Princeton philosopher Noah McKay converts to Catholicism

Noah McKay, a doctoral student in philosophy at Princeton University, has announced his conversion to Catholicism.

McKay told EWTN News that while he never considered himself an atheist or an agnostic, he struggled for years with uncertainties regarding faith. These included the problem of evil, the problem of divine hiddenness, and difficulties interpreting the reliability of the Bible.

He identified several factors that convinced him of theism, specifically design arguments regarding the fine-tuning of physics for life and empirical evidence for contemporary Christian miracles. He also noted that arguments involving consciousness, moral knowledge, and the beauty of nature influenced his decision.

McKay is the second philosophy scholar at Princeton to convert to Catholicism this year, following Joe Schmid, who announced his return to the faith earlier in the summer.