A lot of Christians have to come to terms with some of the difficulties that they will inevitably find in scripture, perhaps in what they've been taught about science and faith. There may be a kind of an uncomfortable period where they're wrestling with these things. I became a very devout Christian. I had to look into the intellectual arguments for faith. I found that as well as being something you can experience with your heart, Christianity is

also made for the mind.

Okay, Justin Briarley, I've got a question for you. You're one of the smartest, most intelligent,

brightest thinkers I know, and I'm not trying to butter you up. Justin, he's not saying that

about me. He's seeing this about you.

My hand's bright, but she's also pretty.

My cheeks are burning because that is a very kind thing to say, but it's not entirely true.

I'm glad I give that impression.

That's very kind.

Well, no, seriously, you're a very good thinker.

And the question I had growing up, and I still think people ask is, how can somebody

as intelligent as you call themselves a Christian?

That's the question.

Your book is why I'm still a Christian.

Tell me why you're a Christian, because you're a thinking man.

And often we think, if you have a brain, I remember Josh McDowell saying back in the day, you know, a lot of people think Christians have two brains. One's lost and others out looking for it, right? That's what a lot of people think, but you're very intelligent and you're a Christian. How is that possible? Well, I would say it's simply

possible because being a Christian and being an intelligent, sane, rational person are not at all

mutually exclusive and never have been. It's only a relatively recent idea that to be a Christian,

to be a person of faith means that you have to throw your brain in the trash can.

Sadly, it's a myth that's been perpetuated, especially in recent decades, by what you might call the new atheist movement,

which was this very dogmatic, anti-religious atheist movement that tried to paint people of faith as idiots,

faith heads, you know, delusional, as Richard Dawkins called it.

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