Proud Atheists humbled
Despite the attempts of comedian Ricky Gervais to redefine the term, an atheist is one who denies the existence of God, or of a supreme intelligent being, not just one who does not believe.
It is not simply 'not believing'. It is the truth claim that here is no God. He capitalizes on the common Jesuit lie that there is no proof for God. So he claims that atheists are reasonable people who have not been presented with enough proof. God says otherwise:
▸ ± Ps 14:1 The fool hath said in his heart, [There is] no God. They are corrupt, they have done abominable works, [there is] none that doeth good.
▸ ± Ps 53:1 The fool hath said in his heart, [There is] no God. Corrupt are they, and have done abominable iniquity: [there is] none that doeth good.
The nearly identical repetition tells us that the atheist has sinned in flesh and spirit.
If one says, "I don't know..." then he is not an atheist, but one who does not acknowledge God as God.
A true atheist is first a liar. One cannot know for sure there is no God unless he has searched everywhere simultaneously for him, since he may move or actively hide from him. He would have to be omnipresent, himself, or be God, to know there was no other God.
It is not disbelief that makes one an atheist, but the lie that he knows there is no God.
