Thursday, August 08, 2013

What young atheists can teach us

Larry Alex Taunton directs the Fixed Point Foundation, which seeks innovative ways to defend and proclaim the Gospel.

Recently, his organization reached out to college-age atheists nationwide in a unique campaign. As Taunton contacted leaders of Secular Student Alliances and Freethought Societies, he had one simple request: Tell us your journey to unbelief.

Taunton did not dispute their stories or debate the merits of their views. He just listened. Many stepped forward -- some reluctantly -- but ultimately Taunton found patterns emerging from the young atheists' stories, and he summarized them in a recent article in The Atlantic.

Their stories have common threads.... Read more

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