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Book Review
Book Review: The Religion Virus
I don’t say this about very many books, but Craig A. James’s The Religion Viruscan facilitate a wholesale change in the way we think about religion. By itself, it stands strong and makes a great argument. When it works together with the already growing “God Virus” meme, it forms a powerful meme-plex, and gives us a … Continue reading
Book Review: The God Virus
Most of the recent non-theist literature approaches the topic of religion from a very literal point of view. Dawkins, Hitchens, Harris, and Dennett have been champions of the direct approach: Evolution is this. Religion is that. There is almost certainly no god. Secular countries are objectively less dysfunctional than theist countries in quantifiable ways. To … Continue reading
American Fascists: Book Review
To a lot of atheists, Chris Hedges is a relatively well known Christian who is good at getting smacked around in debates with the likes of Sam Harris and Christopher Hitchens. He’s written a book railing against atheists for being too critical of religion. He apparently doesn’t believe we really exist, as it turns … Continue reading
Book Review: Why I Became An Atheist, by John Loftus
The six hours I spent today reading Why I Became an Atheist were an up and down experience. On balance, I feel like I’m happier having read the book than not, and on balance, I think its good parts are more good than its bad parts are bad. I’ll save my broad statements until the … Continue reading
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