He Thought He'd Insulted Me by Calling Christians "Sheeple"

"Gosh, you sheeple are really pathetic if you need an imaginary friend to make sense of your miserable lives." quote left by an atheist on Bible Love Notes Facebook page

I responded:
 
What you call "imaginary" I know as fact, a fact that has changed my life forever. What you call "pathetic," I know as joy and peace that keeps me from saying mean things to others even when they say mean things to me. What you call "miserable," I know as true and abundant life in Christ. No need to feel sorry for me. "God demonstrates his own love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us." Romans 5:8

Writing Bible Love Notes has introduced me to many such atheists. Perhaps they don't represent all atheists, but they prove that rejecting God makes them grumpy and rude.

They vehemently deny having a religious faith, but they bet their future on the unproven claim that there is no God. And they have such great faith in human theories like evolution that they ignore the obvious proofs of God in creation (Romans 1:18-20). They are sheeple, but their shepherd is a thief (See John 10:1-18). 

They don't realize that being called sheeple is no insult when you're following the Good Shepherd. In fact, their insults are blessings according to Christ (see Matthew 5:11). 

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See also  "Use Your Brain" - The Origin of this Rude Atheistic Argument and the Bite Size Bible study The Atheist Insult: "Sheeple"

 

Note: I'd never heard the term sheeple before, but this man didn't invent it. It's a derogatory term combining "people" and "sheep," meaning persons who don't think for themselves and don't research things but simply go along with whatever they're told. Of course, that's not true for genuine Christians. Like the Bereans, we are supposed to check out everything that is said and compare it with God's Word (Acts 17:11).