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UAAR Ultimissime » Archivio » Notizie dal mondo — Sun, 17 Jun 2007 12:22:12 +0000

[...] Essere genitori e non credere: negli States esce un libro di Dale McGowan (Friendly Atheist) [...]

By: Ash

Ash — Sun, 17 Jun 2007 05:46:09 +0000

Mike C said,

June 16, 2007 at 1:51 pm

The book’s theme is captured in one sentence from contributor Penn Jillette (of the duo Penn & Teller): “Tell your kids the truth as you see it and let the marketplace of ideas work as they grow up.”

I agree with this statement. Unfortunately when religious people tell our kids the truth as we see it, we get accused of being child abusers.

like i’ve said before, i think that could only be applicable if you were to ignore the second half of his statement…

By: Kelly

Kelly — Sun, 17 Jun 2007 03:52:18 +0000

Yay! I’m a total PBB fan, and I’m glad to see it being promoted.

By: WayBeyondSoccerMom

WayBeyondSoccerMom — Sun, 17 Jun 2007 00:34:15 +0000

Dale’s book is terrific. I bought it on Amazon, as a pre-order, and read it as soon as I got it. I am really glad to have the book, and I will be able to use it as a resource for many things, with my 10 and 13 year olds.

By: Mike C

Mike C — Sat, 16 Jun 2007 18:51:47 +0000

The book’s theme is captured in one sentence from contributor Penn Jillette (of the duo Penn & Teller): “Tell your kids the truth as you see it and let the marketplace of ideas work as they grow up.”

I agree with this statement. Unfortunately when religious people tell our kids the truth as we see it, we get accused of being child abusers.

By: Jet

Jet — Sat, 16 Jun 2007 01:06:54 +0000

Dale rules! Not only is he a clever, personable speaker, but he looks like he’d rip people apart at a PTA meeting!

By: Siamang

Siamang — Sat, 16 Jun 2007 00:07:50 +0000

I just bought his book, but I’m reading Hemant’s book first.

By: Mriana

Mriana — Sat, 16 Jun 2007 00:07:50 +0000

Don’t worry, Hemant, when you have kids you’ll look like that too. Trust me. Just wait for the first time they tick you off and you feel like taking them out of this world while the other half of your brain is saying, “Don’t do it, you’ll regret it.”

By: Dale McGowan

Dale McGowan — Fri, 15 Jun 2007 23:25:31 +0000

Boy, are YOU on the ball, Hemant! I didn’t even know the article was out yet, and here you are, all up and LINKING to it! I have to read The Friendly Atheist to know what’s going on in my own friggin’ life!

It’s a good article, but boy did she paraphrase me. What I said about Dawkins is that there was only one statement in all of “The God Delusion” that went further than I would go (“religion is worse than child sexual abuse”). I was making the point that I agree with him on every single other point!!

Ah well. Thanks for the shout-out, HM!