The website of John C. Snider
Many readers will know that the late, great public intellectual Christopher Hitchens was celebrated as one of the Four Horsemen, a quartet of brilliant atheist writers, debaters, and orators that included Hitchens, Sam Harris, Richard Dawkins, and Daniel Dennett. When Hitchens died in 2011, many wondered who might step in to continue the fight against …
Several weeks ago, I recorded an interview for a podcast called The Divide. It’s co-hosted by Drew (a Christian turned skeptic) and Bill (a skeptic turned Christian). Here, we talk about my journey from faith to atheism, my experience as a secular officiant of weddings and funerals, and more!
Remember when presidential candidate John McCain was confronted at a townhall by a half-addled little old lady who (mistakenly) lamented that McCain’s opponent, Barack Obama, was “a Muslim”? He immediately, firmly, but kindly, corrected her, emphasizing that Obama was a good man with whom he simply disagreed. Weeks later, McCain was visibly shaken by the …
Ecclesiastes tells us that “there is nothing new under the sun,” and this certainly holds true when it comes to Christian apologetics. Apparently, it is also true that nothing is lost in translation if the apologetics originates from outside the Anglosphere. Case in point: Guillaume Bignon’s memoir Confessions of a French Atheist: How God Hijacked My …
This is one of my favorite photos. It shows yours truly and the late social commentator, raconteur, and defender of atheism Christopher Hitchens at Emory University on February 26, 2010. I wish I could remember what I said that made him laugh—it must have been good. Allison and I had actually had brief encounters with …
Today is the NATIONAL DAY OF PRAYER. Let us pray that American Christians come to realize that: * The NDP is a propaganda and publicity stunt organized by politicians and activists to manipulate the faithful into equating (conservative)(Protestant)(Christian) religion with patriotism, and to send a signal that non-religious Americans are second-class citizens. It is, to …
Zach at the atheist-themed Zachrilege Cast was kind enough to have me as a guest on his Zachrilege Cast. He’s a pleasant and unassuming interviewer; his podcast is still going strong. Check it out right here.
Here I am as a guest on the Challenging Opinions podcast, discussing (among other things) Omar Saif Ghobash’s book Letters to a Young Muslim. http://blog.challengingopinions.com/2017/03/john-snider-reforming-islam/
Ben Carson recently blathered on about how he “would not advocate that we put a Muslim in charge of this nation. I absolutely would not agree with that.” It’s true that while the Constitution prohibits religious tests for office, it certainly doesn’t prohibit voters from using best-judgment in selecting whom to vote for. Nonetheless, the …