I was listening to a talk on Relevant Radio from their show “Changed Forever” by Father Larry Richards and he described  atheism in a light that I think really illustrates the scary reality of what it means to say that one is an "atheist."   What he said might be something you've already thought about, as I have, but it's definitely worth remembering in case you ever get into a conversation about your faith with a professed ‘atheist.’

In a nutshell:  An atheist will never know if he is right, a believer will never know if he is wrong.

We all know that no one can prove that God exists, nor can we prove he doesn't.  So, you've got a 50% chance of being right no matter what you think.  Those odds might sound really great if the were the odds of winning the lottery, but they might sound really horrible if you're about to play an involuntary game of Russian Roulette!

As an atheist, if you are right, you'll never ever, ever, ever, ever, ever (on to infinity) know if you are right because you'll be dead and death is forever.  There is no way for a dead person to tell the living about life after death unless there actually is life after death, in which case the atheist would be wrong.

As a person of faith, you'll never ever, ever, ever (etc) know that you're wrong because you'll be dead.

As an atheist, if you are wrong, you will spend eternity knowing that you were wrong.  An eternity, mind you, knowing that you denied God's existence when you were alive, so I wouldn't expect that He would be willing to give you the ‘royal treatment’!

As a believer, if you are right, you'll spend eternity knowing that every moment of your life that you invested in following in Jesus’ footsteps was infinitely worth it.

So, do you know anyone who is “a gamblin' man”?