| Is God Dead? Not Yet… |
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| Written by Paul Dean | ||
| Monday, 07 July 2008 | ||
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From the most recent issue of Christianity today: “You might think from the recent spate of atheist best-sellers that belief in God has become intellectually indefensible for thinking people today. But a look at these books by Richard Dawkins, Sam Harris, and Christopher Hitchens, among others, quickly reveals that the so-called New Atheism lacks intellectual muscle. It is blissfully ignorant of the revolution that has taken place in Anglo-American philosophy. It reflects the scientism of a bygone generation rather than the contemporary intellectual scene.” It seems that when Time Magazine declared that God was dead in 1966 that the rumors of His demise were greatly exaggerated. Obviously, the true and living God is alive and well. At the same time, the “God is dead” movement is on life support in some sense itself. If so, what are the implications of such a dynamic? It is interesting that there has been a rekindling of interest in and development of natural theology. Some regard this development to be positive for the church while others do not. What is the answer and why? At the same time, do we not want to foster a cultural climate in which God is intellectually acceptable? Are their ways to facilitate that climate apart from natural theology and does that facilitation go far enough? On today’s edition of “Calling for Truth,” we’ll discuss those issues and more under the heading: “Is God dead? Not yet!"
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