The Philosophers' Magazine

Issue 48, 1st quarter 2010

Beyond the New Atheism

Julian Baggini
Pages 60-65

Thank goodness for Dan

I listen to all these complaints about rudeness and intemperateness, and the opinion that I come to is that there is no polite way of asking somebody: have you considered the possibility that your entire life has been devoted to a delusion? But that’s a good question to ask. Of course we should ask that question and of course it’s going to offend people. Tough.