What is a Christian? Is a Christian a person who attends the funerals of soldiers with signs saying 'God Hates Fags'? Is a Christian a person who believes and attends church, but rarely reads the bible or promotes or considers their faith on a regular basis. Is a Christian a person who attends church one or more times a week, donating generously? Is a Christian a person who rarely attends church but reads his bible regularly and constantly pursues a relationship with Jesus?
What if all these men have accepted Jesus as their savior? What if they all try day in and day out to live in his light and by his word? Are they still all Christians? Do they still all fit under the same umbrella? Should they all be defined the same way?
What is an atheist? Is a person who is mad at God? Is it a person who has suffered a traumatic loss? Is it a person lost and alone? Is it a person who simply refuses to live under the difficult demands placed upon him or her by Christianity? Is is a person without morals?
What if he's none of these things? What if this simply represents a single answer to a single question and defines this person in no other way? What if we think about it the other way. The Pope, George W. Bush, Thomas Aquinas and the 9/11 hijackers are all theists. Or consider this; by definition (considering her now public journal entries), Mother Theresa was an atheist.
Being an atheist does not define you in any way. Just as the Bible says not one word regarding family values, atheism says nothing of an individuals values. Take a moment to look at the values of secular humanism. Are these individuals devoid of morality?
Don't devine a person by his position on theism, or how he or she is defined by any title. Ask them about their convictions. Observe their behaviors. Judge then on the 'content of their character'. Or better yet, don't judge them at all.
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