Clearly, Enlightenment thinkers were seeking a God substitute.

To adapt a phrase, idols have consequences.

Many people operate as though the definition of faith were, Don't ask questions, just believe. They quote Jesus himself, who taught his followers to have the faith of a child (Mark 10:15). But I once heard Francis Schaeffer respond by saying, "Don't you realize how many questions children ask?"

Yet church youth groups rarely teach apologetics, majoring instead on games and goodies.

Developing a Christian worldview means submitting our entire self to God, in an act of devotion and service to Him.

I began asking, 'How can we know Christianity is true?' Sadly, none of the adults in my life offered an answer. Eventually I decided Christianity must not have any answers, and I became an agnostic.

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