The Atheist's Default

I did something today I have never done before.
I perused two atheist websites. 
Made me feel like a spy collecting intel!
What I discovered was quite revealing.

Whether they call themselves atheists, humanists, secularists, or freethinkers, the themes of their articles and blog posts reveal to me that these individuals are atheists not because they have worked to discover truth or the existence of God, but rather because the desires of their hearts are such that they do not want to be accountable to God.

Repeatedly, the articles dealt with four things: abortion, doctor assisted killing,  evolution, and LGBTQ.

These areas are crucial to these individual's agendas, such that they must declare atheism. The only other alternative is a deliberate rebellion toward a God of truth, morality, and righteousness. They are unwilling to change their agenda. Thus, they must declare atheism in a backwards way of protecting themselves from God's judgement.

Atheism has not come first, it has been a default of their heart's depravity.

The other thing I noticed in their commentaries, was a focus and deep hatred of Christians. Sarcasm, intolerance, and condemnation were specifically directed toward everything Christian. This by the way, is very positive, in that at least some Christians are doing a good job of representing God to the point of receiving the wrath of atheists! It's a persecution that will only increase as God removes His restraining Hand from those who rebel repeatedly.

My opinion only here: From the two atheist websites I perused, I do not see that we are dealing with people that are honestly seeking truth.
Instead, I see a people who want to be their own god, doing things their own way. I see a people who have ignored their consciences that God has given them, and are now being loosed from God's protective, merciful, embrace. I see a people who have shut their ears.

My conclusion from this experience is that we need humility in order to find God. We need to be willing to deny the god in each one of us that wants to rise up and take the throne. We must be willing to be held accountable,  to soften our hearts to the conviction of a righteous God. We must be willing to repent. Only then can we find truth, mercy, and salvation.

Romans 1:24,25
Therefore God gave them over in the sinful desires of their hearts to sexual impurity for the degrading of their bodies with one another. They exchanged the truth of God for a lie, and worshiped and served created things rather than the Creator, who is forever worthy of praise! Amen

Romans 1:28 - 32 
Furthermore, just as they did not think it worthwhile to retain the knowledge of God, so God gave them over to a depraved mind, so that they do what ought not to be done.  They have become filled with every kind of wickedness, evil, greed and depravity. They are full of envy, murder, strife, deceit and malice. They are gossips,  slanderers, God-haters, insolent, arrogant and boastful; they invent ways of doing evil; they disobey their parents;  they have no understanding, no fidelity, no love, no mercy. Although they know God’s righteous decree that those who do such things deserve death, they not only continue to do these very things but also approve of those who practice them.