I thought it was interesting Glenn said he liked the pushback John got on a podcast via John's characterization of followers of religion as irrational in that Glenn on a previous podcast gave John such pushback (prior to the books' publication) and I thought John's response was better to the pushback on the Glenn Show than the other podcast.
John (after Glenn skillfully prodded him) articulated a nuanced and less condescending take on religion. John acknowledged there is rigorous thinking in some religious circles and said he was specifically referring to irrational responses of "bad religion" - not all religious people as a whole. This is helpful because it is (1) true, (2) less needlessly condescending towards religious people and (3) religious people acknowledge there is "bad religion" in some form in all religious circles.
I wish that conversation had made it into the book. It didn't. I liked the book overall, and being familiar with John, I was able to look past the shallow comments on religion. On one hand I commend him for trying to not insult every religious person on earth, on the other hand his deep seated lack of respect towards religious ideas made it difficult for him to be honestly nuanced with his woke as religion comparison.
It's a good book, it would have been better if the conversation I mentioned influenced how things were framed in the book.
I thought it was interesting Glenn said he liked the pushback John got on a podcast via John's characterization of followers of religion as irrational in that Glenn on a previous podcast gave John such pushback (prior to the books' publication) and I thought John's response was better to the pushback on the Glenn Show than the other podcast.
John (after Glenn skillfully prodded him) articulated a nuanced and less condescending take on religion. John acknowledged there is rigorous thinking in some religious circles and said he was specifically referring to irrational responses of "bad religion" - not all religious people as a whole. This is helpful because it is (1) true, (2) less needlessly condescending towards religious people and (3) religious people acknowledge there is "bad religion" in some form in all religious circles.
I wish that conversation had made it into the book. It didn't. I liked the book overall, and being familiar with John, I was able to look past the shallow comments on religion. On one hand I commend him for trying to not insult every religious person on earth, on the other hand his deep seated lack of respect towards religious ideas made it difficult for him to be honestly nuanced with his woke as religion comparison.
It's a good book, it would have been better if the conversation I mentioned influenced how things were framed in the book.