The number of godless Americans rises a few percentage points, and O Woe Is Us among the apologists. They are so weak and easily discomfited that it makes me chortle.
This one is pretty funny, too — he urges all the religious people to drop their differences (hah!), "Or risk becoming Europe, where religion is fast becoming an afterthought." What is it with these guys? Europe is a fine, successful place, the thriving heartland of Western thought, and they do very well with a diminished religious influence. I think we'd do well to steal the best parts of European culture, and use them to replace the creaky embarrassing bits of ours…and that means religion should go.
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It's here, and it's on Google Video. I watched it last night, and it was a blistering attack on the irrationality that is so common in our society:
Today is the official Blasphemy Day, and I hope you all had a good time.
Steve Zara has a nice article at RD.net that is actually saying the same thing I've been arguing at recent talks: There is no possibility of evidence to convince us of the existence of a god