After I Deconverted: I Was A Radical Skeptic, Irrationalist, And Nihilist—But Felt Liberated

June 26, 2012 By 13 Comments

In a series of posts, I have been describing my former Christian life and beliefs, the stage by stage process of my deconversion from Christianity, and the ways that my predominantly Christian friends and family and I each took my deconversion. I am not done with all those stories yet, but because of other posts [...]

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For God or Morality? On Those Who’d Hold Morality Hostage For Faith

August 1, 2009 By Leave a Comment

In his recent critique of Francis Collins, the Christian Evangelical and geneticist recently appointed by Obama to head the National Institutes of Health, Sam Harris referenced the slides from one of Collins’s speeches.  I want to take two posts (but possibly more if there are comments or if I otherwise have extra relevant ideas on [...]

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