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77 Favourite Atheist Books | michaelnugent.com
On Wednesday I asked on Twitter and Facebook about your favourite atheist-related books, and why. The God Delusion by Richard Dawkins was recommended as many times as the next three books combined. The Bible took second place, with its power to convince people of atheism edging it ahead of God is Not Great by Christopher Hitchens.
Study Examines Why Americans Switch Religious Affiliations - washingtonpost.com
At the same time, the large and growing number of people who report having no religious affiliation are surprisingly open to religion, researchers said. Unlike the popular perception that many have embraced secularism, a significant percentage appeared simply to have put their religiosity on pause -- having worshiped as part of at least one faith already, about three in 10 said they have just not yet found the right religion.
"We tend to think that when people leave [religion] they leave," said Stephen Prothero, chairman of the religion department at Boston University. "But a lot of these unaffiliated are unaffiliated for now. . . . It's not a one-way street. It's not like after you've left a religious affiliation, you can't get back in."
Meacham: The End of Christian America | Newsweek Religion | Newsweek.com
The percentage of self-identified Christians has fallen 10 points in the past two decades. How that statistic explains who we are now—and what, as a nation, we are about to become.
Thomas Jefferson, Letter to Peter Carr, 1787
Do not be frightened from this inquiry by any fear of its consequences. If it ends in a belief that there is no God, you will find incitements to virtue in the comfort and pleasantness you feel in its exercise, and the love of others which it will procure you.
YouTube - Irreligion & Scandinavian Society- Phil Zuckerman Part1 of 2
"Society Without God: What the Least Religious Nations Can Tell Us About Contentment"
Freethought radio interview with Phil Zuckerman on his new book that looks into the secular scandinavian countries.
Daylight Atheism > Regulate Psychics? Hell, Yes!
Via Reuters, a story out of the U.K. that made me very happy indeed: British "psychics" are protesting a new consumer-protection law which they fear will require them to offer actual proof of their alleged powers.
The law currently in force in this area is the Fraudulent Mediums Act of 1951, which does in fact make it illegal to fraudulently claim to possess psychic or clairvoyant powers.
'Darwin shouldn't be hijacked by New Atheists - he is an ethical inspiration' by Madeleine Bunting, Guardian - RichardDawkins.net
Atheism, in Darwin's view, was all well and good for the intelligentsia, but ordinary people were not yet "ripe" for atheism. So he called himself an agnostic, largely for diplomatic reasons..
In any case, what Darwin chose to call himself, as a pillar of his local parish in the nineteenth century, is of less interest than the cogency of the arguments themselves. Before Darwin came along, it was pretty difficult to be an atheist, at least to be an atheist free of nagging doubts. Darwin triumphantly made it EASY to be an intellectually fulfilled and satisfied atheist. That doesn't mean that understanding Darwin drives you inevitably to atheism. But it certainly constitutes a giant step in that direction.
'We need to stop being such cowards about Islam' by Johann Hari, The Independent - RichardDawkins.net
Some people will instantly ask: why bother criticising religion if it causes so much hassle? The answer is: look back at our history. How did Christianity lose its ability to terrorise people with phantasms of sin and Hell? How did it stop spreading shame
'Red hot enlightenment led me to believe in one fewer god' by The Age - RichardDawkins.net
I don't care what people believe in, but I do care that religion impacts on political discourse, public policy and that it stunts the ability of people to think for themselves and question. And that it kills people and causes suffering. But most of all I
In God's name - National - smh.com.au
Church and state need to get out of each other's pockets, and give secularism a fair go, argues Keith Austin.
Jefferson Bible reveals Founding Father's view of God, faith - Los Angeles Times
He compiled the four Gospels into one text without miracles, ending with Jesus' burial rather than the resurrection.
In God's name - National - smh.com.au
Church and state need to get out of each other's pockets, and give secularism a fair go, argues Keith Austin.
I Can Has Happy: Top 50 Atheism Quotes
But he loves you. He loves you. He loves you and he needs money.
Religion a figment of human imagination - being-human - 28 April 2008 - New Scientist
Humans alone practice religion because they're the only creatures to have evolved imagination... Bloch challenges the popular notion that religion evolved and spread because it promoted social bonding...
'A New Pope' by AdamBuxton - RichardDawkins.net
Hackers have replaced the Irish Catholic page with a cute video and a link to the Irish Atheists page.
www.kansascity.com | 02/22/2008 | MIDWEST VOICES: Let us bow our heads in thanks for atheists
Nonbelievers know a lot about Christianity and Judaism, most having been raised in religious families. Believers, however, are somewhat less clued-in about atheists. Here are a few simple truths about who they are, and aren’t.
101 Atheist Quotes | The Atheist Blogger
The following 101 quotes are some that I have stumbled upon on the web, or seen in books / popular culture. Each quote was either written by an atheist, or is about atheism in general.
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