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Moreover, that materialism is absolute, for we cannot allow a Divine Foot in the door. The eminent Kant scholar Lewis Beck used to say that anyone who could believe in God could believe in anything. To appeal to an omnipotent deity is to allow that at any moment the regularities of nature may be ruptured, that miracles may happen.

Sheesh, so what's wrong with miracles happening? And they do happen, usually to man's benefit!!! God is not bound by the laws He built into creation.

I just don't understand why some people hate God so much, as this Lewis Beck seems to do. What causes a man to turn away from the Light, and to put his faith in a grotesque reductionism?

Plus I'm sure Beck is dead wrong to think that "anyone who could believe in God could believe in anything." I would say the polar opposite of this statement would be the actual truth of the matter. Thanks so much for writing, A-G.

Thank you so much for your analysis! As happens so many times with you, I believe you once again have "hit the nail on the head."

I just don't understand why some people hate God so much, as this Lewis Beck seems to do.

From my point of view, there is vitriolic contempt by many for all things Christ - even among people on this forum for whom I have deep affection and otherwise highly regard. The malevolence is highly directed (as the Bible prophesied) - we don't see such contempt for Buddha, Mohammed, etc.

Or to put it another way, people are frequently not-Muslim, not-Buddist etc. but rarely does it satisfy them to be not-Christian. Many actually become anti-Christ.

So in their own malignity they confirm the Word and our Christian faith. It is altogether an amazing thing to observe!