RE: 100 Facts Every Atheist Teen Must Know
August 29, 2011 at 3:24 am
(This post was last modified: August 29, 2011 at 3:45 am by 100Facts.)
(August 29, 2011 at 12:38 am)padraic Wrote: "Retard?" That's a bit presumptuous;,you don't know what's-his-name well enough to say.
Many moments, for sure.
(August 29, 2011 at 12:38 am)padraic Wrote: My reaction was ; First post, the person did not have the good manners to introduce him/her self.
Hello. How do you do?
(August 29, 2011 at 12:38 am)padraic Wrote: Instead it spammed an article/pamphlet or whatever, the title of which indicates a profound ignorance of both atheism and adolescence.
Specifics? What would you change? (Please consider that the title is not "100 Facts About Atheism That Every Atheist Teen Must Know".)
Also, for context: http://store.lifeteen.com/100things.aspx
So here's the thing, peeps...
Let's say Xtians, as you call 'em, publish books on their beliefs. Easy to read books for youngsters (e.g., 12 to 14 years old). Let's imagine they publish LOTS of books, videos, pamphlets, and other propaganda.
Let us continue to imagine a world where plenty of people believe religious cruft to be a dogpile of fictitious imbecility. But they say nothing. They write nothing. They make no videos. What will people learn? What information will be most likely to seep into their brains and emboss neurological imprints on their gray matter?
Through books and videos produced by people like Thomas Paine, Carl Sagan, Richard Feynman, Richard Dawkins, Christopher Hitchens, Stephen Hawking, and others, we do have literature and film that explains to the masses the perils of religion; that rips into irrational, senseless arguments.
You cannot, however, expect most 12 year old children to sit down and absorb all of Thomas Paine's Age of Reason in one sitting. http://www.ushistory.org/paine/reason/index.htm
I would prefer reading what you would do to improve the 100 Facts book (aside from burning it).
Religion, in my opinion, is a problem. A big, big problem. And any book or video or work of art that serves to take religion down a few pegs can never be considered a waste of time.
So.
Thoughts?