A Bible the DUmmies actually like

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“God Hates You, Hate Him Back!” Says Controversial Author in A New Book That Pokes Fun At The Holy Scriptures

With people like Richard Dawkins and Christopher Hitchens leading the way, more and more books discrediting the idea that a single sentient being created everything around us are being devoured by atheists tired of being labeled as un-godly and silenced legally, socially and culturally by the prevalent creationist systems lying behind the world’s most powerful (and arguably most violent) governments.

The problem with all these books, as the author sees it, is they have tried to apply logic to an illogical belief system. While this makes them popular with atheists (who mostly apply an evidence-based approach to their beliefs) they have had little to no effect whatsoever on the ‘believers’ who are taught that the value of their faith is in believing no matter what!

CJ Werleman, Australian-born author of “God Hates You, Hate Him Back” says, “Whenever you quote proven scientific evidence to refute the claims of believers of all kinds they invariably point to their holy book as counter-evidence. This circular-logic that sets the Bible as the only source of truth in their model of the world made me wonder how many people had actually bothered to really read this much-quoted book.”

One DUmmy speaks some surprising truth, however:

drm604  Donating Member  (1000+ posts)
Mon Nov-09-09 01:03 PM
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4. Like all books of this type it will be preaching to the choir.
   
The people it's aimed at won't go near it.

Which is exactly the point of these kinds of books: preaching to the choir.  (Love the irony of the use of that phrase.  Almost mole-ish.)  This book is kowtowing towards rabid, militant neo-atheists who follow Dawkins, Hitchens, PZ Myers, etc. as their priesthood.  It's not meant for Christians.

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It seems they aren't really all that convinced about God not existing and, in fact, feel threatened that they may be wrong.  Otherwise, they wouldn't feel compelled to constantly write books and other papers patting themselves on the back for not believing.

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