The notorious atheist Richard Dawkins has been making the rounds recently with his comment that he is a cultural Christian.
By this, Dawkins means that he would rather live in a culture that is grounded in Christian beliefs than one that is not. He feels “at home” in such a culture. He finds attractive the kinds of cultural practices, including the Christian holidays, that have become part of the cultural heritage gifted to us by Christianity.
Christianity is good and good for the world because it is true.
But Dawkins quickly reminds us that he doesn’t believe Christianity is true. To believe in the virgin birth or the resurrection of the dead is nonsense, obviously false gibberish that could not be the case. Miracles are impossible. So what we have then is a kind of religious atheism. Richard Dawkins wants the benefit of Christianity without believing in Christianity itself.
How are we to think about such claims? […]
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