The Faith of an Atheist

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The Faith of an Atheist

 

 

An atheist and a believer had the same doctor. Every time they met in the

doctor's waiting room, they would argue and end up insulting each other.

 

" You really believe that you are going to be saved on Judgment Day and go up to

heaven. Do you really believe everything you read in the Bible, and everything

they told you in church? " said the atheist.

 

" I'm not certain of anything, " the believer replied.

 

" Like you I have doubts. But I still have hope. "

 

" But I don't have doubts, " the atheist cried. " I have only certainties. For

example, I can assure you that God has nothing to do with the ache in your

knee, and that He doesn't care in the least how you feel. "

 

" You don't know what you're talking about. And do you know something? You are

a believer too. I can prove it to you. "

 

" Really? That I'd like to see! "

 

" Will you be straightforward and answer my questions honestly? "

 

" Of course. I'm an honest atheist. "

 

" Okay. Can you tell me what the name of the doctor is who you came to see? "

 

" Well no, he's not here. And I can't pronounce the replacement' s name. "

 

" Well, when you leave his office, will you check the prescription he gives you

for mistakes, like you would a lottery ticket? "

 

" No, of course not. The doctor knows what he's doing. "

 

" Are you a close friend of the pharmacist who is going to fill the

prescription? "

 

" No, I go to a big pharmacy, and I rarely get served by the same person. "

 

" Do you know what medication the doctor is going to give you, and what its

side effects are? "

 

" No. "

 

 

 

" And yet you are going to take it, aren't you? "

 

" Yes. "

 

" Well, dear friend, I am happy to announce that you too are a man of faith! "

 

Many of us behave like the atheist: we don't understand how believers can have

blind faith in their God, and we often find their fervor ridiculous. And

yet, we also have well established beliefs, and not only when we go to see the

doctor! Think about it: without faith, without any certainties, life

would be impossible. We sometimes have to have blind faith to survive.