The opening of my latest column in the Theist vs. Atheist series debate at EveryJoe:
“As we enter the third round of our debate series, our first major point of disagreement about religion has been identified — about the nature and legitimacy of faith.
“My view is that faith is a type of subjectivism — a willing of oneself to believe something that goes beyond or conflicts with the evidence. Instead, I argue that one should always believe objectively — that is, according to one’s best rational judgment of the evidence.
“Mr. Wright protests that this badly misstates his view and ascribes a variety of unsavory motives to the misinterpretation (apparently disagreements with him can only come from the “timid,” the “arrogant,” and the “foolish”) …” [Read more here.]
Here are the links to other columns in the series.