The Hypocrisy of Atheism and Non-Believers

So may times I have come across somebody of another faith and they challenge me with, "If you Catholics lived what you tell me what you believe, then I will convert". Or I will get, "If God is really love, why is there so much evil in the world?!" In summary "It's all God's fault that there is evil in the world" As a Catholic, I understand where these people are coming from; but at the same token, how is it that one can blame God for the evil in the world when that person is an agent of evil in the world themselves. How can you expect a religion to be perfect when you yourself are not perfect. Just because we believe in Jesus Christ and come short of living what He preached does not mean that we are being hypocrites, it just means that we struggle. Struggling means that we are being more real about our faith as opposed to when we just give up, or blame somebody else for the evil we see. You do not have to be perfect to be a believer or to admit you have faith, you just have to try to "trudge [your] way to happy destiny" (Big Book of AA). Keep it real.

Jesus is Real!

As Christians, we take for granted our faith. As people, when we take something for granted, we fail to appreciate the reality and effects of that thing. One example is when we get so accustomed to the drive to work, we forget about all the different places we may pass by. Somebody else may remind us of the existence of these places. "Oh yea, that store is there, it exists." When we say the creed, we may also get so used to saying the same words every week that we forget what the words are if we try to consciously think about it. Just try it. "How does that go now?" We also may forget that when we recite the creed, we are saying that these things are facts, not opinions. One particular fact is that Jesus really came down from heaven to offer himself as a sacrifice for our salvation. It is simply a fact. As proof of this, we can go to Jerusalem and be at the places where Jesus was born, lived, taught, suffered, died, rose from the dead and ascended into heaven. Our faith is built upon the fact that "God has so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son" (Jn. 3:16) A reality we should never take for granted.