The Limitations of Atheism and the Threats to Western Civilization

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This chapter explores the concept of atheism as a belief system and its limitations. It delves into the threats Western civilization is facing and debates whether atheism is equipped to handle them.

On November 11, 2023, my friend, colleague, and hero Ayaan Hirsi Ali released a statement explaining "Why I am Now a Christian”. What follows is my response, “Why I am Not a Christian,” and why in any case the alternative to theistic morality is not atheism but Enlightenment humanism—a cosmopolitan worldview that places supreme value on human and civil rights, individual autonomy and bodily integrity, free thought and free speech, the rule of law, and science and reason as the best tools for determining the truth about anything.