Tag: Thomas Jefferson
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Conscience is Atomic
For many years I have asserted that freedom of religion is an inferior way to talk about liberty than freedom of conscience. The biggest reason I have put forth is that appeals to religion shut out a significant portion of the population. It is, and I know this from experience, hard to convince an atheist…
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Historical Figures
If you could meet a historical figure, who would it be and why? My first choice would be Jesus Christ. Assuming he really did have all the powers he said he did, the fact that I don’t speak any Aramaic would not be an issue which would prevent us from having a conversation about what…