From the NY Times: Read "The Case for Soft Atheism"
(The May 16 Compassionate Living Tip from Interfaith Paths to Peace)
http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2014/05/15/the-case-for-soft-atheism/?_php=true&_type=blogs&_r=0
Philip Kitcher: I don’t think focusing on religious doctrine, as opposed to religious experience or practice, is always the best way of considering a religious perspective. Nonetheless, most religions do offer doctrines about aspects of the world that go beyond the things of everyday experience. They tell us about gods or spirits or ancestors who return or special forces or sacred qualities of particular places.
(The May 16 Compassionate Living Tip from Interfaith Paths to Peace)
http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2014/05/15/the-case-for-soft-atheism/?_php=true&_type=blogs&_r=0
Philip Kitcher: I don’t think focusing on religious doctrine, as opposed to religious experience or practice, is always the best way of considering a religious perspective. Nonetheless, most religions do offer doctrines about aspects of the world that go beyond the things of everyday experience. They tell us about gods or spirits or ancestors who return or special forces or sacred qualities of particular places.
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