1. Tests of faith over 'The Golden Compass'

Comment #83408 by mattcable on October 30, 2007 at 12:34 am

"Perhaps the church's opposition to this could be a good thing. If the film is atheistic (and I can't comment, having not [yet] read the books) does that mean that if it is a runaway success ala Harry Potter, then atheists can claim those numbers as evidence of growing mainstream support?"

This would be a reach.

2. The New New Atheism

Comment #56933 by mattcable on July 17, 2007 at 10:25 pm

I think its interesting that every argument anyone makes against the methods of atheist proselytizers gets a swift vicious response on the boards here. I'm not saying Berkowitz is correct, but it does not reflect well on anyone who tars the man as an imbecile as a knee jerk reaction. It raises the specter of the pissed off atheist dick, which frankly is more responsible for the unpopularity of atheism in America than anything else. You can't win hearts and minds when you call everyone who disagrees with you retarded.