Time Immortal

The guy just speaks to me:

I was quite naturally touched by their plight and outraged at the callous decision of that nameless advertiser to deny the important and timely message of God’s continued non-existence to the listeners of America. (Complete with updates on the status of Generalissimo Francisco Franco on the hour, no doubt.) Choking back my tears, I determined that I would stand in the gap in this dire time of need, for did I not have a book forthcoming that would be of no little interest to the very audience which made bestsellers out of the presumably uninspired scribblings of Richard Dawkins, Sam Harris, and yea, even Christopher Hitchens?

So, a week ago, I sent MN Atheists the following email: “I am interested in becoming an advertiser of your new radio show on Air America. Please let me know about your various sponsorship and advertising options.”

They responded with an email that neglected to provide the requested information, but instead mentioned that my website appeared to be a very conservative and religious one, and that it hadn’t occurred to them to “advertise our opposition”. I replied: “It’s a libertarian site, not conservative one, but I am a Christian, yes…. I’m simply interested in knowing your standard rates for the various advertising packages because I expect many atheists will be interested in reading my forthcoming book, The Irrational Atheist, just as many Christians, including myself, have read the various books by Richard Dawkins, Sam Harris and company.”

I still didn’t receive any information on their advertising rates, in fact, I didn’t receive anything for three more days, until after a third email to them, MN Atheists finally informed me that while atheists and Christians might read each other’s books, they had no intention of permitting me to advertise The Irrational Atheist on their show.

I guess being a freethinker doesn’t really mean thinking freely after all. Not that incidences of atheist bigotry surprise me anymore…nor does it particularly surprise that some of the best herd thinking is from the likes of freethought enthusiasts. Personally, I think anecdotes like this speak volumes about just how terrified most atheists are of Christians who’ve maintained — or found new justification for — their ardent faith after having read every diatribe and screed produced in defence of New atheism.

And the comments are even better. Don’t miss Day calling the bluff of drive-by atheist commentator “Old Ned”.

I am definitely ordering The Irrational Atheist.

There, I hope that does it…if not, I wonder just what I have to do to bait former commentators Robert or Nicholas into sending a note my way.