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Recommended Readings for a Beginning Atheist
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RE: Recommended Readings for a Beginning Atheist
(March 17, 2014 at 2:51 pm)downbeatplumb Wrote:
(March 16, 2014 at 1:30 pm)OGirly Wrote: I was wondering, and I thought maybe others may be as well, if any of you could recommend some decent books on atheism/atheistic thought? I'm rather new to all of this, and I like to explore what others have to say on the subject. I'm familiar with some atheistic philosophers, and people like Richard Dawkins; but I'm looking for some others as well and thought you all may have some favourites you'd like to pass along/share.

I need to get my summer reading list together. I don't have money to take classes this summer semester (and after finally having to get into the meat and potatoes of my pre-med this semester I"m not sure if I'd want to anyway lol) so I need to fill my time with some sort of learning.

The bible.

How anyone can read that and think its fact i don't know.

By reaching a conclusion first, then looking for evidence to support it.
Poe's Law: "Without a winking smiley or other blatant display of humor, it is impossible to create a parody of Fundamentalism that SOMEONE won't mistake for the real thing."

10 Christ-like figures that predate Jesus. Link shortened to Chris ate Jesus for some reason...
http://listverse.com/2009/04/13/10-chris...ate-jesus/

Good video to watch, if you want to know how common the Jesus story really is.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=88GTUXvp-50

A list of biblical contradictions from the infallible word of Yahweh.
http://infidels.org/library/modern/jim_m...tions.html

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Recommended Readings for a Beginning Atheist - by OGirly - March 16, 2014 at 1:30 pm
RE: Recommended Readings for a Beginning Atheist - by Chad32 - March 17, 2014 at 3:06 pm

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