I was brought up a Christian and at 80 years of age it disturb me to read the above article. On one occasion I heard a person was an atheist, I immediately felt sorrow for the person missing out on so much. It would be interesting to talk to one or the persons you refer to, to find out what caused that person to lose their faith. Let me tell you about the time the Holy Spirit took me to task. I had just put my wife in hospital for an operation. On the way back to the car I offered a prayer asking the Good Lord to take care of her. Do not ask me to explain but the words have been written into my memory, “Did I not give her to you stop worrying about here”. She came through fine.