re: #102 dog philosopher

getting a lot of “how dare you say you don’t believe what i want you to believe!” today from wingnuts on the twitter

Shut off minds.

I was already a pretty firm non-believer before I read God Is Not Great by Christopher Hitchens. And the thing that struck me the most about that book was how Hitch articulated how human minds get closed off by religion, how critical thinking faculties are eliminated with enough religion. Hitch genuinely frightened me with his prose, and I became more open in my non-belief as a result of comprehending that book.