How Should a Christian Approach the Arguments in Richard Dawkins’s Book?

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How Should a Christian Approach the Arguments in Richard Dawkins’s Book?

May 5, 2022

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Questions about how Christians should approach the arguments in Richard Dawkins’s book The God Delusion and how to respond to the claims that the New Testament Gospels are flawed and unreliable and that Christianity isn’t based in science.

* How should Christians approach the arguments in Richard Dawkins’s The God Delusion?

* How should I respond to the claim that the New Testament Gospels are flawed and unreliable?

* How should I respond to the objection that Christianity isn’t based in science?

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