Sunday, January 20, 2013

Frank Schaeffer:

The process of growing up as an individual and as a species never stops.  The lessons implicit in our "recruit training" led us to question the religion that was part of our earlier "boot camp."  If this unprovable idea of mine has a nugget of sense, it suggests that perhaps God leads His children to and through atheism as a stage on their journey.  Maybe He does this for the same reason as any parents who want their children to grow up and think for themselves.

Patience With God, p. 179

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