Life Without a Net
Gregory Paul
Open Letter to Moderates and Agnostics
If you are still riding the fence about whether non-believers are moral people, here’s a little tidbit from the Pew Research Center. White Evangelical Protestants agree at a startling 62% that torture can sometimes or often be justified. One out of five thinks we ought to use it often. Significantly less “unaffiliated” (psst… non-believers) agree … Continue reading
Faith is the Enemy, not Religion
Back in 2008, Paul Bloom wrote an article for Slate that discussed the ongoing debate about atheists vs theists and cultural morality. I recently re-read Bloom’s article, and was struck by something I glossed over two years ago: Other aspects of religion vary across cultures and across individuals within cultures. There are factual beliefs, such as … Continue reading
Gregory Paul: Is religion hurting America?
Autodidact paleontologist and self professed critic of religion Gregory Paul is back in the news again. His 2005 paper correlating secularity and societal health was criticized severely in some circles, primarily for statistical reasons. In an effort to shore up his data and refine his conclusions, Paul has published a new set of conclusions … Continue reading
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