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The Naked Emperor, My Journey From Fundamentalist Christian To Atheist
The Role of Faith in the Search for Truth
Wayne Adkins
The truth about God is like the elusive lean
body. We all say we want it, but few are willing to
put in the work it requires. Most people are content
to take what their parents give them as truth. That is
why a child born in Iraq is likely to become Muslim
while a child born in Utah is more likely to become
Mormon and a child born in Alabama more likely to
become a protestant Christian. It’s not that the
argument for Islam is any more compelling in Iraq than
it is in Alabama. It’s just that we are, to a great
extent, products of our environments.
At some point a person might begin to question
what they are given as truth. What’s with all these
contradictions in the Bible? Why doesn’t God condemn
slavery? Most clergy are ready for such questions with
canned answers or recommendations for a good apologist
to read. Why? It is because most people don’t want to
abandon their notions of truth, even when they doubt
it. They just want an answer that will quell the
uneasiness they feel while allowing them to retain
their notions of what the truth is. In other words,
any plausible explanation will do.
The problem is that truth is lost in the process.
If you are married and your spouse starts coming home
late because they are having an affair, would you want
to know the truth, even if you didn’t like it, or
would you be pacified with any and all plausible
explanations given? “I was working late.” “I had a
flat tire.” “I ran out of gas.” “I ran into an old
buddy from high school.” Would you accept every excuse
given so you could retain your faith in your spouse?
That is what most people do when it comes to religion.
Suppose you wanted to buy a building and the
seller assures you the roof doesn’t leak. As you tour
the building you come upon a puddle. The seller tells
you it could have blown in from a nearby window, but
assures you the roof doesn’t leak. You continue and
find another puddle. “That seeps up through the
concrete floor,” you are told. Another puddle is
explained as the product of a leaky water fountain.
Yet another is explained as a spill. You feel a drop
of water fall on your head and look up. The seller
quickly points out that it could have been
condensation from the air-conditioning ducts. You walk
on and still more water falls on you and you point out
to the seller that there are no ducts overhead now and
water is running down the rafters. He tells you that
his kids have super soaker water canons and that they
could have been playing with them and sprayed the
ceiling. He then tells you with a straight face that
it couldn’t have come through the roof because it is
impervious to leaks. As you look across the room, the
floor is covered in water and the seller is telling
you the roof doesn’t leak. How can you buy that?
Enter faith. When people confront the clergy
about problems with the God myth and the clergy can
see that their plausible explanations aren’t playing
well, they play the faith card. “It all comes down to
faith” we are told. Faith is what bridges the gap
between compelling evidence and belief. The Bible says
faith is required for salvation. If a person was given
enough compelling evidence, maybe they would believe
without faith. After all, Thomas wasn’t praised by
Jesus for his skepticism, he was scolded
for it and told “blessed are they who have believed
without seeing.” There is just one problem with all of
this. For faith to have any value it must be placed in
a true proposition.
Ask your average Christian what will happen to a
Muslim when he dies and they will tell you that unless
he placed his faith in Jesus Christ he is going to
hell. Misplaced faith is apparently useless. Suppose
you knew an adult who still had faith that Santa Claus
is real. Would you consider them a fool for having
faith in such a preposterous thing? How do you know
you are not a fool for believing the Bible is the
inspired, infallible word of God? If faith only has
value when placed in a true proposition, how do you
know that what you have placed your faith in is true?
Has your faith served you well if there really is no
God? It cannot end with faith or you are just rolling
the dice and hoping that your parents, despite the
odds, took you to the one church that has the truth.
You must consider the evidence to determine if you
have placed your faith in a true proposition and if
the evidence is not compelling, why would you want to
believe this?
You wouldn’t buy a car on the salesman’s word
without test driving it. You wouldn’t buy a home on
the realtor’s word without having it inspected.
Why would you choose a religion, arguably the decision
that will most influence the rest of your life, by
walking into the closest church to your house or going
to a church like the one your parents attended and
accepting at face value that you have been given the
truth about God?
Faith is an impediment to the sincere search for
truth. It is a shortcut that allows a person to avoid
the hard work of searching for truth for themselves.
It allows a person to say “this is what I believe”
without being able to articulate why. I would
encourage you to fearlessly pursue the truth wherever
it leads you. When someone says “How do you know this
is true” Be prepared to answer them with evidence.
Show me a person who says they believe in God simply
by faith alone and I’ll show you someone who hasn’t
earnestly looked for the truth about God.
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