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Tackling Life’s Big Questions: A Non-Religious Approach

In a world where religious beliefs have traditionally provided answers to life’s most profound questions, those of us who embrace a secular worldview often find ourselves navigating these existential conundrums without the comfort of divine explanations. Yet, far from leaving us adrift, this perspective offers a rich, nuanced approach to understanding our place in the Read more

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Atheists in Post-Apartheid South Africa

Atheists in Post-Apartheid South Africa: Discrimination and Progress

A paper presented by Rick Raubenheimer, President, on behalf of the South African Secular Society (SASS) at the Conference on Religious Freedom in South Africa, “Freedom of Religion or Belief in a Democracy”, at The University of Johannesburg (UJ), 11-12 April 2024.  Kindly address all correspondence in this regard to the President of SASS at

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A Better Life: 100 Atheists Speak Out on Joy & Meaning in a World Without God

Categories: Atheism, PhilosophyGenres: Atheism, Philosophy, ReligionPublished: 1/1/2014Format: HardcoverPage Count: 254Goodreads Rating: 4.21Goodreads ID: 18747558ISBN13: 9780989936002ISBN: 0989936007Book URL: GoodReads.comThe myth persists. Even in our modern world, countless people believe that without God, one’s life has no purpose or meaning — that the lives of atheists are devoid of joy and happiness because they are not religious.

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God’s Gravediggers: Why No Deity Exists

Categories: Atheism, Philosophy, ReligionAuthor: Raymond D BradleyGenres: Atheism, Philosophy, ReligionPublisher: Ockham PublishingPublished: 2/12/2016Format: PaperbackPage Count: 372Goodreads Rating: 4.71Goodreads ID: 29066346ISBN13: 9781910780084ISBN: 9781910780084Book URL: GoodReads.comFew can offer a more experienced view on religion than Ray Bradley. Having been raised as a ‘winner of souls for Christ’ in the 1940s, he spent the next 40 years as

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The God Argument: The Case against Religion and for Humanism

Categories: Atheism, PhilosophyAuthor: A. C. GraylingGenres: Atheism, PhilosophyPublisher: Bloomsbury USAPublished: 3/4/2014Title: The God Argument: The Case against Religion and for HumanismFormat: PaperbackPage Count: 288Goodreads Rating: 3.78Goodreads ID: 17978141ISBN13: 9781620401927ISBN: 1620401924Book URL: GoodReads.comExamining all the arguments for and against religion and religious belief–across the range of reasons and motives that people have for being religious and

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Philosophers Without Gods: Meditations on Atheism and the Secular Life

Categories: Atheism, PhilosophyAuthor: Louise M. AntonyGenres: Atheism, PhilosophyPublishers: Oxford University Press, USAPublished: 10/1/2010Title: Philosophers without Gods: Meditations on Atheism and the Secular LifeFormat: PaperbackPage Count: 315Goodreads Rating: 4.01Goodreads ID: 9639632ISBN13: 9780199743414ISBN: 978-0199743414Book URL: GoodReads.comAtheists are frequently demonized as arrogant intellectuals, antagonistic to religion, devoid of moral sentiments, advocates of an “anything goes” lifestyle. Now, in

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