(January 26, 2018 at 2:52 pm)GodisintheTV Wrote: It is kind of encouraging to see so many religious/conservative people on an atheist forum. It should be, uh, an eye-opening experience, if they keep an open mind. I'm always reminded (nerdily, I suppose) of Morpheus and his red and blue pills whenever such folks show an interest in atheism. Take the red pill, buy The God Delusion, see what the truth really is, how deep the rabbit hole goes...
Oof...don't do that. Whenever atheists talk about themselves like they're 'enlightened' or 'woken up to reality' I always cringe a bit. It's that sort of attitude that gets us the edgy fedora-behatted stereotypes. Theists just believe stuff that I don't think is correct, and I like to know why or if they're in fact right.
And there are far better atheist books than the God Delusion. Dawkins is a fantastic scientist, and his books on biology are great. But he's not the best when it comes to philosophy or atheism or politics. Suggesting people only read one book is creepily similar to how some theists act.
In every country and every age, the priest had been hostile to Liberty.
- Thomas Jefferson
- Thomas Jefferson