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Craig is always interesting, and Julia Sweeny talks about her CD of her monologue, where she discusses her path to athiesm. Craig says to Julia, "Would you recommend Atheism as a way of life, or do you want to continue living in America?" and as always, that piece of humor actually has a little bit of truth in it...
You can see some of her mologue here already (http://www.videosift.com/video/Julia-Sweeney-Letting-Go-of-God, but this is a different, and quite interesting, event.
You can see some of her mologue here already (http://www.videosift.com/video/Julia-Sweeney-Letting-Go-of-God, but this is a different, and quite interesting, event.
I wouldn't really say it was newsworthy since they're talking about it on a late late night show. And really, that was just his interpretation of it. But, it does say a lot about the culture climate in the U.S. However, I don't see that as a negative. Rather it is a positive sign that religious beliefs are shifting within the culture and it is becoming much more acceptable and easy to talk about these things. In the same way that the civil rights movement of the sixties and the gay movements of the nineties changed what is considered acceptable attitudes and behaviors, the current crop of atheists "coming out" are creating space for a more realistic conversation about religion.