The Young Atheist's Handbook: A Review
I apologise for not having gotten around to this sooner - when the book arrived I was actually away and didn't come back until the 4th. So Alom Shaha , a physics teacher at a comprehensive school in London who also works as a film-maker, writer, and science communicator, has written The Young Atheist's Handbook , which is essentially a personal account (at least, that's how I see it) of one man's journey towards atheism. As I first opened the book, one of the things I noted is that it wasn't evangelistic in tone; it doesn't aim to convert people to atheism, and as such it flatly goes against the stereotype of atheists as a group of shouty evangelists. Shaha makes no bones about thinking atheism is better than religion, but his book encourages people to doubt and question rather than reject God unthinkingly, and it's all wrapped up in a richly detailed personal account. Opening with a vivid and funny account of tasting bacon for the first time while work...