idol or false god. This is why the “Bible writers always address their reader as though they already believe in God or some God surrogate,” explains philosopher Roy Clouser.19 Faith is a universal human function, and if it is not directed toward God it will be directed toward something else. “The need for religion appears to be hard-wired in the human animal,” writes philosopher John Gray (though as an atheist he bemoans the fact). “Certainly the behaviour of secular humanists supports this hypothesis.