Extract from Nik Ripken’s book “The Insanity of God”

This is the story of my journey. Please hear this well: I do not have answers to all of my questions. In fact, I am still not exactly sure where this journey might lead. But I am certain that the questions are worth asking—and I am certain that God is a patient, though sometimes demanding, teacher. I am not completely sure about the ending of the story. But the beginning, I believe, was a plane trip to hell . . . (more…)

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The Dawkins Delusion? Atheist fundamentalism and the denial of the divine

Baie gelowiges het moontlik al kennis geneem van Richard Dawkins se ateïstiese agenda wat hy in verskeie boeke volg.  Hy spesialiseer daarin om geloof belaglik te maak en met evangeliese ywer ateïsme te bevorder.

The Dawkins Delusion? Atheist fundamentalism and the denial of the divine (2007) van Alister McGrath en Joanna Collicutt McGrath is geskryf om gelowiges te help om hierdie venyn te hanteer.  Dit ontbloot die ateïstiese fundamentalisme van Richard Dawkins se boek The God Delusion (2006) en wys onomwonde op die swak argumente wat Dawkins aanvoer.

Die doel met die boek is eenvoudig: “(to) assess the reliability of Dawkins’ critique of faith in God” (:xiii).

Die boek bevat die volgende vier hoofstukke:

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