One time I pulled a Bible from a shelf in the library. Inside the front cover, someone had stamped a disclaimer from an Atheists Society of some sort. I wish I could recall the exact wording (perhaps I should head to the local library), but it was a WARNING! about the dangers of the Bible to thinking people. The same imprint appeared in all the Bibles in that library.
Personally, I find it's the non-thinking people who use the Bible that cause more problems, but that's just my observation.
Christian Century reported an item from a publication or news service called Third Way in which a person whose parents were atheists finds validity in Christian teachings and ethics. While he claims he could not become a person of faith, he made sure his own children had a Christian education.
Niall Ferguson, the atheist in question, said, "If I had to choose an ethical system to make generally available, I would choose the teachings of Christ. There's no superior atheistic alternative if you want to make a society behave well."
Again, while we must acknowledge that many, many Bible-reading/believing Christians don't behave so well, I find it interesting that an atheist would refer to Jesus as "Christ."
Hmmm. Is it perhaps an unconscious confession of faith?
