The Hardened Faith

You Have a Mind. Use it.

Geniune belief must be earned. It cannot be inherited or bestowed or purchased. Each of us, to the entent we are capable, must forge our beliefs—the beliefs upon which we will build our lives—through honest inquiry, diligent research, and strenuous mental exertion.

The Hardened Faith exists to examine critically the Christian faith. challenge you with food for thought.

Invitation to Non-Christians

I have no desire to lead you to Christianity if that is not what your mind tells you. That is where I ended up, and where I think you will too. But After all, we do not—and cannot—choose what we believe, but only arrive at the beliefs that our minds reveal.

Those who believe without thought are lazy. Those who believe in spite of rational doubts are hypocrites.

I am not asking anyone to accept Christianity if his best reasoning tells him that the weight of evidence is against it.

—C.S.Lewis

Invitation to Christians

The beginning of wisdom is this: Get wisdom.
Though it cost all you have, get understanding.

Proverbs 4:7

I do not feel obliged to believe that the same God who has endowed us with senses, reason and intellect has intended us to forego their use and by some other means to give us knowledge which we can attain by them.

—Galileo Galilei