Comments on: FDL Book Salon Welcomes Larry Beinhart: Salvation Boulevard

By: libbyliberal

libbyliberal — Sat, 18 Oct 2008 23:05:50 +0000

Obama had some good Messiah jokes. Wonder if they will be shown out of context on Fox?

By: libbyliberal

libbyliberal — Sat, 18 Oct 2008 23:04:32 +0000

Good line was when Bill Maher heard that Sarah Palin believed she would see Christ again in her life time. “Don’t you think Jesus has suffered enough?”

By: hackworth

hackworth — Sat, 18 Oct 2008 23:01:50 +0000

A the New York Catholic Dinner Foundation, McCain made a joking reference to Zoroastrianism. I wonder if he knew what it was.

By: Larry Beinhart

Larry Beinhart — Sat, 18 Oct 2008 23:01:40 +0000

contact me direct. i believe i have to say goodbye now. And thank you, very much.
larry

By: Teddy Partridge

Teddy Partridge — Sat, 18 Oct 2008 23:01:31 +0000

This is a great fun book, and everyone should buy it.

Thanks for the chat!

By: Larry Beinhart

Larry Beinhart — Sat, 18 Oct 2008 23:00:31 +0000

It’s hard to get a handle on which presidents actually believed. And how much.
The Cambridge Handbook of Atheism (not sure if that’s the exact title) points out that as soon as atheism was invented (by the greeks of course, when they were inventing everything else in the western tradition) it became a dangerous political accusation. So it’s hard to be elected as an atheist and to stay in office as one and as a result most political figures downplay and paper over disbelief.
But clearly that first group, Washington, Adams, Madison, Jefferson were very much non believers.
George Bush and Jimmy Carter were people of great faith. If anyone knows more or wants to contact me further
beinhart@earthlink.net

By: hackworth

hackworth — Sat, 18 Oct 2008 22:59:20 +0000

Mr. Beinhart, Have you read The God Delusion or The End Of Faith or the Hitchen’s book? If so, what say you about these tomes?

By: Ian Williams

Ian Williams — Sat, 18 Oct 2008 22:58:28 +0000

Thanks everyone. Fun and stimulating as ever. Buuy Larry’s book(s)

By: Ian Williams

Ian Williams — Sat, 18 Oct 2008 22:57:25 +0000

I’ve always maintained that all the funniest stories are true. And from Voltaire onwards, and even before, religion has always been the funniest thing. I would almost say, you can’t make this up. But they did!

Just reading Leviticus is like a Monty Python script

By: BevW

BevW — Sat, 18 Oct 2008 22:56:33 +0000

As we come to the close of this lively Book Salon.

Larry, Thank you for stopping by the Lake and spending the afternoon discussing your book with us.

Ian, As always, Thank you for Hosting the Book Salon.

Everyone, if you haven’t bought a copy of this book yet, there is a link above.

Thanks all.