So the with the \u201cwhat me worry?\u201d ploy the atheists are setting up not one, but two straw men\u2013both of them mutually contradictory. We can\u2019t all be smug religious comfort bunnies and wild eyed quivering religious neurotics at the same time. What the atheist can\u2019t get used to is the fact that there are an enormous number of people (in fact the majority of the human race) who manage to both believe in God and also live lives that are pretty normal, in fact not only do we believe in God and are fairly normal, we think that our belief in God is what helps us to be normal.<\/p>\n
Now the other problem with the atheist\u2019s arrogant little slogan is the curious word \u2018probably\u2019. Why on earth would a committed, really gung-ho, \u201cI\u2019m willing to put my money where my mouth is\u201d atheist launch such a half hearted, watered down message? This \u2018probably\u2019 word is so lily livered. It\u2019s so pathetic. Are they hedging their bets? If their message is only that there is \u2018probably\u2019 no God it\u2019s no message at all, in fact it may be counter productive.<\/p>\n
Let\u2019s say I\u2019m strolling through London, never giving God a thought. In that respect I\u2019m the one who\u2019s a real atheist. I\u2019m the sort of person who lives for myself and tries not to harm anyone. I wake up. I go to work. I come home. I watch TV. I eat. I sleep. I wake up and it starts again. Then I see this bus saying that there is probably no God.<\/p>\n
But only \u2018probably\u2019? This doesn\u2019t help my atheism. What if there is therefore even the smallest chance that there is a God? What if he has set up a religion? What if there is, after all, a judgement and heaven or hell? What if I have to give an account of my life? I wish they hadn\u2019t put that \u2018probably\u2019 in there. It indicates that the atheists have doubts, and that is not what I wanted.<\/p>\n
There is \u2018probably\u2019 no God, but what if there is one? Then I\u2019m better off being religious because when I die it is better to have been religious and find there is no God than not to have believed and discover there is a God.<\/p>\n
So I get on the bus and this guy comes up and asks if I want to buy a lottery ticket. He\u2019s wearing a uniform and all, and has this French accent. He\u2019s wearing a name tag. It says, \u2018Pascal\u2019.<\/p>\n
\u201cThat\u2019s an odd name.\u201d I say.<\/p>\n
\u201cYes\u201d he smiles, \u201cIn English ze name means \u2018Easter.\u2019<\/p>\n
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