HOMER SIMPSON’S INNER ATHEIST (PART 2)

Homer Simpson

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Again, Dan has some well-chosen quotes to lead off each chapter.  Here is one by Samuel Johnson: “The existence of twilight is not an argument against the distinction between night and day.”

Here are a few other things I appreciate from further reading in The Skeptical Believer:

Christianity invites us to a entirely different type of life.  Dan does a great job of underscoring the ethical implications of Christianity and how our doubt may involve a whole lot more than just intellectual difficulties.

People who blurb books often say “Chapter 3 is worth the price of the book.”  They are obviously wanting to underscore how invaluable that particular section was to them.  Well, one of Dan’s chapter titles may be worth the price of the book: “Wanting What You Cannot Have: Certainty as Metaphysical Gluttony.”  Noodle on that for a few minutes!

There are some wise reflections on the importance of both story and propositions.

Dan has a wonderful way of taking popular views and turning them on their proverbial head.  For example, he argues that it is actually easier to believe when one lives in a skeptical age.

And learn why Satan is our first literary critic!

 

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