![](https://i0.wp.com/conciliarpost.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/10346759605_704d8b5428_z-e1415653221808.jpg?resize=360%2C214&ssl=1)
11 Nov 2014
Empiricism, You’ve Got Some ‘Splaining to Do
I recently took part in a Facebook conversation about morality in which one of the participants said they preferred to avoid overtly religious rhetoric and Christian presuppositions in debates with non-believers. Full disclosure: I was a hard-headed atheist in my youth, and to this day I greatly appreciate it when a Christian refrains from using a debate as an excuse for proselytizing. Simply telling a skeptic that he can’t be a good person unless he