Here’s a good interview with Brian Flemming, the man behind The God Who Wasn’t There and one of the founders of the Blasphemy Challenge that has sent many of a theist and even a few atheists into a full-blown tantrum.
Some excerpts:
On the Blasphemy Challenge: The Blasphemy Challenge is radical compared to how we normally talk about superstitions such as Christianity, but it shouldn’t be.
On other religions: I don’t see much difference between the beliefs of, say, Scientologists, and those of Christians. The space-alien theology of L. Ron Hubbard is no more or less ridiculous than the flying-dead-man theology of the Holy Bible.
On atheist cohesion: I think we’ll see many different atheists concentrate on many different messages. Declared atheists tend to be independent-minded folk with strong points of view, so we’re never going to gather under a single banner.
One thing that really sticks out is his optimism about the future of America which Brian seems to expect will eventually follow the lead of European countries who are religious more or less because the state says so.
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