{"id":3188,"date":"2020-04-14T05:34:24","date_gmt":"2020-04-14T05:34:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/maverickphilosopher.blog\/index.php\/2020\/04\/14\/a-reader-has-a-request-suggestions-solicited\/"},"modified":"2020-04-14T05:34:24","modified_gmt":"2020-04-14T05:34:24","slug":"a-reader-has-a-request-suggestions-solicited","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/maverickphilosopher.blog\/index.php\/2020\/04\/14\/a-reader-has-a-request-suggestions-solicited\/","title":{"rendered":"A Reader has a Request. Suggestions Solicited"},"content":{"rendered":"
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I hope you are doing well. I am a regular reader of your blog for quite a few years and I thank you for doing this.<\/span><\/div>\n
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When you have time, could you recommend books\/articles written by thinking people who became believers (were not born into religious setting) and describe the processes that led them to change their worldview?<\/span><\/div>\n
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I've read a couple like God and the Philosophers<\/em> edited by Thomas Morris and Belief: Readings on the reason for faith<\/em> edited by Francis Collins, but — simplifying for sake of brevity — these books do not contain the personal accounts I am looking for. Collins' book come closest to what I am looking for, but still falls a bit short as it is too literary and short on personal & sincere accounts.<\/span><\/div>\n
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Thank you in advance,<\/span><\/div>\n
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Dmitri<\/span><\/div>\n
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I am well and I hope the same is true for you and yours. I have read the T. V. Morris volume and I am surprised that you don't find it helpful. It contains several outstanding essays, in particular the one by Peter van Inwagen. Other than that, I can't think of any others in this genre off the top of my head.<\/span><\/div>\n
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Perhaps my readers have some suggestions. <\/span><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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