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Book Recommendations
July 18, 2020 at 11:55 am
Hey folks - hit me with all your favourite atheist books! Here's some I've read or are on my list already:
Mom, Dad, I'm am Atheist by David G McAfee
Godless by Dan Barker
God is not Great by Christopher Hitchens
The God Delusion by Richard Dawkins
The Happy Atheist by PZ Myers
Not exactly an atheist book, but God dies or is the bad guy or something (and my parents didn't want me reading it as a kid) so I wanna read The Golden Compass. And subsequent books.
What else you all got?
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RE: Book Recommendations
July 18, 2020 at 11:57 am
(This post was last modified: July 18, 2020 at 12:08 pm by Porcupine.)
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?
EDIT: Taking a stab in the dark, if The Golden Compass qualifies then I should think that 'The Good Book: A Humanist Bible' by A.C.Grayling qualifies. If that counts as an atheist book but just any book by an atheist doesn't ... then I should say that 'The Good Book' by A.C.Grayling is my favorite 'atheist book'. I think you would like it.
EDIT 2: In some places it's named 'The Good Book: A Secular Bible' instead.
EDIT 3: You can also watch some YouTube lectures about the book by the author himself on YouTube ... I'd post the videos but posting the videos counts as posting links and I can't post links yet.
EDIT 4: Oh, he also wrote a book against the existence of God called 'The God Argument: The Case Against Religion and for Humanism' but I haven't read that one. But I forgot about that one and I'll order it right now, on Amazon, actually.
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RE: Book Recommendations
July 18, 2020 at 12:15 pm
(July 18, 2020 at 11:55 am)Gnomey Wrote: Hey folks - hit me with all your favourite atheist books! Here's some I've read or are on my list already:
Mom, Dad, I'm am Atheist by David G McAfee
Godless by Dan Barker
God is not Great by Christopher Hitchens
The God Delusion by Richard Dawkins
The Happy Atheist by PZ Myers
Not exactly an atheist book, but God dies or is the bad guy or something (and my parents didn't want me reading it as a kid) so I wanna read The Golden Compass. And subsequent books.
What else you all got?
- Gnomey
The Bible. And I think it’s weird that you sign your posts. You should stop immediately.
Boru
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RE: Book Recommendations
July 18, 2020 at 12:34 pm
(July 18, 2020 at 12:15 pm)BrianSoddingBoru4 Wrote: (July 18, 2020 at 11:55 am)Gnomey Wrote: Hey folks - hit me with all your favourite atheist books! Here's some I've read or are on my list already:
Mom, Dad, I'm am Atheist by David G McAfee
Godless by Dan Barker
God is not Great by Christopher Hitchens
The God Delusion by Richard Dawkins
The Happy Atheist by PZ Myers
Not exactly an atheist book, but God dies or is the bad guy or something (and my parents didn't want me reading it as a kid) so I wanna read The Golden Compass. And subsequent books.
What else you all got?
- Gnomey
The Bible. And I think it’s weird that you sign your posts. You should stop immediately.
Boru
It's always wrong and redundant to sign-off when one need not do so.
Signed,
The person who wrote this.
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RE: Book Recommendations
July 18, 2020 at 12:55 pm
(July 18, 2020 at 12:34 pm)Porcupine Wrote: (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
It's always wrong and redundant to sign-off when one need not do so.
Signed,
The person who wrote this.
If your going to steal my jokes, have the good grace to wait at least a few posts before doing so.
Boru
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RE: Book Recommendations
July 18, 2020 at 12:58 pm
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(July 18, 2020 at 12:55 pm)BrianSoddingBoru4 Wrote: (July 18, 2020 at 12:34 pm)Porcupine Wrote: It's always wrong and redundant to sign-off when one need not do so.
Signed,
The person who wrote this.
If your going to steal my jokes, have the good grace to wait at least a few posts before doing so.
Boru
Apologies. How long ago was it when you first met the person who you, yourself, initially stole the joke from?
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RE: Book Recommendations
July 18, 2020 at 1:00 pm
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(July 18, 2020 at 12:58 pm)Porcupine Wrote: (July 18, 2020 at 12:55 pm)BrianSoddingBoru4 Wrote: If your going to steal my jokes, have the good grace to wait at least a few posts before doing so.
Boru
Apologies. How long ago was it when you first met the person who you, yourself, initially stole the joke from?
"An original idea. That can't be too hard. The library must be full of them." - Stephen fry
I don’t generally steal jokes like the one above (although I happily admit to the theft of story-type jokes).
What I did in this thread was spontaneous and is called ‘wit’.
Boru
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RE: Book Recommendations
July 18, 2020 at 1:01 pm
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(July 18, 2020 at 1:00 pm)BrianSoddingBoru4 Wrote: What I did in this thread was spontaneous and is called ‘wit’.
"What I did in this thread was spontaneous and is called ‘wit’." - inspired from a joke uttered by Rowan Atkinson as Blackadder
No verbatim theft, plus you waited a long while!
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RE: Book Recommendations
July 18, 2020 at 1:07 pm
(This post was last modified: July 18, 2020 at 1:15 pm by Gnomey.)
(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?
(...)
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 - 🙂
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RE: Book Recommendations
July 18, 2020 at 3:22 pm
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Sorry, I've never read any "Atheist" books. Had lots of people tell me about them, that's enough.
I do like the Skeptics Annotated Bible when interacting with a theist and there is a bible quote/reference I'm not sure of.
https://www.skepticsannotatedbible.com/
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