Dr. Michael Shermer, Scientist, Professor of Economics at Claremont Graduate University, Author and Editor of the Sceptic Magazine is one of the most popular figures spear-heading the atheists' movement, the growing group of Skeptics, Brights and however else you want to call us - world wide. Along with such figures as Richard Dawkins, Christopher Hirchins and Sam Harris, he is getting involved in inspiring debates and fascinating argumentations about the true value of religion and the big questions, which are not so much "Is there a God?" - which undoubtedly cannot be answered by anyone - but rather "Why does religion play such an overwhelming part in our society?", "Should we really allow religious beliefs to rule international affairs?" etc.

One of his 2007 debates with Dinesh D’Souza (Robert and Karen Rishwain Fellow at the Hoover Institution, Stanford University) is now available online.

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