Comment by Reggie on December 11, 2009 at 9:36pm

I look forward to your responses.

Comment by Nelson on December 11, 2009 at 10:12pm

like Reggie i look forward to your commentary on the book as you read through it. should be good times.

Comment by Dave G on December 11, 2009 at 10:35pm

I'm with Nelson and Reggie. It should be interesting.

Comment by Laura on December 16, 2009 at 2:29pm

Have you told your aunt that you'll read her books if she reads yours? I found that to be a pretty effective way of dealing with well-meaning relatives who try to "educate" me about why I'm wrong to be an atheist.

Comment by Nelson on December 16, 2009 at 2:30pm

i'm interested in Laura's question too. did you ask your aunt to read some books of your choosing?

Comment by Matthew on December 16, 2009 at 3:01pm

I'm going to third Laura's suggestion - only read your aunt's books if she'll read yours.

I'm looking forward to seeing all the action!

Comment by Dave G on December 16, 2009 at 3:05pm

Fourth!

Comment by Kristi on December 16, 2009 at 3:54pm

I have considered sending her a couple of books, namely Bart Ehrman's Misquoting Jesus and Sam Harris' Letter to a Christian Nation.

I started reading chapter one of Evidence last night. I'm already seeing a lot of unfounded claims, although I keep telling myself to wait and see what the rest of the book says. I'll try to post another blog soon.

Comment by Laura on December 17, 2009 at 10:09am

For what it's worth, I think you should. You can frame the discussion in such a way that it's not insulting to her. Just let her know that you want her to understand where you're coming from so that she doesn't assume that you haven't thought this through. Let her know that you'd like to continue the discussion but that you feel like it's one-sided right now, so you'll be happy to read the books she sends if she agrees to read the books that you send to her. I think Misquoting Jesus and Letter to a Christian Natoin are great books to start out with. I suspect that after reading one of the books, she won't want to play anymore, and you'll stop getting reading material from her.

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