An essay, the first of a series by philosopher and essayist Michael Simpson, this one going in depth on why we as people should take our beliefs and think upon them before being firm with beliefs, and how this eventually lead the author to atheism and a denial of belief in any deity. Not meant as an evangelical tool for atheists but as to merely express how the author came to his atheism and why we should look at our beliefs in general. The highlight of this essay is not the cliches on indoctrination but its relation to Plato's The Cave allegory.
An essay, the first of a series by philosopher and essayist Michael Simpson, this one going in depth on why we as people should take our beliefs and think upon them before being firm with beliefs, and how this eventually lead the author to atheism and a denial of belief in any deity. Not meant as an evangelical tool for atheists but as to merely express how the author came to his atheism and why we should look at our beliefs in general. The highlight of this essay is not the cliches on indoctrination but its relation to Plato's The Cave allegory.