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Doubting God

by Derek 2 Comments

Is it easier to doubt God exists or believe He exists?

Many people would say doubting God is far easier, but one thinker says otherwise.

Timothy Keller (2008) writes:

“…Even as believers should learn to look for reasons behind their faith, skeptics must learn to look for a type of faith hidden within their reasoning. All doubts, however skeptical and cynical they may seem, are really a set of alternate beliefs.”

(p. xvii)

In other words, even the most skeptical, scientific thoughts rest on a set of beliefs about the way things are.

Keller, T. (2008). The Reason for God: Belief in an age of skepticism. Viking.

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  1. Anonymous says

    January 19, 2012 at 12:21 am

    If this is the case, why do logical beings look at the evidence and both sides choose to take the harder path. A more accurate question would maybe be, why do they want to have no higher power controlling things, even when their view is inherently illogical. Mark

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  2. Derek Griz says

    January 19, 2012 at 2:01 pm

    Right! When the debate goes this direction, it shows arguments are based on other concerns besides airtight logic.

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