I just read the new book by Mary Eberstadt called The Loser Letters: A Comic Tale of Life, Death, and Atheism (Ignatius Press, 2010). It is witty, entertaining and edifying.
A recent convert to atheism writes a series of letters to the big, important atheist guys (Dawkins, Hitchens, Harris and co.) in which she offers unsolicited advice on how to avoid turning off the younger generation on atheism. In so doing she highlights some of the weaknesses of the the atheist apologetic strategy currently being employed.
The book is short, enjoyable and displays a razor sharp mind slicing through the new atheist bluster with ease. And it has a terrific twist of an ending, which I won't spoil for you.
Buy it, read it, give it. The perfect gift for 2010 for teens and up.
I'm not quite sure how much more of this kind of mocking and teasing Richard Dawkins will be able to stand - but I'm open to finding out.
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Thursday, April 1, 2010
Wednesday, May 20, 2009
Answering Questions About Angels and Demons
Here is a terrific website set up by Westminster Theological Seminary, The Truth About Angels and Demons, to help you with answering questions asked by spiritual seekers or debunkers of Christianity who have read Dan Brown's novel or seen the movie.
Here is a good column by Ross Douthat in the New York Times on Dan Brown entitled "Dan Brown's America." He is right on in claiming that Dan Brown should be regarded as an evangelist for an anti-Christian religious position, rather than as a simple thriller writer/entertainer. He has a number of interesting links in his article as well.
The Da Vinci Code and Angels and Demons should be seen as an attempt to teach as well as to entertain and, as such, they constitute a reminder that the best teaching incorporates some features of entertainment. Think of the good accomplished by The Chronicles of Narnia: both good fun and great spiritual enlightenment.
Debunking Brown is necessary. But he will be defeated ultimately only by better Christian literature - better in every way, not merely less false in its teaching, but better as literature.
Here is a good column by Ross Douthat in the New York Times on Dan Brown entitled "Dan Brown's America." He is right on in claiming that Dan Brown should be regarded as an evangelist for an anti-Christian religious position, rather than as a simple thriller writer/entertainer. He has a number of interesting links in his article as well.
The Da Vinci Code and Angels and Demons should be seen as an attempt to teach as well as to entertain and, as such, they constitute a reminder that the best teaching incorporates some features of entertainment. Think of the good accomplished by The Chronicles of Narnia: both good fun and great spiritual enlightenment.
Debunking Brown is necessary. But he will be defeated ultimately only by better Christian literature - better in every way, not merely less false in its teaching, but better as literature.
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