Richard Dawkins is writing ‘atheism for children’ and here’s our favourite feedback from parents

Non-god botherer Richard Dawkins has spotted a gap in the market for books definitely not about god. Kids.

My “Atheism for Children” book will be unflinching, not a storybook: children won’t beg parents to buy it for Xmas. Are there parents who’ll want to buy it for their children anyway? Do you anticipate a demand? Would you like to see a “children’s God Delusion” by me published?

— Richard Dawkins (@RichardDawkins) August 21, 2018

But before putting pen to paper he decided to ask parents if there really was demand for such a book, or if he had mistakenly assumed the existence of something for which there was no evidence whatsoever.

Here are our 7 favourite replies.

1.

https://twitter.com/MPAVictoria/status/1032266670092562432

2.

Aren't all of your books Atheism for Children https://t.co/SQTn2PBig7

— Jeremy McLellan (@JeremyMcLellan) August 22, 2018

3.

https://twitter.com/wrdcsc/status/1032267637257060352

4.

This tweet actually destroyed my atheism because I can feel my soul leaving my body when I read it https://t.co/BSrDJggUKe

— kivan (@KivanBay) August 22, 2018

5.

Honestly, I'm just going to read my kid The Hobbit if it's all the same to you. https://t.co/aEP4Zq2d6j

— Open Source Stupidity (OSSTU) Starfish (@IRHotTakes) August 22, 2018

6.

https://twitter.com/adamcw94/status/1032153283379572736

7.

If he doesn’t call it Spot The God he’s an idiot pic.twitter.com/nMCAIHlXKL

— Nadia Shireen (@NadiaShireen) August 22, 2018

And this one, only slightly off topic.

Richard, my ex-wife flushed my signed copy of The G D down the toilet and although that hasn’t stopped me from re-reading it multiple times your signature was smudged and completely ruined. Is there any way I could send it to you for another autograph please?

— Simon Hedges (@Orwell_Fan) August 22, 2018