What is meant when Christians say we have a God-Shaped Hole in our Hearts?
Contrary to the assumptions of many atheists, Christians such as myself do read atheist literature. Quite a bit of it actually. After all, it is pretty difficult to respond to challenges to truth when you don't know the details of the challenges. Presently, I am reading a paper by Guy Kahane, a Professor of Philosophy at Oxford University, which appears to be a Chapter of a forthcoming book which will be entitled Does God Matter? Essays on the Axiological Implications of Theism . The paper, a draft (whether it is a first draft or the final draft isn't clear) of what will be Chapter 3 of the book, is entitled, “If There is a Hole it is Not God-Shaped,” which represents Professor Kahane’s efforts to explain that if people have a "hole in their heart" (a feeling of emptiness), it is not because it is lacking God. Of course, Professor Kahane is referencing the short-hand claim by Christians that everyone has a God-shaped hole in their heart which can only be filled by
