From Australia:
Religious leaders have used their Easter sermons and messages to condemn the rise of atheism, with Sydney Anglican Archbishop Peter Jensen describing the philosophy as an “assault on God”. A day after Sydney Catholic Archbishop Cardinal George Pell criticised non-believers, Dr Jensen said in his Good Friday sermon at Sydney’s St Andrew’s Cathedral that atheism was a form idolatry.
“As we can see by the sheer passion and virulence of the atheist – they seem to hate the Christian God – we are not dealing here with cool philosophy up against faith without a brain,” Dr Jensen told worshippers.
“Atheism is every bit of a religious commitment as Christianity itself.
“It represents the latest version of the human assault on God, born out of resentment that we do not in fact rule the world and that God calls on us to submit our lives to him.
“It is a form of idolatry in which we worship ourselves.”
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That last line is so true.
There are some lost souls out there who are confused and get along fine with others, including christians.
I think what these pastors are referencing is the in your face atheists like: Dawkins, Dennet, and Hitchins. Hitchins claim to be an anti-theist not an atheist.
Their motto can be defined as such:
1) There is no God.
2) I hate Him.
Their philosophy in life would be as Doug Wilson put it at the end of the film “Collision”:
“s**t happens.”