Christian philosopher and mathematician, William Dembski writes something that surprised me, at first, he says that he was “gratified to see the recent rash of books by the ‘neo-atheists’.”
Hey, wait a minute, a “Christian” was “gratified” to see a whole new batch of books denouncing God by atheist writers like Richard Dawkins, Christopher Hitchens and Sam Harris? Why would he be glad about that? It seems like a lot of Christians are upset about these books.
Here’s Dembski’s explanation: “These books would be unnecessary if Christianity, and theism generally, were not again a live issue.” In other words, Christianity is not dead—God is not irrelevant, even within the intellectual community—belief in God is a valid, potent, and important issue in our world. The fact that these atheist writers are spending their time and energy churning out books AGAINST God, in a sense, helps to further verify the vitality of God!
Ah, that’s an interesting way of looking at it, huh?
2 comments:
That makes sense though. If something isn't taken seriously, there's no reason to react to it. If it threatens your way of thinking - time to fight! And if the way Atheists are thinking is being threatened, I'd say that's a very good thing!
I agree, Mary. I appreciated how Dembski viewed the matter from a different perspective than I expected and helped me consider that, as a Christian, their books are, in a way, a good indicator of God's relevance.
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