The Christian faith, by definition, is rooted in the historical factual events of Good Friday and Easter Sunday. These events are open to investigation. One can refer to the earliest New Testament document sources in this regard, i.e. 1 Corinthians 15, if one has a scholarly interest in the early Christian understanding of Jesus.<p>The author on the other hand, seems to confuse "faith" with "blind faith". "Faith" is simply the behaviour today in the light of facts which have been established in the past. For instance, the author herself has faith in how the world will continue to operate today, based on our understanding of how it operated yesterday. "Blind faith" on the other hand has nothing to do with facts as it is not concerned for them in the first place, this is not the "faith" of Christianity which is concerned for truth.<p>Coming back to objective faith, belief in the historical Jesus of Nazareth falls apart if he was not in fact historical, since faith in him depends upon historical facts. As Paul of Tarsus said:<p>"And if Christ has not been raised, our preaching is useless and so is your faith. More than that, we are then found to be false witnesses about God, for we have testified about God that he raised Christ from the dead." - 1 Corinthians 15:14-15<p>It is all the more surprising that this same Paul of Tarsus, also known as Saul, had previously persecuted the church, according to Luke's account in Acts 8:<p>"On that day a great persecution broke out against the church in Jerusalem, and all except the apostles were scattered throughout Judea and Samaria. Godly men buried Stephen and mourned deeply for him. But Saul began to destroy the church. Going from house to house, he dragged off both men and women and put them in prison."<p>See Paul Barnett's "Jesus And The Logic Of History" for the historical method as applied to Jesus: <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Jesus-History-Studies-Biblical-Theolog.." rel="nofollow">http://www.amazon.com/Jesus-History-Studies-Biblical-Theolog...</a>.
I really don't like it when religion is attacked. Not all religions believe the same thing. Sure you got some forms of Christianity that believe in creationism and others in evolution. Some that don't want vaccination and others that do. You'll find it is the radical religions that you have to watch out for, not the moderate ones. Not every religion is the same.