atheism

I have been doing some reading on atheism lately. A few months ago I was browsing in Barnes and Noble and came across a book written by an atheist. Not a big surprise, there are a lot of books about atheism. But something just keep drawing me to that particular book. So, I picked it up and began reading the introduction and noticed two things. First, the author was an alumni of Great Lakes Christian College like me. Second, the book was written to Christians. He was writing to other Christians, trying to get them to understand the atheistic point of view. I knew I had an interesting book on my hands. Unfortunately I wasn't prepared to dive into that discussion right then.

Since then I have been watching people differently. The fact that this man sat in the same classrooms as me, had some of the same professors as me, was thought the same tenets of the Christian faith as me, yet came to two drastically different conclusions made me stop and wonder.

In my wonderings, I came across a very good read, "Jim and Casper go to Church". It's the chronicles of two men, Jim Henderson (seasoned Christian leader) and Matt Casper (seasoned atheist) as they visit a handful of churches in America. I have spent the last few days engrossed in this life changing book, slowly beginning to understand some of the questions that atheists may have.



I am not sure where my thoughts are going with this. Right now I am just trying to listen, a skill that a lot of Christians, myself included haven't mastered yet.