I'm curious as to how this will proceed. What I mean by this is that I am curious as to whether or not the book will continue to be critiqued, or whether we will continue in this cycle of responses to responses.

Also, I am curious as to where Mr. Day heard that Jean Meslier was one of the first self conscious atheists. Sorry Mr. Day, but just because he was one of the first to write a book about it doesn't make him one of the first. Do you think it possible that maybe not all self conscious atheists have written books on the subject? A slightly ridiculous theory, I realize, but it might leave room for a truckload or so more atheists that were self aware before him. And plus, seeing as how the amount of atheists has slightly increased since his time, I find it a bit of a broad generalization that the views of most atheists are indentical to his.

"The fact that labels are not always applied accurately hardly makes them meaningless"

Anyone here seen The Enemies Of Reason program that Dawkins did? In that one he targets general superstition, however he makes a certain statement about labels I feel is applicable. he refers to astronomy, and how the peoples various star signs divide and label us, most of the time innacurately. Therefore, regardless of how harmless they appear to be, these superstitous doctrines undermine society. The same goes for organized religion, only in this case more prominent. Religion labels us, and those labels divide us, and that division continues to harm society as a whole.

I'd like to write more, but I need to sleep. So I'll just finish off with one quick question.

What church do I belong to? I know I've asked this before, but I really am curious. Regardless, I don't think I'll fit in