I heard an interview on the radio yesterday regarding a book that I believe has some relevance to our discussions of CS - I Don't Have Enough Faith to Be an Atheist. It is available in hard copy with a free PDF and downloadable MP3s that I'm listening to now.The authors believe that it takes greater faith to be an atheist than to be a Christian because there is greater evidence to support Christianity.
A couple of comments that caught my attention included responses to typical non-Christian statements:
- "There is no truth!" "Is that true???"
- "Christians are so narrow-minded and judgmental!" "Then why do you judge us so narrowly???"
The statement made famous by the late Dr. D. James Kennedy is also discussed.
A professed atheist was asked, "If you were to die tonight and stand before God, and God were to ask you, 'Why should I let you into my heaven?' what would you say?"
"I'd say, 'why shouldn't you let me into your heaven?'"
Later, the evangelist asked, "if we knocked on your door seeking to come into your house, and you said to us, ‘Why should I let you into my house?’ and we responded, ‘Why shouldn’t you let us in?’ what would you say?"
The atheist responded, "I'd tell you where to go!"
The evangelist answered, "That’s exactly what God is going to say to you!"
If the atheist arrives in Heaven and does not meet God then he might have a point to make. If, however, the atheist finds himself being asked by God about whether He should allow the atheist into Heaven then the point is otherwise made.
The book deals a lot with the concept that mutually exclusive religions cannot all be all true - Can All Religions Be True?
Do Go Be Man
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