Quotes from I Don't Have Enough Faith to Be an Atheist

Norman L. Geisler ·  447 pages

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“Ronald Reagan once quipped, “I’ve noticed all those in favor of abortion are already born.” Indeed, all pro-abortionists would become pro-life immediately if they found themselves back in the womb.”
― Norman L. Geisler, quote from I Don't Have Enough Faith to Be an Atheist


“The author concedes that humanity had the fatal tendency to shape truth to our beliefs rather than beliefs to the Truth.”
― Norman L. Geisler, quote from I Don't Have Enough Faith to Be an Atheist


“One who claims to be a skeptic of one set of beliefs is actually a true believer in another set of beliefs.”
― Norman L. Geisler, quote from I Don't Have Enough Faith to Be an Atheist


“The author says those who often claim to be tolerant are tolerant of those who agree with them – which is no one's definition of tolerance.”
― Norman L. Geisler, quote from I Don't Have Enough Faith to Be an Atheist


“Atheists have had to resort to wild speculations to give chance more of a chance.”
― Norman L. Geisler, quote from I Don't Have Enough Faith to Be an Atheist



“God has provided enough evidence in this life to convince anyone willing to believe, yet he has also left some ambiguity so as not to compel the unwilling.”
― Norman L. Geisler, quote from I Don't Have Enough Faith to Be an Atheist


“If we admit God, must we admit Miracle? Indeed, indeed, you have no security against it. That is the bargain.” —C. S. LEWIS”
― Norman L. Geisler, quote from I Don't Have Enough Faith to Be an Atheist


“you ought not judge” is itself a judgment! (Pluralists misinterpret Jesus’ comments on judging [Matt. 7:1-5]. Jesus did not prohibit judging as such, only judging hypocritically.)”
― Norman L. Geisler, quote from I Don't Have Enough Faith to Be an Atheist


“A man does not call a line crooked unless he has some idea of a straight line.”
― Norman L. Geisler, quote from I Don't Have Enough Faith to Be an Atheist


“As we look at the evidence in the ensuing chapters, we’ll see that conclusions such as “God exists” and “the Bible is true” are certain beyond reasonable doubt.Therefore, it takes a lot more faith to be a non-Christian than it does to be a Christian.”
― Norman L. Geisler, quote from I Don't Have Enough Faith to Be an Atheist



“if someone ever asks you, “Do you believe in evolution?” you should ask that person, “What do you mean by evolution? Do you mean micro- or macroevolution?” Microevolution has been observed; but it cannot be used as evidence for macroevolution, which has never been observed.”
― Norman L. Geisler, quote from I Don't Have Enough Faith to Be an Atheist


“a perfectly just God must punish bad deeds regardless of how many good ones someone has performed.”
― Norman L. Geisler, quote from I Don't Have Enough Faith to Be an Atheist


“Even if there were doubt as to when life begins, the benefit of the doubt should be given to protecting life—reasonable people don’t shoot unless they’re absolutely sure they won’t kill an innocent human being.”
― Norman L. Geisler, quote from I Don't Have Enough Faith to Be an Atheist


“Only a rookie who knows nothing about science would say science takes away from faith. If you really study science, it will bring you closer to God.” —JAMES TOUR,”
― Norman L. Geisler, quote from I Don't Have Enough Faith to Be an Atheist


“Socrates once said that the unexamined life is not worth living.”
― Norman L. Geisler, quote from I Don't Have Enough Faith to Be an Atheist



“Mark Twain had a point when he concluded that it was not the parts of the Bible he did not understand that bothered him—but the parts he did understand!)”
― Norman L. Geisler, quote from I Don't Have Enough Faith to Be an Atheist


“There are only two kinds of people in the end: those who say to God, ‘Thy will be done,’ and those to whom God says, in the end, ‘Thy will be done.’” —C. S. LEWIS”
― Norman L. Geisler, quote from I Don't Have Enough Faith to Be an Atheist


“natural selection may be able to explain the survival of a species, but it cannot explain the arrival of a species.”
― Norman L. Geisler, quote from I Don't Have Enough Faith to Be an Atheist


“One who claims to be a skeptic of one set of beliefs is actually a true believer in another set of beliefs.” —PHILLIP E. JOHNSON”
― Norman L. Geisler, quote from I Don't Have Enough Faith to Be an Atheist


“skeptics are caught in a dilemma. If they say history cannot be known, then they lose the ability to say evolution is true and Christianity is false. If they admit history can be known, then they must deal with the multiple lines of historical evidence for creation and Christianity.”
― Norman L. Geisler, quote from I Don't Have Enough Faith to Be an Atheist



“Any denial of truth presupposes truth, so the existence of truth is inescapable.”
― Norman L. Geisler, quote from I Don't Have Enough Faith to Be an Atheist


“any specific teaching that contradicts a teaching of the Bible is false.”
― Norman L. Geisler, quote from I Don't Have Enough Faith to Be an Atheist


“difference between sociology and morality. Sociology is descriptive; morality is prescriptive.”
― Norman L. Geisler, quote from I Don't Have Enough Faith to Be an Atheist


“the Moral Law is not always the standard by which we treat others, but it is nearly always the standard by which we expect others to treat us.”
― Norman L. Geisler, quote from I Don't Have Enough Faith to Be an Atheist


“When the Roman governor Pilate asked Jesus “What is truth?” nearly 2,000 years ago, he didn’t wait for Jesus to respond.”
― Norman L. Geisler, quote from I Don't Have Enough Faith to Be an Atheist



“if there is no God, everything is lawful,”
― Norman L. Geisler, quote from I Don't Have Enough Faith to Be an Atheist


“Contrary to what is being taught in many public schools, truth is not relative but absolute. If something is true, it’s true for all people, at all times, in all places.”
― Norman L. Geisler, quote from I Don't Have Enough Faith to Be an Atheist


“If we teach students that there is no right and wrong, why are we surprised when a couple of students gun down their classmates or a teenage mother leaves her baby in a trash can?”
― Norman L. Geisler, quote from I Don't Have Enough Faith to Be an Atheist


“To tell you the truth: I don’t believe in God. I’m an atheist.” “You’re an atheist?” “That’s right!” “Well, are you absolutely sure there is no God?” I asked him. He paused, and said, “Well, no, I’m not absolutely sure. I guess it’s possible there might be a God.” “So you’re not really an atheist, then—you’re an agnostic,” I informed him, “because an atheist says, ‘I know there is no God,’ and an agnostic says ‘I don’t know whether there is a God.”
― Norman L. Geisler, quote from I Don't Have Enough Faith to Be an Atheist


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