Examples of Ridicule
Recently I've defended the use of ridicule. Good ridicule must be based on some truth, otherwise it wouldn't be funny. It must also bring home an important point. Some of it is gentle humor while some of it is quite mean-spirited. Some people focus on ridicule while others focus on elaborately reasoned arguments. If you think ridicule is unbecoming of an atheist, or anyone for that matter, then you cannot like the comedy style of Stephen Colbert, Jon Stewart, Bill Maher, or even Jay Leno or David Letterman. Look at the following good examples and then try to honestly tell me ridicule has no place in our cultural wars. [Click on the tag "Ridicule" below for more on this topic.]
Of it I wrote, "Okay, so you've become an atheist. Now what? Read this book. That's my recommendation. It will help you build a new foundation for thinking and living a good life without God." There are plenty of other blurbs. Even if you've been an atheist for awhile it will encourage and enlighten you.
His excellent book is 
I encourage everyone, both believers and non-believers, to get it and read it. I wrote a blurb for it along with several others. I said: "If this book doesn't convince readers of the necessity for a secular public square, as opposed to a sacred public square, then nothing can. Important and exceptionally argued!" I meant this. Get his book. Pass the word around. There's nothing quite like it on the market today by an important thinker and leader in the secular community.
It's published by Dr. James T. Jenkins, professor at Pittsburgh University, where he chairs the Scientific Advisory Council and serves as a reviewer on more than ten international journals. 