In a way, the myopic critics understate their case. Christians don’t use God as an emotional or psychological crutch – we believe He is emotional and psychological life itself.

In addition to psychological issues with authority, I remember an exchange Scott Hahn wrote about between a theology professor and an atheist student. When the student asked, “Doesn’t it seem likely that if there were no God, we would invent the concept of God to comfort ourselves?” the professor responded, “Yes – it’s just as likely that if there were a God, we would invent the concept of no God to comfort ourselves.”