1. Richard Dawkins and Bill Maher

Comment #159531 by tap1966 on April 12, 2008 at 12:13 pm

"I like Maher's shows. He is always quite entertaining; he is quite open about his atheism."

He's actually a deist, and has been quoted denying he is an atheist.

2. Putting Candidates' Religion to the Test

Comment #122105 by tap1966 on February 4, 2008 at 6:27 pm

Where is Mike Gravel?

3. I didn't know the FLEA CIRCUS was back in town!

Comment #85000 by tap1966 on November 4, 2007 at 1:16 pm

Maybe it's just me (probably) but I think the existence of books like these are overall a good thing. You're never going to win over the fundamentalists who don't care about logic and reason but the real 'target' audience are people who are religious by default and never really thought it or questioned it. However you raise the profile of the debate, more people will realize that there actually is a debate, and if you're reasonably open-minded then "our side" will generally win. I can't believe many people will actually read TGD (for example) and whatever this book is and not go with TGD as the more compelling.

4. God Talk on 'The View'

Comment #72897 by tap1966 on September 23, 2007 at 11:22 am

According to one bio, she's 39 and her child is 2. What's her excuse for the first 37 years?