As of 5:16 PM EST I am now the proud owner of three atheistic masterpieces. This will be my first divergence into atheistic literature (actual, not internet based or whatever) and my first divergence into actual books in several years.
I quite expect to enjoy them. I think I’ll either read God Delusion first or End of Faith and put Hitchens book in the middle of them. I’m hopeful it will ignite a flame for reading books and I will start reading again. I used to a lot, but it sort of faded, so yeah.
But it goes without saying: nothing is sacred. These are not my “holy” books. They’re just books that support my position and therefore I wish to give them a spin. I may like them and I may not.
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I think you seriously underestimate the real potential threat here. Even CERN is not denying that there could be a big surprise out of it. They are claiming that they will simply “pull out the plug” if it happens. Isn’it a bit too risky at your taste? OK- 1 out of 1000 0000 of a chance that it will happen… but… why taking the risk?