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

— woke space jeremy (@JeremyMcLellan) August 22, 2018

3.

Could really transform children's lit forever: "Li'l Sisyphus: The Engine That Never Quite Could;" "Truly Grim Fairy Tales;" "The Ever Ending Story: Death;" and my personal favourite "Good Night, Supermassive Black Hole." https://t.co/aLsalf1v44

— William Dailey, CSC (@wrdcsc) August 22, 2018

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 (@KivaBay) 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

— Starfish Who Thinks He Can "Be A Real Writer" (@IRHotTakes) August 22, 2018

6.

Hey diddle diddle
The cat and the fiddle
The cow did NOT jump over the moon. The moon is 238,900 miles away, 250,000,000 times further away than a normal cow's average leap. Even an extraordinarily strong cow couldn't get close to exit velocity. You idiot, you complete cretin. https://t.co/2k7dmn3BDp

— Adam (@adamcw94) August 22, 2018

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