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Subject: passive evangelization of "atheists"
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Date: 31 Oct 89 00:32:32 GMT
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I have a few questions, naive as they may be:

Isn't atheism essentially simply the act of being contrary,
i.e. the *worship* of the ungod?

examples:

The Marxist "deification" of Marx, Lenin, et al., is it
simply trading the One True Lord (Jesus Christ) for Marx, Lenin
et al.?

The Objectivist "deification" of Ayn Rand and of reason,
ditto the same question.

Would appreciate some good informed opinions(perhaps from
theologians or ex-members of the above cults), as I feel the Holy Spirit
is sending me these people so that I may evangelize (or at least inform)
them about the True Love that comes from God.


Yours in Christ,

H. Augustine Flores   [.sig '... For great is the Lord, and greatly to be
			praised.... Hallelujah!] 

[Well, that's certainly not the *definition* of atheism.  Atheism is
simply believing that there is no god.  I agree with you that some
atheist movements have suspicious similarities to religion, complete
with a sort of replacement god.  But I don't think it is fair to say
that this is true of all atheists.  --clh]