Evangelicals are worried about atheism; Hitchens, Dawkins, Harris, Dennett – new atheists But the number of people who count themselves as atheists is small. Just 4% according to some researchers. Perhaps more people would count themselves as “non-religious” (11%), but that figure may even include Christians who are fond of the saying, “Christianity is not a religion, it is a relationship.” If one is focused on the spread of the gospel in America there are far larger demographics to be concerned with. Catholics number just over 20%; there are more Mormons in the US than atheists and, since being here, I have met many more protestants who do not believe the gospel than atheists who…
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The Antithesis of Christianity is not Atheism
Most Christian apologists set themselves up against atheism. Moreover, their suggested approach is to begin with defeating atheism by showing why theism is more likely to be true. Cornelius Van Til was a little different. Rather than opposing the belief that there is no God, he opposed the belief that there is an option. Van Til’s primary opponent was not one anti theistic belief, but the possibility of a plurality of religious beliefs being, in principle, rational. It was an apologetic contra religious pluralism. The root of unbelief, for Van Til, is not a rejection of God (although that is what follows), but the consideration of multiple options in basic commitments. Van…