In early April, American Atheists placed its president, David Silverman, on leave in response to an unspecified complaint. Silverman serves as a high-profile voice against religion in America. He frequently appears on news programs, and in recent years led the organization in a well-publicized attack against Christmas. Or, at least, against the celebration of Christmas. A spokesman for the organization, Nick Fish, said that the complaint resulted from “alleged violations of the American Atheists code…
Lately, I find myself quoting C.S. Lewis a lot. Not that I agree with his particular slant on everything. But what I do agree with resonates with me so much that I want other people to see things that way, and to encounter this extraordinary intellect that God saved from atheism and transformed into one of the 20th century’s most influential Christian apologists. Take Easter, for instance. When Lewis reflected on Easter, he used the…