tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24761391.post4570209682874130211..comments2023-10-26T22:06:11.166+11:00Comments on Metamagician3000: Currently reading: What's So Great About Christianity by Dinesh D'SouzaRussell Blackfordhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12431324430596809958noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24761391.post-55052557886298660112011-05-25T09:23:11.229+10:002011-05-25T09:23:11.229+10:00I commend you as well. I really enjoy your blog. I...I commend you as well. I really enjoy your blog. I found you via WEIT. I too would like to venture to the other side, briefly, and see the best arguments made for God. Would you please list (in order from strongest to weakest) the authors you think pose the 'serious' and 'sophisticated' arguments for the existence of God. I mean, what *are* we supposed to be reading in order to be educated atheist.<br /><br />What about Terry Eagleton's recommendations for "Eriugena on subjectivity, Rahner on grace or Moltmann on hope”. <br /><br />Augustine? Lewis? <br /><br />What are the must reads? I would be grateful.Rick Grahamnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24761391.post-75025687008875213602011-05-24T21:23:17.191+10:002011-05-24T21:23:17.191+10:00I read most of the C.S. Lewis stuff when I was you...I read most of the C.S. Lewis stuff when I was younger, but you're probably right that I should broach it again. At the moment I'm trying to get a sense of what claims/myths about atheists are really out there in this body of current apologetics literature. <br /><br />There will be limits, but I'm going to read (and read quite carefully)_ a good sample across a range of theological positions.Russell Blackfordhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12431324430596809958noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24761391.post-19311369736561393102011-05-24T21:12:27.530+10:002011-05-24T21:12:27.530+10:00It's commendable that you're doing this (a...It's commendable that you're doing this (and possibly a little masochistic).<br /><br />C.S. Lewis, G.K. Chesterton, and Philip Yancey were my touchstones when I was a christian. Make sure you take a look at them.<br /><br />I recommend:<br /><br />Orthodoxy by Chesterton, Reaching for the invisible god by Yancey, and The Great Divorce, A Grief Observed, and The Abolition of Man by Lewis. <br /><br />'A Grief Observed' and 'The Great Divorce' are great and sympathetic books even if you're not a believer.Spencer Troxellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03750605353914336538noreply@blogger.com