So this is the latest campaign by the British Humanist Society. I would say that most folks who would agree with the campaign have little to worry about in their lives. Enjoying life is hard when life is hard. The ad would have to read "there probably is no God, now stop worrying and just deal with your cr**py life"
Yet, most folks, and most CHRISTIANS, live this ideology. It's called "functional atheism". Gerald May in The Dark Night of the Soul nails it when he writes that most of us go to our church meetings and say a quick prayer that God would be with us (like there is a place he is not) and guide and direct us and then effectively leave God after the compulsory "amen"
Not so with a man born blind who received his sight. He couldn't leave God after the amen. Everything he saw reminded him of God's gift...simply because he could see. We are blind. We are functional atheists. We forget that God gave you the eyes you are reading this with, and the fingers you used to type with to get you here.
So stop worrying. There is a God. Be thankful. Don't leave God at the door after your amen.
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When I read the title I was wondering how thinking there probably is no God is supposed to make me worry less. It's only knowing He does exist and is sovereign, loving and good and almighty that makes it possible to keep living. I am so thankful for all that!
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