hardheadjarhead
Senior Master
In the last three years there have been a number of books written by atheists that have topped the charts:
Sam Harris (who got the ball rolling) with his End of Faith and subsequent Letter to a Christian Nation.
Noted biologist Richard Dawkins and his The God Delusion.
Daniel Dennett and his Breaking the Spell: Religion as a natural phenomenon.
Finally, God is Not Great by polemicist, journalist, and historian Christopher Hitchens. Being last in line--and known for his truculence-- Hitchens was described as "The Fourth Horseman of the Apocalypse."
Anybody read any of these? If so, what do you think? Are we observing a significant backlash here in response to a conservative christianity's aggressive stance of the last twenty years?
Regards,
Steve
Sam Harris (who got the ball rolling) with his End of Faith and subsequent Letter to a Christian Nation.
Noted biologist Richard Dawkins and his The God Delusion.
Daniel Dennett and his Breaking the Spell: Religion as a natural phenomenon.
Finally, God is Not Great by polemicist, journalist, and historian Christopher Hitchens. Being last in line--and known for his truculence-- Hitchens was described as "The Fourth Horseman of the Apocalypse."
Anybody read any of these? If so, what do you think? Are we observing a significant backlash here in response to a conservative christianity's aggressive stance of the last twenty years?
Regards,
Steve