Here literal religious belief may be replaced by a more amorphous form of spiritual faith wherein truth and reality are recognized as multi-dimensional, doubt and paradox are tolerated, and spiritual concepts are interpreted metaphorically. In Faith Beyond Belief: Stories of Good People Who Left Their Church Behind, real life stories from a former Mormon, a clandestine Muslim apostate and two others demonstrate how complete confidence in human reason can lead a person out of literal religious belief-without their having to give up the life principles and values that govern a good life.īut the second set of six real life stories in Faith Beyond Belief demonstrate what can happen next if the person remains open to further growth. Are you tired of the warring factions between religious believers and non-believers? Did the New Atheist writers seem to make good sense, yet leave the impression that something was missing? Are you willing to consider a new, overarching explanation for the atheist/believer controversy itself?
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