Kate Cohen talks about her journey from privately knowing she was a non-believer to writing We of Little Faith: Why I Stopped Pretending to Believe (And Maybe You Should Too). She discusses how being an atheist and a commitment to honesty informed how she raised her children, and how being forthright about her lack of belief in social interactions has simplified her life. We also talk about some of the challenges associated with being an open atheist.
Kate is a Washington Post columnist and some of the articles she references in the conversation are below.
In America you have to opt out of religion in public life. That’s backwards.
America doesn’t need more God. It needs more atheists.
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