{"product_id":"the-making-of-an-atheist-how-immorality-leads-to-unbelief-9780802476111","title":"The Making of an Atheist: How Immorality Leads to Unbelief","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe new atheists are on the warpath. They come armed with arguments to show that belief in God is absurd and dangerous. In the name of societal progress  they promote purging the world of all religious practice. And they claim that people of faith are mentally ill. Some of the new atheists openly declare their hatred for the Judeo-Christian God.  Christian apologists have been quick to respond to the new atheists arguments. But there is another dimension to the issue which begs to be addressed--the root causes of atheism. Where do atheists come from? How did such folks as Richard Dawkins  Sam Harris  Daniel Dennett  and Christopher Hitchens become such ardent atheists? If we are to believe them  their flight from faith resulted from a dispassionate review of the evidence. Not enough rational grounds for belief in God  they tell us. But is this the whole story?  Could it be that their opposition to religious faith has more to do with passion than reason? What if  in the end  evidence has little to do with how atheists arrive at their anti-faith? That is precisely the claim in this book. Atheism is not at all a consequence of intellectual doubts. These are mere symptoms of the root cause--moral rebellion. For the atheist  the missing ingredient is not evidence but obedience.  The psalmist declares  The fool says in his heart there is no God (Ps. 14:1)  and in the book of Romans  Paul makes it clear that lack of evidence is not the atheists problem. The Making of an Atheist confirms these biblical truths and describes the moral and psychological dynamics involved in the abandonment of faith.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45792536592437,"sku":"ByrdShop_0802476112","price":97.63,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780802476111.jpg?v=1784751541","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/the-making-of-an-atheist-how-immorality-leads-to-unbelief-9780802476111","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}