The Atheist's Guide to Christmas
What do you get an atheist for Christmas?If you're an atheist, you don't believe in the three wise men, so this Christmas, we bring you not three, but forty-two wise men and women, bearing gifts of comedy, science, philosophy, the arts, and knowledge. What does it feel like to be born on...
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What do you get an atheist for Christmas?If you're an atheist, you don't believe in the three wise men, so this Christmas, we bring you not three, but forty-two wise men and women, bearing gifts of comedy, science, philosophy, the arts, and knowledge. What does it feel like to be born on Christmas day? How can you most effectively use lights to make your house visible from space? And where can you listen to the echoes of the Big Bang on December 25? The Atheist Guide to Christmas answers all these questions and more:Richard Dawkins tells an original Christmas story.Phil Plait fact-checks the Star of Bethlehem.Neal Pollack teaches his family a lesson on holiday spirit.Simon Singh offers a very special scientific experiment.Simon Le Bon loses his faith (but keeps church music).AC Grayling explains how to have a truly happy Christmas.Plus thirty-six other brilliant, funny, free-thinking pieces perfect for anyone who doesn't think of holidays as holy days.
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Format: ebook
ISBN:
9780062064271 (0062064274)
Publish date: November 2nd 2010
Publisher: HarperCollins
Pages no: 320
Edition language: English
Category:
Non Fiction,
Humor,
Writing,
Essays,
Comedy,
Science,
Religion,
Philosophy,
Short Stories,
Holiday,
Christmas,
Atheism
As with any collection of essays, the quality is mixed, but the good ones are very good (Derren Brown and Ed Byrne for instance) while the ones I didn't care for I skimmed.
Somewhat ambivalent about this. While some of the stories are quite amusing, the philosophy, science and star gazing easily digestible, with some great pointers for further reading and entertainment, the purpose of reading it was a utter failure:What does an atheist do about Christmas?In this book, ...
Aw man, I wish this book had been written when I was 12 years old, starting to realize I didn't believe in any sort of a god, and in love with anything British. It really would have made me feel a lot better. Although I was raised with no particular religion whatsoever, with a family who doesn't rea...
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