Recently, I was reading through a blog that had to do with Atheism vs. Christianity.
What I noticed (or think I noticed) is a conversation that went around and around, depending on one's subjective experiences.
Anyway, I made a contribution to that blog yesterday, but it has yet to get a reply back.

I was wondering in the mean time, what people here thought of my contribution on that blog.

Here is what I said:
Quote
The way I look at this topic is it is impossible to go into the topic without our own presuppositions.

What is more important however to me is the fact that if the God that the Scripture's proclaim is real, then He and He only can ultimately reveal Himself to His creatures.

While natural revelation can reveal things about God, only special revelation can ultimately reveal God Himself. I am reminded of John 6:37 where Jesus said: "All that the Father gives to Me shall come to Me, ...".

Jesus said this in the context of (verse 36) why people don't believe. If God gives someone to Jesus, regardless of whether or not they are atheists now, they will eventually come to Jesus for salvation.

As Christians we should not be surprised that people don't believe, for as the Bible says (1 Cor. 2:14) "But the natural man does not accept the things of the Spirit of God; for they are foolishness to him, and he cannot understand them, because they are spiritually appraised."

It is our job to proclaim the Gospel in the manner He has prescribed in His Word. It is God's job to apply the Gospel to whom He sees fit.

It might be just my perception, but it seems to me that most conversations or debates on this topic, seem to leave God on the outside of the conversation. Rather than trust God that He is able to reach the lost, on His own terms, not ours.

Tom