If an ATHEIST tells you "There is no God!"

My son is Atheist and he has very good reasons to be...I don't judge him...I sit and listen to what he has to say...Nobody really knows....I never really gave an opinion to him...It doesn't matter what I say...he is going to believe what he wants and that is okay with me....

both atheists and 'non atheists' are believers. a 'non atheist' believe there is god, an atheist believe there is no god. a believer believe something because he don't know exactly or don't know at all about the 'something' they believe. if you believe there are aliens, it means you don't exactly know about the existence of the aliens. if you have seen (or witness through any other ways) aliens, you don't need to believe it. you know it.

so, both 'atheist' believers and 'non atheist' believers don't exactly know if the god either exist or not exist. so, why bother about that? amongst the 'non atheist' believers also have different concepts about god. some believe god is fat, the other believe god is skinny. some believe god is tall, the other believe god is short....just for examples.

so, well, may i will say, 'no problem. we have different belief. we have different concept about god'

above all, god existence doesn't depend on our concepts. he won't be skinny only because some believers think that he is skinny. he won't be fat only because some believers think that he is fat. he won't extinct only because the 'atheist' believers think that he doesn't exist. he is beyond our concepts, our belief.

and, 'believe' is not the best. it's much better to 'become' than to 'believe'

I think we all need something to believe in. I believe we are all gods and that our soul evolves each life becoming a better being until you reach perfection. I do not dislike atheists just because I have something to believe in, I just feel sorry they don't, because having that hope drives you through life and makes your worries smaller. I do not believe in a bearded man sitting on a chair over a cloud, I believe in myself and what I am as spiritual being. We all create our reality, magic exists, and we can materialize everything we want to if it is for a good reason, we just need to open our eyes!

Well I am a believer that Jesus Christ came to die for our sins. I have had discussions with people who don't believe and are confused. The first thing they say is "everyone has their own god so what is the difference?". Second some say that the religions are the same. People say christians are hypocrites. There are more but I can't go through all of them. I have to say that God is the only one who can reveal himself to someone to show them that he is the true God. I think people need to pick up the Bible and read it. You can easily be misled by religion if you don't know what is in Scripture. God is not a religion, and we are all sinners. I was reading the other day how not even having faith in times that you know God when trouble comes is sinning. I have had that happen so many times to myself in my walk with God. I have as many problems as the next person yet God gets me through things. Have you ever read the end of Job? I read it and it was so powerful...if God could talk to those who don't believe I'm sure he would say this as written in Job...38

Then the Lord answered Job out of the storm. He said: "Who is this that darkens my counsel with word without knowledge? Brace yourself like a man; I will question you, and you shall answer me. "Where were you when I laid the earth's foundation? Tell me, if you understand. Who marked off its dimensions? Surely you know!.... Have you ever given orders to the morning, or shown the dawn its place, that it might take the earth by the edges and shake the wicked out of it? ...

At the end of Job the Lord speaks of how the earth functions and it just makes you think about even the little things that we often don't. Now if the Creator of this universe is so awesome to do the things He describes then who are we?

Job answers God back in Job 42 "You asked, "who is this that obscures my counsel without knowledge? Surely I spoke of things I did not understand, things too wonderful for me to know. "You said, Listen now, and I will speak; I will question you, and you shall answer me." My ears had heard of you but now my eyes have seen you. Therefore I despise myself and repent in dust and ashes."

i will not belive on him/her becoz definetly dat will be a human n i m not gonna belive on a human tell..dat god is not exsist...if only god tells me dat im not exsist then i think....i think....No, i will not belive dat.......

I would say, "I believe it's a possibility, but no one can say with 100% certainty.", and I'm an atheist--I choose not to believe in anything at the moment.

I have read some very good discussion on this thread. I believe that God is omnipotent. He also has other galaxies, planets, the entire infinte universe to oversee.

I do not pretend to know God's will. I also have my doubts about total freewill. I could point you to several Biblical scriptures as well as the writings of Martin Luther that bring doubt on the freewill theory. But, I believe we do have a degree of freewill. God says He wants our love; He does not demand our love. He loves us regardless, but He is saddened if we do not choose Him.

As to addressing an atheist, if that person is not to the point of having a hardened heart, you might be able to make headway. My best response to "There is no God," is "Well, you better be right for the sake of your soul, because if you are wrong, you will wake up in eternity, but not in eternal bliss of love."

Faith in God gives us hope, and what harm is there in that? If I really believe in God, and in Jesus, His Son, then it does not harm anyone but may make me more tolerant of others. If God does not exist, I will die and will enter into complete blackness, not cognizant of anything. So, no harm. But if I don't believe in God and He exists, then when I die, my soul will be in eternal torment.

By the way, the term "Mother Nature" is purely an invention of mankind. God himself is spirit, the Son is flesh, and the Holy Spirit or Comforter, is also spirit who comes to live within us as a guide/friend if we so invite the Spiit to do so. If God is actually Spirit, then God is neither male or female. I refer to God as a Him for the sake of cultural acceptance, convenience.

I definitely am a believer of God. I dont understand how people could not be. But there are lots of people that dont believe. Everyone has a right to their own opinion and God also says not to judge. So I dont think I would say anything to them. Besides the fact that I do believe there is a God.

Good day.. If an atheist tells me that there is no God then I would simply tell him that he is entitled to his own opinion and he/she should left with my own.

I think, no I know I would say " Yes there is. Believe what you may, but you yourself must wonder how we got here. Scientists the world around can try to deceive you or persuade you that it was this or that, or we could fund their programs. But no matter, I know that there is a god. I see him everday because of the beauty that surrounds me. His magnificence is all around us.