What the hell are you getting so upset about?" he asked her bewilderedly in a tone of contrite amusement. "I thought you didn't believe in God.""I don't, " she sobbed, bursting violently into tears. "But the God I don't believe in is a good God, a just God, a merciful God. He's not the mean and stupid God you make Him out to be. Joseph Heller
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When someone who is not a believer hears about the God of the bible, they often associate that God with the God that they do not believe in. They end up believing that this "mean and stupid" God is actually mean and stupid. This is quite untrue and stems from the idea that if people don't believe in certain things then those things cannot be true. However, it's always possible to find proof for your beliefs, proof that will make believers out of agnostics or atheists. The proof of Heaven and Hell can be found throughout the bible and the proof of the existence of God also comes from science.

Source: Catch22

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