The Responsibilities of an Atheist

Brainerd Dispatch/Letters
December 28, 2008

Patrick Carey, M.D.
Brainerd, Minnesota

I am an atheist, and I am responsible for many things.

As an atheist, I am responsible for promoting the pursuit of truth. I am neither bound by ideology nor held hostage by dogmata, but rather speak in the simple manner of a child. "Why?" A favorite phrase of 3-year-olds is the underlying question of Atheism. When the answer is, "Because I (or God, or Allah) said so . . ." the discussion ends.

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