No man ever believes that the Bible means what it says: He is always convinced that it says what he means. - George Bernard Shaw
Sam Harris discussing atheism. (via ziltoidia)
“God so loved the world that he made up his mind to damn a large majority of the human race” - Robert Green Ingersoll
Ayn Rand on Religion (via LiveLeak)
Tim Minchin (via AtheistMediaBlog)
Get off our country.
Reposting from American Freethought.
The Essential Ten
1. Why I Am Not a Christian by Bertrand Russell (1927)
2. The Demon-Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark by Carl Sagan (1995)
3. The God Delusion by Richard Dawkins (2006)
4. The End of Faith by Sam Harris (2004)
5. The Bible (critically read)
6. The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll
7. god Is Not Great: How Religion Poisons Everything by Christopher Hitchens (2007)
8. Collected Writings by Thomas Paine (pub. from 1776 to 1806) – Paine (1736-1809)
9. Letter to a Christian Nation by Sam Harris (2006)
10. Why People Believe Weird Things by Michael Shermer (1997)
Also Recommended:
11. The Bible According to Mark Twain
12. Breaking the Spell: Religion as a Natural Phenomenon by Daniel Dennett (2006)
13. Flim-Flam! by James Randi (1982)
14. Losing Faith in Faith by Dan Barker (1992)
15. The Qur’an (critically read)
16. On the Origin of Species by Charles Darwin (1859)
17. Godless by Dan Barker (2008)
18. Freethinkers: A History of American Secularism by Susan Jacoby (2004)
19. Atheism: The Case Against God by George H. Smith (1980)
20. Forbidden Fruit: The Ethics of Secularism by Paul Kurtz (1988)
Check the link for full descriptions, but I’m curious: What do you think is missing from this list?
"It’s not enough to come out of the closet. You have to eventually leave the house."
— Jennifer Michael Hecht on atheism at TAM 8
