Damien Harrison

Raised in a nominally religious household, I became a Charismatic Fundamentalist at 20 until I was forced to question my beliefs, which eventually led me to skeptical atheism.

I was a Bible study leader and worship musician. I am now an atheist author and podcaster, with one book The Best Religion For The Task At Hand (available on iTunes & Google Play) on sale.

You can also hear me on The Tall Friendly Atheist Dad Podcast where I give my take on certain topics.

When I'm not debating theology, I am a husband, a father of two and operate an Information Technology services business in Melbourne, Australia.

Atheist (6.1 on the Dawkins Scale).

Gods may exist, but they don't affect material reality and the gap left for them to squeeze in to as an explanatory mechanism is vanishingly small.

Without concrete, testable and academic definitons of what a god is, what a god does or how we know a god has intervened in material reality, the best case for God's existence lies in philosophy.

But if the best case for God is in philosophy, then:

1. The best case for God is NOT backed up by science.

2. God is nothing more than a concept I make up for myself.

And if the battle comes down to philosophy, I will argue the case that methodological naturalism is vastly superior to any form of supernaturalism, and in particular Protestant Trinitarianism, as a basis for knowing about the world and informing morality.