I love atheist groups. Honestly, i do. I love atheism as it is a really honest attitude that’s defiant in the face of dogma and fundamentalist crap. I’m not threatened by it at all as i know everyone has their own path to faith, should they decide to go down that route. That doesn’t mean i agree of course, but i prefer the company of atheists than i do of self-righteous religious types. The emphasis on critical though, scientific reasoning and feint rebellion appeals to me. The defensiveness of Christian groups makes me laugh out loud. If your faith is so weak that someone else’s belief juggles it, you need to do some more thinking.

The day i personally changed from the application of science was when i realised that spirituality is a matter of the spirit, not of intellect. As hard as you try and rationalise, you can’t rationalise the heart or the spirit. You end up acknowledging that there is no bridge between the mind of an advanced ape and that which is divine – it involves a leap of faith, which in itself is a choice. It is deliberately designed that way so it is a conscious choice and act of will. You reason your ass off and think until you can’t think any more, and then it happens. You realise there is no bridge although you can see the other side of the river.

So it’s with amusement i’ve been hearing so much about the Atheist Bus Campaign. Ariane Sherine piece in the Guardian about funding a non-religious advertising blitz has drawn in just over £11,000 to make it happen. It’s backed by the British Humanist Association, of which the much-maligned Polly Toynbee is president. She’s Harry’s no1 favourite person so i should imagine he’ll be jumping to join now (sorry Harry, couldn’t t resist).

So many Christians just sit there and scratch their heads in despair at Richard Dawkins and memes like the Atheist campaign. Non-religious people sit there smugly chuckling to themselves at the beating Christianity takes as a result, thinking that naturalism answers all the big questions, which is doesn’t. Ask a naturalist what caused the inception of the universe and time itself, and they’ll spout theories about the multiverse and honest lack of any idea. Atheism is about the probability of God. But that’s the thing – God doesn’t worry about probability, as He created it.

Why, oh why then, do these people get to run amok and beat faith up so much? If there’s a God, why does He let it happen, and if it’s true why does it seem like there is so much wrong with the theories?

The hilarious thing is that The Father always has the last word, and you’re not seeing the most obvious thing imaginable about it all. It’s all working in His favour, and you can’t see it. Dawkins is doing the Father’s will and His work, as are the Humanist Association. Why?

It gets people thinking about God.