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October e-zine article: Another atheist goes to church

This article by Eliza was previously posted on this blog as Class #1. Eliza plans to post more about this class on CatE in subsequent weeks.

Well, I did it. Last Thursday night I went to the first (of 15) classes in a series offered at a local Lutheran church. I’ve written up the first class experience below; to cut to the chase (for those who want the Cliffs Notes version) it was educational in exposing me to:

1. conservative Christians who aren’t evangelicals,
2. some questions Christians ask in a class like this,
3. the sensation of having asked a question that the instructor does not like
4. what seemed like an odd (imo) combination of appeal to historicity and fact, followed by denigration of rationality and logic, and
5. generous use of (what I saw as) a logical approach I don’t “buy”, which I’ve heard called “Appeal to consequences of a belief”.

I do plan to go back, though if the pastor stares at me every time he mentions the Devil, it may get uncomfortable. (Truth be told, I have already sinned in his eyes: I have read ahead in the text booklet, which we were warned not to do. But I did it after class.)

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10-10-2006 |