Talking to Unbelief

Recently I was taken to a myspace journal entry about a persons reason for disbelief in God. It started off with talk of thermodynamics, as if a scientific argument was driving his decision on God. Then he changed entirely and justified his unbelief with what Christians refer to as "the problem of evil" or "the problem of suffering"; that a good God would never let the world as it is. Their-in lies the true reason for his disbelief, as his point was now not about science but instead that he didn't believe because of his aversion to suffering in the world. This is not an issue of evidence or proof as he had no backing for the claims that then followed other than his wounded heart. We talked a little about these things, but that door has closed to me now.

Semi-on topic, I always figured that all people could be convinced in some fashion and that all one had to do was find that crack in their armor. (IE; challenging the heart, the mind, the conscience, the pain or hope they hold, etc...) These days however, I realize it isn't that simple. Even a person utterly without resistance can refuse to fall before the Word of God. All that is really required to stay in unbelief is the will or desire to do so.

*The image below is familiar territory both in terms of scripture and also my efforts online.