Comments on: Caught on Tape: Me Speaking to an Atheist Group

By: FriendlyAtheist

FriendlyAtheist — Fri, 20 Apr 2007 04:43:09 +0000

Ok, so when is the ISMSOE audiobook coming out?

If there’s interest in the actual book, I’m sure an audiobook will be soon to follow If you’d like to buy 2394729834 copies of the book, this will help the cause immensely.

By: Bjorn Watland

Bjorn Watland — Thu, 19 Apr 2007 22:27:13 +0000

Ok, so when is the ISMSOE audiobook coming out?

By: Karen

Karen — Thu, 19 Apr 2007 17:17:04 +0000

After I posted here yesterday, I realized I had neglected to mention that there is a group of moderate-to-liberal Christians working with secularists in an effort to track and defeat theocracy and the Religious Right. It's a blog project called Talk2Action and they often have really cutting-edge information about the most scary folks who want to demolish the separation of church and state. It's worth checking out once in a while.

By: Norm

Norm — Thu, 19 Apr 2007 12:06:16 +0000

Concerning Greg Boyd, I’ve actually gained a lot of respect for the guy in the past year or so. One of my sisters actually attends his Woodlynn Hills Church on occasion, and she tells me a significant number of members left it last year because he refused to support conservative political candidates. He also released a book called “The Myth of a Christian Nation”. While I disagree with him on most things, he is a good reminder that the terms “fundamentalist” and “evangelical” are not synonyms.

By: valhar2000

valhar2000 — Thu, 19 Apr 2007 09:16:31 +0000

And hush with the comments about how my arms never seem to stay still.

Maybe you can sue Lucasarts for not paying you royalties for the Moneky Island Character “Stan”…

By: Cat's Staff

Cat's Staff — Thu, 19 Apr 2007 07:39:33 +0000

A few more Christian authors speaking out against fundamentalist Christianity include [...] Greg Boyd [...].

It’s hard to picture Greg Boyd speaking out against fundamentalist Christianity, that will be interesting to see. I’ve got the raw video from the Robert M. Price and Greg Boyd debate here and I hope to have it up soon on the Minnesota Atheists Podcast.

By: Hemant

Hemant — Thu, 19 Apr 2007 04:47:59 +0000

Jet– I’m sure if those girls acted that way, they would’ve done the same whether you were “friendly” or “aggressive.” On the up side, I’m sure they had to struggle to find something mean to say. Those aren’t people who want to have a discussion. But I hope you’ll keep the friendly approach going and please let us know how it goes with a more receptive audience!

Norm– There’s always someone… but that’s why these events are fun

By: Mike C

Mike C — Thu, 19 Apr 2007 04:47:51 +0000

A few more Christian authors speaking out against fundamentalist Christianity include Jim Wallis, Greg Boyd, Robin Meyers, and Becky Garrison.

By: Norm

Norm — Thu, 19 Apr 2007 03:35:16 +0000

Don’t need to watch the podcast since I was there, and it was an excellent talk, though I am sorry that we both had to endure that professor’s bloviations. Is it just me, or does there seem to be at least one guy in every audience at a talk like your’s who uses the Q & A session as their soapbox?

By: Jet

Jet — Thu, 19 Apr 2007 01:59:20 +0000

Today I tried your friendly atheist approach to a group of girls in my lecture that came up to me during a break. I was reading your wonderful wonderful book, and the leader asked me if I were an atheist or a Christian. I answered honestly, and she proceeded to tell me that not believing in God is against the bible. Here I could have said something incredibly sarcastic, but instead I smiled, and keeping in mind your talk in MN, responded politely that I’m aware that not believing in God is against Christian values. These girls spent the rest of the class talking about me (during the lecture) and giving me dirty looks through the rest of the classes we shared. Being a friendly atheist is just as hard as being confrontational, and I would have answered differently had I not seen you in MN.