Todd Gates

The bulk of the videos on this channel discuss the ideas in my book, "Dialogue with a Christian Proselytizer," a Socratic dialogue between a skeptic and a Christian apologist. The book's three main themes: (1) "If you understand why you reject all the other religions, you'll understand why I reject yours." (2) A marveling at humans' handiwork in the creation of the world's religions: the stunning range of creativity, cruelty, compassion, ingenuity, and absurdity. Included are scriptural passages from Bahaism, Buddhism, Christianity, Hinduism, Islam, Judaism, Sikhism, and Zoroastrianism; as well as mythology and folklore from the Aztecs, the Babylonians, Egypt, Greece, Kenya, and more. (3) Largely through short essays located in the endnotes, "Dialogue with a Christian Proselytizer" offers a gentle introduction to atheism: how the non-theistic approach of explaining our origins and ethics makes sense out of life with a clarity and coherence unmatched by any variety of theism.