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Religions > Atheism |
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"phillip brown" |
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27 May 2007 08:16:32 PM |
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Book Review: The Atheist Manifesto |
This pretty much sums it up
"A caveat for devout atheists (as opposed to ordinary atheists,
secularists, Christians, Muslims etc): read on at your own risk. If
you ignore this warning, send hate-mail not to me but to the literary
editor who insisted against my advice that I was the ideal person to
review it.
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Barney Zwartz is The Age's religion editor."
http://www.theage.com.au/news/book-reviews/the-atheist-manifesto/2007/05/25/1179601646002.html?page=fullpage#contentSwap1
phillip brown
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| User: "Richo" |
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| Title: Re: Book Review: The Atheist Manifesto |
27 May 2007 11:59:26 PM |
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On May 28, 11:16 am, phillip brown <pjbr...@people.net.au> wrote:
This pretty much sums it up
"A caveat for devout atheists (as opposed to ordinary atheists,
secularists, Christians, Muslims etc): read on at your own risk. If
you ignore this warning, send hate-mail not to me but to the literary
editor who insisted against my advice that I was the ideal person to
review it.
....
Barney Zwartz is The Age's religion editor."
http://www.theage.com.au/news/book-reviews/the-atheist-manifesto/2007...
phillip brown
Boy! He didnt like it much.
8-)
Seen any positive reviews?
I think Philip Adams mentioned it in a positive light - although he
said he prefered Christopher Hitchens latest book.
Mark.
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| User: "quibbler" |
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| Title: Re: Book Review: The Atheist Manifesto |
28 May 2007 12:11:17 PM |
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In article <1180328366.179918.107940@o11g2000prd.googlegroups.com>,
m.richardson@utas.edu.au says...
On May 28, 11:16 am, phillip brown <pjbr...@people.net.au> wrote:
This pretty much sums it up
"A caveat for devout atheists (as opposed to ordinary atheists,
secularists, Christians, Muslims etc): read on at your own risk. If
you ignore this warning, send hate-mail not to me but to the literary
editor who insisted against my advice that I was the ideal person to
review it.
....
Barney Zwartz is The Age's religion editor."
http://www.theage.com.au/news/book-reviews/the-atheist-manifesto/2007...
phillip brown
Boy! He didnt like it much.
He didn't like it for ridiculously dumb reasons. What tiny shreds of
credibility he might have had, he obliterated with his trotting of the
standard theist talking about Pol Pot being an atheist. BTW, it would
really be nice if theists would stop constantly offering their free and
worthless advice about what hoops atheists must jump through to market
their material. Zwarty knows zero about what will and won't work in
convincing people as evidenced by his laughably naive view that most
theists are looking for carefully thought out, logical arguments. Give
me a break. Many theists aren't even interesting in engaging in serious
arguments. These books are for atheists and skeptics to augment their
arsenals -- nothing more.
Luckily, fundamentalism is imploding and the hollow edifices are being
collapsed with each passing day. In reality, atheists can probably just
sit back and let these crazies destroy themselves, though I do enjoy
giving them helpful nudges in the direction of the nearest cliff.
--
Quibbler (quibbler247atyahoo.com)
"It is fashionable to wax apocalyptic about the
threat to humanity posed by the AIDS virus, 'mad cow'
disease, and many others, but I think a case can be
made that faith is one of the world's great evils,
comparable to the smallpox virus but harder to
eradicate." -- Richard Dawkins
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| User: "phillip brown" |
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| Title: Re: Book Review: The Atheist Manifesto |
28 May 2007 06:51:27 PM |
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On May 28, 2:59 pm, Richo <m.richard...@utas.edu.au> wrote:
On May 28, 11:16 am, phillip brown <pjbr...@people.net.au> wrote:
This pretty much sums it up
"A caveat for devout atheists (as opposed to ordinary atheists,
secularists, Christians, Muslims etc): read on at your own risk. If
you ignore this warning, send hate-mail not to me but to the literary
editor who insisted against my advice that I was the ideal person to
review it.
....
Barney Zwartz is The Age's religion editor."
http://www.theage.com.au/news/book-reviews/the-atheist-manifesto/2007...
phillip brown
Boy! He didnt like it much.
8-)
Seen any positive reviews?
I think Philip Adams mentioned it in a positive light - although he
said he prefered Christopher Hitchens latest book.
Mark.
Surprisingly, the reviewer in the Sunday Herald Sun on the same day
was much more positive. Unfortunately, no link
phillip brown
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| User: "Harry F. Leopold" |
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| Title: Re: Book Review: The Atheist Manifesto |
28 May 2007 04:58:53 AM |
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On Sun, 27 May 2007 20:16:32 -0500, phillip brown wrote
(in article <1180314992.663954.38740@n15g2000prd.googlegroups.com>):
This pretty much sums it up
"A caveat for devout atheists (as opposed to ordinary atheists,
secularists, Christians, Muslims etc): read on at your own risk. If
you ignore this warning, send hate-mail not to me but to the literary
editor who insisted against my advice that I was the ideal person to
review it.
....
Barney Zwartz is The Age's religion editor."
http://www.theage.com.au/news/book-reviews/the-atheist-
manifesto/2007/05/25/11
79601646002.html?page=fullpage#contentSwap1
phillip brown
We have a "manifesto"? Since when?
--
Harry F. Leopold
aa #2076
AA/Vet #4
The Prints of Darkness
(remove gene to email)
³You have the right to remain stupid, anything we say can and will be used
against you...³ - Johac
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| User: "The Chief Instigator" |
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| Title: Re: Book Review: The Atheist Manifesto |
28 May 2007 10:14:35 AM |
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Harry F. Leopold <hleopold@coxyx.net> writes:
On Sun, 27 May 2007 20:16:32 -0500, phillip brown wrote
(in article <1180314992.663954.38740@n15g2000prd.googlegroups.com>):
This pretty much sums it up
"A caveat for devout atheists (as opposed to ordinary atheists,
secularists, Christians, Muslims etc): read on at your own risk. If
you ignore this warning, send hate-mail not to me but to the literary
editor who insisted against my advice that I was the ideal person to
review it.
....
Barney Zwartz is The Age's religion editor."
http://www.theage.com.au/news/book-reviews/the-atheist-
manifesto/2007/05/25/11
79601646002.html?page=fullpage#contentSwap1
phillip brown
We have a "manifesto"? Since when?
Having attended church on an average of about once a decade, that's news to
me, too...
--
Patrick "The Chief Instigator" Humphrey (patrick@io.com) Houston, Texas
chiefinstigator.us.tt/aeros.php (TCI's 2006-07 Houston Aeros) AA#2273
LAST GAME: San Antonio 4, Houston 2 (April 15)
NEXT GAME: October 2007, date/place/opponent TBA
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| User: "Richo" |
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| Title: Re: Book Review: The Atheist Manifesto |
28 May 2007 06:52:10 PM |
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On May 28, 7:58 pm, Harry F. Leopold <hleop...@coxyx.net> wrote:
On Sun, 27 May 2007 20:16:32 -0500, phillip brown wrote
(in article <1180314992.663954.38...@n15g2000prd.googlegroups.com>):
This pretty much sums it up
"A caveat for devout atheists (as opposed to ordinary atheists,
secularists, Christians, Muslims etc): read on at your own risk. If
you ignore this warning, send hate-mail not to me but to the literary
editor who insisted against my advice that I was the ideal person to
review it.
....
Barney Zwartz is The Age's religion editor."
http://www.theage.com.au/news/book-reviews/the-atheist-
manifesto/2007/05/25/11
79601646002.html?page=fullpage#contentSwap1
phillip brown
We have a "manifesto"? Since when?
Well we didnt and this guy (Not Zwartz -the author of the book he is
reviewing) ) decided to write one.
I was not asked to vote on it - and I want to know WHY!
8-)
Mark.
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