A Call to Reflection: Addressing Atheistic Hostility
To those atheists who respond to discussions of faith with hostility, ridicule, or contempt: your reactions are fascinating, not for their arguments, but for the emotional weight they carry. It’s intriguing to see such venom directed at something you claim not to believe in—a God you mock, reject, and yet, in some way, seem unable to ignore. Why such passion for a subject you consider irrelevant? What lies beneath the bravado, the derision, and the anger?
To Your Hostility and Hypocrisy...
Many atheists pride themselves on being rational, tolerant, and progressive, yet some of the most aggressive attacks on others—particularly Christians—come from this camp. It's an ironic hypocrisy: celebrating mockery, cruelty, and disdain while crying foul at the slightest criticism. Not all atheists fit this mold, of course, but many who engage in these discussions exhibit exactly this behavior.
Worse still, much of this hostility is cloaked in anonymity. The digital age has made it easy to launch vicious attacks from the safety of a screen, far removed from accountability. Few of you, I suspect, would say to another person’s face what you so freely type online. In this, your words betray not strength but fear and insecurity. At least the schoolyard bullies of youth had the courage to face the consequences of their actions.
To those who hide behind a facade of mockery and derision: where is your dignity? Where is your integrity? You claim to be seekers of truth, yet your behavior reflects not reason but bitterness and brokenness.
To The Hollownesd and Void of Unbelief...
For all the rhetoric, atheism offers little in terms of substance. Your belief in unbelief is, at its core, empty. It provides no explanation for the universe’s origin, no foundation for morality, and no hope for meaning or purpose beyond this fleeting life. Many of you who attack believers do so not out of confidence but out of the pain of your own emptiness.
I suspect that some of you are miserable. Perhaps you have been bullied. Perhaps you carry wounds that never healed. And so, you lash out at others in the hope that causing pain will ease your own. But it doesn’t, does it? The more brazen your attacks, the more hollow your spirit feels. The louder your bravado, the more broken you are inside.
Answering to an Invitation to Seek...
Why are you here? If atheism is true, if God does not exist, why do you spend your time in discussions about Him? Why not move on to pursuits that align with your worldview? The answer, I believe, is simple: you are not as certain as you claim to be. Something within you knows there is more, and that terrifies you.
Have you ever dared to open a Bible—not to ridicule it, but to truly understand it? Have you allowed yourself to consider, even for a moment, that God might meet you there? Is this what you fear most of all: that the God you mock might actually be real, that He might speak to your spirit, and that He might call you to something greater?
A Challenge to Genuinely Find Silence and Reflect...
If you are certain in your unbelief, then my words will mean little to you. But if there is even the smallest crack in your certainty, I challenge you to reflect on why you respond with such hostility to the God you claim not to believe in. Is it possible that your anger is not directed outward but inward? Is it possible that you are here because you are searching, even if you don’t yet realize it?
To those who mock, ridicule, or lash out: I feel no hatred for you. I feel sorrow. I see your pain, and I see the emptiness behind the facade. You do not have to live this way. There is hope, purpose, and healing for those who seek it.
You don’t have to take my word for it. Open the Bible. Read it. See for yourself. You might find that the God you’ve spent so much energy denying is closer than you think. You might find that He has been waiting for you all along.
Please refrain from additional attacks, and excuses - I am battleworn and impervious . Save those for the primary target of your pain. And then speak to One who has the power to heal.
That is all.
William W Collins
January, 2025
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