A Step Toward Rational Secularism Is Better than None

Embracing First Steps: The Value of Reason in Religious Discourse

A number of secularists have criticized my article, “The Shapiro Principle,” and I’d like briefly to address their objections.

The article (a) applauds Ben Shapiro’s recognition of the fact that religious people should be able to make secular arguments in support of the ideas they accept, (b) names this idea the Shapiro Principle, and (c) urges pro-liber…