The Reason for God: Belief in an Age of Skepticism
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The remarkable New York Times bestseller by the “C.S. Lewis for the 21st century” (Newsweek).
A New York Times bestseller people can judge in-by a “lead the way of the new urban Christians” (Christian Today magazine).
Timothy Keller, the founding pastor of Redeemer Presbyterian Church in New York City, addresses the frequent doubts that skeptics and non-believers bring to religion. Using literature, philosophy, anthropology, pop culture, and intellectual reasoning, Keller clarifies how the belief in a Christian God is, in fact, a sound and rational one. To right believers he offers a levelheaded platform on which to stand against the backlash toward religion spawned by the Age of Skepticism. And to skeptics, atheists, and agnostics he provides a challenging argument for pursuing the reason for God.
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Is this book about the rational 18th century? If so, the subtitle is meaningful.
But if the book is about the 21st century U.S.–where 96% of adults aver to judge in God, 75% judge in angels, and more than 50% judge in ghosts–then the subtitle is utterly ridiculous. Or does the leader judge even a single skeptic blemishes his world?
Reader’s Rating: 1 / 5
I’m really disappointed in this leader. For a name who talks so much about his own “intellectual gifts,” he’s not very bright.
Let me clarify this in simple terms.
The Jewish religion had a LOT of competition. About 100 BC, there was a movement inside Judaism to add some supernatural fundamentals. Specifically, there were
(a) a all-purpose resurrection of all the dead at a Day of Judgment,
(b) demonic spirits which could be cast out through exorcism, and
(c) dreams were really messages from God, and
(d) angels that appeared in dreams to deliver these messages were real.
Until 70 AD, the leaders of Judaism fought against these thoughts. Then Titus ruined the Temple of Jerusalem, and the Resurrection Cults were agreed new attention. The Gospel of Mark was rewritten to make Jesus APPEAR to agree with the Pharisees on major points, such as the End of the World taking place “while some of persons standing here are still alive.” Which placed the Christian deadline for the End of the World in 120 AD or earlier.
Nothing in Christianity is credible in any sense. There was no All-purpose Resurrection of the dead. Jesus did not restore the political independence of Israel, or rule Israel from the throne of King David.
A book that pretends to defend Christianity against critics… must take up the issues. Otherwise, the leader is dishonest.
Reader’s Rating: 1 / 5
This is a book I read because a minister recommended it as being truly outstanding. Sorry to say the book has added no “light” for me since all the basic premises are the same: that Jesus is God and therefore Christianity is supreme. No, the leader didn’t say that. In fact he attempted to give due diligence to the others. But there is an unlining voice of they-who-are-the-chosen. If it was proposed–as the authors says it is–to disspell all the books out there that show how much violence Christianity has covertly or overtly made, this is one person who hasn’t been convinced that the Christian God is the best. If only these people would extol Jesus lacking dressing him in God garments, then many would be convinced.
Reader’s Rating: 1 / 5
Basically preaches to the choir, the opinion are thin and arbitrary. The crux of the book basically states that if you judge in Jesus your excellent deeds will somehow have more weight than if an athiest commiting the same excellent deeds. I grew up cathlic and believed in god untill I was in my early 20s only when I ongoing questioning my faith (this was not allowed under my parent’s roof- blind obedience only) that is when I became an athiest, in the light of day god/jesus is opium for the masses, ironically the leader himselfs alludes to as much.
Reader’s Rating: 1 / 5
I was very hopeful about this book but I gave up on it 2/3 of the way through. The leader failed to define the “God” he sees the reason for. From his text, I have to assume he has a picture of a God who sits on a throne in the sky and bestows blessings on persons who question nicely. I find this to be a poor picture of the God who Jesus knew. But, the leader does define a “Christian” – as one who subscribes to the early creeds of the church. This is too narrow and is also in error with and fails to reflect what Jesus taught. I was very disappointed.
Reader’s Rating: 1 / 5