撇开可以大力反驳无神论的事实不谈（二十世纪无神论极权主义份子的暴行至今还让人记忆犹新 ） ， 单说攻击字面解读宗教典籍者意味着他们否定科学和推理。
Leave aside the fact that you can make an even stronger case against Godlessness – remember the atrocities of atheist totalitarians in the twentieth century – and consider the assault on those whose commitment to literal interpretations of religious texts means that they deny science and reason.