I think that when you make arguments in favor of Christianity it riles some people up because Christianity itself lost its way a long time ago. Humans, and men in particular, have ruined it.

People see U.S. Roman Catholic bishops trying to deny Biden access to the Sacrament and wonder what kind of religion does that kind of thing. People wonder how many of those bishops have protected sexual predatory priests or are themselves predators.

The list goes on. It makes people angry.

Their responses are understandable, even though they are inappropriate. C.S. Lewis would remind them that the Holy Spirit gives them that conscience of outrage.

Lewis would also remind us that the many people who do acknowledge a historical Jesus but don't acknowledge him as Christ while still arguing that he was a worthy prophet are ignoring the fact that he'd have to have been mentally ill if not The Christ. It would be like admiring the teachings of the Unabomber or some other blithering idiot.

I don't really find my faith through logical conclusion. For me it is a supernatural act. A form of magic, even. When I count the "coincidences" that happen during my bleakest moments that help pull me out of the wreckage, and when I consider that quiet deep voice within that gives me moral clarity, a voice I sometimes ignore, that's when I am most in touch with God. This gets strengthened when I'm reading the Bible every day. It's one of God's mysteries how that works.

I don't even buy into all of the Bible. I consider some Old Testament books to be allegory (God seems to love parables). I don't believe, for example, in a monster God who asked Abraham to sacrifice his son. It was just a story to convince primitive, violent people that faith must run deep.

But that doesn't stop me from reading the Bible. I feel God's presence when I read it, and because I read it every day I feel just a bit closer to the Holy Spirit within.

Thanks for your take on this and for not withering under the storm of attack.