A former preacher turned atheist, Loftus has published two books Why I Became an Atheist and The Christian Delusion: Why Faith Fails (winner of the 2011 About.com Reader’s Choice Award). His blog is ranked in the top 5 atheist/theist blogs on the internet today. He has three master’s degrees in the Philosophy of Religion and is a graduate of the Trinity Evangelical Divinity School.
His talk is on Saturday, March 26, 2011 in Wickenden Hall, room 322 on the CWRU campus. The talk is sponsored by the CWRU chapter of the Center for Inquiry.
All are welcome and refreshments will be available.
Wickenden Hall is on the Case quad. It is likely that the parking lot 1A right behind Wickenden (entering from northbound MLK Drive) will be open. If you park there, go up the outdoor steps and Wickenden Hall is the building on your immediate right.. The visitors parking lot between Crawford Hall and Amasa Stone chapel (which you enter from Euclid Avenue) will be open.
Keep up the good work Mano!
It should be noted too that this paper points out that past studies have shown that “religious people” tend to live longer (hopefully there was no adjustment here for potential eternal life). Anyway, non-religious people need to live healthier lifestyles too!
I don’t think Mr. Loftus is a good representative for atheism: his books take a scatter gun approach dealing with as many as 40 or so arguments at a time, treating them supericially, and leaving them open to refutation by theists.
And his knowledge of Science is very poor…in his WIBA book, which contains biographical material in the opening chapters, he admits that he could not even get past getting D’s in High School Algeba.
There are more competent “atheist evangelists” around.