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In
one sense, we all operate every day on faith in many different
areas of our lives. If you've ever eaten at a restaurant, accepted
a doctor's prescription, or planned for the future, you have certainly
been operating on a degree of "blind faith."
As C. S. Lewis said (see resource
list), most of the things you believe are believed on authority
or on secondary evidence. For example, you may never have actually
seen a living dinosaur, but you are confident that dinosaurs once
existed. We are confident that things like gravity and the laws
of logic exist even though we cannot see them. Of course, experience
and rational investigation should increase your confidence in
what is true.
The issue is not faith. Everyone has a faith--atheist,
agnostic, or Christian. The real issue is what is a worthy object
of our faith. In this essay we will show that Christianity is
reasonable and rational, that it is logically consistent,
that it fits the evidence, and that it is relevant for modern
man. And we hope to clear up a few common misconceptions about
Christianity.
Christianity is not mere blind faith. As emphasized
by theologian D. James Kennedy, the claim that belief in Christianity
produces an irrational, uneducated, unintelligent, or unintellectual
view of life is completely false. And the statement that unbelief
produces a rational and intelligent and enlightened view of the
universe is equally false.
Blind faith is faith without evidence, which
would be superstition. The Bible does not call us to blind faith.
The Bible calls us to faith in evidence. We submit that
various truth claims, including Christianity, should be evaluated
on the evidence.
Yes, there will always be a step of faith for
the Christian. But that step doesn't require a person to leave
his brains at the church door.
Perhaps you have never seen a reasoned, logical
explanation of Christianity. Stand by to be challenged...

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