Pay Dirt: A Heretic's Guide to Eternity

From the Foreward to A Heretic's Guide to Eternity:

"Someone recently sent me one of those clever top-ten lists that you always see floating around the Internet. It was entitled, "Top Ten Reasons Beer is Better than Religion." My favorite five out of the top ten are:

1. No one will kill you for not drinking Beer.
2. Beer has never caused a major war.
3. Nobody's ever been burned at the stake, hanged or tortured over his brand of Beer.
4. You don't have to wait 2000+ years for a second Beer.
5. There are laws saying Beer labels can't lie to you.

Now I'm not advertising beer, but I am advertising that we who have a sincere faith in God realize that there are a number of downsides to religion...some of which are implied by the humorous beer list. There's a grim historical track record of religious inebriation that, like drunk driving, has taken or ruined too many lives already."