11. Thank God for the atheists

Q11. What to make of atheists in the world dominated by theists?

A11. Atheists, in most cases, are very reasonable and logical people. They do not believe in God, because they have not seen any proof, nor has anybody reasoned to their satisfaction the existence of God. (Though, theists will vehemently argue that they have umpteen proofs.)They provide a valuable service to the society, because they seem to be the only logical people. Theists provide all kinds of arguments ("faith" for example) that only reinforces atheists' belief, that theists are grappling for straws, and that God's existence is non-scientific, unreasonable and unproved.

Most atheists are good people. They do good because they want to - not because of some higher level calling. They do not have to defend or argue for any God. May be, their mind is free of a lot of clutter that could (potentially) come with belief in God, especially if it is one particular God (Christ or Allah or Vishnu, etc.), as is the case with most theists. They could make space for more productive thoughts and deeds, if they don't spend their time arguing with theists. In that regard, they are very useful to the society.

Thank God for the atheists.

However, life is not simple and logical. For the theists, the heart triumphs over mind. If we think that the mind is not well understood, the heart is even less so. The world is ruled more by the heart than the mind. In that regard, theists have a better weapon - they have an advantage.

The fanatics among the theists want to convert the atheists. They want to provide all kinds of arguments to convince atheists to see the light. But, they always miserably fail, because they attempt the impossible - trying to prove the unprovable - at least, to the satisfaction of atheists. The servants of the mind do not take too kindly to the language of the heart, because they don't speak the same language. Atheists have the same problem, trying to convince the theists of the folly of their beliefs. Because of the language differences, one never understands the other. But, they keep arguing, nonetheless.

Theists are good people too, I suppose. Thank God for the theists.

The beauty is that we have the mind as well as the heart, both providing significant energy for life and happiness, if used properly.

Thank God (or, whoever) for giving them both to us - the mind and the heart; the theists and the atheists. If we did not have one of them, life won't be fun, and God would get bored. God must be smart.