Diving In~

I dove into a wonderful piece of Chrisitan Non-fiction this week. "I Don't Have Enough Faith to Be an Athiest", is the newest piece of Christian literature I have started, and the Introduction reminded me that every world religion is still swimming in the realm of probability, and every belief we will ever have takes some degree of faith. However, Geisler and Turek explain how it takes much more faith to be an Athiest than it does to be a Theist, or more specifically a Christian. I'm posting the synopsis of this book below, and I hope you will feel encouraged to pick up a copy for yourself.

Summary: (from "Chrisitan Book Notes")

I Don’t Have Enough Faith to be an Atheist is what I call a “toolbox” book. It contains evidence and arguments against most of the major claims against Christianity. The book begins with a discussion on worldview. The writers argue that we all have a worldview and we use our worldview to try to understand truth. That is, we try to discern what the actual meaning of life is and saying there is no meaning to life is meaning.

Next they spend a few chapters taking a hard look at evolution. Many would argue, and I am one of them, that faith in Christ stands or falls on our understanding of Genesis 1-11. If Genesis 1-11 literally happened, then we have reason to believe in Christ. If it did not literally happen, then how can we be sure of salvation at all? Throughout the process of this discussion, Geisler and Turek show that faith in evolution is actually more difficult that faith in Christ—when the evidence is objectively understood.

Some other areas of discussion that Geisler and Nix look at is the reality of miracles (both Old and New Testament), Absolute Truth (as opposed to relativism—there is no absolute truth except the truth that there is no truth), and the person of Jesus Christ, as well as the authenticity and reliability of the Bible.

Three appendices end the book that is worth reading. In these, they wrestle with problem of evil (theodicy), the problem of interpretation the Bible (relativism), and an article about the Jesus Seminar (a liberal group claiming to speak for the “real” Jesus. Obviously, the authors submit to the authority of scripture and argue with the Bible as their foundation.