The Atheist's Surprise

He was an atheist. He was proud of it. Those who believed in the existence of a Supreme being, and in the survival of the soul after death, Were, for him, dim-witted people worthy only to be The laughing stock of his "superior intelligence." He never concealed his denial of God, He did not need to believe in such a divine being Because He knew that himself was the superior being, and As far as the idea of a soul was concerned, there was none. One dies and that's it! Game over! The time passed and as he was mortal he died one day, However As soon he was declared dead, Surprised the atheist was to ''see himself " hovering All over his inanimate body. He had no arms, no legs, no head, or any other organs Just pure consciousness he was, pure thought, and Pure light. A sphere of a whitish color " He " was With some sparkling particles distributed around its periphery. In other words, he was a soul. Confused and bewildered with the situation that the atheist, Himself has now found, Did not know what to do and what to him was coming. In a little while though, A luminous being approached him, Wearing the broadest of possible smiles. The being was emanating love, compassion, warmth, and Understanding. As the entity came closer to the "atheist" with his mind these Words to him transmitted: " Do not be surprised, my dear friend, for I am here to welcome you and lead you to your creator whose existence you have throughout life, so vehemently, denied!"* © Demetrios Trifiatis 09 June 2021 * This story is inspired by a debate that I once had with the head of the Computer Department of a renowned university, who was an atheist and who called me silly to believe in God and in the afterlife. When I asked him: " Why I am silly?" He replied that I was silly because I believed in these theories and went on to tell me that I will be surprised when I die because I will find nothing of what I expect to find. At that moment I retorted: " My dear friend, Nigel, it will not be me that would be surprised but you, because if your theory is correct, I will not be there to be surprised but if my theory is correct then you will be the one to be surprised." He looked at me for a few seconds and then he said: If you put it like that, Demetrios, you are right. I will be the one to be surprised."