In his message Sunday, Dave Bowen quoted from noted ahteist Christopher Hitchens these four objections to Christian faith:
1. It's wrong about origins.
2. It's wrong about the nature and purpose of man. Christian faith, according toHitchens, promotes "maximum servility and "maximum solipsism."
3. It is the cause of dangerous sexual repression.
4. It is ultimately grounded in wishful thinking.
Actually, these are four great categories from which to criticize the atheist position, as well. Take #4, for example. The atheist has to rationalize away enormous quantities of evidence regarding the authenticity of scriptures, the historicity of Christ's life, the record of Christian accomplishments in spite of great obstacles, and much more - only to HOPE that there is no hell. Now that's wishful thinking.
If you are not familiar with Hitchens, you can read more about him on the site that ells about his debate with pastor Douglas Wilson here.
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