Sean Faircloth discusses his new book Attack of the Theocrats

Sean Faircloth discusses his new book, Attack of the Theocrats: How the Religious Right Harms Us All—and What We Can Do About It -- http://www.amazon.com/Attack-Theocrat...
The book examines the crumbling of the United States' most cherished founding principle—the wall of separation between church and state—and offers a Ten Point Vision of a Secular American and a specific and sensible plan for rebuilding the church-state wall: http://richarddawkins.net/videos/6444...
Faircloth is Director of Strategy and Policy for the Richard Dawkins Foundation for Reason & Science US.

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[november1ish]

When one person suffers from a delusion, it's called insanity. When many suffer from a delusion, it's called religion...

[craigaroundtheworld]

The more time that is spent talking about things like Gay marriage, the less time we talk about things that are really important, like ending world hunger, nuclear disarmament. Its almost like they are using religion as a means to distract us from the real ways we could make the world a better place for EVERYONE

[k3nny111]

"So you cannot show pride in your effort"

Sure, you can show pride in _your_ effort, in _your_ achievements. With achievements of your family, it already gets thin ice, because they are not your achievements. Maybe if you are a parent and did a good job raising, you can take pride in some of the things your offspring does, but even that should no go overboard.

Taking pride in your country allthough is utterly unjustified, and, as I stated before, instrinsically dangerous.

[asdf123495596]

So you cannot show pride in your effort, family or effort? Also, your swing in 150 year old history is also irrelevant too.

[asdf123495596]

Hey, I am a son of immigrants. Both of my parents were poor farmers before they came to the United States.

Either way, just because we show pride in our country does not mean that we are "extremely right wing". Your are also defending your country so you must be "extremely right wing". Most Americans are not ass like you.

[k3nny111]

Do you really want to talk history, slave-owner offspring?

[asdf123495596]

Hey at least my country was not controlled by nazis.

[Alex Canham]

i hope it does and satan rules the word!

[Alex Canham]

i know his son....

[estuchedepeluche]

I'd love to buy this book and read it, but being a grad student with little money but plenty of access to books I will get it through interlibrary loan, please no hatin'