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29. Faith Versus Fact: Why Science and Religion Are Incompatible, by Jerry Coyne

Fri Dec 18, 2020, 04:40 PM

Dec 2020

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My favorite quote from him, which I don't think is in the book but is something he said during a debate, went something like "Saying science and religion are compatible because some scientists are religious is like saying Catholicism and pedophilia are compatible because some priests are pedophiles."

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Any favorite atheist authors? [View all] sakabatou Oct 2020 OP

Terry Pratchett catrose Oct 2020 #1

Carl Sagan ItsjustMe Oct 2020 #2

✔ Duppers Oct 2020 #5

I've read "Contact." sakabatou Oct 2020 #6

Read The Demon Haunted World exboyfil Oct 2020 #13

Christopher Hitchens. Laffy Kat Oct 2020 #3

I think I've read one of his books. sakabatou Oct 2020 #7

Agreed. Missn-Hitch Oct 2020 #21

LOL, I guess so! Laffy Kat Oct 2020 #22

LOL!! I REALLY do. Nice to meet you too. Missn-Hitch Oct 2020 #24

Those are good....Richard Dawkins can be an acquired taste... Moostache Oct 2020 #4

I have yet to read anything by Dennett sakabatou Oct 2020 #8

Recommended (Dennett works worth a read): Moostache Oct 2020 #10

The Demon Haunted World is a masterpiece exboyfil Oct 2020 #12

Kurt Vonnegut exboyfil Oct 2020 #9

HEMANT MEHTA JustFiveMoreMinutes Oct 2020 #11

Ah, yes, The Friendly Atheist. sakabatou Oct 2020 #18

Isaac Asimov. alwaysinasnit Oct 2020 #14

Aw you beat me to it. Susan Calvin Oct 2020 #16

... alwaysinasnit Oct 2020 #17

Isaac Asimov, as far as I know. Susan Calvin Oct 2020 #15

This probably won't qualify as an Atheist author calguy Oct 2020 #19

Salman Rushdie Warpy Oct 2020 #20

Terry Pratchett and Niel Gaiman... uriel1972 Oct 2020 #23

Book Recommend: Susan Jacoby's FREETHINKERS. Missn-Hitch Oct 2020 #25

Karl Marx FigTree Oct 2020 #26

1. Hitchens Brainstormy Nov 2020 #27

Philip Pullman PassingFair Nov 2020 #28

Faith Versus Fact: Why Science and Religion Are Incompatible, by Jerry Coyne Towlie Dec 2020 #29