The Atheist’s Problem

 

 

The atheist has a problem

And a huge one at that,

They argue rather flimsily

That God is not a fact.

 

A self-defeating argument

If ever there was one

Is like trying to disprove God

By wishing He were gone.

 

When times are harsh

And atheists are dissatisfied

They take a swing at the very God

That they try to deny.

 

 

If only they were right

That there was no God,

There would be no limit to vice

No accountability, no law.

 

If they have a conscience

Clearly it no longer works

For having grown tired of warning,

It has switched off alert.

 

And what of moral values

And of their origin?

Did they not at some time past

Have a concept of sin?

 

 

The atheist has a problem

And a huge one at that,

They argue rather flimsily

That God is not a fact.

 

Which God do they mean

That does not exist?

Can they point him out to me

And what it is I missed?

 

The order of the cosmos

The fine-tuned balance of life,

The structure of a single cell-

All at the throw of a dice?

 

Not even a possibility

When one examines DNA

And regarding man’s creativity

Atheism must fail.

 

 

And what of the emptiness

That only God can fill?

That void in the new atheist

Must be a bitter pill.

 

What will the atheist do

When it’s his turn to die?

Will he finally turn to his Creator

Or will he continue to deny?

 

Stewart Russell © March 8, 2024