11.05.09
Ceasefire
A call for a ceasefire in the “faith versus reason” debate
By Joshunda Sanders
I was out and about yesterday when I read this interesting piece by Lisa Miller, the religion editor at Newsweek. She says too much attention has been paid to atheists in recent years since the publication of books by Sam Harris, Richard Dawkins and Christopher Hitchens. She makes the case that they have crushed any conversation about faith versus reason, and that it’s time for the media and everybody else to move on from the discussion – particularly as framed by these three authors – for awhile.