“ The question is not who is or isn ’ t a fundamentalist ... the question is : whose fundamentals are true ?”
“ Those who reject Christianity are becoming more irrational . They require more faith to believe their new worldview than the Christian one they abandoned .”
“ The question is not who is or isn ’ t a fundamentalist ... the question is : whose fundamentals are true ?”
Everyone has faith If we define faith as believing something that lacks complete evidence , then everyone has faith . Since no human is all-knowing , all of us - even atheists - require some degree of faith to believe our religious fundamentals . Those that have more evidence for their fundamentals , require less faith - those with less evidence need more faith .
I say all that to show that the playing field is truly level . Everyone is some kind of religious fundamentalist , and everyone has a certain amount of faith . That means that the seventy-five percent of churched students who reject the Christian faith after high school are implicitly adopting another faith , one with
its own set of fundamentals and religious beliefs . Of course , few realize that . They think that they are becoming beacons of rationality by rejecting Christianity . Ironically , I think the evidence shows that the exact opposite is true . Those who reject Christianity are becoming more irrational . They require more faith to believe their new worldview than the Christian one they abandoned .
“ Those who reject Christianity are becoming more irrational . They require more faith to believe their new worldview than the Christian one they abandoned .”
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18 Revival Times February 2017