Stacking the quotes in favor of fairness?!

The gospel found on the back of the book:

“‘All thinking men are atheist,’ Ernest Hemmingway famously wrote. True? Here are quips, quotes, and questions from a distinguished assortment of geniuses and jokers, giving readers a chance to decide for themselves…”

Presumably this thought was typed by the author…err…”conceiver” of this book. Perhaps not. It doesn’t matter. Regarding Hemmingway’s quote, its boldness will be discussed at another time. But what I find intriguing about this statement is that it alludes to this book providing a bunch of thoughts that are admittedly one-sided and then characterizes this book as “giving readers a chance to decide for themselves.”

This is brilliant.

Brilliant, if you have already decided for yourself before you in fact opened the book and considered the thoughts that were recorded within. Brilliant, if you could get some one to actually believe that good decisions can be made on one-sided bits propaganda. Brilliant, if you want the decision to be about what kind of atheist a person may decide themselves to be. Brilliant, if you really don’t know what exactly they are going to decide on, but as long as its not about the existence of God, then its all good.

This may sound brilliant if you are “bright.”

Is this the kind of “chance” that Atheism gives Theism in the public square?

What kind of “chance” is this?

Illusion?

Delusion?

Thankfully, the measure of thoughtfulness is raised in most of the quotes find within the pages of this book. Though some seem to be purposed for comedic relief but it obvious that humor is being used to conceal the void of rationality and reason. All of which will be discussed in due time.