When Paul was visiting Athens, he "found an altar with this inscription: TO AN UNKNOWN GOD" [Acts 17:23] People in Athens were very "religious" but worshipped idols, even ones to a God that they did not know.
But God made himself known to us through his son Jesus. "30 In the past God overlooked such ignorance, but now he commands all people everywhere to repent. 31 For he has set a day when he will judge the world with justice by the man he has appointed. He has given proof of this to all men by raising him from the dead." [Acts 7:30-31]
When Paul told this to the Athenian schalors, "some of them sneered" but a few people believed and followed Paul.
Today, people worship other things besides God. When we tell them about it, we will get sneers -- espcet them. But a few will become followers.
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