by Michelle
The argument that one group is less intellectual because one doesn't agree with the views that that group holds is very childish! Honestly, I have seen the Atheism/Theism debate and the Creation/Evolution debate turn into a debate not on the evidence for these ways of thinking but on a Atheists against Theists fight with one group putting down another group in some way just because they don't agree with the other's point of view. That is just going to cause the debate to go round and round and round and round etc ... That is not going to get anywhere!
The truth is that a lot of people in these debates are looking at things through their own "belief-structure glasses," and perish the thought of laying these "glasses" aside and looking at the question of "Does God exist?" without these glasses or with someone else's glasses! Could it be that one group is not less intellectual than another group for thinking the way that they do, but it is just that both groups have their own way of looking at life, themselves, other people, and the world around them based on what they have seen and experienced?
One thing that I have personally noticed about a lot of people who have left the Church or their faith in God is that there is a lot who have been hurt somehow. A lot of Atheists have been hurt, and that hurt hasn't been healed, but covered up by this fight that has been taken up to rid the world of this cruel hoax that there is a God. The reason that I mention that is that I believe that an argument is not the way to reach these people, but gentleness! They've been hurt by someone in the Church or feel like God has let them down in a huge way. If you feel you must say something (And sometimes you have to! God will let you know!), ask God to help you to put aside your words and give you His and ask Him to help you to come across gently. Remember, you can't change their mind or heart, only God can!
"Why I choose Christ"