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From The Return of the Village Atheist, by Joel McDurmon (American Vision, 2007): "The character of the 'village atheist' reappears from time to time in history, usually after the latest scientific announcement or the latest natural disaster. His title is akin to that of 'village idiot'....The idea is that every village has its 'idiot' who was full of opinions and advice on every topic, would never shut up, and made little sense. No one took the guy seriously. "Like the village idiot, [the village atheist] knows everything, argues till he is blue in the face, never shuts up, and yet...

Lee Strobel has written a sequel to his book "The Case for Christ." The new book is "The Case for the Real Jesus." Fundamentalist atheists have been attacking Jesus with renewed vigor, but as usual their claims don't stand up to even simple investigation. This may be Strobel’s best book yet and he successfully refutes pseudoscholars like Bart Ehrman, conspiracy theorists like Michael Baigent and hacks like Dan Brown. Their arguments so poorly stand up to scrutiny it’s almost laughable. Check it out, it has my vote for Book of rhe Year: http://www.amazon.com/Case-Real-Jesus-Journalist-Investigates/dp/031024210X/