I’ve come back to believing in God and the reason I still post here is because I joined here when I was an atheist and have made some e-friends.
I can’t speak for theists but from observations, I think that there is an underlying hope that atheists will at least respect the views of theists and maybe choose faith, at some point. Some theists are very blunt and direct in this approach, others socialize and don’t really debate much about it. But any theist’s hope is that all people discover the joy of a relationship with God. As a believer, I don’t feel shame in that but atheists might want to convince believers that a belief in a god is not necessary for a joyful life. It is all in our perceptions and experiences that lead us to where we are, I think.
It helped me immensely leaving Christianity and identifying as an atheist to really understand this.
I can’t speak for theists but from observations, I think that there is an underlying hope that atheists will at least respect the views of theists and maybe choose faith, at some point. Some theists are very blunt and direct in this approach, others socialize and don’t really debate much about it. But any theist’s hope is that all people discover the joy of a relationship with God. As a believer, I don’t feel shame in that but atheists might want to convince believers that a belief in a god is not necessary for a joyful life. It is all in our perceptions and experiences that lead us to where we are, I think.
It helped me immensely leaving Christianity and identifying as an atheist to really understand this.
