Research Catalog

Title

God, no! : signs you may already be an atheist and other magical tales / Penn Jillette.

Author

Jillette, Penn.

Publication

New York : Simon & Schuster, 2011.

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Holdings

Details

Description

xix, 231 p.; 25 cm.

Summary

The outspoken half of magic duo Penn & Teller presents an atheist reinterpretation of the Ten Commandments, discussing why doubt, skepticism, and wonder should be celebrated and offering humorous stories from his own experiences.

Subject

• Religion > Humor
• Atheism > Humor
• American wit and humor

Genre/Form

• humor.
• Humor
• Humour.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

The Bible's first commandment. Siegfried, Roy, Montecore, Penn, and leather pants ; What's the G on the joint? ; King of the ex-Jews -- The Bible's second commandment. Pastor Shirley, my mom and dad, lesbians, and Jesus Christ ; Auto-tune, tattoos, and big fake tits -- The Bible's third commandment. Preach to me and pray for me--please! ; You are the model? ; Agnostics : no one can know for sure but I believe they're full of shit -- The Bible's fourth commandment. Learning to fly, strip, and vomit on a 727 ; Supreme Court Justice Ron Jeremy ; I also couldn't get laid in a women's prison with a fistful of pardons ; Scuba fucking -- The Bible's fifth commandment. Sister ; Passing down the joy of not collecting stamps ; Up your Santa Claus Lane -- The Bible's sixth commandment. Why I'm a Libertarian nut instead of just a nut ; The three dogmas that hurt Americans most ; Jamie Gillis : April 20, 1943--February 19, 2010 ; Penn's bacon and a kiss airlines -- The Bible's seventh commandment. Pitching bullshit while in mourning -- The Bible's eighth commandment. Maybe that thief Kreskin will sue me this time ; Nixon the aristocrat -- The Bible's ninth commandment. In America, noblesse oblige isn't just for noblemen ; Would this seem crazy if you read it in a book? ; It's not the heat, it's the stupidity -- The Bible's tenth commandment. You could be Bruce Springsteen ; "Things like this don't happen to normal people" ; The greatest story ever told ; Hello dere -- Afterword. Atheism is the only real hope against terrorism : there is no god (but Allah).

ISBN

• 9781451610369 (alk. paper)
• 145161036X (alk. paper)

LCCN

^^2010043439

OCLC

630474899

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library