- points out the issue not with the believer but the belief, the issue that we use personal belief to inform public doctrine and policy
- helps understand why people choose fantasy and fairy tale over naked reality
- Brings up issues such as the origin and naming of atheists and how it depicts only a negative standpoint as a label, one we are stuck with
- How deeply embedded religion and religious dogma is in our health care, schools and laws.
- Saint Paul’s histrionics and how this may have influenced sexual loathing in early teachings