Jerry Coyne Is Admirably Tryng to Deal With Christianity  I find
Dr. Coyne to be a refreshing alternative to Richard Dawkins and
PZ Myers. They're all scientists but Coyne is actually trying to
understand Christian theology and reach out across this great
divide of ours. Victor Stenger and Michael Shermer do likewise.
We need more scientists like them. Stenger and Shermer have both
recommended my works. Now Coyne does too. He wrote: I want to
give two thumbs up to John Loftus’s book, Why I Became an
Atheist. Despite its title, it’s far more than the story of
Loftus’s journey from Christian minister to outspoken atheist.
It’s really a thoughtful and well-documented dissection of
religious arguments and theological claims. And there are two
nice chapters on the “problem of suffering,” in which Loftus
takes on and destroys the pathetic arguments offered by the
faithful for why a good and powerful God allows gratuitous
suffering. Link