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Christian Reaction to Atheistic Books becoming Best-Sellers

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A number of Christians are getting defensive about the recent publication of several best selling atheist books. In response, atheists are being called militant and Christians are claiming that atheists are attacking religion outright. I find it rather amusing that, when a couple of atheistic books reach the best seller list, many Christians start putting together complicated and unsupported theories that seek to discredit them.

Dennis Prager, for example, attributes the success of recent atheist books to Islamic violence and secular brainwashing. In his post, Prager claims “the arguments put forth are far more emotional than intellectual” in reference to books written by Christopher Hitchens, Sam Harris, and Daniel C. Dennett.

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