A Good Place to Start
As mentioned in my profile page, I’ve been an atheist for over twenty years now. This state of mind wasn’t brought about by any external influence whatsoever. I simply realized on my own, that a supernatural being does not exist. I was surrounded by a Catholic family, Catholic friends and stuck in a Catholic school. I was not influenced by anybody in my thoughts, I didn’t read anything enlightening, nothing. I just flat out stopped. I had no idea what other atheists thought, their views and ideals were irrelevant to me. They still are, to be honest. I’ve never been a follower and have maintained that only I, myself, dictates what is right and wrong. Perhaps I’m not really an atheist at all since I consider myself to be the god of my world.
Expectedly, I my views were met with a lot of resistance and I’ve gotten into many a dispute with family and friends. Being completely unarmed and not one to come up with complex, pompous, self-righteous arguments (and I’m not going to start now). I’d fall back on wit, sarcasm and satire. This also led me to some humiliation with my good friend Ray Aguas, Ateneo de Manila professor, Doctorate in Theology from Notre Dame University and world class debater. Damn you, Ray, I’ll get your name in an Atheist blog and show it as number one when you google yourself.
I left it as it was. I contented myself to mock their religious beliefs and stood firm with my beliefs. It was worth a few laughs.
Recently, I’ve been looking more into atheism. Though, admittedly for no more reason outside of having a hobby and releasing yet another in a long stream of blogs. I’ve started reading other people’s blogs and numerous articles on atheism. It might be poetic to say I’ve gained more insight but, sorry, there’s none. Atheism as a movement or as an organized front is no different from religion. It’s people telling other people what to do and believe in. I’d prefer to stick to my own views.
This does not mean my curiosity has not been piqued. I’ve invariably come across the name of Richard Dawkins. Anyone who’s come to read this by anything other than pure chance would know who he is. I first heard of him only a few days ago. I figured that I might as well see what he had to say and tried to find his book. A search of Wikipedia.org gave me some brief insights into his persona and gave me The God Delusion. Next up, find and buy it.
Now, finally, comes the actual inspiration for this post…
I looked up PowerBooks.com.ph and searched for the book. Not bad, PhP 465. Much cheaper than I had anticipated. Check out the synopsis… read that somewhere before this. Check out the editorial review… none. Check out the customer review… none. Think maybe I can be the first, but now realize if someone reads this before I read the book, they’ll beat me to it out of spite. About the author… nothing. So I check out the rest of the listing for more information…
… and there it is…
… laughable…
… was this a simple mistake? Carelessness? Perhaps somebody involved with the site trying to deliver a message?
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That’s very clever. It’s a great way to go, though. Start ‘em young, before they turn into bullshit-spitting brainwashed fools. Get them while they’re young and before their malleable minds are forever corrupted by religion. Atheistic children’s books, brilliant! They have all those damned bible story books for the kiddies, they have religious kiddie shows, they teach religion in school. This handy-dandy new children’s book from Mr. Dawkins is a great place to start logical education for today’s youngsters. I think I’ll go find myself another book and get this one for my daughter, instead.
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