The Agnostic Christian Worldview

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i was a teenage atheist now i've shifted to agnostic well you're your your country man there uh thomas henry huxley cloying the term agnostic by which he met not knowable. The book that's had a real impact on me is um tom holland's dominion about the enduring impact of christianity on the west. secular humanism is just christianity without anything upstairs right it's basically that the shadow of the christian virtues and christian symbolism but with theology removed.

Ditching the stuffy hang-ups and benighted sexual traditionalism of the past is an unambiguously positive thing. The sexual revolution has liberated us to enjoy a heady mixture of erotic freedom and personal autonomy. Right? Wrong, argues Louise Perry in her provocative new book.

Shermer and Perry discuss: What was the sexual revolution? • feminism: first wave, second wave, third wave, and beyond • the evolutionary psychology of sex differences • experiencing self vs. remembered self • individual freedom vs. societal good • monogamy vs. polygamy • marriage vs. domestic partnerships • Why is the government in the marriage business? • BDSM and sexual violence • autogynephilia • trans matters • abortion matters.

Louise Perry is a writer, New Statesman columnist, and campaigner against male sexual violence. Her new book, The Case Against the Sexual Revolution, has sparked an international conversation about sex in the 21st century.