December 11, 2013  Credo: Ronald Lindsay  By LIZ ESSLEY | MAY 3,
2013 AT 3:45 PM  Ronald Lindsay is president and CEO of the
Center for Inquiry, a D.C.-based nonprofit dedicated to
fostering secular society. A Northern Virginia resident, he
practiced law for 26 years at Seyfarth Shaw LLP and also earned
a doctorate in bioethics from Georgetown University. He recently
participated in CFI's symposium, "Why Tolerate Religion?," on
Brian Leiter's book of the same name.  Do you consider yourself
to be of a specific faith?  I identify as a humanist and an
atheist. My view of an atheist is someone who thinks it's highly
improbable there is a God. A humanist for me is someone who
believes in the worth, the equality of each individual, and that
morality is grounded on human needs and human interests. What's
important to me about humanism is the commitment to treat others
with respect and to base morality on secular considerations.  In
"Why Tolerate Religion?", Brian Leiter argues against religious
exemptions from gove