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The Headmaster wishes to convey a few thoughts about the topic of recent posts. Organized religion is based 100% on faith. Not 99.99%, but 100%. Since we don't have .01% proof that the God of Christianity exists, our belief in that God requires 100% FAITH. Focusing solely on Christianity for the moment, all the myriad denominations depend upon faith to promote acceptance of their particular canon. There is no proof that one is right and another is wrong - if this were the case, there would be no need for all these variations. But it's all based on interpretation, and it all therefore requires faith to accept it. In this sense, faith is the very foundation of religion. Why then, do so many of the "faithful" seek to "prove" that which faith now wholly supports - basically, to seek the end of faith? Maybe these people are simply like sports fans - OUR TEAM IS THE BEST! Maybe they simply want to win - to prove that they were right, and all the others were wrong. Or maybe they feel threatened by science (or just by a couple of self-proclaimed mouthpieces for science, like Dawkins and others). But the only reason to feel threatened - in fact the only conceivable reason to seek "proof" in the first place - is because their faith is lacking.

The Headmaster can't help but think about this whenever he watches debates about science vs. religion. The author of the book under review has participated in several of these debates. It seems so pointless to argue that science "proves" Christianity. Three simple words win this debate: "I have faith". You can't argue with that.