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Sarah Palin's new book is not just a defense of Christmas and Christian fan fiction, it is also a full frontal attack on Atheists. Can't say I'm surprised.

Courtesy of New York Magazine:

For religious conservatives, howling over the so-called "war on Christmas" has become an annual holiday tradition almost as enjoyable as Christmas itself. On Tuesday, Sarah Palin seeks to capitalize on the phenomenon with the release of her newest book, Good Tidings and Great Joy: Protecting the Heart of Christmas. Daily Intelligencer purchased the Palin-narrated audiobook from a local bookstore, where it was on sale early, and listened to all four-and-a-half hours, which is technically not a violation of the Geneva Convention if you're getting paid to do it, New York's legal team insists.

The book is part tribute to the joys of Christmas, part how-to guide for oppressed Christians looking for ways to fight back against whiny and litigious secularists, and part manifesto on the general superiority of Christianity over atheism. Palin, throughout, appears incapable of fathoming why a business catering to people from all walks of life may prefer to use inclusive holiday-season language in promotional items, or why a non-Christian may not appreciate a government institution expressing a preference for Christianity over other religions. To hear her tell it, such attitudes imperil America's dedication to religious freedom itself.

Yeah leave it to Palin to push for partisanship not only on the political arena but also the religious one.

Forget the fact that Christmas was originally a pagan holiday, or that early American Christians rejected the holiday and in fact once made it illegal in Boston. No let's make it a holiday that ONLY Christians are allowed to celebrate, because that would certainly be a reflection of the teachings of Jesus Christ now wouldn't it?

On the New York website there is a few snippets of audio from the book. Here are what they say:

"An angry Atheist with a lawyer is one of the powerful person in America."

I quite literally do not even know what that is supposed to mean. From my perspective Atheists, with a lawyer or without, are still the most marginalized group in the country.

"Atheism's track record makes the Spanish Inquisition seem like Disneyland by comparison."

This is one of the most overused and least factual arguments thrown out by Christian apologists. But do you know what DOES make the Inquisition look like Disneyland? The Crusades.

And if she means Joseph Stalin (And they always mean Joseph Stalin) he was trained to be a Catholic priest, and though he attacked religions in an attempt to gain power, he also used religion to cement that power.

I don't what is more pathetic, Palin using a fake war on Christmas to sell books, or the fact that she does not even understand the holiday that she is promoting, or the group of people she is attacking.

By the way, speaking of things that Palin does not clearly understand here she is trying to give a competent speech, at Billy Graham's birthday the other day.

Nope, failed again.

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