Tag Archive 'atheism'

“Angry Atheists are Hot Authors”

May 25th, 2007

Associated Press journalist Rachel Zoll has written a story on the sudden glut (and publishing success) of books by angry atheists, accusing religion of being the source and summit of human evil.
“Religion kills”, she quotes the ubiquitous Christopher Hitchens as saying. Gotta love that guy, who delights in taking controversial, allegedly unexpected and independent stances, [...]

Theroux article on Sam Harris: “Believing in Almost Anything”

January 19th, 2007

Picking up on Chesterton’s insightful quip that an atheist is not a man who believes in nothing, but a man who’ll believe anything, David Theroux has written a wonderful article on the relationship of Faith and Reason.
And oh, by the way, I just got home from a second viewing of Children of Men. Forgive me, [...]