USA Today has a fascinating response to latest outpouring of books on atheism in a column by Don Feder. http://blogs.usatoday.com/oped/2007/04/post_47.html#more
Feder invites the writings of the atheist perspective, as “the great enemy of belief isn’t disbelief but indifference.” His column broad strokes 200 years of attempts at declaring religion and faith obsolete, including efforts to eradicate it within the communist nations. He muses what the world would look like with God.
He raises interesting questions. Would morality be possible without God? Would society become ego-centric without faith? While evil has been done in the name of religion, has more been done in our modern era through deeds perpetrated under the influence of godless political creeds? His final thoughts reflect on “God’s footprints” left through the Jewish influence on western culture and America’s unique rise to pre-eminence, a greatness that some ascribe to the influence of people of faith.
So what do you think? Is atheism on the rise? Or is it just becoming more vocal? Curious, how many true atheists do you know?
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