The proliferation of books touting the end of God, religion and the supernatural has proven disconcerting to more than a few Christians. How is it, we wonder, that the so-called new atheists – Richard Dawkins, Christopher Hitchens, Sam Harris, et. al. – can so easily, so confidently and arrogantly dispose of the divine?
Edward Feser believes it’s time to pull the plug – reveal the sham! Writing recently in The American, he begins his op-ed, “The New Philistinism” with these words:
“The New Atheist writers are supremely self-confident in their ability to dispatch opponents with a sarcastic quip or two. And they show no evidence whatsoever of knowing what they are talking about.”
Feser compares the rantings of the new atheists to that of the stereo-typlical fundamentalist preacher who challenges opposing views by simply ridiculing them without ever having engaged them.
Feser’s article does not answer all the questions, but it will encourage readers in knowing that this atheist elite can be confronted and that those who believe in God can and should do so. His article is well worth the investment.
