Atheism 3.0

Listening to William Lane Craig's audio blog brought my attention to an article about Bruce Sheiman's new book.

Atheism 3.0 finds a little more room for belief
By Daniel Burke

(RNS) Bruce Sheiman doesn’t believe in God, but he does believe in religion.

Setting aside the question of whether God exists, it’s clear that the benefits of faith far outweigh its costs, he argues in his new book, “An Atheist Defends Religion: Why Humanity is Better Off With Religion than Without It.”

“I don’t know if anybody is going to be able to convince me that God exists,” Sheiman said in an interview, “but they can convince me that religion has intrinsic value.” Read the full article...

Atheists recognize tolerance as a virtue and not a vice because they too are made in God's image despite their worldview (set of beliefs). Being tolerant is honorable, however knowing truth rather than just "finding a happy medium" should be their (and everyone's) end goal. Truth about the origin of life, whether there is life after death, whether we have ultimate purpose, the origin of information, and more. Perhaps the atheist in light of the new evidence is becoming more like the skeptic who does not believe we can know truth afterall. Of course living by the motto 'we cannot know truth' being a self-defeating statement (as it is itself making a truth claim) is no way to live.