1 min readApr 26, 2022
Nah, you didn't read past the first section. The article's about theism and atheism, and is part of a series I did on atheism. This article uses Christianity as an egregious example, but the topic is atheism's odd burden of having to refute the preposterousness of exoteric, literalistic theism in general. Do a word search for "Christian" in the article, and you'll see that two thirds refer to theism rather than Christianity.
And I argue that theism is preposterous not because I hate it, but because secular modernity has become our new default. The preposterousness is relative to those widely shared backward beliefs and practices.
Here are some other articles from the series, which focus more broadly on atheism and theism:
