Judy, are you sure you're not really Susan Howatch?!
________________________________ From: authfriend <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Saturday, August 10, 2013 8:23 AM Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Atheism rears its ugly head again! --- In [email protected], "salyavin808" <fintlewoodlewix@...> wrote: > > --- In [email protected], doctordumbass@ <no_reply@> wrote: (snip) > > What muddled thinking - Because a group that you no > > longer associate with, believes in God, you, now, no > > longer see as possible, a relationship with God?? > > How is that critical thinking? It is an immature, > > knee-jerk reaction, to social norms, having nothing > > to do with a personal spiritual life - merely > > grandstanding. > > It's good critical thinking if you have taken intellectual > steps away from the baby talk of christianity and cast a > long sober look at the claims made for the existence of > supernatural creators. It's hard for anyone who has > studied genetics, biology and neuro-psychology to believe > anything the religious tell us when there are so many more > convincing explanations on offer. Couple of points. First, many thoughtful and deeply devout *Christians* "have taken intellectual steps away from the baby talk" of Christianity. Anyone who thinks Christianity is nothing but baby talk is simply ignorant. Second, Christian theology has explanations for aspects of human experience that genetics, biology, and neuro- psychology cannot encompass. Bottom line, as an atheist you may never find even the most sophisticated and rigorous Christian theology convincing; but if you actually engage with it, you'll need to draw upon your best thinking to intellectually justify dismissing it.
