And all the people said, Amen, and praised the LORD. 1 Chronicles 16:36
"Laura Keynes is Charles Darwin’s great-great-great-granddaughter, holds a doctorate from Oxford University in philosophy, and is recently reported as now professing “a passionate faith”.
She was in her 20s when a flurry of atheist publications from the likes of Richard Dawkins brought the ‘God debate’ to public prominence.
To Keyne’s surprise, “I expected to be moved from agnosticism to atheism by their arguments, but after reading on both sides of the debate, I couldn’t dismiss a compelling intellectual case for faith.”
What’s more, Keynes actually credits “Dawkins and company” for driving her away from atheism.
She explains, “One of the things that made me wary of ‘new
atheism’ was the strange mix of angry emotion I encountered there: --anger at the thought of God;
--anger at any restrictions on behavior;
--anger at thwarted will;
--pride in feeling intellectually superior;
--contempt for anyone who reveals human vulnerability in asking for the grace of God.”
She also noted that “it’s odd for people who [claim they] value reason so highly to make such large concessions to emotion.”
Laura Keynes now finds that when friends and family see her, many of them “raise arguments against Christianity, unprovoked …”.
CMI
"Laura Keynes is Charles Darwin’s great-great-great-granddaughter, holds a doctorate from Oxford University in philosophy, and is recently reported as now professing “a passionate faith”.
She was in her 20s when a flurry of atheist publications from the likes of Richard Dawkins brought the ‘God debate’ to public prominence.
To Keyne’s surprise, “I expected to be moved from agnosticism to atheism by their arguments, but after reading on both sides of the debate, I couldn’t dismiss a compelling intellectual case for faith.”
What’s more, Keynes actually credits “Dawkins and company” for driving her away from atheism.
She explains, “One of the things that made me wary of ‘new
--anger at any restrictions on behavior;
--anger at thwarted will;
--pride in feeling intellectually superior;
--contempt for anyone who reveals human vulnerability in asking for the grace of God.”
She also noted that “it’s odd for people who [claim they] value reason so highly to make such large concessions to emotion.”
Laura Keynes now finds that when friends and family see her, many of them “raise arguments against Christianity, unprovoked …”.
CMI