Author: David Rand
David Rand is a software developer, atheist, and secular humanist activist in Montreal. He is a board member of the Mouvement laïque québécois (Quebec Secular Movement), an organization that has for several decades played a critical role in the secularization of Quebec society, in particular the public school system.
Theism as Hate Propaganda: Can one be good with God?
Theism, the belief in a personal god who takes an interest in and possibly intervenes in human affairs, has at its core an inherent preoccupation with morals. The interest that such a god takes is first and foremost a moral interest, involving approval or disapproval of the behavior of various human beings or groups. Indeed, …