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  • The answer is obvious, a person prefers to find their own way in these matters. Leave your friend alone or you'll have neither a convert or a friend.You might also ask yourself what an atheist would have to do to convince you that there is no God. An atheist will be as strong in his convictions as you are. What will you do if his arguments are better than yours?
  • Give verifiable, testable, and repeatable evidence that your deity actually exists. Do not make the fallacy of circular logic, arguments from personal incredulity, arguments from emotion, or attempt to use Pascal's Wager.
  • Faith being the ability to believe in something despite evidence against it, or a lack of evidence for it, you could convert an atheist to theism by giving them absolute proof of the existence of god.
  • An Atheist would most probably require evidence of the existence of a God. This would have to be evidence which anyone could demonstrate, as such there may be no way to convince an Atheist through your own personal experience e.g "I just know there's a God.
  • Most Atheists also accept that they could be wrong in their skepticism and if God should choose to clinch the matter at any time by revealing him-/her-/itself, they will naturally amend their beliefs accordingly.
  • You might be able to convince an atheist of the proof of a god by having the god show himself (do tricks on command) but this would not translate into the atheist caring that there was a god or have any desire to be closer to him.
  • Do not however consider that making an atheist believe in a god is the same as making an atheist want to love or worship the god you convinced him believe in. Many atheists start their development of their worldview by noticing the uncaring and illogical behavior of the gods of most religions.
  • All you need to do to convince an atheist to believe in your God is to persuade your God to show up and perform miracles in front of the atheist such as raising the dead, healing the sick and turning water into wine. The other way to convince an atheist to believe in your God is to demonstrate to them that they can have some emotional benefit that they strongly desire such as friendship, sex, acceptance, safety or hope if they are prepared to abandon reason and accept a God without any evidence. The first method seems unlikely to work as Gods don't seem to be showing up and performing miracles in front of atheists these days. The second method has a chance of working if your atheist is lonely, depressed or sick and is not committed to reason.
  • Consider how you would feel if the shoe were on the other foot. If one of your friends was a user of hard drugs, a swinger, Pastafarian (worshipping the Flying Spaghetti Monster), a member of the Church of the Subgenius (or any of the more mainline religions like Moslem's, Hindu or Buddhist) and asked you to come to meet with him and his friends. Assuming it was pretty obvious that your friend fully expected that you would "see the light" and join up after this introduction. How would you feel? The answer is obvious, a person prefers to find their own way in these matters. Leave your friend alone or you'll have neither a convert or a friend.
  • The only way to convince an atheist that there is a God is actually introduce him to God and the only way you can possibly do that is to know yourself where to find that god and then to reveal him? her? it?. The passion and feeling for good and evil is no different in an atheist then it is in a religious person. The atheist however can always say he is good for goodness sake.
  • Any arguments that a 4 year old would present to an adult to convince them that there is really a monster under the bed would be just as effective in convincing the atheist that there was really a god. Many people mistakenly believe that atheists haven't heard the "truth" and that is the reason they don't believe in god(s). This is not however true. Atheists generally have researched their position and determined its validity. The problem then is that arguments to an atheist may result in a well reasoned retort that the theist is converted. As an aside, convincing someone that there is a god(s) does not convince them that the being is worthy of love or respect. Many gods in mankind's history have been capricious, vindictive and bloodthirsty.
  • Don't try to force everything upon someone at once. The best way of showing there is a God is to be nice (Don't criticize or yell, otherwise you will just be turning the person away) and to live a life of God so that God may show Himself to others through you (People will see how much God has changed your life and follow your footsteps seeking to change their lives) Talk about God but don't force the conversion because then it would make yourself sound like a proud person who thinks he knows everything and it would turn the person away. "Preach the Gospel at all times and if necessary use words" Also, trust in God and leave it into God's hands because man alone can't do anything but God can do everything; just be an instrument for God and don't preach out as if you are doing it because it's God's work. Evangelize in a way God would (Being gentle, always for the good of others, kind and loving, selflessly).
  • If you need to ask that question you obviously do not have what you need to prove your own belief there is a God. Religious belief is unquestioning faith in the absence of proof. How do you convince anyone of anything in the absence of proof and why would you seek to do that. Atheism is grounded in reality. Save your efforts and put them to better use. You would be overstepping the rules of good behavior to persist in trying to convince an atheist something is true if you have no proof of its veracity yourself.
  • Keep in mind that a number of 'atheists' were raised in a religious family or surrounded by religious community. To say that atheists are ignorant of many religious beliefs and faiths is probably not accurate. Most atheists have already heard whatever you want to say to persuade them. Religious belief should be something personal and even better if it's from self discovery. Besides, which religions, God, or Gods are you trying to convince people that exist. How do you know one is more 'right' than another? What you tell them is only from your point of view and belief. What about the many other point of views and beliefs. What's right for you may not be right for another, even within in the same religion. This is why there are so many variants/sects/denominations/etc. exist within the same religion.
  • Postulate a God that can withstand the scrutiny of the scientific method.
  • The best way to convince an atheist, assuming he or she is willing to be convinced, is with evidence. Biblical references don't count, neither do prophecies. Since there is no known evidence, the next best way is through logical arguments (remember, the majority, if not all, of the religious arguments have at least one fallacy, avoid those. No appeals to emotion, authority, personal experience, etc...). If that doesn't work, then save your time, because you have lost. You will not recover from that.
  • Appended is a Flowchart for debating the issue of god. Note that the first step is that neither side holds themselves above changing their opinion. The Christian must be just as willing to concede that he is wrong and there is no god if the atheists evidence is reasonable.
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