Online Missions Trip Day 1

Alisha the Agnostic: Alisha calls herself an agnostic because she believes there is no proof for the existence of God, so you could say that Alisha doesn't believe or disbelieve in God. In other words, in Alisha's mind, God could exist, but no one can currently prove that.

Things to Remember:

Don't argue over whether or not God can be "proven", because that usually puts you on the defensive, and the bottom line is you can't really "prove" God in the scientific method sense. You can't win a game by only playing defense.

Focus on the observable evidence of God that is built into creation like how "fine tuned" the universe is to support life, otherwise we wouldn't even exist. This fine tuning simply could not have happened by accident. For example, the earth is the perfect distance from the sun. If it were just a few miles closer, we'd all burn up. A few miles further out, and we'd all freeze to death!

Try to work what is called "Pascal's Wager" into the conversation, which goes something like this: It makes more sense to believe in God than to not believe. If you believe, and God does exist, you will be rewarded in the afterlife (heaven). If you do not believe, and God does exist, you will be punished for your disbelief (hell). If He does not exist, you have lost nothing either way.

If they ask questions like: "how do you know which God?", focus on the claims of Christ as being the only way and proving it by coming back from the dead. Remember to bring this up as a conversation starter, and not as an intimidating threat.

Bottom line with an agnostic: You cannot argue someone to faith in Christ, but you can (and should) live such a Christlike life that those around you sense something different, which opens the door for you to explain the "evidence."