Phronesis

It's no small thing when a central figure of the New Atheist movement embraces religion. As far as I'm aware, such has never happened until today. As many of you may already know, Christianity has gained the fellowship of Ayaan Hirsi Ali, a former Muslim turned atheist activist. In a short article published on the alternative blog UnHerd , Ali announced her conversion citing a lack of spiritual meaning in her life and the need for a strong, robust worldview to combat both Islamism and incipient woke ideology. As expected in this current phase of the culture war, there has been considerable backlash against Ali's decision from her former compatriots of scepticism. Atheist activists Matt Dillahunty and Aron Ra took to X to criticise Ali's decision with posts that have garnered hundreds of likes and many retweets with concurring sentiments. They attacked her on the grounds that she did not provide any evidence for the truthfulness of Christianity in her article and that th