"Loving Darkness"

"The fool hath said in his heart, There is no God. They are corrupt, they have done abominable works, there is none that doeth good." (Psalms 14:1) I have tried to think back to a time when I did not believe in God, and I cannot remember one. However; I do remember the time when I believed in a god that I created, not the God of creation. Really, there is no difference between creating your own gods, or not believing in God at all; they both require an imagination, and they both are in denial of Thee Almighty God! When you ask someone if the believe in God, the majority of those you ask will most likely say, Yes, I believe in God; but as you probe a little further, you might find that God in their heart and mind, does not measure up to the God of the Bible. There may be some similarities, such as Creator, or All knowing, or maybe even that He is eternal; but when you start pressing into the area of the sinfulness of man and the righteousness of God, you might be in for quite a surprise. First off, I really don't think that there is such a thing a pure Atheist; only those that have denied God's existence within their own minds, and have created an illusion that they hold onto; but there really is no way that they can deny the existence of God, so they must use their imagination to fight back that which they really know to be true deep down in their heart. In other words; his judgement is that God does exist, but his imagination denies it, refusing to give God dominion over his life, or to allow himself to believe that there is someone to whom he must answer to. Jesus used this example while speaking to Nicodemus, in John 3:18-20, "He that believeth on Him is not condemned: but he that believeth not is condemned already, because he hath not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God. And this is the condemnation, that light is come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil. For every one that doeth evil hateth the light, neither cometh to the light, lest his deeds should be reproved". It is not a matter of not wanting to be enlightened to God, but rather, that the holiness of God illuminates the darkness in our lives; causing us to either seek forgiveness or retreat further into the darkness. Those who retreat further into the darkness, do so because they love the darkness and hate the light, because the light creates the image of God that they dare not consider. Another meaning for the word "fool" within the verse above, is 'stupid'; a word that describes the lack of knowledge, and the lack of the desire of the truth which is brought on by the lack of understanding. It is this understanding that is the root of what stupid is, because to understand means to consider, and the only way to consider the light, is to step out of the darkness..."But he that doeth truth cometh to the light, that his deeds may be made manifest, that they are wrought in God." (John 3:21)