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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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The Portable Atheist: Essential Readings for the Nonbeliever

Author: Christopher HitchensGenre: AtheismPublisher: Da Capo Press/Perseus Books (Philadelphia)Published: 11/6/2007Title: The Portable Atheist: Essential Readings for the Non-believerFormat: PaperbackPage Count: 525Goodreads Rating: 4.02Goodreads ID: 1566053ISBN13: 9780306816086ISBN: 9780306816086Book URL: GoodReads.comFrom the #1 New York Times best-selling author of God Is Not Great, a provocative and entertaining guided tour of atheist and agnostic thought through the ages

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Godless: How an Evangelical Preacher Became One of America’s Leading Atheists

Author: Dan BarkerGenre: AtheismPublisher: Ulysses PressPublished: 9/1/2008Title: Godless: How an Evangelical Preacher Became One of America’s Leading AtheistsFormat: PaperbackPage Count: 392Goodreads Rating: 3.94Goodreads ID: 3468711ISBN13: 9781569756775ISBN: 9781569756775Book URL: GoodReads.comADVANCE PRAISE FOR GODLESS “Valuable in the human story are the reflections of intelligent and ethical people who listen to the voice of reason and who allow

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Mom, Dad, I’m an Atheist: The Guide to Coming Out as a Non-Believer

Author: David G. McAfeeGenre: AtheismPublisher: Dangerous Little BooksPublished: 12/12/2012Title: Mom, Dad, I’m an Atheist: The Guide to Coming Out as a Non-BelieverFormat: PaperbackPage Count: 156Goodreads Rating: 3.86Goodreads ID: 17218358ISBN13: 9781908675040ISBN: 9781908675040Book URL: GoodReads.comThis essential guide to coming-out as a non-believer has been written to make it easier for atheists, agnostics, freethinkers, and non-believers of all

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Why Are You Atheists So Angry?: 99 Things That Piss Off the Godless

Author: Greta ChristinaGenre: AtheismPublisher: Pitchstone PublishingPublished: 11/1/2012Format: PaperbackPage Count: 184Goodreads Rating: 3.91Goodreads ID: 15811743ISBN13: 9780985281526ISBN: 9780985281526Book URL: GoodReads.comWhy are atheists angry? Is it because they’re selfish, joyless, lacking in meaning, and alienated from God? Or is it because they have legitimate reasons to be angry–and are ready to do something about it? Armed with passionate

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Why I Became an Atheist: A Former Preacher Rejects Christianity (Revised & Expanded)

Author: John W. LoftusGenre: AtheismSeries: Why I Became an AtheistPublisher: Prometheus BooksPublished: 3/27/2012Format: PaperbackSeries Number: 1Page Count: 536Goodreads Rating: 3.95Goodreads ID: 14568697ISBN13: 9781616145774ISBN: 9781616145774Book URL: GoodReads.comFor about two decades John W. Loftus was a devout evangelical Christian, an ordained minister of the Church of Christ, and an ardent apologist for Christianity. With three degrees–in philosophy,

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The Happy Atheist

Author: P.Z. MyersGenre: AtheismPublisher: VintagePublished: 5/6/2014Format: PaperbackPage Count: 208Goodreads Rating: 3.55Goodreads ID: 18310164ISBN13: 9780307739803ISBN: 9780307739803Book URL: GoodReads.com“I’m an atheist swimming in a sea of superstition, surrounded by well-meaning, good people with whom I share a culture and similar concerns, and there’s only one thing I can do. I have to laugh.” —PZ Myers Through his

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