Representations of Atheism

[KichigaiNeko]

All I'm saying is that I need more than satire for what I plan on doing. Maybe more from a humanistic point of view as well.

Can't get more Humanistic than Pratchett

Am I making any sense? =/

Ummm not really. Unless by Humanistic you are looking for the 'warm and fuzzy', apologetic and politically correct type of literature. In which case I wish you luck. Try the Christian Book stores.

Basically I want to know if anyone knows any literature that could be useful other than Pratchett? ;P

Fair nuf ...I think that Carl Sagan 'Contact' (kudos ZB). Perhaps you should look to Science Fiction for some of your "inspiration"; Raymond Feist has a series of three "Magician" "Silver Thorn" & "Darkness At Sethanon" that explores religion and the human reaction to it and of course involves a whole lot more.

I am also thinking that Sci-Fi is probably your best bet for the subject material you seem to be looking for as I am not certain a serious fiction writer would be published that espouses Atheism (and it's development) as a central tenet to a story. Also there is Gene Rodenberry's "Star Trek" major influence there and has been supported by NASA developments in exploration.

As I have intimated before...atheism finds YOU, it is not something that people wake up one morning with singing Hallelujah!! Atheism is the realisation that ...
'There is no Justice...there is just you'
'There is no Mercy...unless you give it to yourself (and others by extension)'
'It's ALL just a mind fuck.....but hey it's a pretty good ride so far'
'Equality means ...the other bastard gets more than you'
'Communism means...the other bastard gets more than you and there is a whole party machine to make sure that happens'
'Science is the only thing that makes any sense...and at least doesn't pretend to know ALL the answers to questions you haven't thought of yet'
'Certainly won't go around "Blaming some imaginary deity" for the worlds woes (Inconvenient Truth- turned around)'
and finally
'DEMANDS evidence for any given statement'

Hoping this is of assistance
kiora