Atheism is on the rise in America.There is nothing worse than living without hope , yet there are many who choose a belief system that offers no hope , no purpose , no value or meaning to the believer's life. Faith is a fragile thing. If you’re looking for reasons not to believe, they’re all around us. War. Poverty. Disease. Famine. Suffering. Tragedy. The list goes on. .. But the faith it takes to believe in nothing is much more exhausting than the simple faith God requires ... Aren't you tired yet? We hope to see you as we try to get to the "Heart of the Matter" regarding Atheism.

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2. The Heart of the Matte
Psalm 14:1

5. Things to Consider about
Atheism
• 1.The Illusion of Mind
• All that matters are biology and the senses – “Soul-less”
• 2. The Illusion of Free Will
• We are simply biology reacting to physics - “Choice-less”
• 3. The Illusion of Value
• Only biological and non-spiritual - “No inherent Value”
• 4. Something from Nothing
• No life unexplainably became life -“ By Chance”
• 5. First life emerged from no life , with no help
• Simple life forms became all other life forms – “No design”
• 6 . Survival of the fittest
• Natural selection weeds out weak life – “No Purpose”

6. Things to Compare about
Atheism
Atheism
• Illusion of Mind
• Illusion of Free Will
• Illusion of Value
• Something from
Nothing
• Life emerged , no help
• Survival of the fittest
Christianity
• Genesis 2:7 ,Ecc.12:7
• Joshua 24:15
• Matthew 10:31
• Heb 11:3 ,Gen 1:1 ,Col
1:16
• Romans 1:20
• Ephesians 2:8-10

7. Psalm 14:1-2
The fool says in his heart, “There is no God.”
They are corrupt, they do abominable deeds,
there is none who does good.
2 The LORD looks down from heaven on the children of man,
to see if there are any who understand,
who seek after God.

8. We Must Do Better!
• 1.We must teach biblical manhood and fatherhood!
• 69% of Atheist are men
• 90% of the 69% grew up fatherless or worse
• 75% of these “fathers” Professed Christianity
• 1 Corinthians 16:13-14 “Be watchful, stand firm in the faith, act
like men, be strong. Let all that you do be done in love
• 2.We must teach the reality and ugliness of sin!
• Why do innocents die?
• Why do we suffer ?
• Is he EVEN REAL?
• Ecclesiastes 9:11 “Again I saw that under the sun the race is not
to the swift, nor the battle to the strong, nor bread to the wise,
nor riches to the intelligent, nor favor to those with knowledge,
but time and chance happen to them all. For man does not
know his time.”

9. We Must Do Better!
• Genesis 3:17 – “And to Adam he said, “Because you
have listened to the voice of your wife and have
eaten of the tree of which I commanded you, ‘You
shall not eat of it,’ cursed is the ground because of
you; in pain you shall eat of it all the days of your
life
• James 1:2-4 - “My brethren, count it all joy when
you fall into various trials, knowing that the testing
of your faith produces patience. But let patience
have its perfect work, that you may be perfect and
complete, lacking nothing

12. The Heart of the Matte
Psalm 14:1