![]() ![]() It never occurred to me that there was a credible option between these identities: the religious and the secular. From an early age, the secular world all around me was much more of an influence than Sunday school, and by the age of 14 I self-identified as an atheist. ![]() I was raised religiously, although the Catholicism of my parents was more about getting the community together than accepting dogmas. In my book Why? The Purpose of the Universe (2023), I explore the much-neglected middle ground between God and atheism. Whose team are you on, Richard Dawkins’s or the Pope’s? Over a long period of time, I’ve come to think that both these worldviews are inadequate, that both have things about reality that they can’t explain. Another dichotomy is between traditional religion and secular atheism. Well, not if there are political opinions other than those two (which of course there are). If you don’t like Soviet communism, then you must be in favour of US-style capitalism. If you don’t believe in the God of the Bible or the Quran, then you must think we live in a meaningless universe, right? People get stuck in dichotomies of thought. If you’re interested in the themes of this essay, join us at Sophia Club London on 3 December 2023 to explore quantum cosmology and the origins of reality. ![]()
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