Daily Excerpt: How to Argue with an Atheist (TL Brink) - Step #5. Accept that you have free will.
Excerpt from How to Argue with an Atheist , by Professor TL Brink STEP #5: Accept that You Have Free Will STUDENT: Dr. Brink? BRINK: Come on in, right on time. STUDENT: I don't know if I can go onto the next step. BRINK: Is there any difficulty with the four previous steps? STUDENT: No, not really. I agree that humans are values-oriented, that reason and science have their limits, and that there are different kinds of values. BRINK: Then you are ready for the next step. STUDENT: No, you see, when you talked about values last time, and how we ought to choose to have a relationship with God, I realized that I just could not. BRINK: You mean you think that God would not be interested in having a relationship with you? STUDENT: No, that's not it. The problem is on my side of the relationship. BRINK: Your side of the relationship? In other words, you are just not interested in a relationship with God? S...