Comment by D'Holbach on July 27, 2009 at 5:52pm

Your English is *very* good.

We have the same problem here in the States. Most of the bookstores have a tiny science section but a huge section on spirituality and religion. I suppose that I shouldn't be surprised--most people in this country don't believe in evolution by natural selection.

What really irritates me is that philosophical works are often shelved in the same section as religious books. I don't want to have to look for Spinoza or Dennett amidst a pile of bibles.

Comment by Dave G on July 28, 2009 at 12:20am

Your English is excellent, Fabian.

A lot of the bookstores here have the same problem. There will be perhaps 2-3 bookshelves of science-related books, most of which are fairly watered-down, and entire sections devoted to New Age woo or religion. I usually have to special order books that I want.

Comment by SabreNation on July 28, 2009 at 9:21am

While I don't read as many science-related books as I probably should (I'm not much of a reader and science books bore me to tears usually, I much prefer getting my science fix from TV stations like Discovery Channel and National Geographic Channel) but I *LOVE* books regarding atheism and secularism. I tend to have the same problem finding those around here.

I recently went to a new Barnes & Noble that opened in Buffalo, the place is *HUGE*, comparable in size to your average department store. I figured it would be a good place to find some new books about atheism that I haven't read yet. It took me 20 minutes just to FIND them, tucked away in a corner on a single shelf in the religion section(?!) They had a few copies of The God Delusion, a couple copies of God Is Not Great, and 1 copy each of The Portable Atheist and Letter To A Christian Nation. I was disgusted, this store has more books than your average neighborhood library and could only manage one shelf filled with 4 different books on atheism? I counted 12 shelves total filled just with different versions of the Bible...

I came home, thoroughly disappointed, and wrote a complaint e-mail on their website which I doubt they read anyway.

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