Is God Dead?

an ordained minister who teaches Christian apologetics, and relief preaches in Southern Oklahoma. Contact at [email protected].

With the launch of this column last week, we officially set sail on a grand and farreaching journey that will eventually take us from the utter-most reaches of the cosmos, to the very depths of human consciousness in order to investigate and possibly answer the age-old question; “Is God dead?” If you missed last week’s column, grab a back copy, catchup, and welcome aboard!

As part of a research project a few years ago I had an opportunity to interview a person, we will call him “Michael,” regarding, among other things, belief in the Bible. Michael would certainly be labeled religiously skeptical, but he was particularly critical of the Christian doctrine of inspiration and authority of the Bible. One of the questions I asked during the interview was; “Do you think the Bible is the inspired Word of God?” His answer is incredibly interesting, and it gives us a window through which to gaze into how a significant majority of the world’s population views theism in general, and Christianity in particular. Michael answered the question regarding the inspiration of the Bible saying; I don’t think it was. I think inspiration comes in many forms like artists who write songs because of inspiration. I think the Bible could be written in the same way just like any book, song, or other art. But I think it is in some ways art because it is a creation of man but it is also handpicked in certain ways because it has gone through different interpretations.