You are free in our time to say that God does not exist; you are free to say that He exists and is evil; you are free to say … that He would like to exist if He could. You may talk of God as a metaphor or mystification; you may water Him down with gallons of long words, or boil Him to the rags of metaphysics; and it is not merely that nobody punishes, but nobody protests. But if you speak of God as a fact, as a thing like a tiger, as a reason for changing one’s conduct, then the modern world will stop you somehow if it can. We are long past talking about whether an unbeliever should be punished for being irreverent. It is now thought irreverent to be a believer.
G. K. Chesterton

I heard this excellent G.K. Chesterton quote while listening to a sermon by Ravi Zacharias. The sermon is titled "Why Sit Here Until We Die?" The links are found below. Each part is one-half hour long. The sermon is excellent! DF

Why Sit Here Until We Die (1 of 2) - Listen Now
Four lepers who recognized they had nothing to lose found a booty and were thrilled to have everything to share. They became instruments of life to many and of death to others. A powerful story with implicit principles from conversion to propagation or rejection to condemnation.
Dr. Ravi Zacharias

Why Sit Here Until We Die (2 of 2) - Listen Now
Four lepers who recognized they had nothing to lose found a booty and were thrilled to have everything to share. They became instruments of life to many and of death to others. A powerful story with implicit principles from conversion to propagation or rejection to condemnation.
Dr. Ravi Zacharias