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From ancient Greece to modern America, from short essays to long arguments, from individual lives to history and philosophy, in words reasoned quietly or
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The Atheist God Would Read (or watch or listen) . . . offers a wide range of books for rational people in an often irrational world.
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Religion claims to encourage freethinking - but thought can never be
free if it cannot deny God's non-existence.
This section and most of the rest of this website will be updated shortly.
Next:
Chapter Six
A Moral Code
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Can faith move mountains?
People create God in their own image.
What happens when they not only believe in God but put their
faith into action?
The results are predictable: good people do good things in the
name of religion and bad people do bad things. They act in
God's name but God is irrelevant.
5.1: Doing good
Much good is done in the name of God ...
5.2: Doing bad
... and much bad
5.3: Men and women
Subjugating half humanity
5.4: Child abuse
Perverting young minds
5.5: God and Mammon
God can make you rich!
5.6: Apostasy
Sentencing disbelievers to death
Finished this chapter? Move on to
Chapter 6
A Moral Code
Religion makes a strong claim to morality - only God and faith,
apparently, keep us moral.
It's a nice idea, but it's totally false. A close examination of
religion indicates how immoral it is - only humanist values
guarantee a truly ethical approach to life.
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If God existed, he would...
admire the beauty of a universe that he did not create
recognize that eternity is meaningless
deny both heaven and hell
disown all men and women who speak in his name
denounce the harm caused by religious "morality"
help the human race to thrive without him
If God existed, he would be an atheist.
What is the difference between science and faith?
science is certain of nothing and requires proof of everything
faith is certain of everything and requires proof of nothing
Which do you trust?
"I know there is no God"
or
"I believe there is no God"
???
Check the answer
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