Religion For Atheists
From Aengus Woods‘ review of Religion for Atheists: A Non-believer’s Guide to the Uses of Religion It is utterly impossible to get any sort of consensus on what we poor secularists need from religion. The beauty and danger of organized religion has always been its authoritarian aspect: It tells us what is wrong and what […]
On “The Language of God” (Part I)
In The Language of God: A Scientist Presents Evidence for Belief, Francis Collins, the leader of the international Human Genome Project, recounts his journey from being an agnostic to an atheist to a Christian (thanks to the writings of C.S. Lewis), and then argues in favor of (on the one hand) belief in God and […]
On The Use of You as “a God-Surrogate”
After publishing my previous post, “Why I am an Atheist,” I received several thoughtful responses, but I also received, through snail-mail, a friendly and heartfelt letter from a Catholic priest whom I’ve never met. I do not want to publish that letter here, but I would like to publish my response to it, if only […]
On My Use of Shame
After publishing my previous post, “Why I am an Atheist,” I received several thoughtful responses, but I also received, through snail-mail, a friendly and heartfelt letter from a Catholic priest whom I’ve never met. I do not want to publish that letter here, but I would like to publish my response to it, if only […]
Why I Am an Atheist
Let me begin with the notion that, as an atheist, it is not my job to disprove the notion of God. It is the job of those who believe in God (or gods) to prove God’s (or gods’) existence to me. But that does not mean that I have nothing else to do. The job […]