To a Christian, getting a new follower is probably great news. Getting an atheist to convert is probably an even larger victory. The problem is an atheist has committed the only unforgiveable sin. I am not talking about the whole we are all born atheists arguement either. What I am trying to say that as soon as anybody is competent enough to declare themselves an atheist, they are denying the existence of the Holy Spirit. Here are some direct quotes from the Bible:

Luke 12:8-10: “I tell you, whoever acknowledges me before men, the Son of Man will also acknowledge him before the angels of God. But he who disowns me before men will be disowned before the angels of God. And everyone who speaks a word against the Son of Man will be forgiven, but anyone who blasphemes against the Holy Spirit will not be forgiven.”

Mark 3:28-30: “Truly I tell you, people will be forgiven all their sins and all the blasphemies they utter. But whoever blasphemes against the Holy Spirit will never be forgiven, but is guilty of an eternal sin.

Matthew 12:30-32:…But the blasphemy against the Spirit will not be forgiven. Anyone who speaks a word against the Son of Man will be forgiven, but anyone who speaks against the Holy Spirit will not be forgiven, either in this age or in the age to come.

Really anything else can be forgiven in some form. Once you have denied the Holy Spirit though, you are fucked. Game over. You are 100% for a fact going to Hell. Of course this means absolutely nothing to me since the concept of Hell doesn’t scare me. Even if you have “saved” an atheist and converted them to Christianity, aren’t they still damned? It seems to me once anybody declares themself an atheist they deny God’s existence. It’s a waste of time, because once somebody has commited the “eternal sin” there is no going back. This doesn’t worry me at all. Part of my disbelief in God, and the Holy Spirit is an equal belief in that there is no Heaven or Hell.