Since that summer in Colorado, Sam Harris, Richard Dawkins, Daniel Dennett, and Christopher Hitchens have all produced bestselling and highly controversial books—and I have read them all.
The bottom line is this: whenever we Christians slip into interpreting scripture literally, we belittle the Bible and dishonor God. Our best moral guidance comes from what God is revealing today through evidence, not from tradition or authority or old mythic stories.
The first sentence warns agains taking the Bible literally, but the next sentence insinuates that we don’t even need it...
He’s also written a book called “Thank God for Evolution,” in which he sprays God all over science to make it more palatable to christians.
I dedicate this book to the glory of God. Not any “God” me may think about , speak about , believe in , or deny , but the one true God we all know and experience.
If he really is trying to deconvert people, I suspect it won’t work. They won’t take the final step from his pleasant , featureless god to no god, because the featureless one gives them a warm glow without any intellectual conflict.
The first sentence warns agains taking the Bible literally, but the next sentence insinuates that we don’t even need it...
He’s also written a book called “Thank God for Evolution,” in which he sprays God all over science to make it more palatable to christians.
If he really is trying to deconvert people, I suspect it won’t work. They won’t take the final step from his pleasant , featureless god to no god, because the featureless one gives them a warm glow without any intellectual conflict.