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Comment by Susan Michelle on November 25, 2009 at 6:16am

Has anyone read a book called Reinventing the Sacred? I've just started reading it so I'm trying to withold judgement but I can't help but feel slightly annoyed. The author's contention is that particle physics (reductionism) is insufficient for explaining emergent phenomena (complexity theory). OK...there is arguably a point to be made there. What I object to is his insistence that emergent properties are unpredictable and therefore unknowable and hence we should call the phenomena "god". wtf??? I think he's being intellectually lazy and pandering to the widest possible audience by suggesting that we can all agree on this definition of god. Ummm...no.

Comment by Nelson on November 24, 2009 at 10:51pm

no doubt, Shubin's book is fantastic.

Comment by Reggie on November 24, 2009 at 10:47pm

Shubin's Your Inner Fish is a great book, too! I second that recommendation.

Comment by Don't label my essence! (Jared) on November 24, 2009 at 7:25pm

Though it isn't exactly a book on Atheism, I highly recommend "Your Inner Fish" by Neil Shubin. It's a short (a bit less than 220 pages), humorous, and fantastically enlightening explanation of evolution and how we know what we do about it. Shubin touches on range of subjects including paleontology, developmental biology, and embryology; all the while keeping things accessible and entertaining for any level of reader. If you'd like to start learning a little bit about Evolutionary Biology then this is a great place to start.

Comment by Reggie on November 22, 2009 at 9:18pm

Demon Haunted World is one of my all time favorites! It was the third in a trio of books I read back to back to back that changed my life and my views of the world.

Comment by Rick on October 13, 2009 at 7:34am

http://www.texasfreethoughtconvention.com/

Comment by Skycomet the Fallen Angel on September 2, 2009 at 11:35am

It's not written by an atheist, but this book SURE supports and gives ammunition to our cause of fighting against religious intolerance: You should read: "Rescuing the Bible from Fundamentalists" by: John Shelby Spong.

Comment by Joe on August 7, 2009 at 12:01pm

Hey, what's the current selection? I'm personally re-reading God: The Failed Hypothesis and The God Delusion

Comment by Jarod Bledsoe on July 30, 2009 at 7:11pm

so...do we just tell each other what we want to read?...or is there an actual current selection? I'm sorry...new here.

Comment by Rick on July 13, 2009 at 7:20pm

Thanks for the invite...

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