Talking to Atheists

The key in talking to Atheists is to bring them back always to the
fundamental questions. If they ask questions to raise objections to the
details of Islam you can spend all day arguing and end up nowhere. What you
need to do is to remind them of the hopeless position of an Atheist.

The Atheist position is indeed hopeless. The believer has hope. If there is
a God and there is life after death then the believer wins. If there is no
God or no life after death the believer loses nothing. On the other hand,
the Atheist loses badly if he wakes up to discover himself in the afterlife.
In sum, if there is no afterlife both the believer and the Atheist are safe.
But if there is an afterlife then the Atheist loses. The only one who can
possibly lose is the Atheist.

Now the Atheist can argue that if there is no afterlife then the believer
has wasted his life in false hope. We can reply that Islam gives our lives
order, meaning, balance, purpose, and direction. We have hope founded on
clear facts and dependable revelation from Allah.

On Sat, 30 Aug 2008 19:56:18 -0600, "Firnando"
yahoo.com> wrote:

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