Do You Believe?Do You Believe?

It is impossible to be an atheist,It is impossible to be an atheist,

Unnecessary to be an agnostic,Unnecessary to be an agnostic,

Reasonable to believe in God.Reasonable to believe in God.

AtheistAtheist

An Atheist says, “I don’t believe in God”.

God, the Easter Bunny and Santa Claus are in the same realm of un-believability for the atheist.

An atheist has no knowledge of God.

But …But …

How Much Does How Much Does Anyone Know?Anyone Know?

How Much Do You How Much Do You Know?Know?

Imagine if all the Imagine if all the knowledge in the knowledge in the

universe was universe was represented by a represented by a

spheresphere

How much of that How much of that sphere do we sphere do we

know?know?

Albert Einstein said, Albert Einstein said, “We still do not know “We still do not know one thousandth of one one thousandth of one percent of what nature percent of what nature

has revealed to us”.has revealed to us”.

Let’s say we’re a Let’s say we’re a

thousandthousand times times smarter than Einstein.smarter than Einstein.

In that case, we would In that case, we would know one percent of know one percent of

the total knowledge of the total knowledge of the universe. the universe.

We could represent We could represent that one percent by a that one percent by a circle in the sphere circle in the sphere

An atheist believes An atheist believes within his circle, there within his circle, there

is no knowledge of is no knowledge of God. God.

An atheist also An atheist also believes there is no believes there is no knowledge of God knowledge of God outside his circle.outside his circle.

To be an atheist you To be an atheist you believe God doesn’t believe God doesn’t exist, not just within exist, not just within your circle, but the your circle, but the

total sphere of total sphere of knowledge. knowledge.

But, how can you But, how can you know what you don’t know what you don’t

know? know?

Can you really say Can you really say what you won’t find what you won’t find

outside of your circle outside of your circle of knowledge. of knowledge.

After all, the rest of After all, the rest of the sphere could the sphere could

contain anything.contain anything.

It’s impossible to say, It’s impossible to say, you know what you you know what you

don’t know.don’t know.

Since, an atheist only Since, an atheist only knows a small knows a small

percentage of all percentage of all knowledge… knowledge…

……it’s impossible for it’s impossible for an atheist to say God an atheist to say God

does not exist. does not exist.

An Agnostic says, “Within my

knowledge, God does not exist”.

However, an Agnostic realizes that outside

of his circle, knowledge of God

could exist.

So, an agnostic doesn’t believe in

God, yet doesn’t close the door to the

possibility of God.

Imagine if I told you a Imagine if I told you a person exists by the name person exists by the name

Hugh French.Hugh French.

Would you react to that Would you react to that statement as an statement as an

atheist, agnostic or atheist, agnostic or believer?believer?

An atheist would say, An atheist would say, “I have no knowledge “I have no knowledge

of Hugh French…. of Hugh French…. So he doesn’t exist.So he doesn’t exist.

How many people How many people here are willing to here are willing to

make that statement? make that statement?

An agnostic would An agnostic would say, “I have no say, “I have no

knowledge of Hugh knowledge of Hugh French … French …

But, I don’t deny his But, I don’t deny his existence. He may or existence. He may or may not exist since I may not exist since I

don’t know don’t know everything.everything.

How many people How many people here are willing to here are willing to

make that statement? make that statement?

Now, suppose I told you Now, suppose I told you that Hugh French had in that Hugh French had in

his possession a cashier’s his possession a cashier’s cheque for cheque for

$1,000,000.00$1,000,000.00

Available to anyone that Available to anyone that finds him.finds him.

Would you try to find him?Would you try to find him?

Would you ask of others Would you ask of others about him?about him?

Would you look for him?Would you look for him?

Being an atheist in this Being an atheist in this scenario doesn’t make a scenario doesn’t make a

lot of sense, does it?lot of sense, does it?

And it’s completely And it’s completely unnecessary to be an unnecessary to be an

agnostic. agnostic.

God has a lot more than a God has a lot more than a million dollars for those million dollars for those

that find him.that find him.

God offers life God offers life

An abundant lifeAn abundant life

Eternal lifeEternal life

Meaning in your lifeMeaning in your life

A purpose to your lifeA purpose to your life

Eternal life Eternal life

A life ofA life of

HopeHope

FaithFaith

Love Love

Would you try to find him?Would you try to find him?

Would you ask of others Would you ask of others about him?about him?

Would you look for him?Would you look for him?

God says, if you will look God says, if you will look for Him you will find Him, for Him you will find Him, if you look for Him with all if you look for Him with all

your heart and soul. your heart and soul.

Deut 4:29Deut 4:29