Meet the Columnists

Atheist: Richard Carrier

I am the author of Sense and Goodness without God: A Defense of Metaphysical Naturalism, which explains and defends my complete worldview (available at amazon.com). I am a married veteran and a freelance writer, philosopher, and historian, with a Ph.D. in ancient history from Columbia University. I have published several papers and articles and have represented the atheist viewpoint at many public events and debates across the country and on national television... » Click for more information

Christian: Jonathan Fazekas

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Christian: Timothy McCabe

Reformed Evangelical Protestant No one is born a Christian. I'm no exception. Of course, just like so many other Americans, I believed I was a Christian before I actually became one. There really were passages in scripture that described me well, but they weren't the ones I thought they were...

Gen 6:5 And God saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every imagination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually... » Click for more information

Hindu: Audarya-lila Dasa

I am a biochemist by profession and I live in southern California. I work for a cancer diagnostic company. I am happily married and I have two teenage children ages 16 and 13. I love to swim and over the past several years have begun to really enjoy open water swimming. California coastal waters are only warm enough for me where I live to swim without a wet suit for about a one month period in late July to late August... » Click for more information

Hindu: Ayush Goyal

Hindu Graduate researcher, University of Oxford... » Click for more information

Muslim: Asghar Ali Engineer

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Muslim: Shaheed Williams

Raised as a Christian, I accepted Islam in 1996. I am a father of 4 and I am employed by the Wichita Water Dept. I am active in the Wichita Muslim community, delivering sermons, lectures and providing information to visiting groups and organizations that invite me... » Click for more information