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Book Recommendations
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RE: Book Recommendations
(July 18, 2020 at 1:07 pm)Gnomey Wrote:
(July 18, 2020 at 11:57 am)Porcupine Wrote: What would qualify as an atheist book, for you? A book specifically arguing for atheism or just any book by an atheist? Or something else?
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I think the vagueness of what I mean by "atheist book" is intentional - I want to leave it pretty open to see what comes up.

Mostly, I think I mean any book that contains atheist or anti-theist ideas and arguments. You could argue that any scientific book falls under this category, I suppose - and books like Sapiens and Homo Deus have certainly strengthened my atheist outlook. While I think I'm looking for books that focus more on religious or anti-religous concepts, I love reading and learning so many different things that I don't want to close the door on any book that might present a new and interesting perspective.

Do with that as you will! 😊

(July 18, 2020 at 12:15 pm)BrianSoddingBoru4 Wrote: The Bible. And I think it’s weird that you sign your posts. You should stop immediately.

Boru

As someone who's already wasted far too much time in her life reading that monstrosity of contradictions and crimes against humanity, I think it's safe and appropriate for me to say "fuck that shit!"

As for post-signing - 🙂

Fair enough. 

It’s a bit of heavy going, but might try Hume’s A Treatise On Human Nature (assuming you haven’t done so already).  It isn’t so much pro-atheism as it is a secular exploration as to why we behave the way we do. For example, he was one of the first enlightenment scholars to reject the idea of a distinct soul as an animating, driving force for such things as moral behaviour and a sense of ‘self’, arguing instead that individuals are the sum total of their experiences.

Boru
‘I can’t be having with this.’ - Esmeralda Weatherwax
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Messages In This Thread
Book Recommendations - by Gnomey - July 18, 2020 at 11:55 am
RE: Book Recommendations - by Porcupine - July 18, 2020 at 11:57 am
RE: Book Recommendations - by Gnomey - July 18, 2020 at 1:07 pm
RE: Book Recommendations - by BrianSoddingBoru4 - July 18, 2020 at 3:49 pm
RE: Book Recommendations - by Gnomey - July 18, 2020 at 3:52 pm
RE: Book Recommendations - by Porcupine - July 18, 2020 at 3:54 pm
RE: Book Recommendations - by BrianSoddingBoru4 - July 18, 2020 at 12:15 pm
RE: Book Recommendations - by Porcupine - July 18, 2020 at 12:34 pm
RE: Book Recommendations - by BrianSoddingBoru4 - July 18, 2020 at 12:55 pm
RE: Book Recommendations - by Porcupine - July 18, 2020 at 12:58 pm
RE: Book Recommendations - by BrianSoddingBoru4 - July 18, 2020 at 1:00 pm
RE: Book Recommendations - by Porcupine - July 18, 2020 at 1:01 pm
RE: Book Recommendations - by brewer - July 18, 2020 at 3:22 pm
RE: Book Recommendations - by downbeatplumb - July 19, 2020 at 4:40 am
RE: Book Recommendations - by Little lunch - July 19, 2020 at 7:09 am
RE: Book Recommendations - by Fake Messiah - July 19, 2020 at 8:19 am
RE: Book Recommendations - by Simon Moon - July 19, 2020 at 2:01 pm
RE: Book Recommendations - by Pat Mustard - July 19, 2020 at 3:33 pm
RE: Book Recommendations - by Gnomey - July 19, 2020 at 5:22 pm
RE: Book Recommendations - by BrianSoddingBoru4 - July 19, 2020 at 5:26 pm
RE: Book Recommendations - by Brian37 - July 19, 2020 at 5:32 pm
RE: Book Recommendations - by Belacqua - July 19, 2020 at 8:14 pm
RE: Book Recommendations - by Simon Moon - July 20, 2020 at 4:44 pm
RE: Book Recommendations - by Belacqua - July 20, 2020 at 7:26 pm
RE: Book Recommendations - by Rhizomorph13 - July 19, 2020 at 9:21 pm
RE: Book Recommendations - by Grandizer - July 20, 2020 at 8:05 pm
RE: Book Recommendations - by Belacqua - July 20, 2020 at 9:36 pm
RE: Book Recommendations - by Grandizer - July 21, 2020 at 4:50 pm
RE: Book Recommendations - by Belacqua - July 22, 2020 at 8:23 am
RE: Book Recommendations - by Fake Messiah - July 22, 2020 at 8:29 am
RE: Book Recommendations - by Rhizomorph13 - July 21, 2020 at 5:35 pm
RE: Book Recommendations - by Rahn127 - July 22, 2020 at 3:16 am
RE: Book Recommendations - by Porcupine - July 22, 2020 at 8:43 am
RE: Book Recommendations - by Fake Messiah - July 22, 2020 at 9:05 am
RE: Book Recommendations - by Porcupine - July 22, 2020 at 12:43 pm
RE: Book Recommendations - by Fake Messiah - July 22, 2020 at 2:45 pm
RE: Book Recommendations - by Porcupine - July 22, 2020 at 3:57 pm
RE: Book Recommendations - by Fake Messiah - July 22, 2020 at 4:30 pm
RE: Book Recommendations - by Porcupine - July 22, 2020 at 5:01 pm
RE: Book Recommendations - by Fake Messiah - July 22, 2020 at 11:24 pm
RE: Book Recommendations - by Gnomey - July 22, 2020 at 10:53 am

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