Hemant Mehta is the founder and editor of FriendlyAtheist.com, a YouTube creator, and podcast co-host. He is a former National Board Certified math teacher in the suburbs of Chicago. He has appeared on CNN and FOX News and served on the board of directors for Foundation Beyond Belief and the Secular Student Alliance. He has written multiple books, including I Sold My Soul on eBay and The Young Atheist's Survival Guide. He also edited the book Queer Disbelief.
Many atheists have no need to keep arguing about God’s existence. We don’t believe any Gods exist, and we’ve moved beyond that conversation. But author James Lindsay believes that religious people have psychological and social needs that faith helps them meet. Unless atheists address those concerns, we won’t get anywhere. In other words, the way we talk about God right now isn’t working. His new book expanding on this idea is called Everybody Is Wrong About God (Pitchstone Publishing, 2015): In the excerpt below, Lindsay discusses why its imperative we help “uproot” people out of their faith: Read more
We know conservative Christians hate when you say “Happy Holidays” because it’s taking the Christ out of Christmas. Logically, then, “Merry Christmas” isn’t enough, either, since it only mentions Christ once. So this month, add a little extra Jesus to your festivities by celebrating Christmachrist: Read more
