Atheism is often portrayed in America's very religious culture as a whiny, nitpicky, unpatriotic opponent. Hemant Mehta (friendlyatheist.com) offered that for every $10 bid on himself, he would attend church for one day, and wrote a book about his experience. What he did is quite diplomatic, and brings atheism into the spotlight when other news pundits think atheists should sit down and shut up. picked by VooDooPeacock 3 years ago