Vox Day is actually pretty funny.

First of all, I mean that. He is. And I'm not talking in the "he's funny because I'm laughing at him" way. I mean it in the "Vox Day says funny things which are humorous and here I am, see, laughing along with him" sort of way.

(we interrupt this blog post to acknowledge the wonderful shout out from Reed over at Unorthodox Atheism. Very nice mention, thank you. Right back atcha!)

Where was I?

OH yes. Over at Whatever (John Scalzi's blog- if you don't know who he is, go to amazon and buy everything he's ever written. You'll thank me.), John allows Vox Day to post as part of a continuing "Big Idea" series. (that was a long 'a href', but I couldn't figure out a more convenient place to stop. Here is another - Wil Wheaton also recommends Scalzi.)

Vox Day wrote a book which has rankled the hell out of many atheists - it's called "The Irrational Atheist" (wonder what would bug an atheist about THAT title, eh? I'm gonna write a book called "The Logical Christian" and uh... wait... it's not as funny in reverse. Never mind.). He released it for free as an ebook on his site, and it's likely worth a read. I'm not going to bother right now - I have a 600 page book on Javascript staring menacingly at me from the corner of my desk for my next class, you see. You can go here to download and read the book in 3 or 4 formats.

I'm not going to bother taking on the column itself - Scalzi's commenters do a fine job, and I think I've done enough of the "LOOK HOW RIGHT I AM" posting to last a little while. Go read the post @ Whatever and enjoy. It's actually pretty fun reading, and gives good insight into the mind of a believer and the incompatibility with reality that's shown.

Here's an excerpt:

On the other hand, it seems that proper little theists are absolutely not supposed to describe their targets as “The Circle of Jerkdom”, much less “The Four Horsemen of the Bukkakelypse”.

I love that line. Go vox day, with your hilarious edginess! Reference group masturbation and the hilarious Japanese porn styling of bukake! That's gonna win us irrational and immoral atheists over!

(okay, I DID think it was funny. :))