I agree with Karla, the book was a bit much.  I picked the book up because of my own sensitivities to the subject, and was hoping to see some “agreement” and “explanation” from someone else, which I did.  I got the feeling that Sam was trying to get something off his chest here.  A short read, can't say that I highly recommend it.  There is some depth of discussion that I feel is missing here, trying to work with folks where they are would be more to my preference.  There are some fine Christian teachings/principals that I think could be explored more sensitively.

When I purchased this book I already had an idea of what it’s message was going to be. I mean it’s pretty obvious the author’s feeling towards Christian right-wingers from what’s printed on the inside jacket. But the thing I liked about Letters to a Christian Nation was the author’s use of empirical and scientific evidence to back up his beef with God.

Half-way into the book, however, was a little to much of a poster-add for athieism than I had expected. The author’s views on the world are quite clear but just as Christians like to believe that their philosophy is always right, as does the author at time.