Based on an interview with an atheist–

An atheist recently spent an entire diatribe convincing me about the truth and reality of God and Jesus, even though he couldn’t see it himself. This man was a mathematician, a scientist, and a life long learner. He loves astronomy and all the information being discovered about the stars. He loves facts of all sorts including historical. He is a master of patterns and how those patterns work consistently throughout the universe, empowering scientists to expand and apply knowledge far beyond the boundaries they have ever experienced. In the midst of all this order throughout the universe from the great to the small, he believes it was all formed by random. Order and organization happen on purpose, not by random or accidental means because random and accidental means are not self sustaining and continuous.

His defenses for his belief in the random always goes back to a structural pattern, which works in unity with all other patterns to create the effect of an observable fact. He sees all the threads, but he does not see the intricacy of the weave or the image of God the weave produces. He labels all the parts but can’t see that all are part of a piece, a whole within which all the individual pieces make sense. He bows to the creation and not the creator like many before him. He sees the artifact of God’s handiwork and says, “Here is God.” His vision is one step short because he sees the product as god instead of the producer. He loves the things that cause him to feel instead of the one who gave him the ability to feel.