Ernest Hemingway was famous for doing just that.
He openly scoffed at the idea of God, dismissing Him as an antiquated religious concept created to hinder man's pursuit of pleasure and self-fulfillment. In his shameful parody of the Lord’s Prayer, he wrote - Our nada who art in nada. (Spanish for 'nothing')
He did not heed Paul's warning ... Do not be deceived; God is not mocked, for whatever a man sows, that he will also reap. (Galatians 6:7)
His life ended in despair and suicide.
Sadly, many in today's generation have chosen to take Hemingway's derisive position, doubting that there are consequences ... In the last days, mockers will come, walking after their own lusts. (2 Peter 3:3)
But their denial of God's existence and His coming judgment does not make it go away. They will be held accountable for what He has revealed ...
For what can be known about God is plain to them, because God has shown it to them. For his invisible attributes, namely, his eternal power and divine nature, have been clearly perceived, ever since the creation of the world, in the things that have been made.
So they are without excuse. For although they knew God, they did not honor Him as God or give thanks to Him, but they became futile in their thinking, and their foolish hearts were darkened. (Romans 1:19-21)
Like petulant children who demand their own way ... they defiantly 'thumb their nose' at God.
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