Comments on: Early Praise for Secular Conscience: Why Belief Belongs in Public Life

By: Linda

Linda — Thu, 03 Jan 2008 14:13:59 +0000

going out of their way to show the huge hard-on they have for god.

I gotta tell ya, I’ve never heard it described that way before… It made me laugh.

I’ve used the sexual metaphor, but it was always the other way around. (We are the bride, and he’s the groom)

By: The Rabbit Ambulance

The Rabbit Ambulance — Thu, 03 Jan 2008 05:55:18 +0000

Personally, I think the cover is just fine. I’ll take clean and simple over most other design choices any day.
Looking in from the outside, I don’t really see the “issue of secularism versus religion” in the US election; pretty much every candidate is going out of their way to show the huge hard-on they have for god. If I’m not mistaken, the only one who’s even marginally coherent on the issue is Kuchinich (or however the hell you spell him), and he might as well be running for the United Gay Freemasons’ Party for all his chances of winning.

By: Bad

Bad — Thu, 03 Jan 2008 03:06:51 +0000

I met Dacey once or twice bit when I was in New York and he was, if I remember correctly, working for the new CFI chapter there. Seemed like a real rising star sort of guy at the time, and I’m eager to read his new book and see him gaining real success in his career.

By: Linda

Linda — Thu, 03 Jan 2008 02:54:07 +0000

Sounds great. Can’t wait to read it.

And personally, I generally stay away from books with the author’s picture on the cover. I think the simple and plain approach is much classier. Sometimes, less is more. But that’s just me.

By: Sarah H.

Sarah H. — Thu, 03 Jan 2008 02:22:21 +0000

Daniel: lol

Seriously, I want that book.

By: Daniel

Daniel — Thu, 03 Jan 2008 01:29:04 +0000

What’s wrong with the cover? I didn’t think that was how we were supposed to judge books.

By: Saint Gasoline

Saint Gasoline — Thu, 03 Jan 2008 01:26:01 +0000

Sounds like a good one. Yet another to add to my quickly escalating pile.

And stop complaining about the covers! You know why I like books with boring covers? Because it drives down the cost of the book. All those images add to the cost of production. PICTURES ARE THE GREAT SATAN.

By: writerdd

writerdd — Thu, 03 Jan 2008 01:07:59 +0000

Thanks Hemant, I’ll check that out. It might be a good book for a skepchick reading selection sometime this year.