So says Charlotte Allen in an op-ed column published last week in the L.A. Times. I found it to be an interesting read. Here's a quote:
"The problem with atheists -- and what makes them such excruciating snoozes -- is that few of them are interested in making serious metaphysical or epistemological arguments against God's existence, or in taking on the serious arguments that theologians have made attempting to reconcile, say, God's omniscience with free will or God's goodness with human suffering...
What primarily seems to motivate atheists isn't rationalism but anger -- anger that the world isn't perfect, that someone forced them to go to church as children, that the Bible contains apparent contradictions, that human beings can be hypocrites and commit crimes in the name of faith...So, atheists, how about losing the tired sarcasm and boring self-pity and engaging believers seriously?"
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