I recently checked my Blogtoplist rankings to find that this blog is doing quite well over there since I started it just about a month ago. So, I decided to see who’s at the top of the list and what they’re writing about. Much to my dismay, there seems to be an abundance of Atheist blogs posted in the Religion category. That in itself is a sad thing, but sadder still is a blog I found called Diary of a Teenage Atheist by an 18 year old female, from a Catholic family, living in a predominantly Catholic country ( she claims is Third World ), who has recently embraced the Atheist perspective and the “bundle” of misguided conceptions that go with it. Her blog has had 18,695 hits! (unfortunately, to write this, I have to be one of them).

Emblazoned on her blog is the scarlet letter “A”, not unlike Hester Prynne’s shameful letter for adultery, but this is a proud “A” for Atheist. This is a movement that seems to be insidiously creeping in on the net and taking over or ballasting erroneous notions in the minds of many. Fuelled by the likes of Richard Dawkins , ethiologist and evolutionist, writer Christopher Hitchens, and celebrity, talk-show host/comedian Bill Maher.

This troubled teen posts quotes of the month by various anti-God talking heads who spout venom and vindictiveness with every click of the keyboard. She does this proudly and unabashedly.

This teenage girl is Pro Choice, and a LGBT (Lesbian, Gay, Bi-sexual and Transgender) supporter. Her blog is festooned with banners for the Atheist blogroll and Planet Atheism.

I shake my head.

This girl (self-designated “TA”) has been graced by God with some real talent. She is an excellent writer, has had a good education and will no doubt have a good career ahead of her. It is unfortunate that she has made this choice and is determined to share it with others, thus imperiling the faith of other teens like herself and the vulnerable of all ages.

I don’t want to come across like a southern, bible-thumping fanatic, BUT, there is no question in my mind that this is the Devil at work. And make no mistake, he is thriving.

At age 17, in her introductory article TA posts a short, tragic chronology of her faith’s descent:

14 years of being a Roman Catholic. (17, really — I haven’t officially renounced my religion on documents and whatnot. Too lazy.)

3 years of flip-flopping between Catholicism and agnosticism.

This year, I’ve finally decided that there is no God.

What and whose influence could have entered this girl’s life to make her feel this way? Why would a teenage girl find such consolation in the words of someone like Bill Maher (she now considers him her God)????

It would appear that TA has been fed Atheistic propaganda by those who want to convert the misguided to their way of thinking. It doesn’t have to be physically handed to a young person, they find it on the web, in the newspapers, on television, everywhere!

From reading TA’s blog, it appears that the faith foundation that she was born into is a shaky one at best. In her post, “Dream College” she writes:

(Note that I’m on bad terms with both my verbally abusive father and my elitist, self-absorbed mother, so yeah, I’ve got nobody on my side. I hate this family.)

It seems evil has been operating under the guise of faith for some time here.

There is hope for this girl. Her choice of college is Jesuit-run. She has her own “tenets” of belief in her Atheistic practices and ironically, they reflect a belief she claims not to have:

” If you sin (be it by my standards or yours), you won’t go to hell when you die. But you will be an (expletive).

” I’m not a saint, and I do judge people, but only based on their actions.”

“I think atheists who condemn religious people for being “idiots” are just as bad as fundamentalists who condemn atheists for being “evil.”

So, in an attempt at cleverness, this young woman reveals an innate sense of what is true. That we can work with.

The title of this blog post is “Pray for the Teenage Atheist” and now I’m asking you to do just that. Remember this young woman in her struggle with the forces of malevolence and pray that her soul be saved and that she may go on to do good things for others in the knowledge that our Lord and His Father will redeem her.

Pray also for those young people under the influence of evil in all its forms and manifestations. We can beat the scarlet “A”.

When you think about it, how contradictory to use the “A” when that stands for the Alpha, the first letter of the Greek alphabet and the name of our God – who is the Beginning and the End. This is our beginning–the start of a crusade against the proponents of Atheism. Pray today. Pray right now.

On this upcoming Holy Week of our Lord Jesus Christ, pray for those who he came to save; and pray for the Teenage Atheist.

***If you feel similarly on this issue, please leave a comment. It’s important that we share our thoughts and come together as one. Thank you for caring enough to read this.***