How to be an Atheist

Written more than 20 years ago and regarded by many publishers as too hot to handle, Brian Smallerhat`s `How to be an Atheist` is thoughtful and wickedly entertaining. As they say, `Now it can be sold`! Brian confronts those who, in his own words, have `fallen into a trap` - Christians and other Believers - wishing, as did Feuerbach years ago, that they were `friends of Man rather than friends of God`. Brian handles Jesus with equal directness, suggesting that we throw out the New Testament parables and the miracles of this `misguided young Jew` as both confusing and irrelevant. He also recommends the publication of a new `Honest Broadside Version` of the Old Testament with a critical glossary, based on the best scholarship available, running alongside every page of its text. There is also a piercing chapter on Sex and Sin guaranteed to make your eyes water. `If God wants me,` Brian told himself as a young student, `he can bloody-well come and get me.` God still hasn`t, despite those wicked cartoons!