Mr. Guapo’s post about TryBecca’s list of books not to read on the train struck a nerve with me because I am currently also reading god is not great on the subway. Of course, my copy is from BPL, so the price didn’t matter to me.

The other morning on the D train, there was a black street preacher singing gospel songs and generally annoying people about how they’re going to hell if they don’t have Jesus. I just sat there praying, “please don’t let this guy see the title of the book I’m reading.” I guess Hitchens must be wrong, because there is a god: the preacher didn’t notice the title.

In other god is not great news, Mitt Romney accused Al Sharpton of bigotry due to a comment Sharpton made during a debate with Hitchens. This debate was actually sponsored by NYPL and you can watch it on Slate. The end result: Sharpton loves NYPL because “any publicity is good publicity” but Mitt Romney isn’t our biggest fan.

Hitchens uses logic to address the fundamental flaws of religion, much like the Rational Response Squad. My preferred method of dealing with religious types is by using illogic. If you’re just sitting around in public doing nothing, like messengers spend a fair amount of time doing, you’re a target for religious types. My favorite example of this is when I tried to convert two Mormon missionaries who were trying to convert me to Mormonism to become Jews for Jesus.