As the atheist movement expands, we need to consider whether non-belief will gain more traction if prominent atheists are more respectful of religion.
Religious belief drops when analytical thinking rises
An update by the author of “A Universe from Nothing” on his thoughts, as a theoretical physicist, about the value of the discipline of philosophy
We try to persuade people out of almost every kind of idea there is. Why should religion be the exception?
I am what you might call a slow learner. I managed to make it all the way through high school, despite an eating disorder I couldn’t pray away, and all the way through college, despite a suicidal depression triggered by the same eating disorder, and almost all the way through grad school before I finally gave up on my religion and god.
“I think at some point you need to provoke people. Science is meant to make people uncomfortable.” Lawrence Krauss
