Is God Just a Human Invention? And Seventeen Other Questions Raised by the New Atheists Quotes

“We must learn to debate the ideas and the implications  of those ideas without affirming that everyone’s view is equally valid on the one hand or demonizing those with whom we disagree on the other—this is what is truly dangerous for society. Persuasion rather than coercion is the only reasonable way forward.”
― Sean McDowell, Is God Just a Human Invention? And Seventeen Other Questions Raised by the New Atheists

“C. S. Lewis powerfully articulates this point: “Creatures are not born with desires unless satisfaction for those desires exists. A baby feels hunger: well, there is such a thing as food. A duckling wants to swim: well, there is such a thing as water. Men feel sexual desire: well, there is such a thing as sex. If I find in myself a desire, which no experience in this world can satisfy, the most probable explanation is that I was made for another world. Probably earthly pleasures were never meant to satisfy it, but only arouse it, to suggest the real thing.”
― Sean McDowell, Is God Just a Human Invention? And Seventeen Other Questions Raised by the New Atheists