I don’t know who coined the phrase, “I don’t have enough faith to be an atheist,” but I would like to suggest that Christians stop repeating it. People use this phrase because they find the claims of atheism to be far-fetched and hard to believe. Which, of course, I understand. However, I would like to point out several problems with this phrase.

Everyone has a belief system, including atheists. At the center of their belief system is typically a materialistic phi...