Tuesday, July 18, 2017

THE FREEDOM OF THE ATHEIST

According to Wikipedia: "The Freedom From Religion Foundation (FFRF) is an American non-profit organization based in Madison, Wisconsin with members from all 50 states. The largest national organization advocating for non-theists, FFRF promotes the separation of church and state and educates the public on matters relating to atheism, agnosticism, and nontheism."

My opinion as previously expressed, is that such zealous opposition to religion is itself religious.

In my opinion the freedom of theist, agnostic, atheist and nontheist to believe what they will is to be desired, and it is an evil thing to force a person against their will to confess a belief they do not hold.

But if the preaching of the Gospel of Jesus Christ persuades a person to become His disciple then how much freedom should the atheist have in opposing that preaching?

Every freedom!!!

If a Christ-follower is tested and found unable to withstand opposition hell-bent on forcing their rejection of any revelation and reality that Jesus Christ was God Incarnate, that He suffered, died, was buried and rose again on the third day, and that He ascended to heaven all for the purpose of saving the sinner from firstly the power to sin, secondly the presence of sin, and thirdly the penalty for sin, then let them depart from the faith.

The atheist must have the freedom to test the faith of the disciple of Christ, I would have it no other way.