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Uncommon Knowledge · 2026-08-17 · 67 min · 10,119 words

The Lapsed Atheist: Charles Murray Makes the Case for God

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What happens when a man finds himself beginning to doubt His atheism. Charles Murray on Uncommon Knowledge Now. Welcome to Uncommon Knowledge. I'm Peter Robinson. A graduate of Harvard, Charles Murray spent four years in Thailand with the Peace Corps before earning a doctorate.

In political science at MIT. He has been a scholar at the American Enterprise Institute for some three and a half decades. Dr. Murray is the author of a number of books. including his classic work on welfare, losing ground. And his intensely controversial book The Bell Curve.

Doctor Murray's latest book. Taking religion. Seriously. Charles, welcome. I'm so happy to be back on the program.

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