A student walked into my office one day to tell me he no longer believed in God. How long had he been shacking up whit his girlfriend, I asked. Angry at first, he eventually admitted that, yes he was sleeping with his girlfriend, although he said he couldn't see what that had to do with his intellectual doubts about the existence of God. I pointed out that the God he believes in dosen't allow him to exploit women sexually; and because he enjoys that behavior, he is attempting to jettison the God who would condemn his behavior. This student's doubt is not the result of intellectual reflection, but of disobeying the norms of his beliefs.
-Tony Compolo
Exerpt from Adventures in missing the point pg 252
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hmm, food for thought
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