Excerpt from the book THE CASE FOR CHRIST by Lee Strobel
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for much of my life, I was skeptical. In fact, I considered myself an atheist to me, there was far too much evidence that God was merely a product of visual thinking of ancient mythology, of primitive superstition. How could there be a loving God if he can sign people to ****? For not believing in him? How could miracles contravene the basic laws of nature? Didn't evolution satisfactorily explain how life originated? Doesn't scientific reasoning dispel belief in the supernatural ask for jesus? Didn't you know that he never claimed to be god. He was a revolutionary, a sage and a neoclassic jew. But God, no, the thought never occurred to him. I could point you to plenty of university professors who said so, and certainly they could be trusted, couldn't they? Let's face it, even a cursory examination of the evidence demonstrates convincingly that jesus had only been a human being just like you and me, although we'd unusual gifts of kindness and wisdom, but that's all I had ever really given the evidence. A cursory look. I had read just enough philosophy and history to support for my skepticism, a fact here, a scientific theory, there a pithy coat, a clever argument. Sure. I could see some gaps and inconsistencies, but I had a strong motivation to ignore them, a self serving, an immoral lifestyle that I would be compelled to Bandel if I will ever to change my views and become follower of jesus as far as I was concerned, the case was closed. It was enough proof for me to rest easy with the conclusion that the divinity of jesus, there's nothing more than defensive, awful invention of superstitious people. Or so I thought.