I appreciate the candid responses.
I've put up barriers in the past to really engaging with any atheists, dismissing them as simply not wanting to be held accountable to a higher power or wanting to be "gods" of their own lives.
I've realized that it was a caricature and "repenting" of it.
I feel remorse for my fellow Christians that treat atheists poorly and expressed it in the OP.
I do NOT recant my belief in Jesus as my Savior and Redeemer, but I have not treated atheists as Jesus has asked me to treat people.
The apology was sincere and not intended as a ploy or insult.
I've put up barriers in the past to really engaging with any atheists, dismissing them as simply not wanting to be held accountable to a higher power or wanting to be "gods" of their own lives.
I've realized that it was a caricature and "repenting" of it.
I feel remorse for my fellow Christians that treat atheists poorly and expressed it in the OP.
I do NOT recant my belief in Jesus as my Savior and Redeemer, but I have not treated atheists as Jesus has asked me to treat people.
The apology was sincere and not intended as a ploy or insult.
