A great reflection on young atheists by Larry Taunton
Listening to Young Atheists: Lessons for a Stronger Christianity When a Christian foundation interviewed college nonbelievers about how and why they left religion, surprising themes emerged. LARRY ALEX TAUNTON JUN 6 2013, 8:07 AM ET 42 in Share More Left, the pastor George Whitefield; right, the philosopher David Hume (Wikimedia Commons) "Church became all about ceremony, handholding, and kumbaya," Phil said with a look of disgust. "I missed my old youth pastor. He actually knew the Bible." I have known a lot of atheists. The late Christopher Hitchens was a friend with whom I debated, road tripped, and even had a lengthy private Bible study. I have moderated Richard Dawkins and, on occasion, clashed with him. And I have listened for hours to the (often unsettling) arguments of Peter Singer and a whole host of others like him. These men are some of the public faces of the so-called "New Atheism," and when Christians think abou...