literature review

The article starts by describing an average Christian’s reaction to dealing with teachers who try to attack their faith for their own pleasure. He describes it as “bullying” and says that most do this in order to belittle someone and make themselves feel bigger. He says that even textbooks in college are geared toward having a biased opinion against those of faith. They say that “the educated and intelligent can only hold to an atheistic philosophy”, yet there are many extremely intelligent people who have a strong faith in Jesus Christ. The article goes on to advise Christians to not engage in active debate with others if they feel that they are incapable of defending their faith. The author talks about how he once was one of the people who actively tried to tear down Christianity any chance he got, until he met one who was so well skilled in defending his faith that he put him to shame. The author later went on to become a Christian and now helps give advice to those struggling with the same people that he used to be a part of. He belongs to the “American Scientific Affiliation, which is a group of scientists who are evangelical Christians,” and he says that probably the greatest weapon against the trials you’ll face in college is to know what you believe, and exactly why you believe it, but don’t be a “pompous blowhard” and egotistical about it. I found it very helpful. It really showed me that this is for sure what I want to research.