Don't get angry......you know your Mom is real

I was talking to a young man today at school, and we were on the subject of the reality of God.  I asked a few of them standing there if they thought that there was a God.  One boy said that he was agnostic and another one said that he knew there was a God and that it ticked him off to hear people say that there is not.  He said that he didn't like to talk to people about the subject because it got him ticked off when others said that there was not a God or that they didn't believe in Jesus.  So I was thinking....... if someone walked up to you and said, "hey you know that your Mom is not real," would that make you mad?  It may concern you that the person may be out of touch with reality, but I don't think it would make you mad.  Well, is God not as real as our Mothers?  If we say that He is indeed as real as our Mothers, then anger should not be an emotion that arises within us if we hear someone say that there is no God.  I could be completely judgmental here but, I think that many folks get angry at the person who says there is no God, because of their own insecurity.  Maybe this is a stretch, but if we see the argument of whether God is real or not as mostly a battle of being of the right opinion, then it would certainly make us angry if we hear someone saying that they don't believe He's real.  But if we know He is real, then we have no need to be angry.  We should be very concerned, but not angry.  We know that everyone knows in their heart that there is a God if we believe the Bible, so let us be patient with the ones we come in contact with that use "there is no God" as a smoke screen to continue in there own way.  We all used many smoke screens to hide our rebellion at one point in our life too.  Maybe we should all pause and let the reality of God sink in.  Lord help me.  I need to the most.