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Thursday, January 10, 2008
Religion Quickie
Atheism: A Very Short Introduction by Julian Baggin is a pocket sized volume that covers a lot of the bases while dealing with basic questions like the quality of evidence, purpose in life and openness to error that gives it a catholic (sic) feel. Marci Hamilton, a strict separationist conservative, asks some questions of presidential candidates. Edwards and Obama come off pretty well. Ellery's Protest by Stephen D. Solomon is a good book on the bible reading ruling, also reminding the negative consequences of religion bigotry.