'Atheism Remix' - Understanding and Answering the New Atheism

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Sat Aug 16, 2008 12:19 pm Agree: 0   Disagree: 0

Religion. It's a crutch for people who can't handle God.

<quote>These are people who, as Daniel Dennett suggests, are more likely to believe in belief than to believe in God.</quote>

Disbelieve in belief!

Believe in nothing other than God... That's the wish. Beg for uncertainty and come to terms with your total inadequacy in anything outside your imagination. Pray not to change conditions, but to see things as they really are.

Accept that your existence is not a creation of your will - you did not cause yourself to be born, nor did you construct the entire universe necessary for your creation to have been possible. Shatter the egocentricity that separates you from others, before you make pronouncements about "God" or "belief". How would you presume to know? "Knowing" is derived of those ideas received from others, so preciously claimed as "my own". Know nothing, and be humble. This means, if you do not love, at least be kind.

There seems to be so little kindness in Mr. Mohler's essay.