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What I'm reading now:
The God Virus: How religion infects our lives and culture
God Hates You, Hate Him Back: Making Sense of The Bible by CJ Werleman
Microcosm: E. Coli and the New Science of Life (this is excellent. Well written and fascinating. Highly recommended)
God Is Not Great (Hitchens is extremely erudite but I agree with him a lot here. Excellent so far)
The Demon-Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark (Listening to the audio version. Excellent!)


What I just finished:
Nonsense: Red Herrings, Straw Men and Sacred Cows: How We Abuse Logic in Our Everyday Language
Atheist Universe: The Thinking Person's Answer to Christian Fundamentalism (Recommended. The first half is a great read. Thorough and detailed but easy to understand.)
Letting Go of God (I listened to the audio version. It was poignant and funny. Highly recommended!)
His Dark Materials Trilogy (The Golden Compass; The Subtle Knife; The Amber Spyglass) (best trilogy I've ever read!)

Series

Happy Atheist Love

What Would An Atheist Free America Be Like?

The other day Mark over at Proud Atheists posted an article titled What If All Atheists Left America? What he wrote is based on the video that he had in the post. It’s very well done, in my opinion and I had to share it with you. It’s 2:18 minutes long:

What is even better is if you go to youtube’s page for it, in the description, the creator, ConversationWithA, lists all the sources used to put it together. Here is the list: (I’ve added a few notes where relevant. My notes are marked with an [...]

WolframAlpha and Google “Fun” While Fixing Computers

funny-pictures-basement-cat-listens-to-backwards-messagesOk, this will be relatively short because I’m very tired and I really have to go downstairs and devote myself to fixing Butch’s computer today. You know how it happens, one thing leads to another, and suddenly I am doing a clean install of windows xp for him. Let’s hope it fixes most of his problems and he’ll be a happy camper again. (He has no internet connection. That’s just not bearable these days, you know? Everyone needs and deserves fast internet access!)

So, if you haven’t heard, WolframAlpha, the latest, coolest “computational knowledge engine” is out and ready to play with. It still has a long way to go with adding more functionality, but there’s a lot in there. I was asking it questions regarding religions and that wasn’t really an option yet. Go over and try a few questions, watch the [...]

Bread Facts You Must Know Now

  1. More than 99 percent of terrorists are bread eaters.
  2. Fully HALF of all children who grow up in bread-consuming households score below average on standardized tests.
  3. In the 18th century, when virtually all bread was baked in the home, the average life expectancy was less than 50 years; infant mortality rates were unacceptably high; many women died in childbirth; and diseases such as typhoid, yellow fever, and influenza ravaged whole nations.
  4. More than 90 percent of violent crimes are committed within 24 hours of eating bread.
  5. Bread is made from “dough.” It has been proven that as little as one pound of dough can be used to suffocate a mouse. The average North American eats more bread than that in one month!
  6. Primitive tribal societies that have no bread exhibit a low incidence of cancer, Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s disease, and [...]

Prison Stats

There are more Christians in prison than Atheists. Interesting, considering that Christians are always saying Atheists have no morals.

Catholic                29267   39.164%
Protestant             26162   35.008%

Muslim                       5435    7.273%
American Indian         2408    3.222%
Nation                        1734    2.320%
Rasta                          1485    1.987%
Jewish                         1325    1.773%
Church of Christ    1303    1.744%
Pentecostal           1093    1.463%

Moorish                      1066    1.426%
Buddhist                     882    1.180%
Jehovah Witness    665    0.890%
Adventist              621    0.831%
Orthodox              375    0.502%
Mormon                298    0.399%

Scientology                190    0.254%
Atheist                 156    0.209%
Hindu                         119    0.159%
Santeria                      117    0.157%
Sikh                            14    0.019%
Bahai                           9    0.012%
Krishna                       7    0.009%

http://holysmoke.org/icr-pri.htm