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or Atheist thoughts, included are Jefferson's Bible, and Mein Kampf
by Adolph Hitler. There are Theist books, Atheist books, and a
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Meaning
- The Secret of Being Alive
- by Cliff Havener
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Cliff
Havener has written quite a book! It is under two hundred pages
with really nice print; contains illustrations both graphic
and literal and REALLY speaks to us about MEANING. Purpose,
essence, understanding, reason and other conceptual frames serve
us in our quest for meaning....
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Escape from Freedom
- by Erich Fromm
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-Fromm's
main achievement consisted in emphasizing the Weberian view
of religion in providing capitalism with its major impetus.
His analysis of Calvinism and Protestantism is certainly worth
considering especially if juxtaposed against other belief systems
that stemmed the tide of capitalism in its earliest stages in
China and 18th and 19th century Japan. |
Losing
Faith in Faith -
Dan Barker
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Editorial
Reviews
Atheists United, November 1993
"Few other books offer such an insightful and conclusive
indictment of religion . . . immensely readable and intellectually
stimulating."
Norm
Allen, Atheists of Florida, May 1993
"An
excellent, entertaining and highly readable book which can
be used to easily demolish the 'strongest' arguments of unreasoning
Christians . . . a remarkable debating aid."
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The
Born Again Skeptics Guide to the Bible - Ruth
Hurmence Green
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-Ruth
Green has done a masterful job of dissecting piece by piece
every story and line of the Bible.
-What makes the
Born Again Skeptics Guide entertaining is Ruth's healthy dose
of humor on almost every page. These comments are intended
to show the absurdity of the Bible while maintaining the reader's
interest.
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The
Encyclopedia of Biblical Errancy - C.
Dennis McKinsey
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Synopsis
This important
new volume is the most comprehensive critique of the Bible ever
written. McKinsey strives to tell both the good and bad of biblical
writings with this thoroughly-researched expose of the Bible's
errors, contradictions, and fallacies. McKinsey believes that
it is important that the Bible's inadequacies and negative teachings
be exposed. |
The
Case Against Christianity - Michael Martin
Dr. Michael Martin, Professor
of Philosophy at Boston University, provides readers with a compelling
case against the Christian faith. This piece of work is considered by
many (scholars and lay) to be the most devastating and compelling attack
on Christianity ever written. Professor Martin is an Ivy League-trained
philosopher (Harvard), and along with Anthony Flew and Kai Nielsen,
is one of the most prolific atheist scholars in academia today.
The
Myth of the Resurrection and Other... -
Joseph McCabe
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Synopsis
One of the most
important rationalists of his era takes readers through the ancient
world to show how Christianity appropriated the ceremonies and
myths of paganism to elaborate the Resurrection story. McCabe
cogently demonstrates that the Jesus of the gospels is not historical
but a curious amalgam constructed after his death, and the gospels
themselves are unreliable as biographies. |
Best
of Robert Ingersoll : Selections... -
Roger Greeley
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-A
"Must Read" if you consider yourself a free thinker
-Everyone should
have the chance to enjoy this collection that Roger Greeley
has put together, and escape the world of fear and bigotry
that religion attempts to pass off as love.
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American
Infidel: Robert G. Ingersoll -Orvin
Larson
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-Rediscover
Robert Green Ingersoll. Celebrated orator of 19th century America,
lawyer, Civil War officer, personal friend of three U.S. presidents,
the individual most responsible for the flowering of freethought
in the United States. "Freedom was what he preached; he
wanted the shackles off everywhere, he wanted men to think boldly
about all things; he demanded intellectual and moral courage.
He wanted men to follow wherever truth might lead them. He was
a rare, bold, heroic figure." |
The
Philosophy of Humanism -Corliss
Lamont
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-Released
by Humanist Press in its degenerized eighth edition, this powerful
book is the definitive study of the history and growth of the
humanist movement in North America. Renowned philosopher and
activist Corliss Lamont offers a vigorous argument for humanism
and provides an affirmative, intelligent guidebook for shaping
a better life in today's complex world. |
Atheism
: The Case Against God George H. Smith
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-Smith's
book is a must read for anyone interested in atheism. It covers
all the major atheist arguments in a clear and accessible manner.
There is nothing essentially 'new' in it, but it's about the
best collection of arguments for atheism about.
- He thoroughly
demolished any argument you could have to believe in God.
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What
Is Atheism? : A Short Introduction
- Douglas E. Krueger
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Synopsis
Many questions
and concerns arise when believers question the purpose and meaning
they suspect is lacking in the lives of nonbelievers. Douglas
Krueger contends that atheism is a powerful alternative to religion,
yet it is also one of the most misunderstood because people harbor
preconceived ideas about atheism. This concise introduction to
subject has been designed with the general audience in mind. |
Atheist
Debater's Handbook - B.
C. Johnson
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-Chapter
XIV alone is worth the price of the book. "God and Jesus"
will hit you like a hammer.
-For the more philosophically
unsophisticated, which is most everyone, this is an excellent
way to get to the heart of the main objections to the traditional
belief in the Judeo-Xian God.
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Atheism
: A Philosophical Justification - Michael
Martin
Synopsis
"Thousands of
philosophers--from the ancient Greeks to modern thinkers--have defended
atheism, but none more comprehensively than Martin. . . . Atheists should
read it to bolster their creed, and theists should read it to test their
faith against the deadly force of Martin's attack."--Martin Gardner,
The Humanist.
Why
I Am an Agnostic and Other Essays...
- Clarence
Darrow
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The
renowned lawyer Clarence Darrow (1857-1938) was also an impassioned
defender of intellectual freedom, individual liberties, and social
injustice. In these wide-ranging essays, Darrow attacks beliefs
in the inerrancy of the Bible, the immortality of the soul, miracles,
and heaven as being completely at odds with human experience and
science. |
2000
Years of Disbelief : Famous People... James
A. Haught
Midwest Book Review
The English speaking world rarely acknowledges the many and varied
gifts that "disbelievers" have bestowed upon humanity. Churchmen
generally contend that great figures in history, such as America's founders,
were conventional believers. But author James A. Haught demonstrates that
this just isn't true. In 2000 Years Of Disbelief: Famous People With The
Courage To Doubt, he offers a spirited collection of biographical sketches
and choice quotations to set the record straight -- intelligent, educated
people tend to doubt the supernatural.
Nonbelief
& Evil: Two Arguments for the Nonexistence of God
- Theodore M. Drange
Synopsis
Can God's nonexistence
be established? According to author Theodore M. Drange, it all depends
on what is meant by "God". This book expands the frontiers
of philosophy by exploring atheism, evil, and the nonexistence of God.
Included are examinations of free-will, the possibility of an afterlife,
arguments by theists, and more.
Critiques
of God : Making the Case against the Belief in God -
Peter A. Angeles
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-In
no other volume are the most fundamental questions of religion
explored with such force and conviction. Included are discussions
of the meaning of the existence of God, the relationships between
faith and mysticism, reason and science, fate, the problem of
evil, ethics without God, and immortality. |
American
Virtues : Thomas Jefferson on... Jean M.
Yarbrough
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-"Transcending
the tired liberalism vs. republicanism debate, Yarbrough's important
new book is a crisp, tightly argued, and persuasive meditation
on the attributes that Thomas Jefferson found at the heart of
America's success story. . . . [This is] one of the fullest,
fairest, historiographically circumspect, well-informed, and
altogether on-target accounts of Jefferson's political and social
thought to appear in decades." |
Jefferson's
Declaration of Independence: Origins, Philosophy and Theology
Allen
Jayne
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-For
generations, historians have examined the Declaration of Independence
looking for the source of Jefferson's ideas. Many have looked
to John Locke and his Second Treatise on Government as the main
source. While acknowledging Locke as an important source for
Jefferson, Jayne also suggests that there were other sources
for Jefferson's thought. In researching for this book, Jayne
examined Jefferson's Commonplace Books, where he recorded selections
from various authors. |
Sworn
on the Altar of God : A Religious Biography of Thomas Jefferson Edwin
S. Gaustad
Synopsis
This biography, part
of the acclaimed Library of Religious Biography, treats the religious
significance of Thomas Jefferson, first by examining Jefferson's steady
dedication to the cause of religious liberty, and second, by exploring
Jefferson's private effort to reform the nature of religion.
God and Other Famous Liberals : Recapturing
Bible, Flag, and Family from the Far Right
F. Forrester Church
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Synopsis
An intellectual
study on today's political and social issues addresses the topics
of religion, patriotism, and family values while emphasizing the
strong connection between liberalism and democracy. NYT. AB.
PW. |
And
the Truth Shall Set You Free - David Icke
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From
the Back Cover
You are holding
the most explosive book of the 20th Century. As a leading book
editor in the United States said after reading Icke's manuscript:
"It is difficult to put into words the excitement I feel
about this. It is a book that I have been waiting to see for
a long, long time. I knew it would come and now it is here.
I am practically overwhelmed by the sense of urgency I feel
in getting this book to press and into distribution". David
Icke exposes the real story behind global events which... |
At
Least in Hell the Christians Won't Harass Me! - Andrew
F. Knight
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Book
Description
Christianity
has managed to survive well into the most enlightened and technologically
advanced era of all time by instilling in people the fear of
Hell and the temptation of Heaven. But do these entities really
exist, or are they just inventions designed to command your
obedience? This unique book provides new evidence and
compelling arguments in evaluating the answers to many of time's
most enduring questions, including: Is there really a
Heaven and Hell? Is there an afterlife? Is there a... |
The Jefferson Bible : The Life and Morals
of Jesus of Nazareth
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Synopsis
In 1816, Thomas
Jefferson gathered together sections of the Bible and arranged
them in a certain order by time or subject. Its teachings influenced
his statesmanship and certainly contributed to his larger concept
for building an improved society. This reference opens a fascinating
window into the mind of one of our country's most important
social architects. |
The
Ways of an Atheist - Bernard
Katz
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In
"The Ways of an Atheist," Bernard Katz strings together
some 47 short essays on topics such as: miracles, morality,
religion and mental illness, and Jesus. |
The
Age of Reason -Thomas Paine
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Paine's
work masterfully exposes the Christian religion as the silly superstition
that it is. He clearly shows the fallacies of accepting any divine
"revelation" (think about it, if God wanted to tell
you something, why wouldn't he tell you himself; or at least give
you enough information to distinguish the true prophets from the
false ones) and exposes many of the contradictions of the Bible
as well as undermining the absurd doctrine of biblical infallibility. |
Agnosticism
and Christianity and Other Essays Thomas
Henry Huxley
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-Only
in the last several pages does Huxley elaborate on the origin
and meaning of Agnosticism. In fact, he seems almost reluctant
to descend into the discussion. He indulges the reader nevertheless
and does a stupendous job of stating the case. A pleasant read
on a rainy day. |
Charles
Darwin and the Evolution... - Rebecca
Stefoff
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Synopsis
ON THE ORIGIN
OF SPECIES, published in 1858, transformed our view of the world
and made Charles Darwin one of the most controversial figures
in science. This new biography looks at the person behind the
controversy whose earth-shaking discoveries and ideas remain
as exciting and interesting as today's headlines. 47 photos. |
Galileo
Galilei : First Physicist... -
James MacLachlan
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Synopsis
Examines the
personality, thought processes, scientific discoveries, and
life of an important figure who helped to shape our understanding
of the natural world. |
Albert
Einstein : And the Frontiers of...
Reading level: Young Adult
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Synopsis
As a child,
Albert Einstein's teachers considered him less than the ideal
student. But some time in his early years he developed what
he called "wonder" about the world. From these ordinary
beginnings, Einstein became one of the greatest scientific thinkers
of all time. This illuminating biography describes in understandable
language the experiments and revolutionary theories that flowed
from Einstein's imagination and intellect. 48 photos Ages 12
up. |
Bite-Size
Einstein : Quotations on Just...
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Synopsis
Presents a
collection of quotations by Albert Einstein such as ""All
I have is the stubbornness of a mule; no, that's not quite all.
I also have a nose,"" ""The state is made
for man, not man for the state,"" and more on such
themes as life, himself, mathematics, politics, and physics. |
Out
of My Later Years : The Scientist,... -
Albert Einstein
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-Out
of my Later Years is a collection of Einstein's speeches and
articles covering not just physics but his thoughts on the social
condition of man, of Jews, and of war as well as several speeches
about the likes of Max Planck, Mahatma Gandhi, and Marie Curie.
-As letters and speeches, these are written as the ordinary
man that Einstein once was - very easy to read and understand. |
Mein
Kampf -
Adolph Hitler
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-Mein
Kampf is a book that tells you things that the media won't.
-It would be easy
to write off these Nazi admirers as a few marginalized, powerless
wackos. I'd like to think so. Of course, that's what everyone
thought about a young Austrian who tried to start a coup in
a beer hall, and in prison wrote Mein Kampf.
Webmaster's
note: we in no way endorse Hitler or the Nazi party -
this is included and suggested purely becuase of its immense
historical and sociological implications.
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Hitler's
Pope : The Secret History of... -
John Cornwell
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-This
devastating account of the ecclesiastical career of Eugenio Pacelli
(1876-1958), who became Pope Pius XII in 1939, is all the more
powerful because British historian John Cornwell maintains throughout
a measured though strongly critical tone. After World War II,
murmurs of Pacelli's callous indifference to the plight of Europe's
Jews began to be heard. A noted commentator on Catholic issues,
Cornwell began research for this book believing that "if
his full story were told, Pius XII's pontificate would be exonerated."
Instead, he emerged from the Vatican archives in a state of "moral
shock,"..... |
Coming soon, books by:
Isaac Asimov, W. E. B. DuBois,
Will Durant, Albert Einstein, Benjamin Franklin, Edward Gibbon, Langston
Hughes, Thomas Jefferson, Omar Khayyam, Abraham Lincoln, James Madison,
John Stuart Mill, Ayn Rand, Gene Roddenberry, Margaret Sanger, Elizabeth
Cady Stanton, Voltaire, and many others whose own words reveal their
rejection of the supernatural.
Plus:
Kurt Baier, John Dewey, Paul
Edwards, Antony Flew, Sigmund Freud, Erich Fromm, Sidney Hook, Walter
Kaufmann, Corliss Lamont, Wallace I. Matson, H. J. McCloskey, Ernest
Nagel, Kai Nielsen, Richard Robinson, Bertrand Russell, and Michael
Scriven
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