I don't have much of substance to add to your wonderful piece, but I shall try.
Is "Jesus is God" the central claim? How about "There is a God"? I suspect the atheists would like to start there. :)
I also lend some credence to the view that atheism is not necessarily at odds with all religious viewpoints. My atheist side appreciates the beauty of nature and the wonder of the universe itself. Can that not also be God? It is not the God-as-commanding-figure view of Christianity but the God-manifested-in-everything view. Though there's disagreement about whether we term it "God" or "nature", we can both regard existence with wonder.
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I don't have much of substance to add to your wonderful piece, but I shall try.
Is "Jesus is God" the central claim? How about "There is a God"? I suspect the atheists would like to start there. :)
I also lend some credence to the view that atheism is not necessarily at odds with all religious viewpoints. My atheist side appreciates the beauty of nature and the wonder of the universe itself. Can that not also be God? It is not the God-as-commanding-figure view of Christianity but the God-manifested-in-everything view. Though there's disagreement about whether we term it "God" or "nature", we can both regard existence with wonder.