With considerable interest I folllow topics posted and frequented by militant atheists. They sound well educated, logical and intellectually superiour. After all they are free thinkers, defenders of honesty etc.
I have of course heard it all before.
Than I recalled exactly where. It was in a book which is among classics of Russian literature. Unlike many other classic books, this one is extremly funny, entertaining and deeply philosophical at the same time.
Following is a short extract from the 1st chapter:
"'Unless I heard wrong, you were pleased to say that Jesus never
existed?' the foreigner asked, turning his green left eye to Berlioz.
'No, you did not hear wrong,' Berlioz replied courteously, 'that is
precisely what I was saying.'
'Ah, how interesting!' exclaimed the foreigner.
'What the devil does he want?' thought Homeless, frowning.
'And you were agreeing with your interlocutor?' inquired the stranger,
turning to Homeless on his right.
'A hundred per cent!' confirmed the man, who was fond of whimsical and
figurative expressions.
'Amazing!' exclaimed the uninvited interlocutor and, casting a thievish
glance around and muffling his low voice for some reason, he said:
'Forgive my importunity, but, as I understand, along with everything
else, you also do not believe in God?' he made frightened eyes and added:
'I swear I won't tell anyone!'
'No, we don't believe in God,' Berlioz replied, smiling slightly at the
foreign tourist's fright, but we can speak of it quite freely.'
The foreigner sat back on the bench and asked, even with a slight
shriek of curiosity:
'You are - atheists?!'
Yes, we're atheists,' Berlioz smilingly replied, and Homeless thought,
getting angry: 'Latched on to us, the foreign goose!'
'Oh, how lovely!' the astonishing foreigner cried out and began
swivelling his head, looking from one writer to the other."
The foreigner in question is in fact satan himself on the first day of his visit to Moscow. It is simply hillarious how helpless and pathetic atheists are when they interact with supernatural...
The book I am talking about is "The Master and Margarita" by Mikhail Bulgakov. Frankly I just wanted to give you a little treat. You can read the entire book and the best thing is it's absolutly free!
http://www.lib.ru/BULGAKOW/master97_engl.txt
P.S. Note for Christians: bear in mind that The Russian Orthodox Church thinks of this book as " Gospel from satan". Yet, they advise to read it as long as you know it.