Recently, I started following an admitted atheist on Twitter after s/he challenged me because I put a #Faith in one of my tweets. @[anonymous] Atheist showed an almost Christian brand of kindness when I revealed my #Faith became unshakeable after I felt the physical presence of God lift a major burden off of me.
Nota bene: I respectfully changed the person’s Twitter handle @[anonymous] Atheist.
Things were amicable and soon, we started following each other. From time-to-time, I would respond to a tweet that I disagreed with. And s/he would respond in kind.
It all appeared cordial.
For the proof of God, I introduced [anonymous] Atheist to Fr. Robert Spitzer S.J. PhD, President of Gonzaga University from 1998 to 2009. Fr. Spitzer had a series on EWTN titled ‘Finding God Through Faith and Reason’. Today, he is the President of the Magis Center of Reason and Faith and President of the Spitzer Center.
He’s pretty deep and science-based, which speaks to my science background. For the repliability of the Gospels, I posted this lecture by Dr. Brant Pitre.
I can’t say enough good things about Dr. Pitre and often refer to him as the “new Scott Hahn.” (If you’re into Catholic Christian apologetics, you know what I mean.)
However, after I responded to these two response tweets — where [anonymous] Atheist asked someone in the twittersphere to present proof that God existed — s/he blocked me.
I didn’t realize it at first. I’m not very twitter-savvy. I only discovered that I was blocked after I searched for the [anonymous] Atheist.
[anonymous] Atheist posted often and when I didn’t see any recent tweets, I grew concerned. When I discovered that I was blocked for seeing his/her tweets, I tweeted:
Blocked? Really? I really enjoyed your tweets.
Soon after that, I couldn’t even find the [anonymous] Atheist on Twitter, altogether. So, I thought, either there’s a nuclear blocking option or s/he has left the twitter world completely.
So, I used another Twitter account — and that’s when I discovered I was nuked!
Again, I’m not Twitter-savvy, so forgive me if these are not the proper Twitter-terms.
For a moment, I was sad. Did I say something offensive? I don’t believe I did.
Finally, I had to chuckle.
Wouldn’t that be ironic, I thought, offending someone who makes it a daily ritual trying to offend people — particularly people of #Faith?
Then it hit me: Isn’t that what is happening across this nation?
Social media has given everyone a soapbox to stand on. [anonymous] Atheist is probably still out there, and still challenging people of #Faith.
Today, we are all truly globally connecting, yet sadly no one is really communicating.
James Henry is the author of Corporation YOU: A Business Plan for the Soul, Hail Mary series, and two children’s books: The Second Prince and Klaus: The Gift-giver to ALL! As a writer, James has been widely featured on Bob Salter (CBS Radio), Mike Siegel, Mancow, and more.
Today, James lives in New York where he continues to teach — and write.
To contact James or book an interview, please contact Mark of Goldman/McCormick PR at (516) 639-0988 or Mark@goldmanmccormick.com.
Suggested Reading:
Atheism Is Inconsistent with the Scientific Method, Prizewinning Physicist Says. Lee Billings. Scientific America. 2019.
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