A person who believes that Elvis is still alive is very unlikely to get promoted to a position of great power and responsibility in our society. Neither will a person who believes that the holocaust was a hoax. But people who believe equally irrational things about God and the bible are now running our country. This is genuinely terrifying.

Any conception of human well-being you could plausibly have, the Taliban patently fails to maximize it.

Let me assure you that my intent is not to offend or merely be provocative. I'm simply worried.

A person who believes that Elvis is still alive is very unlikely to get promoted to a position of great power and responsibility in our society. Neither will a person who believes that the holocaust was a hoax. But people who believe equally irrational things about God and the bible are now running our country. This is genuinely terrifying.

From my point of view, compatibilism is a little like saying: a puppet is free so long as it loves its strings.

Faith does not offer a strong link between our beliefs and actual states of the world.

Either our wills are determined by prior causes and we are not responsible for them, or they are the product of chance and we are not responsible for them.