C.S. Lewis - the "Virgin Mary" of the Church of Christ

It’s hard to defend the idea that Lewis really is writing for nonbelievers — or even intended to. It’s more plausible that he was writing for believers and that the ridicule of nonbelievers helps create a sense of “us vs. them” solidarity among believers who have faith but don't realize that they have reason behind them as well. They can join together in pitying the poor, benighted atheists.

My new Faith

With millions, if not thousands, of devout worshippers, the Church of the FSM is widely considered a legitimate religion, even by its opponents - mostly fundamentalist Christians, who have accepted that our God has larger balls than theirs.

Some claim that the church is purely a thought experiment, satire, illustrating that Intelligent Design is not science, but rather a pseudoscience manufactured by Christians to push Creationism into public schools. These people are mistaken. The Church of FSM is real, totally legit, and backed by hard science. Anything that comes across as humor or satire is purely coincidental."

a nice quote for a Friday

"As I argued briefly in Letter to a Christian Nation, I think that 'atheist' is a term that we do not need, in the same way that we don't need a word for someone who rejects astrology. We simply do not call people 'non-astrologers.'" he said. "All we need are words like 'reason' and 'evidence' and 'common sense' and 'bullshit' to put astrologers in their place, and so it could be with religion."
-Sam Harris