Faith has fallen. What goes in its place? Wonder.
Faith has fallen. What goes in its place? Wonder.
Wonder, open-mindedness, the disposition of being comfortable with not knowing, uncertainty, a skeptical and scientific-minded attitude, and the genuine desire to know what's true — these are the attributes of a liberated mind. Let's observe, let's document, let's carefully describe, and let's be open to discomforting conclusions. Inquiry and wonder must replace dogmatism and certainty. The long-term goal is to create conditions that turn the dispositions of inquiring and wondering into culturally trumpeted virtues.
A Manual for Creating Atheists