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Permalink Reply by Heath on March 12, 2009 at 6:23pm

Atheism: The Case Against God by George H. Smith. Greatest book on atheism ever written by a non-academic, in my opinion. Or, at the very least, it's my favorite from my personal collection.

Permalink Reply by Nelson on March 12, 2009 at 6:29pm

couldn't agree more. i had never believed in a god or anything like that but i didn't know that there was such a thing as an "atheist", a name for those who didn't believe. when i was 11 i read Thomas Paine's The Age of Reason and right after that i read George Smith's book... after reading them both i knew i was an atheist, i knew i had always been an atheist. i've reread it a couple times since then and it's still just as damaging a polemic as it was when i read it at 11.
great suggestion Heath.

not to begin sounding like a broken record but Smith's book is also one of those in one of those download packs. :)

Permalink Reply by Richard Hall on March 12, 2009 at 6:31pm

heh. I should be writing these down. I think I have my to-read list for the next few months ;)

Permalink Reply by Katie on March 12, 2009 at 6:49pm

sounds great!! can't wait to hear what gets picked.

Permalink Reply by MightyMateo on March 13, 2009 at 1:59am

This is going to be great, cant wait to start. I have a feeling I will be downloading all of the books you have there Nelson, lol. Maybe we should start with the portable atheist just because the format is such that it will be easy to assign different sections and have discussions about them. There is also a wealth of information there to go over.

Permalink Reply by Nelson on March 13, 2009 at 2:06am

The Portable Atheist would be good to go through simply because there's so much from so many authors. i was gonna leave a message on Sniz's page to suggest she put up a poll and it seems she's already done so. perhaps on her behalf i could suggest that everyone go to her page and vote for what they want the first selection to be. not sure if these are set in stone but current choices are The God Delusion, God is Not Great, Atheist Universe, and Breaking the Spell- all good choices.

Permalink Reply by Pam on March 13, 2009 at 7:16am

I have a few suggestions that I didn't notice anyone already listed:

Jesus, Interrupted: Revealing the Hidden Contradictions in the Bible (And Why We Don't Know About Them) by Bart D. Ehrman (or anything by Ehrman)

Freethinkers: A History of American Secularism by Susan Jacoby

That is all! :-)

Permalink Reply by Nelson on March 13, 2009 at 4:40pm

Jesus, Interrupted is supposed to be excellent. so is Misquoting Jesus, also by Ehrman.

i'd like to urge everyone to please buy any of your books through the ThinkAtheist Amazon Shop. doing so will net a small commission for the site and that helps support this place. that way Morgan can continue to offer us a place to gather with cool stuff and up-to-date features.
if the book you're looking for isn't in the shop- and it's something on atheism, skepticism, science, or religion and spirituality- please send me or Morgan a message by going to our profile pages and in almost all cases the book can be added to the shop for you. :)

Permalink Reply by Brad Leclerc on March 15, 2009 at 10:49am

Great idea. I've been looking for an excuse to get back to reading more. Would be interesting to read books from both sides of the fence when it comes to religion, and pick them apart (for better or worse).

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