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Good Without God: What a Billion Nonreligious People Do Believe
by Greg Epstein
In Good Without God, Greg Epstein presents another, more balanced and inclusive response: Humanism. With a focus on the positive, he highlights humanity's potential for goodness and the ways in which Humanists lead lives of purpose and compassion. Humanism can offer the sense of community we want and often need in good times and bad, as we celebrate marriages and the birth of our children, and as we care for those who are elderly or sick. In short, Humanism teaches us that we can lead good and moral lives without supernaturalism, without higher powers . . . without God.
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The New Atheism: Taking a Stand for Science and Reason
by Victor J. Stenger
In this new book, Victor J. Stenger, whose God: The Failed Hypothesis was on the New York Times bestseller list in 2007, reviews and expands upon the principles of New Atheism and answers many of its critics. He demonstrates in detail that naturalism--the view that all of reality is reducible to matter and nothing else--is sufficient to explain everything we observe in the universe, from the most distant galaxies to the inner workings of the brain that result in the phenomenon of mind.
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Is religion a threat to rationality and science? |
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Written by Daniel Dennett
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Friday, 01 May 2009 |
Yes, says Prof Daniel Dennett If religion isn't the greatest threat to rationality and scientific progress, what is? Perhaps alcohol, or television, or addictive video games. But although each of these scourges - mixed blessings, in fact - has the power to overwhelm our best judgment and cloud our critical faculties, religion has a feature of that none of them can boast: it doesn't just disable, it honours the disability. People are revered for their capacity to live in a dream world, to shield their minds from factual knowledge and make the major decisions of their lives by consulting voices in their heads that they call forth by rituals designed to intoxicate them. |
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New Blasphemy Crime for Ireland? |
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Written by Michael Nugent
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Thursday, 30 April 2009 |
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By Michael Nugent, Atheist Ireland The Irish Government’s new proposed blasphemy crime combines the oppressive religious thinking of 1950s Catholic Ireland and modern Islamic fundamentalism. This proposal should be opposed for three reasons. One, it does not protect religious belief; it encourages outrage and it criminalises free speech. Two, it treats religious beliefs as more valuable than secular beliefs and scientific thinking. Three, we should be removing 1930s religious references from the Irish Constitution, not legislating to enforce them. Atheist Ireland, as an advocacy group for a rational, ethical, secular Ireland, encourages Irish citizens to lobby their TDs about this proposal. Here are detailed arguments for the three reasons to oppose it, plus a summary of the proposed new crime and its background. |
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Truth: An Atheist's Greatest Desire |
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Written by Nickolas Conrad
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Wednesday, 29 April 2009 |
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Only science and rational evidence lead to life’s foundational truths by Nickolas Conrad We all have but one life to live. In this finite time we have but a moment to understand who we are and where we come from. Unable to prove that we live beyond mental and physical death any more than the ant we crush with our index finger, our life is immeasurably precious. One day we will all face our own deaths and, before the silence of the stars, we have only a short time to examine our place within the cosmos. Understanding our existence truthfully and honestly is the quest of many atheists and agnostics. There is nothing more beautiful than the pursuit of truth and to glimpse – for but a second – the strange creature that we are. To do this, we cannot accept answers simply because our parents told them to us as children. |
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German Catholic Bishop Falsely Claims Link Between Nazis and Atheism |
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Written by AAI Publicity
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Tuesday, 14 April 2009 |
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In an Eastern sermon that has drawn widespread criticism, the Catholic bishop of Augsburg has linked the crimes committed under Nazi and Communist regimes to atheism. Atheist groups, including AAI, have reacted with fury and accuse the cleric of rewriting history. |
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Atheist Exit-Counselling Support |
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Sunday, 12 April 2009 |
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ATHEIST RELIGIOUS EXIT-COUNSELLING SUPPORT, AUSTRALIA
MEDIA RELEASE
April 11, 2009 Melbourne Atheists - part of the Atheist Federation of Australia, an affiliate of Atheist Alliance International - is launching a new and free counselling service to coincide with the Christian Easter celebrations being held this weekend. The counselling service is provided for believers who seek help and counselling to cope with the stress and mental trauma of religion. |
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