"God is dead! Can I have his stuff?"

Zac Alstin reviews Alain de Botton's "Religion for Atheists."

I listened to Justin Brierley's conversation with Bottin on Unbelievable. As with all of Brierley's shows, it's well worth listening to.

The best that can be said about Botton's "pitch" is that he testifies to the human need for the numinous, even when that need is found in a person who is crippled by upbringing from being able to fully appreciate the numinous, kind of like a blind person who wants to experience the beauty of Van Gogh's "Starry Night" but can't.

The worst is that Botton likes pretty things to fill up his day.