“I Believe in Santa Claus and I Believe in God” by J. Lynn Currie is now available for purchase
“I’m a fairly tolerant person but I don’t have much for someone who doesn’t believe in reality. I mean, if you don’t believe in reality, then the whole conversation is unreal, right? I believe in absolutes and reality is one of them. Someone might say that I believe in God and that’s my reality but it’s not theirs. Well, we all live in the same reality whether we believe different things or not. Yes, we do perceive reality differently to a greater or lesser extent, but that doesn’t mean there are different realities that we are perceiving.”
– an excerpt from the book
Author Reputation Press is honored to publish “I Believe in Santa Claus and I Believe in God” by J. Lynn Currie. In this masterpiece, the author attempts to share his reasons for believing in God. He hopes that he does so in a way that you can understand where he’s coming from, whether you agree or not. This book is now available on Amazon, Barnes & Noble, and the ARP website.
The author, J. Lynn Currie, did undergraduate studies in philosophy and theology at Lincoln Christian University. He received a B.A. and M.A. in psychology from the University of Illinois at Springfield, with an emphasis on social psychology and research design. His master’s paper was a review of research on religiosity.
He taught at the community college. He has worked as a job training counselor, research analyst, and program evaluator with various government programs. He’s served in the church as a youth group sponsor, deacon, and teacher. Lynn and his wife are members of the Episcopal Church in Decatur, IL.
Mr. Currie discusses how it can be difficult to share the reasons he believes in God, which is what motivated him to write this book.
The main thesis is that it makes as much scientific and logical sense to believe in God as to not believe. He accepts that you may disagree with his choice but hopes you will consider that belief is not necessarily a delusion or something that ruins everything.
With some discussion about what we mean by belief and God, he presents the reasons and evidence that support his belief. Some reasons to believe are based on things he doesn’t believe. He doesn’t believe that nothing produces something, that matter has always existed, or that intelligence, consciousness, emotions, and a sense of morality arose from inanimate matter.
He believes that there is evidence of design in creation and life that points to God. These things require an autonomous, intelligent, external to our time and space entity, God. He also believes that the arguments against God are not adequate to negate the plausibility of sensible belief. He believes in free will. A person can choose to believe or not. Either choice is based on a person’s understanding of the evidence and faith.
“I Believe in Santa Claus and I Believe in God” by J. Lynn Currie is now available for purchase via ARP Bookstore: https://authorreputationpress.com/products/i-believe-in-santa-claus-and-i-believe-in-god.