

 

[Shiloh Raven]

That's cool, I choose my friends by character.

I agree. Some of the most kindest people I have ever met over the years have been atheists and other non-Christians. And a lot of the people I have encountered over the years in political activism and fighting social injustice have been atheists too.

 

[Godlovesmetwo]

Sometimes I think it takes more courage to say you believe in something that can't be proven than to hedge your bets by saying you are either agnostic or atheist. Also I couldn't spend the last hour of my life thinking.."oh well, this is it, soon I'll be dust, so what the hell did that all mean? I'm soon to vanish into nothingness."
I was disappointed to find out Ricky Gervais was an atheist because I think he is hilarious and he has got a big heart!

 

[imind]

Give him this book: https://www.christianbook.com/darwi...c-evidence/james-gills/9780884199250/pd/99251

why give him this book? evolution is completely in line with catholicism.

 

[John Davidson]

why give him this book? evolution is completely in line with catholicism.

1. Because he is an atheist and this book sets forth evidence for an intelligent designer.

2. I'm not Catholic and no evolution is not in line with creationism.

 

[Fish and Bread]

2. I'm not Catholic and no evolution is not in line with creationism.

You're posting in the Liberal Catholic forum, though. Liberal Catholics almost all believe in evolution. Even the majority of Catholics in general do. Pope Francis was asked about this question once and replied that God is not "a magician, with a magic wand".

 

[John Davidson]

Pope Francis was asked about this question once and replied God is not "a magician, with a magic wand".

God is more than a magician. He said "Let there be light" and there was light.

 

[Fish and Bread]

God is more than a magician. He said "Let there be light" and there was light.

Science is by it's nature the exploration of what God has created and how he has created it. When we discover more about what and how God created things, we discover more about God. Evolution is a scientific fact. So is the Big Bang Theory, which was first postulated by a Catholic priest, by the way. To deny science is to deny God.

Genesis was never intended as a history or a science textbook. Those forms of literature didn't even exist at the time it was written. It was written to convey morality and the religious ideas of the ancient Jews about the relationship between God and humankind.

 

[tadoflamb]

The atheist has to leave work early today to donate blood.

I asked him what atheist blood looks like, was it sort of thick and black?

He said, "Yeah, and it smells like sulphur too!".

 

[Godlovesmetwo]

I don't mind atheists . But argumentative types of any persuasion are annoying.

 

[tadoflamb]

I get along with this guy pretty good. He's pretty funny and has a big heart but I mostly attribute that to his Catholic upbringing and education.

 

[Godlovesmetwo]

but I mostly attribute that to his Catholic upbringing and education.

 

[Genersis]

I get along with this guy pretty good. He's pretty funny and has a big heart but I mostly attribute that to his Catholic upbringing and education.

Huh.
I always thought big hearts were caused by high blood pressure and/or coronary artery disease.