Comments on: “Towing Jehovah:” James Morrow on Atheists Talk Sunday https://gregladen.com/blog/2009/06/20/towing-jehovah-james-morrow-on/ Sat, 20 Jun 2009 14:47:59 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.8 By: Joshua Zelinsky https://gregladen.com/blog/2009/06/20/towing-jehovah-james-morrow-on/#comment-538354 Sat, 20 Jun 2009 14:47:59 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2009/06/20/towing-jehovah-james-morrow-on/#comment-538354 I thought that both the religious individuals and the atheists in the book almost all came across as flat caricatures. I was especially annoyed by the atheists who wanted to cover the event up because they couldn’t even stand the idea that a God had existed. Similarly, the point in the book where morality breaks down among most of the people when they find out that the deity is dead seemed both extremely improbable as outlined and borderline offensive in what it implied about human behavior. It essentially amounted to the old “if there’s no threat of hellfire, why bother being good?” argument.

Overall, I found the book unimpressive.

]]> By: Cuttlefish https://gregladen.com/blog/2009/06/20/towing-jehovah-james-morrow-on/#comment-538353 Sat, 20 Jun 2009 13:31:27 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2009/06/20/towing-jehovah-james-morrow-on/#comment-538353 A wonderful book! I just got my copy back from a long-term loan to a friend, and am planning to read it again soon–after Morrow’s “Only Begotten Daughter”.

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