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Permalink Reply by Noel on January 27, 2010 at 6:51pm

Thanks for the welcome.

Noticed your avatar. I ride too. Wish I could afford a touring bike. I've traveled to Tennessee and Cape Cod, on my softail, but it beats the crap out of my 52 year old bones.

Ordy

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Permalink Reply by Carolanne on January 27, 2010 at 7:33pm

Hey! I'm from Jersey, too =]
The God Delusion is an amazing book. My favorite is Letter To A Christian Nation. You should give it a read!

I hope you continue to become happier both with life and with yourself. I think accepting the things you believe, despite what others think about it, is extremely freeing.

Enjoy the site!

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Permalink Reply by Matthew on January 27, 2010 at 10:07pm

Welcome to T/A and hope to see you around. :D

My deconversion was the best thing that I have ever done in my life. Truly liberating on many levels to see past the hate/fear that religion instills in people.

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Permalink Reply by Nelson on January 28, 2010 at 12:19am

welcome Ordy! glad to have you with us. i grew up in Essex County New Jersey. :)

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Permalink Reply by Dave G on January 28, 2010 at 9:53am

Welcome to the site, Ordy!

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Permalink Reply by Noel on January 28, 2010 at 10:56am

Thank you all for the warm welcome.

LOL: "My! aren't there a lot of atheist from New Jersey here!

I grew up in New York City but bought a home in Bergen County. We've been here for the last 12 years. This beats the heck out of the South Bronx.....

"Letter to a Christian Nation".... Was this book written by Richard Dawkins? Anyone read the Christopher Hitchins book?

Ordy

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Permalink Reply by Dave G on January 28, 2010 at 11:53am

Letter to a Christian Nation is by Sam Harris.

Several good books (all of which I have read):
The God Delusion - Richard Dawkins
God Is Not Great - Christopher Hitchens
Letter to a Christian Nation - Sam Harris
The End Of Faith - Sam Harris
Breaking The Spell: Religion as a Natural Phenomenon - Daniel Dennett
God: The Failed Hypothesis - Victor J. Stenger
Godless - Dan Barker
50 Reasons People Give for Believing in a God - Guy P. Harrison

And on topics that are not specifically atheist, but are still very interesting:
Darwin's Dangerous Idea - Daniel Dennett
The Greatest Show On Earth - Richard Dawkins
Unweaving The Rainbow - Richard Dawkins
Climbing Mount Improbable - Richard Dawkins
Misquoting Jesus - Bart Ehrman
The Demon-Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark - Carl Sagan
Pale Blue Dot - Carl Sagan
Atom - Issac Asimov

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Permalink Reply by Lindsey on January 29, 2010 at 12:18am

Welcome! I'm a newbie too, and am very happy to have found this site :)

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Permalink Reply by Stacy on February 4, 2010 at 7:45am

Welcome! I am also new here, and have so far found the experience to be quite refreshing.

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