US Population that is Atheist/Agnostic: 14%
US Prison Population that is Atheist/Agnostic: 0.21%
Why not send Leslie that old copy of The God Delusion you've got lying around?
Thursday, November 6, 2008
Freethought Books for Prisoners
Leslie Zukor runs the Freethought Books Project, which has been "donating secular & freethinking literature to inmates, mental hospitals, and others in need since 2005". This is a terrific scheme, especially given the following statistics:
Why not send Leslie that old copy of The God Delusion you've got lying around?
Why not send Leslie that old copy of The God Delusion you've got lying around?
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I correspond with about a dozen of the prisoners who have received books from Leslie. They are extremely appreciative of the books she has sent them. They regard that reading material as a ray of light in a difficult place in which religion is often the only philosophical option available.
ReplyDeleteHemant Mehta recently published a letter from one of them on his Friendly Atheist blog.