What's the point of atheism?

So the point of atheism is that it doesn't believe in arbitrary laws that solely stem from religious beliefs. When I was 17, I worked in a hardware store in Texas called Handy Dan. We had these “blue laws” that controlled what could and couldn't be sold on Sunday. They were ridiculous. read more

The point of atheism is the point of when winter ends and spring begins. The point of atheism is to unshackle our minds to embrace new possibilities, and not be limited to stories written in books centuries ago by men in closed meeting rooms. read more

That’s the title of a panel discussion I’ll be taking part in at this weekend’s “Battle of Ideas” at the Barbican, organised by the Institute of Ideas. read more