I have just finished reading the God Delusion by Dawkins. I find its tenets very plausible. I was a Christian theistic evolutionist before, and so most of his claims about evolutionary theory were not earth shattering. The most damaging statements to the Christian faith are the critiques of the scriptures, and I think it is hard for me to accept Old Testament law as a loving God’s best hopes for humanity. It seems quite cold and even cruel at times. I think if my faith were only in the bible’s inerrancy, or the ability philosophy to “prove” God’s existence, or science ability to reveal the complete nature of reality I would have left it years ago. However, I have had powerful experiences of “God moving.” I have seen a lady whose cancer disappear after a prayer session. Another was cured of diabetes. I have seen my wife’s back healed. Even after reading Dawkins stuff on the psychology of religion I still feel that those events to are best explained as “Acts of God.”
2007-02-18
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