Do you love atheists?

[judechild]

Hello everybody! Do you love atheists and agnostics? I mean seriously, do you love them, sorrow for them, and respect them. I love them, I suppose, because my parents are atheists, but I have a lot of respect for them too; they don't pretend to believe something just for the sake of believing it (usually). Of course, there are some who follow the atheist agenda for selfish reasons, but I've noticed most are legitamate, kind people. I don't think we're doing enough to help them understand our God; does anybody have any good suggestions for doing so?

 

[ife88]

I have the same questiones as you, but it's regarding my friends instead. I don't think there's really anything you can do except to keep praying that God lets them see and understand him.

But you could try inviting them to church meetings?

 

[tpk]

Well, it's God's commandment to love one another. So yes. While I might not agree with their views or support some of the decisions they make, I can still love and respect them. You know the saying: "Love the sinner, hate the sin." Good question!

 

[Memento Mori]

I was an atheist until May of this year.

There's only so much you can do for an atheist. Most have already made up their minds and view all evidence through prior conclusions, just as you and I do the same with our faith. The most you can do is continue to pray for them and answer any questions they ask them.

The hope with prayer is that God will awaken within them a longing for objective meaning. When you really want to find God, that is when the evidence becomes clearer and the objections become weaker. At least, that's how it was for me.

 

[Madcap Mo]

Alot of my friends are atheists, so yeah i guess i do i never really thought of it like that though. I do wish that some atheists would be more understanding to Christians but then again being a Christian isnt supposed to be easy is it?

 

[hannabanana]

I choose to love them as a person, but their beliefs or non beliefs is what I don't really love.

 

[judechild]

Alot of my friends are atheists, so yeah i guess i do i never really thought of it like that though. I do wish that some atheists would be more understanding to Christians but then again being a Christian isnt supposed to be easy is it?

Hey, if I can do it; they can do it!

 

[CDROIx]

I do not like their belifs,but the lord tells us to love all,so I would have to say yes.

 

[Aino]

I try to love them as well as well as I can. Often it's hard, because they are so different and act so differently towards you. I can say as well, that I often see kind and nice atheists even if they're beliefs deny what we define the supreme source of good. That's what partly makes it hard to love them as well...

 

[Martin Raccon]

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I havn't loved them until I have read that

 

[Truffle]

i have a relationship going with someone who is agnostic

 

[pressingon17]

Yes,because I;m supposed to and I really have a heart for the lost.

 

[Mela Monkey]

Yes, I try to love all people. We SHOULD have unconditional love for everyone, no matter what they do or believe, though most people are only willing to conditionally love others.

 

[Kixa]

Hate the sin, not the sinner.

 

[RobertMerton]

I do love them.
some more than others.

i find it hard to love the both ignorant and arrogant kind of atheists.
you know the type i'm talking about 'science disproves the existence of God'.. which really is impossible because science never will prove, nor disprove the existence of God

 

[powermadd400ex]

agreed ck_psy. those kinds are hard to like sometimes. but we still have to love our enemies and pray for those who persecute us.

 

[Kristin E]

I love them, and try to be respectful to them of course, I just feel they are VERY quick to judge.

 

[Kristin E]

Some of us are, some of us aren't. Same applies to Christians. Don't make any assumptions other than that which you already know, especially when dealing with people on the internet. For a group like athiests, we're nowhere near as unified as Christianity (and why should we be?) so those atheists you meet who are quick to judge represent nobody but themselves.

I guess your right.

 

[AlabamaScout]

I feel sorry for Atheists, because they are "lost". They aren't with God, we are probably lucky, if we all have been blessed with a Christian family and they weren't.

 

[Kristin E]

I'm beginning to not stand them, everywhere I turn they are there