Today's Picture: The Pope's Wednesday Audience

Ajura dawnveirs expresses many of the common sentiments of atheists who are quite ignorant of Christianity, and unwilling to use the reason they value so highly to educate themselves about what Christians really believe. If religious people are simply afraid of hell, then why do so many believe? Why do so many I met as a former atheist believe in God because reason led them in that direction? Science has also done the same for many, especially many world-famous physicists. As for believing that God created the world in seven days, and that humans existed with dinosaurs--this is a fundamentalist belief, which is not believed by most Christians. The use of the weakest argument to defeat your opponent is known as a "straw man" arguement in logic. I would advise Ajura dawnveirs to study logic and the most intelligent exponents of the Christian worldview before he/she engages in polemics that require a well-informed intelligence, and a perspicacious understanding of profound ideas. The rules of any debate require that you enter the conversation as an informed individual. Ajura shows all the signs of an abysmal ignorance of the issues and questions encountered between theists and atheists. Start with C.S. Lewis, move on to Peter Kreeft's Philosophy of Religion, then go on to John Haldane, J.P. Moreland, and William Lane Craig. Such contemporary thinkers, however, only scratch the surface of an extensive Christian philosophy that has led such hardened atheists as Antony Flew to embrace theism. Yes, Ajura has a lot to read, a lot to study, and a lot to think about. Better to get started early before you embarrass yourself any further.

A disappointed reader of CA 7:52AM December 25, 2009