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Permalink Reply by Vernard Mercader on October 10, 2010 at 1:40pm

Richard Dawkins: "Well, thanks for the Money".

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Permalink Reply by Vernard Mercader on October 10, 2010 at 1:49pm

When asked about Pastor Jones's new plan to torch Dawkins's magnum opus, the President said: ''It's sweet with me. Let reason be fuel for the bonfires of the faithful. As long as atheists aren't going to whomp on us from the ridge tops with AK47s, let the Pastor light up a complete set of Hitchens and Sam Harris as well.''

They think I'll use an AK47?! Overrated Piece of Sh@#! I like the M4 and the HK416 Better!

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Permalink Reply by Kris Feenstra on October 10, 2010 at 2:44pm

Is all of the story fake, or just the quotes? I'm neither familiar with The Age nor with Anson Cameron.

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Permalink Reply by Natasha Kenny on October 10, 2010 at 5:09pm

The only problem I have with people burning books is they're wasting paper and contributing to global warming (if it is actually happening),I don't mind so much if they're burning books they bought.

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Permalink Reply by Velogiraptor on October 10, 2010 at 7:45pm

Oh good, someone got his attention.

On the other hand, many thousands of Christians came out in opposition to the burning of the Qur'an. None of them showed up to defend Dawkins or atheists.

Also, this is a perfect illustration of the superiority of secular morality. They're not really worried that an atheist will retaliate with violence.

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Permalink Reply by Cara Coleen on October 10, 2010 at 9:51pm

lol the fact that he thinks atheists view this book as holy and sacred is pretty laughable. Just like Peter says... as long as they paid for the books, whateve'. But does that mean we can burn the Bible now?!

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Permalink Reply by Jason Paisley on October 10, 2010 at 10:03pm

If true thanks for putting money in the good professor's pocket.

Terry Jones yerfookinstoopid.

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Permalink Reply by Amy Fry on October 10, 2010 at 10:04pm

I might be offended by the waste of moonshine. Richard Dawkin's could use the money to properly educate the cultists' children. That's just funny.

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Permalink Reply by Ava Wilson on October 10, 2010 at 11:28pm

I'll grab the popcorn.

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Permalink Reply by Eoganacht on October 11, 2010 at 12:42am

I've never liked anyone who burns books - Full Stop. I cringe at the thought of burning my own copy of the bible or quran. Not because the ideas in them are important but because they are books. Burning a book attacking religion shows that you are using destruction in an attempt to rebut your opposition's critism rather than giving an answer that will blow their arguement out of the water. Pastor Terry Jones is just showing that he cannot content with our critism. You don't see Scientists burning copies of Aristotle’s works or anyone who argued for an earth-centred universe. It is only in religion and politics that we see this kind of intolerance.

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Permalink Reply by Amy Fry on October 11, 2010 at 5:07pm

I had the same response initially. The difference is location. We are fortunate in this country to have the ability to mass produce information. If a book burning were truly being used to deny someone the opportunity to acquire the information, I'd have stayed with my gut reaction. I love books. I did have to back away and look at the big picture. This particular scenario would be more productive in disbursing information. It would create a curiosity as to why this book would be interesting enough to warrant the pastor's attention. Curiosity could easily turn a questioning Christian into a full blown atheist.

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Permalink Reply by Peter Metcalfe on October 11, 2010 at 3:15am

I have a few copies of the holy bible but I would never burn them and neither should anyone else. I would recommend everyone read it especially christians as it's clear that many of them haven't and them they would see it for what it really is. Full of horrors, many contradictions, and just plain nonsense. If people understood the bible fully they would realise that because of all the contradictions alone they wouldn't know how to be a true christian eg in leviticus it says homosexuals should be put to death and then one of the commandments says we must not kill. How stupid is that?

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