What is this thread all about?
Just a place for general discussion. A place to unload whats on your mind and talk about anything - personal, health, help needed, achievements, daily highs and daily lows, theories, predictions and what have you.
Does not need to be Q related.
You have to believe there is a God to be an atheist.
You are letting him control the conversation and he is making it about you rather than the facts.
Ask him what he believes and why he believes what he does. This will put his guard down because he gets to talk about himself and you should be genuinely interested. Most people don't even understand or have a reason. Then just poke holes slowly by asking questions.
I would present the following:
You can see the evil in the world and know that it is so. Why?
Seek a solid foundation that you may not be deceived.
Seek the truth with all your heart and mind.
Why do you believe what you believe?
Seek love for all people. It is better for an evil person to recant than die. Why?
Where did we come from? Take it all the way back step by step.
Is there more than naturalism (chemicals in brain)?
Where does morality come from?
Why does anything matter?
Listen to people standing in courage and carefully consider what they have to say.
Be brave, form your own conclusions.
This is a series of general questions I made up. It is better if you adapt to what he is presenting. I highly recommend the book "Tactics" as an apologetic tool. Some of my co-workers are lost causes without prayer and the Lord's intervention. Hope this helps!
It is difficult. I have reached some people better than others and I hope at least started them down the path of asking questions of themselves and the world.
Be encouraged that you never know how far God is going to take that 1 step out in faith.
This is a true story -
When I started a job there was a guy hired soon after me who was the worst project partner I ever had in college. He not only did no work, he pretended he was going to do work. When it came time to partner review I gave my honest feedback to the professor and him. Don't hear anything from him.
Years later, when he joins the company I tell my boss he is not to be trusted or good. Boss says ok, we will keep an eye on him. I am understandably frustrated having to work with this guy again. But God starts working on my heart. I decide (with Holy Spirit prompting) to actively try to not just treat him professionally, but actively be friendly.
Years pass. He actually is doing well within the company and a solid contributor.
One day we were at dinner with other coworkers and he got very drunk. And he told this to all of us there. He said that when we were in class together in college he was on several hard drugs at the time, really unable to be motivated, and failing classes.
But then he got that partner feedback. And he credits me with being the reason he quit hard drugs, straightened out his life, and made all A's in college from there on out. Because I was real with him. He recognized that the way he was living was not ok. It was super awkward but that night has stuck with me ever since.
Point is, the sick need to understand they are sick before they will seek a solution or change. I am praying God convicts everyone in this world in the same way.
Don't forget to ask Holy Spirit to lead you in this. He will help given you the words to say, and you are only responsible for planting seeds. It is the Lord who is responsible for making them grow.
If, as you say, he is Godless, then you may not be able to do anything about that. If he is mainly anti-church, you may still be able to get him to have a relationship with God. There is a lot of evil in, I know, the Catholic church--I'm not too sure about the others--but they probably have their share of evil also. So believing in God is one thing and worshipping at the church is another. You can be a great believer and not like the formality of the church, no matter what religion you belong to. Do you think God cares if you worship him from outside or inside a church? I don't think so.
If I am reading what you put above, then sorry--but it sounded to me like he didn't like the organized part of religion--something I am not in favor of either. I say let people worship the way they want to and tithe what they want when they want.
Annoying and such a shame. The following may not have anything to do with religion, and you may already know this, but these are statistics that show the media is very prevalent in what we think, generally. He may be being influenced and not even know it:
This should be a wake-up call if you don’t already know this.
A recent poll was conducted by a national polling outfit. Names don't matter. They are all the same. This one was "YouGov”. Results to these questions asked of average people on the street. …………………………….
So why do people have such inaccurate thoughts on these counts? THE MEDIA! The media run race, gender, and wealth stories constantly. Result? You are being brainwashed by the national left with the media. Hitler’s propaganda minister Joseph Goebbels would be proud if he'd had half this success.
Disney just went full-on "gender" They will no longer welcome guests with the traditional "Welcome ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls" Why? Because 1% of the population dictates to the other 99% (that would be the vast majority) and corporate America falls for it.
Regardless of what you think. Less than 20% of Americans use "Twitter" yet Twitter controls 80% of public opinion, why? The media.
Next time you are thinking Americans have changed and not in a good way, remember, it's fake.
It's all a lie. Most people think just like you do but the media has brainwashed Americans with constant broadcasting of “LIES”.
Nudibranches. Please have him explain how random and abrupt evolution leads to a nudybranch.
etetnal jellyfish, 10000 year old trees are other good examples
But nudibranch trumps them all to me. All the nudibranch, even the craziest looking ones, have sound color theory and artistic balance. That's no accident, it's tangible proof of intelligent design