John W. Loftus
一名信教近二十年的牧師
曾是熱烈的護教者
擁有神學碩士 宗教哲學碩士學位
曾在數間基督教書院任教
但他之後出現信心危機, 對基督教的懷疑越來越大, 最後成為無神論者
他在08年一書中”Why I Became an Atheist: A Former Preacher Rejects Christianity” 講出他離教的心路歷程, 指出聖經和歷史的不合, 指出基督教教條多重問題
For about two decades John W. Loftus was a devout evangelical Christian, an ordained minister of the Church of Christ, and an ardent apologist for Christianity. With three degrees--in philosophy, theology, and philosophy of religion--he was adept at using rational argumentation to defend the faith. But over the years, as he ministered to various congregations and taught at Christian colleges, doubts about the credibility of key Christian tenets began to creep into his thinking. By the late 1990s he experienced a full-blown crisis of faith, brought on by emotional upheavals in his personal life as well as the gathering weight of the doubts he had long entertained.
John W. Loftus (Angola, IN) earned M.A. and M.Div. degrees in theology and philosophy from Lincoln Christian Seminary under the guidance of Dr. James D. Strauss. He then attended Trinity Evangelical Divinity School, where he studied under Dr. William Lane Craig and received a Th.M. degree in philosophy of religion. Before leaving the church, he had ministries in Michigan, Illinois, and Indiana, and taught at several Christian colleges.
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