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[http://www.rdcoste.com ''Night at the Gates''] by R. D. Coste. "What would happen if an atheist were to find himself standing in front of the Pearly Gates?"
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=== Books ===
  
[http://www.tassos-oak.com "Secular Wholeness"] by David Cortesi. Religious practice has benefits—people wouldn't do it otherwise. How can we get those benefits without the superstition?
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* Barker, Dan - [http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1569756775?tag=httpwwwration-20 Godless: How an Evangelical Preacher Became One of America's Leading Atheists]
  
[http://web.viu.ca/gibsona/a%20fundamental%20madness.htm "A Fundamental Madness"] by Allan Gibson. A thriller too close to reality! This could happen...
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* Barker, Dan - [https://www.amazon.com/Good-Atheist-Living-Purpose-Filled-Without/dp/1569758468 The Good Atheist: Living a Purpose-Filled Life Without God]
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* Bays, R.L. - [http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1981158464?tag=httpwwwration-20 There Are No Such Things as Ghosts: A Brief Guide to Critical Thinking]
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* Becker, J.R. - [https://annabelleandaiden.com/ Annabell and Aiden]
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* Blue, Dennis - [https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/holy-deception-dennis-r-blue/1128633257 Holy Deception? A Recovering Fundamentalist Explores the Bible]
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* Boyer, Pascal - [http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0465006965?tag=httpwwwration-20 Religion Explained: The Evolutionary Origins of Religious Thoughts]
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* Carrier, Richard [http://www.amazon.com/Richard-Carrier/e/B001K8LYEM/?tag=httpwwwration-20 Books by Richard Carrier]
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* Christina, Greta [https://the-orbit.net/greta/coming-out-atheist/ Coming Out Atheist: How to Do It, How to Help Each Other, and Why]
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* Cortesi, David - [http://www.tassos-oak.com "Secular Wholeness"] Religious practice has benefits—people wouldn't do it otherwise. How can we get those benefits without the superstition?
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* Coste, R. D. - [http://www.rdcoste.com ''Night at the Gates''] "What would happen if an atheist were to find himself standing in front of the Pearly Gates?"
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* Coyne, Jerry A. - [https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/why-evolution-is-true-coyne/1116745079 Why Evolution Is True]
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* Dawkins, Richard - [http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0618918248?tag=httpwwwration-20 The God Delusion]
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* Dawkins, Richard - [https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/magic-of-reality-richard-dawkins/1101373498 The Magic of Reality: How We Know What's Really True]
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* Dawkins, Richard - [https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/greatest-show-on-earth-richard-dawkins/1100333495 The Greatest Show on Earth: The Evidence for Evolution]
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* Dennett, Daniel - [http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0143038338?tag=httpwwwration-20 Breaking the Spell: Religion as a Natural Phenomenon]
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* Faircloth, Sean - [http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0984493255?tag=httpwwwration-20 Attack of the Theocrats! How the Religious Right Harms Us All—and What We Can Do About It!]
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* Garcia, Hector - [https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/alpha-god-hecto-garcia/1120019750 Alpha God: The Psychology of Religious Violence and Oppression]
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* Grayling, A. C. - [http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/019517755X?tag=httpwwwration-20 Life, Sex and Ideas: The Good Life without God]
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* Harris, Sam - [http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0307278778?tag=httpwwwration-20 Letter to a Christian Nation]
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* Harris, Sam - [http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0393327655?tag=httpwwwration-20 The End of Faith: Religion, Terror, and the Future of Reason]
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* Hitchens, Christopher - [http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0446697966?tag=httpwwwration-20 God Is Not Great: How Religion Poisons Everything]
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* Hitchens, Christopher - [http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0306816083?tag=httpwwwration-20 The Portable Atheist: Essential Readings for the Nonbeliever], a guided tour of atheist and agnostic thought through the ages.
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* Jacoby, Susan - [https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/freethinkers-susan-jacoby/1112257653 Freethinkers: A History of American Secularism]
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* Jacoby, Susan - [https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/the-great-agnostic-susan-jacoby/1110948323 The Great Agnostic: Robert Ingersoll and American Freethought]
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* Krueger, Douglas - [https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/what-is-atheism-douglas-e-krueger/1114960008 What Is Atheism?: A Short Introduction / Edition 1]
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* McAfee, David G. - [https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/mom-dad-im-an-atheist-the-guide-to-coming-out-as-a-non-believer-g-david-mcafee/1114021779 Mom, Dad, I'm an Atheist: The Guide to Coming Out as a Non-Believer]
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* McMaster, Jacki - [http://firstchurchofatheism.com/shop/jesus-wasnt-magic/ "Jesus Wasn't Magic: A Christmas Book for Non-Believers"]
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* Mehta, Hemant - [http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1400073472?tag=httpwwwration-20 I Sold My Soul on eBay]
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* Nair, Satyajit - [http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00N7K1NTW/?tag=httpwwwration-20 God in the Middle]
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* Onfray, Michel - [http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/161145008X?tag=httpwwwration-20 Atheist Manifesto: The Case Against Christianity, Judaism, and Islam]
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* Paulos, John Allen - [http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0809059185?tag=httpwwwration-20 Irreligion: A Mathematician Explains Why the Arguments for God Just Don't Add Up]
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* Ray, Darrel - [https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/the-god-virus-darrel-w-ray/1111374515 The God Virus: How Religion Infects Our Lives and Culture]
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* Ray, Darrel - [https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/sex-and-god-i-p-c-press/1114403683 Sex and God: How Religion Distorts Sexuality]
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* Sagan, Carl - [http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0345346297?tag=httpwwwration-20 The Dragons of Eden: Speculations on the Evolution of Human Intelligence]
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* Sagan, Carl - [http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0345409469?tag=httpwwwration-20 The Demon-Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark]
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* Shermer, Michael - [http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1250008808?tag=httpwwwration-20 The Believing Brain: From Ghosts and Gods to Politics and Conspiracies: How We Construct Beliefs and Reinforce Them as Truths]
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* Smith, George H. & Krauss, Lawrence M. - [https://www.google.com/books/edition/Atheism/3HX8undhcmsC Atheism: The Case Against God]
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* Stenger, Victor J. - [http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1616145994?tag=httpwwwration-20 God and the Folly of Faith: The Incompatibility of Science and Religion]
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* Wathey, John C. - [https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/the-illusion-of-gods-presence-john-c-wathey/1121772833 The Illusion of God's Presence: The Biological Origins of Spiritual Longing]
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=== Books listings & reviews ===
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* [http://http://atheism.about.com/od/bookreviews/ atheism.about.com's Book Reviews]
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* [http://www.goodreads.com/group/bookshelf/3879-the-atheist-book-club?order=a&per_page=20&sort=date_added&view=main The Atheist Book Club's Bookshelf] Group readings, ratings &  discussions
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* [http://www.goodreads.com/group/bookshelf/2072-atheists-and-skeptics?order=a&per_page=20&sort=date_added&view=main Atheists and Skeptics Group's Bookshelf] Group readings, ratings &  discussions
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* [http://fivebooks.com/section/book/5689 Five Books] interviews experts & authors and asks them to recommend the best books in their subject and explain why they matter (link to the ''Atheism'' section).
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* [http://www.infidels.org/library/ The Secular Web] library
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* [https://www.tentoughproblems.com/the-cure-for-christianity-library/ The Cure-For-Christianity Library]

Latest revision as of 04:00, 1 December 2020

Books

  • Cortesi, David - "Secular Wholeness" Religious practice has benefits—people wouldn't do it otherwise. How can we get those benefits without the superstition?
  • Coste, R. D. - Night at the Gates "What would happen if an atheist were to find himself standing in front of the Pearly Gates?"


Books listings & reviews

  • Five Books interviews experts & authors and asks them to recommend the best books in their subject and explain why they matter (link to the Atheism section).