Just Kidding

I used to be an atheist too. In fact, in my mind if there was a God, He was cruel and therefore deserved contempt.

Atheists believe that being an atheist makes them intellectually superior to theists and they want you to know they don't believe in God so that you can admire their cerebral prowess. Atheists consider people of faith to be deceived, ignorant, uneducated, unsophisticated and unwilling to be seekers of truth, because, as atheists would have you believe, they found truth and it has set them free. Hallelujah, er, thank goodness.

The problem with atheism is that it is disingenuous. If you're reading this and you're an atheist, then sorry, but it's true. Even hard-core atheists have a doubt that they might be wrong, that somewhere, somehow, someway, there is, in fact, a Creator of all this. Trust me, as a former atheist, I know this. When the proverbial crap hits the fan; when a loved one dies; when they get terminal cancer, or when there is a serious crisis, even atheists plead with the God they don't believe in and the classic prayer goes like "God, if you're really there, whoever you are, please (fill in the blank)".

As for the intellectual superiority, even Albert Einstein was a theist. Sure, he didn't believe in a personal God, but he suspected there was an intelligence behind the design. I'm thinking if the smartest man the 20th century says there's a God, there's a God. I don't know how smart you are, but I'm not going to measure myself to him and if you think you're smarter, then be my guest.

So, next year, when the proverbial crap hits the economic fan and people are in dire straights, the atheists will feel less smug and will have a dwindling audience. I'll even venture a guess one of two of them will fall on their knees.