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Sometimes, I can be pleasantly surprised in this town.  It doesn’t happen often, but it did today.  I decided after dropping my laundry off to head on over to Borders, and see what books by Richard Dawkins, Sam Harris or Christopher Hitchens were there.

Now at Borders, the Atheism books at smack dab between Christian Fiction, and Judaism.  So as you can imagine, it can be slightly uncomfortable, because you’re there looking for books that deny God in the middle of God central.  I noticed one gal who was nearby also in the section, but didn’t happen to see what she was reading.  I figured that in typical fashion it was a God person picking up Left Behind or some other such typical thing.  I saw Christopher Hitchens book “The Portable Atheist” down at the bottom of the shelf, so I kneel down and am taking a look at it.

As I’m checking it out, this lady walks up from behind me, excuses herself and puts that exact same book back on the shelf, points out “God Is Not Great” (also by Hitchens), and says “that’s a great book” and heads out.

Always a pleasant surprise to find another critical thinker where you least expect it.