In her childhood, Rosalind thought of herself as very smart. She was sure that intelligent people were atheists, so that’s what she called herself. But in her teens, she began to meet very smart people who were believers. One couple persuaded her to try reading the Bible. It surprised her:
“I felt this strange sense of being spoken to. It was disturbing yet oddly attractive. I began wondering whether there might really be a God.”
Not wanting to be religious, yet feeling unsettled, Rosalind undertook a survey of world religions for an elective high school class. She says,
“More than anything, I wanted to get past this ‘religion’ phase, because I knew I didn’t want religion. But despite my wishes, an internal battle raged. Part of me was increasingly eager to spend time with the God of the Bible, but an irritated voice inside me insisted I would
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“An MIT Professor Meets the Author of All Knowledge,” Christianity Today, christianitytoday.com, April 15, 2019.
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