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<\/a><\/div>\nIn my last two<\/a> posts<\/a> about Jenifer Fulwiler\u2019s controversial piece for the National Catholic Register (\u201cFive Catholic Teachings that Make Sense to Atheists<\/a>\u201d), I mentioned that, although I thought it was a good approach to discuss the parts of Christian theology that seem most sensible and maybe even plausible to non-Christians, I thought the choice of some examples was misguided.<\/p>\n When I try to think of the most intuitively appealing part of Christianity, it isn\u2019t anything like veneration of Mary, it\u2019s the possibility that people who have done bad things and warped their own character could be healed. The woundedness and brokenness of people around us can look like a problem calling out for the solution of Christianity: radical forgiveness<\/a> or grace.<\/p>\n In my mind, it\u2019s the most self-evident<\/em> way Christianity meshes with our lived experience. But\u2026<\/p>\n