This is one of those posts where I tell you I am too ignorant and do not have nearly enough time to write for myself about something that is incredibly important and relevant in today’s culture.  Christians have always been in the business of defending the faith once for all handed down to the saints.  Peter tells us to be ready to give answers to anyone with questions or objections about the hope that we have in Jesus.  There is a new crop of apologists today that are actively seeking to “convert” God believers into atheists (or non-God believers).  This is sort of reverse conversion.  They are loud, arrogant, and maybe more than any other time, popular.  There are about a handful of prominent new atheists (new because the proselytizing by atheists is not the historical norm) who have written books on a popular level basically attempting to convince anyone reading that faith in any God at all is irrational, stupid, insert whatever pejorative term you like.  SO, to the point of the post.  If you are interested in this type of thing, then I stumbled on an excellent resource that soundly criticizes (I believe spanks) 3 of the most prominent new atheists.  The website is here.  You can download for free this guy’s book.  It’s a few hundred pages, but worth the read.  It is well-argued, fairly witty and entertaining, and very informative.  The blog itself is highly entertaining, but the meat is in the book (“The Irrational Atheist”).

The new movie, “The Golden Compass” is already the most controversial film among Christians in a very long time. The author of the books the movie is based on (last name Pullman), is an avowed atheist with a blatant agenda to tear down religious belief, or belief in God period. It is a blatant attack wearing the clothing of a children’s story. He went to war on faith, and millions of men, women, and children will unknowingly walk into the movie theater and walk out never realizing what they’ve just seen is an attempt to get generations of people to believe there is no God. I won’t go into anymore depth, but I’d encourage you STRONGLY to click on the links to 2 articles about the movie in the right sidebar (They Said it: Things from People Much Smarter than Me). Let me know what you think.