Why I Am Unapologetically Christian

Silicon Valley has an implicit religion: rationalist materialism. Being openly Christian in tech means being the weird one. People assume you're less intelligent, less rational, less serious about science and evidence.

I've felt this pressure. I've been in rooms where expressing faith would have cost me credibility. I've decided that the cost of hiding who I am is higher than the cost of being honest about it.

Because integrity requires consistency. I can't preach authenticity and transparency in business while hiding the most fundamental part of my identity. If I'm building in public, I'm building as the real me — and the real me follows Jesus.

Also: I know there are other Christians in tech who feel alone in their faith. Seeing someone be openly Christian while building serious companies gives them permission to do the same. That matters to me.

Honesty in marketing (no manipulation, no dark patterns). Fair treatment of users (their data is their property). Building things that serve rather than exploit. Being the same person in private that I am in public.

These aren't unique to Christianity — many secular people share these values. But for me, they flow from my faith. God sees everything. There's no 'what happens in production stays in production.' Every decision is made before an audience of One.

Christianity isn't anti-intellectual. The tradition includes Augustine, Aquinas, Newton, Pascal, and countless other thinkers who were both rigorous and faithful. The modern caricature of faith as opposed to reason is historically illiterate.

I find that faith and reason complement each other. Reason tells me how the world works. Faith tells me why it matters. Both are necessary for a complete worldview. Neither is sufficient alone.

I don't apologize for my faith. I don't minimize it. I don't perform it for social media. I simply live it — in how I build, how I treat people, and how I make decisions.

If that costs me followers, so be it. If it costs me business, so be it. The opinion that matters most isn't on X. It's in eternity.