Connor Oakes

October 26, 2011

The Atheist in Love, Chapter Two:

By Opinion Editor, Connor Oakes, Brian Gallagher

This week’s question: Is it better to have love and lost than to have never loved at all? Perhaps “love” isn’t the right word. In any case, the closing of an intimate relationship is something many of us h...

October 20, 2011

The Atheist in Love

By Connor Oakes

This week’s question: Could you ever date/fall in love with/marry someone of religious faith? Romantic relationships that cross religious boundaries are a very deep and complicated topic, and one that deserves m...

October 6, 2011

If Not Adam and Eve, Who Were the First Humans to Conceive?

By Cameron Moody, Brian Gallagher, Connor Oakes

This Week’s Question: If not Adam and Eve, who were the first humans to conceive? This question doesn’t really seem relevant to our readership, as I doubt most of the people interested are bible-literalists, s...

May 31, 2011

Atheists Acknowledge Ambiguity, Bid Adieu

By Connor Oakes

“Ask an Atheist” is built on a dialogue with the community, and its greatest strength is the back-and-forth dialogue that the Nexus so generously facilitates. As a part of that process, in a recent article, the athei...

May 13, 2011

Atheists Harp on Christianity in Effort to Tackle Ignorance

By David Urzua, Cameron Moody, Connor Oakes

This week’s question: “Why do you guys single out Christianity?” As far as I know, the arguments presented in this column only go after the most basic understanding of what God is supposed to be. We never di...

May 9, 2011

Atheism Does Not Always Rhyme With Angst

By Cameron Moody, Connor Oakes

This week’s question: “Why are atheists so antagonistic/insulting? Wouldn’t they catch more flies with honey than vinegar?”

April 22, 2011

Acknowledging Spiritual Hierarchy Irrelevant to an Individual’s Value

By Connor Oakes

This week’s question: Without religious faith of any kind, how can you say you’re as good a person as someone who truly believes in something greater than themselves?

April 15, 2011

Existence of Evil Contradicts Ominipotence of God

By Cameron Moody, Tyler Santander, Connor Oakes

This week’s question: “The existence of suffering is often pointed to as a argument against the presence of a loving god, but how can one have a world in which humans are free without some of those choices being for ...

March 4, 2011

Nonbelievers Find Fulfillment and Beauty In a World Without Purpose

By David Urzua, Connor Oakes, Cameron Moody

This week’s question: “Doesn’t atheism lead to a belief that nothing has any meaning?”

February 18, 2011

Skeptics Do Not Require Theological Knowledge to Judge Faith Claims

By David Urzua, Cameron Moody, Connor Oakes

This week’s question: “Why let atheists talk about theology? That’s like letting English majors criticize quantum mechanics!”

February 11, 2011

Would You Rather Eat Your Best Friend or Man’s Best Friend?

By Connor Oakes, Cameron Moody, David Urzua

This week’s question: “If you do not believe in the eternal human soul, why do you think it is okay to eat animals but not humans?”

February 4, 2011

Is Religion Just an Identifying Label or a Way of Life?

By Connor Oakes, Cameron Moody

This week’s question: “What do you think about people who call themselves religious but never actually attend religious services or follow the rules of their religion? ”

January 27, 2011