"My Mind Has Given Me Faith"

For me, the Bible is the bigger issue even than God. There are vast numbers of people around the world who believe in God, and it has nothing to do with the God of the Bible. It's usually some deity in heaven whom they invoke for protection, and that's, that's not what the purpose of belief is. So I want to talk to you about what has happened and what we can do about it. I have been successful with very, very many people, but not nearly, nearly, nearly, nearly enough. I don't walk around thinking how much, how many people I've influenced. I think much more about how many people I have not. But I know how to influence some people at least. And let me give you my methodology, and you can— you are free, indeed welcome, to react and to give your own testimony to some alienated child that you might have. So my approach, first of all, has been entirely toward the intellect. I, I don't know any other approach because it is my mind that has given me faith. I approach God through the mind much more than through the heart. Now, I am well aware that my approach will not work with everybody, but it certainly works with manybodies. An appeal to the mind, because many people in the modern age use their mind to reject God, the Bible, etc. So if the mind— if they think that it is their mind that cannot accept God, God-based morality, etc., then I have to appeal to their mind. If the mind is the source of the rejection, then the mind has to be approached, right? So the number one in my approach to having people take religion, specifically the Bible, seriously is through the intellect. That's why I titled my biblical commentary 3 out of 5 volumes are out. 4th volume is coming out next year. The first 5 books, good, they're the basis of everything else. Everything, everything, and everything. It's called the Torah, and I call it the Rational Bible because I use reason to make the case for why it is the greatest work ever written and is transformative if you take its values seriously. From the beginning, from the very first sentence, in the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. The amount that is stated in that sentence is astonishing. It didn't all come about on its own. It is amazing that people who reject God as irrational, not provable— that's their their famous statement, right? Can you prove to me God exists? I, of course not. But I can't prove to you beauty exists. I can't prove to you a whole host of positive things. I can't prove to you that the good and evil exist. Where's the proof? Show me, show me the measuring stick. Show me the chemical basis. What is the chemical constituents. What are the chemical constituents of good or evil? There is very little that matters that can be proven, but there are arguments that are persuasive.