Talk:Julia Sweeney

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[edit] Atheism

A HUGE part of Julia's life for the past 10 years or so has been her activities in the Atheist movement. She's written a book, toured with the act on stage, done extensive interviews, attended numerous Atheist conventions (The Amaz!ng Meeting, Atheists Alliance Int'l, American Atheists, Freedom From Religion Foundation, etc.). I would think there'd be an entire section devoted to that part of her life; instead, all we have is a weak little section about the "Letting Go of God" monologue? I think you Wikipedians need to stick with subjects you know something about. You clearly don't know Julia.

If you know so much about the subject then fix it. BE BOLD. Insulting "us Wikipedians" is counterproductive. — Sandtiger 00:40, 15 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Possible copyright infringement

Large sections of this entry are taken verbatim from the bio on Sweeney's official website.—65.88.178.10 18:54, 10 October 2005 (UTC)

I have tidied up this article, but I agree with the above, namely that the article is more or less taken straight from the official website. Should we delete it and start again?—Laurence Boyce 19:45, 20 February 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Anon

Maybe we should all take a deep breath and get over ourselves? The busybodies who spend all day on Wikipedia need to stop changing my entries. I'm just going to put them back like I wrote them. 24.5.219.77 08:49, 24 October 2006 (UTC)

Amen to that, all over Wikipedia!

[edit] Letting go of God

what about the movie of the same title coming out later this year, is there any information about this? --voodoom 04:27, 15 February 2007 (UTC)--

It's completed, but I don't think she has a release date yet. I attended a private screening in September and it was great! She can't release it until after Sundance Film Festival (they require all submissions to be pre-release). Not sure when that is or whether it's passed already. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.4.206.132 (talk) 01:47, 29 December 2007 (UTC)

[edit] her blog

her blog is here:

http://juliasweeney.blogspot.com/ --Family Guy Guy 17:30, 29 April 2007 (UTC)

What about this one:

http://www.blogger.com/profile/02459682985438227986 Badagnani 18:25, 6 May 2007 (UTC)

That second one is just her profile on Blogger.com. The first entry above is the URL to her blog. She doesn't use it much anymore, relying instead on her forum http://juliasweeney.eamped.com/

[edit] Missing dates and references

Missing authoritative references for dates for her cancer diagnosis and releases of It's Pat and Letting Go of God. Suggestions? --Hipgnostic 19:07, 19 August 2007 (UTC)

I have two suggestions. One of them is to read her books. The other is to write to her at julia@juliasweeney.com and ask her. She'll write back.

[edit] Accusation of embezzling

Can anyone provide a better cite for the embezzling bit, or verify that that cite is good enough for the claim to stand? — ciphergoth 11:56, 24 October 2007 (UTC)

I heard her talk about this on NPR, and asked her about it in person. She verfied that it happened, but it was not much money at all. Nothing more than skimming a bit off the top, like millions of waitresses do every day. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.4.206.132 (talk) 01:40, 29 December 2007 (UTC)