Is it reasonable to be closed minded about God like we might be about, say, Fairies at the bottom of the garden?
Imagine your 4 year old daughter found a toy wand and a tiny, frilly dolls dress at the bottom of your garden. She is convinced by this that there are fairies at the bottom of the garden - but you can never be convinced because you are mature and wise and not childish. Some people treat the idea of God like that. But God and Fairies are not comparable and here's why.
Billions of lives have been changed by the Christian faith, marriages saved, criminals transformed, the course of history has been determined by it. It has produced some of the worlds greatest ever minds. It has produced some of the world’s greatest institutions such as schools, universities, hospitals, orphanages etc. Wars have been fought over it. People have been martyred for it. More academic volumes have been written about it than any other subject. We could go on. The same cannot be said of fairies or Father Christmas or any other fairy tale stuff. Anyway, parents knowingly pretend about fairies to their little children, no-one is pretending about God.
God and fairies are not comparable. That is why it is reasonable to be closed minded about fairies - but not about God!
Honestly, are you open minded about God?
