Send a photo of yourself (or a member of your family) holding Faith versus Fact in the most incongruous place or situation you can think of. Be creative.
I’ll give people a whole month to think of cool photos. Deadline: August 20, 2015; one entry per person. NO PHOTOSHOPPING. If you have the book on Kindle, you can still find a way.
The winner will get a hardback of the book (first edition, first printing) autographed by me, made out to whomever you want, and with a cat of your choice drawn in it. Of course you’ll already have procured a copy of the book to take the photo, so if you wish I’ll substitute a paperback copy of WEIT (I have no more hardbacks).
Did not want to stand in front of a church, although there are plenty of them around. Instead we’ll do something different and get a field of the green stuff to show what sunshine, water and science can accomplish with no help from any invisible sources. As we read about the incompatibility between religion and science there may be one thing in common with faith and the hybrid crop in the background. They are both the result of human action.
Reader Leon Krier had a clever idea:
The caption for this photo is: “B.B.Q. Publishing Hut announces the 2016 release of the controversial photo illustrated book … “F v F.”I had fun… hope it’s fun for you and others.
Reader Elise Donovan sent three pictures. Only one, the first below, is an official entry, but I’ll show one more for grins. Her notes:
As I have now moved to Oklahoma City for my second post-doc I thought the ten commandments monument at the Oklahoma State Capitol building fit the bill for this. It was a bit hard to get myself with the book open and the full “ten commandments” heading into the picture (taking it of myself so not much room to work with) so I have one holding the book, one reading the book, and then one of the back side of the monument as the top of it looks like a butt!
The butt!:
Curiously, just as I was writing this, reader Ken Eliott sent a photo taken in front of the very same monument!
I apologize for the lack of quality of this photo. I hope it’s subject matter makes up for it. I was alone, it’s almost high noon, and I do not own a selfie stick, nor do I own a print copy of “Faith vs Fact”. But, here I am in front of the infamous Ten Commandments monument on the north side of the Oklahoma State Capitol building holding my iPad while it displays the audible version of your magnificent book. Despite the State Supreme Court ruling to have it removed it still stands, and if I were to guess, it will be standing for quite some time.
I have the audible version so that I can listen to it while spending time in my car. It’s the most truly productive part of my day.
Remember, there’s lots of time to submit entries: as noted in the original post, the deadline is August 20, and the rules are at the link.
Elise did a much better job of taking a selfie in front of the Ten Commandments.
I suspect she has a selfie stick.
No selfie stick, just several tries and angles =).
Fashion lesson from Randy – matching trousers and tractor. It just works! 🙂
Pure accident, I’m sure, as there is no fashion sense around here.
Really, that’s quite the artistically satisfying shot!
And that has to be the cleanest tractor this side of a dealership.
Things always look cleaner in a photo. Actually this little tractor is about 15 years old but mostly just a mowing tractor.
Yes – we all know you have a different coloured tractor for each day of the week! 😉
Why, in spite of the courts ruling, is that monument still standing in front of the Okla. state house.
Has the FFRF addressed this?
Anyone with information on this issue?
It looks like it will stay for a while according to this, despite the Oklahoma supreme court ruling that it must go.
of 30 June 2015, news from FFRF:
http://www.ffrf.org/news/news-releases/item/23185-ffrf-celebrates-okla-decision-downing-decalog so’s I guess — cuz these two Folks o’ Reason could … now … take their own pix in front of it — this – here structure dudn’t come on down nearly as swiftly as, say according to them Wholly Babble verses, a couple o’ criss – crossed planks, torture machine – style, lovingly set up there upon a Golgotha hilltop, huh ?
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They already beat this thing to death down in Alabama with the same thing at the state courthouse back around 2003. The Alabama State Supreme Court justice (crazy Roy) lost his job over the deal.
It was found to be in violation of the 1st Amendment, Establishment Clause. Why Oklahoma is giving it a shot, who knows. Funny note, I believe they are making one argument the same as in Alabama – the 10 commandments are the basis of our laws.
Hallelujah and on to ignorance.
My wife and I both had the same reaction: What a butt-ugly monument. And we are not talking about the back-side; we mean that pathetic eagle and flag and all-seeing eye. Did they hire a third-grader to do them? On a scale of 0 to 10.0, being generous, I’d give about an 0.2 for artistic merit.
Leon, that’s hilarious! You put a lot of thought & effort into it.
Thanks, Diane! As mentioned, it was a lot of fun, took a couple of days of developing various drafts and getting the photo shoot done properly… just wish the “Food vs Fact” cover was in sharper focus. I even got some friends as well as my wife involved who follow Jerry’s website.
Ooh, think of the thank-you speech you can give! 😀
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