Christian: Are you an atheist?
Atheist: Yes.
Christian: You are just denying God to avoid admitting your sins and facing punishment.
Atheist: Is that what you think?
Christian:It is the nature of the dark to avoid the light exposing all the darkness sins and problems in your life, but only through the healing of Jesus can you admit your mistakes and be forgiven in his name.
Atheist: Will God forgive mine and anyone Else's mistakes no matter how bad?
Christian:Yes, Gods love is unlimited. He makes people feel convicted and face punishment for their mistakes. Their have been many criminals who admitted their crimes after accepting Jesus as their savior.
Atheist:If a man broke into a mother and baby's house and killed the baby and raped the mother would she forgive him?
Christian: What! That is completely out of nowhere we were discussing Gods forgiveness not mans which is limited and hard to do on their own.
Atheist: No, my question is not out of nowhere and is related to the forgiveness. Which you will find out when you answer.
(Christian realized that the Atheist is trying to lead him into a trap and words the answer very carefully.)
Christian:No,she would not forgive a crime that barbaric is impossible for humans to forgive, but with God's love she can overcome the pain and heartbreak of the crime.
(Atheist responds in a softer voice)
Atheist: Would her husband forgive him?
(The Christian and Atheist our both husbands and fathers)
Christian:Of, course not he would need the same healing as his wife before him.
Atheist: Would the jury or judge forgive him?
Christian: It is not the jury and judges place to forgive only to judge and hand out punishment. They were not victims so they are to in the place to forgive him. The punishment should of course be the death.
Atheist: Would God forgive him?
(Christian pauses and thinks very carefully before responding)
Christian: Yes, God would forgive, but that would not make his crime any worse in fact it would give him greater guilt if he accepted Jesus as his savior because it would reveal the sin in greater detail and realize the horrible things he did to another one of God's creation. It would humble him and feel him with greater guilt which will cause him to confess and accept full punishment for his crime. Which if their is justice will be execution.
(Atheist springs trap)
Atheist: And after his death he will live in eternal paradise with no guilt or punishment for the rest of eternity.
Christian: That's out of context!
Atheist: No, it is not if he had not accepted Christ as his savior he would be facing eternal punishment in contrast with eternal paradise. You said the only one who would have forgiven him and given him eternal paradise. I argue that God only gave him guilt which seems like a slap on the wrist to eternal paradise by admitting his sin. God's forgiveness is a get out of jail card! in contrast if the victim family were Muslims,Hindus or Buddhist they will be facing eternal punishment! Just for having the wrong religion.
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My first writing here. Tell me what you think of it and if you think I should post more stories like this.
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Congratulations--where was it published?
ReplyDeleteYes, forgiveness can only be granted by the party who was harmed. Imagine how you would feel if I forgave the criminal who victimized you.
I think that people who are atheists are much more likely to have a rational sense of compassion and justice. This is the very season in which Christians celebrate the fact that God needed an innocent person to die before he could forgive them.
Oh it was never officaly published. I meant this is the first writing a posted here.
ReplyDeleteI'll change it to avoid confusion