Fifty Questions about Faith, Belief and the Search for Ultimate Truth

AN INVITATION TO THE FIELD

      Since the earliest humans began to imagine that unseen powers might guide the workings of the world, one question has followed humanity across centuries and civilizations: Do gods exist? Some people, theists, say yes. Others, atheists, say no. If the disagreement ended there, it might simply be another philosophical difference among many. But it rarely ends there. Many who say yes feel compelled to persuade those who say no that they are mistaken. And, some who say no feel equally compelled to convince those who say yes that their belief rests on delusion and wishful thinking.

The 13th Century Persian poet Rumi captured another possibility in a brief and beautiful image: “Out beyond ideas of right and wrong, there is a field. I’ll meet you there.” This book is an invitation into that field. Rather than trying to prove who is right or wrong, it asks a different and perhaps more fruitful question: What do theists actually believe, and what do atheists actually believe?

    By exploring those ideas carefully and respectfully, we may begin to understand one another more clearly. And from that understanding, perhaps something even more important can grow, the recognition that beneath our disagreements lies a shared humanity. If we can see that humanity in one another, we may yet learn how to live together in a world where people will always believe different things about gods or God.

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