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Best books debunking Christianity
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Best books debunking Christianity
November 26, 2017 at 5:41 am
Hi, what are some of the best books you know that debunk Christianity? I have started reading Jesus for the Non-Religious by John Shelby Spong and I have Misquoting Jesus and Forged by Bart Ehrman. What are some others you'd recommend? I'd also be grateful if anyone knows any free books on the topic (possibly older ones).
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RE: Best books debunking Christianity
November 26, 2017 at 5:56 am (This post was last modified: November 26, 2017 at 5:57 am by chorlton. Edit Reason: typo )
the bible

properly read it is the strongest argument against christianity
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RE: Best books debunking Christianity
November 26, 2017 at 5:57 am
Its a cliché but the best book that debunks Christianity is the bible.
Have you read it?
awful awful book.



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RE: Best books debunking Christianity
November 26, 2017 at 10:21 am
The Bible.

Hands down. #1 problem for Christianity.
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RE: Best books debunking Christianity
November 26, 2017 at 10:25 am
You're your best book against Christianity and other man-made religions.
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RE: Best books debunking Christianity
November 26, 2017 at 10:28 am
The God Delusion is pretty well known. I haven't actually read any books debunking christianity, but I did was Steve Shive's "An Atheist Reads" series. Where he reads christian books, and comments on them as an atheist.

And as has been mentioned before, reading the bible with an objective eye, and learning about the history surrounding the times it talks about, will give you a better picture of why the book was written in that way. There's a video linked in my sig where someone explains that the bible has more to do with astronomy than anything else.

There's information out there, and this is why christianity is declining in most developed countries. religion in general is declining in developed countries.
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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RE: Best books debunking Christianity
November 26, 2017 at 6:43 pm
Pretty good book is 50 Simple Questions for Every Christian by Guy Harrison. That guy also wrote other interesting books dealing similar subjects like 50 Popular Beliefs That People Think are True
teachings of the Bible are so muddled and self-contradictory that it was possible for Christians to happily burn heretics alive for five long centuries. It was even possible for the most venerated patriarchs of the Church, like St. Augustine and St. Thomas Aquinas, to conclude that heretics should be tortured (Augustine) or killed outright (Aquinas). Martin Luther and John Calvin advocated the wholesale murder of heretics, apostates, Jews, and witches. - Sam Harris, "Letter To A Christian Nation"
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RE: Best books debunking Christianity
November 26, 2017 at 7:29 pm
So, they look over Holy Scripture and work up this Salvation Flow Chart:

[Image: rcc-justification-flow.jpg]


Kinda looks like there's a bit of a PROBLEM in the Bible, don't it ?? Almost wonder why there's an Atheist Forums, LOL!
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RE: Best books debunking Christianity
November 26, 2017 at 7:41 pm
You could try this: http://skepticsannotatedbible.com/
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RE: Best books debunking Christianity
November 26, 2017 at 8:10 pm
(November 26, 2017 at 5:41 am)KiwiNFLFan Wrote: Hi, what are some of the best books you know that debunk Christianity? I have started reading Jesus for the Non-Religious by John Shelby Spong and I have Misquoting Jesus and Forged by Bart Ehrman. What are some others you'd recommend? I'd also be grateful if anyone knows any free books on the topic (possibly older ones).


Books and arguments for debunking xtianity matter a good deal less than whether your intended audience is open to hearing it debunked.  Probably not.  Try live and let live.  Doctor, debunk thyself.
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