On Atheism

 I confess, I don't understand atheism. From my own experiences, it's akin to insanity which only leads to a further downward spiral. It's heartbreaking for me to watch it happen, to be honest. Especially since, the truth is, it is not a true "atheism" as much as it is being so angry at God that you were hurt that you do the most hurtful thing you can think of to Him and pretend He doesn't exist. Does it hurt Him? No, because His focus is entirely on you and not Himself. His concern for you outweighs any pain anyone attempts to cause Him.
      How does it hurt you? Because you are literally formed from Him. He is the foundation, the substance of everything which exists either matter or energy. Your very nature apart from the body, the "Breath of God" first breathed into human beings is literally born from Him. You blind yourself to Him, pretend He doesn't exist, and you have only your malfunctioning flesh to operate from as you respond from your misfiring panic, aggression, feeding, and reproductive cravings. Understand this if nothing else, this fear which drives the flesh's responses cannot exist where love is, and likewise, if you choose the flesh, you are choosing to operate from fear, aggression, and the body's cravings and rejecting any responses based on love. You will create attachments and mistake them for love. You will feel sexual desire, and mistake it for love. Why? Because the flesh can only operate oriented to its cravings and perceived threats. But you will cut off all access to love itself because Love is born from God, as the Scripture says, "God is love."
     What state will you ultimately find yourself in as you cut yourself off from the Source of love? Fearful, angry, combative, avaricious, lustful, and above all only able to respond based on how something makes you feel. By shutting yourself off from the Light, you plunge yourself into darkness both in this life and in the next. Separated from the flesh upon its death and refusing to open your eyes to the Light, what state will you be in when God is so clearly all there is around you? When your own union with Him is so manifestly apparent? I can think of no greater darkness, no greater hell than this.
      No, I don't understand it at all. It is one thing to be raised an atheist and simply be ignorant. Ignorance is forgivable. It is another thing to allow your anger at transient and impermanent pain overwhelm you so that you pretend He doesn't exist. The harm you cause yourself is overwhelming.
     I beg you, in the Name of Love Himself, turn around. Even if it has to be in the next life, turn around from this course and open your eyes again to Him.