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John W. Loftus: At It Again…

July 2, 2010 at 9:37 PM 3 comments

“My goal as an atheist author and editor is to help provide the intellectual underpinnings of the New Atheist movement with regard to the Christian faith. As best as possible I plan on leveling broadside after broadside after broadside against the Christian faith in hopes that together we can help sink the good ship Christian in this century. As a former evangelical myself I also wish to introduce my evangelical friends to these skeptical authors.”

The above words are from author, ex-Christian, ex-preacher, John W. Loftus.  His first book “Why I Became an Atheist” is interesting, but not much more.  It’s really not well written at all.  In fact, it reads like someone driving a Jeep over mountainous terrain, choppy and brittle.

That said, Loftus’ claim to fame is that he believes he was once a Christian who was also a minister of the Gospel of Jesus Christ.  He believes he was a Christian because he says so, and he believes he was a minister because he can prove it.

So after years of torment, being unfulfilled, and doing some soul-searching (along with having an illicit affair and ample blame heaped on the Christian community), he walked away from Christianity.  No surprise there!

The trouble is that John W. Loftus was never a Christian in the truest sense of the word.  He was merely someone who professed to be a Christian.  He was a Christian because he did certain things, said certain things, and believed certain things.  To him, this all added up to being an authentic Christian.

The trouble though is that John W. Loftus NEVER had the John 3 experience of the new birth that Jesus explains to Nicodemus.  Loftus will readily admit to it as well, and that is consistent with what he now believes about Christianity and God in general.

But in his “Why I Became an Atheist” book, he pretends to promote tolerance for all faiths, including Christianity.  He talks about how respectful he is to people, allowing them to have their own beliefs.  John W. Loftus is the consumate gentleman.

But wait!  He has now changed his tune!  He now wants to be involved in “leveling broadside after broadside after broadside against the Christian faith in hopes that together we can help sink the good ship Christian in this century.”  That is some tall order, but John W. Loftus is up to the challenge!  Yee haw!

Christianity has been around since the time of Jesus Christ, lasting well over 2,000 years.  It essentially stems from Judaism in that Jesus – a Jew – came to fulfill the Law.  By fulfilling the Law, He then offered Himself as a propitiation for the sins of humanity.  Anyone choosing to believe on Him – meaning to believe WHO He is, and WHAT He accomplished – is given salvation.  It is really very simple and to my knowledge, no other religious system works quite like Christianity.

In spite of all odds, Christianity was born, grew, and is alive today, with thousands of people literally dying for their faith across the globe every year.  The Romans tried to kill Christianity.  Nero personally tried to put Christianity out of business.  Others have tried and failed.

Yet, John W. Loftus, plans on taking Christianity out of commission “in the next century.”  No word on whether or not Loftus himself will be here in the next century to see if that actually happens.

I have to hand it to John W. Loftus.  His ego is his best asset.  If he could literally stand back from himself and listen to what he says and read what he writes with an unbiased eye and ear, he might (I realize that’s asking a lot), learn to approach things differently so that he stops calling attention to himself, instead of his efforts.

I’ve said this before and it bears repeating.  I have met few atheists who are devoid of ego.  The difficulty is that they thoroughly believe (they can NOT know, in spite of what they insist), that God does not exist.  Because of this, all the years they wasted (literally) serving Him, were for naught.

It is largely because of this mentality that folks who refer to themelves as ex-Christians are slightly angry and usually very arrogant.  Beyond this, as John W. Loftus has stated, they feel it is their new role in life to rid the world of Christianity.  Not realizing their own hubris, they believe that this is the higest of all callings.

Note that it is only Christianity that John W. Loftus wants to eliminate, as if even if he WAS able to accomplish it, the problems of life would be solved.  Loftus will likely say that the reason he is dealing only with Christianity is due to the fact that he spent years as if he was one.

In truth though, John W. Loftus, like many in his position, is lying to himself.  He wants to rid the world of Christianity because he believes he was deceived, therefore if he was deceived, then it stands to reason that anyone who is a Christian is deceived.  Now, while that may appear to be rather self-sacrificial (or self-serving depending upon your POV), it only states half the problem.

The other part of the problem is that John W. Loftus does not like Christians, in spite of the fact that he claims he is tolerant.  He is in actuality, intolerant of Christianity and Christians alike.  Why?  Because he feels he wasted his life and is angered by it.

I would agree with him.  He did waste his life, by pretending to be something he was not.  That is somehow God’s fault?  Pffft.

Wake up, John.  Come down off your high horse, and try to do something in this world that can actually make a difference, like…oh I don’t know, helping to eliminate human trafficking, or drug cartels, or crime in general.

Of course, John W. Loftus will be able to eradicate Christianity and Christians as easily as he could eliminate illicit human trafficking.  Rather than admit it, he will continue to pretend that he actually has a chance to bring about his own self-serving desires.

John W. Loftus, you are a sincere disappointment.  With all the evil in this world, you would rather waste your time attempting to eliminate something that has never actually had a claim on you.  Because you misunderstood it, and because you misused your own authority as a professing Christian and evangelical minister does not mean Christianity is the same as you are now.

Neither you, nor Dawkins, nor anyone else has proven that God does not exist and in spite of your denial that the oneness is on Christians, all you’re really doing is skirting the issue.

Give me Christopher Hutchins any day.  At least he is interesting AND far more entertaining, and though he is slightly egotistical, I have never gotten the impression that he has a clear dislike for Christians and Christianity.  Granted, I have not read all he has written, nor have I seen all of his debates.  But you could take a few lessons from the man.  It would improve your humanity and you might actually learn something.

Give it a good shot though, John W. Loftus.  When you fail though, please do not pat yourself on the back as if you actually accomplished something, will you?  It’s really no different than what you do now.

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