Freethinkers: A History of American Secularism73 reviews Susan Jacoby Metropolitan Books, 2004 America's Greatest Gift to the World... + Eye-opening + Highly recommended + Not just a history of American secularism + The Other History             Creationism's Trojan Horse: The Wedge of Intelligent Design38 reviews Barbara Forrest, Paul R. Gross Oxford University Press, USA, 2004 Revealing the extent of the deceit + Connecting the Dots. + Intelligent design is a political movement, not a scientific one + The skeptics' view of the intelligent design movement             Facing Up: Science and Its Cultural Adversaries13 reviews Steven Weinberg Harvard University Press, 2003 Well written articles on the culture of Science + Impressive successes + Making Sense + Made me smile and laugh out loud             Creationism's Upside-Down Pyramid: How Science Refutes Fundamentalism9 reviews Lee Tiffin Prometheus Books, 1994 very good for what it sets out to do + Need a little more than your own common sense? When you buy this book, you need to understand that it's a criticism of creationism, not an explanation of evolution. If you want a book on evolution, there are much better choices. I would also like to mention that the last person to write a review of the book gave it a very unfair one star. He ...             The Myth of the Resurrection and Other Essays (The Freethought Library)5 reviews Joseph McCabe Prometheus Books, 1993 The Myth of the Resurrection and Other Essays + Classical work on biblical criticism + Good Read McCabe does a wonderful job taking the reader through the true histories of religion and man. He emphisizes strongly on the falacies which the Bible has been based upon; as well as how the ignorance of the ancient world led to a basis of Christian beliefs that would bloodily take over the ...             The Killing of History: How Literary Critics and Social Theorists are Murdering Our Past45 reviews Keith Windschuttle Encounter Books, 2000 Loved it + The Best critique of the academy written in recent times + Superb work for anyone interested in how history is being rewritten. + Exposing the "emperor's new clothes" of "intellectual" snobs + Did we read the same book?             Believing in Magic: The Psychology of Superstition6 reviews Stuart A. Vyse Oxford University Press, USA, 2000 Great!!! + Do you believe in magic? + Typing With My Lucky Toothbrush At My Side + enjoyable, except for the seemingly myriad of "Wade Boggs"..             Who Stole Feminism?: How Women Have Betrayed Women84 reviews Christina Hoff-Sommers Simon & Schuster, 1995 It's not us v. them + Excellent, Fact-Based Deconstruction + Insightful + Insightful & Provides Balance to Some Myths of Feminism             Consilience: The Unity of Knowledge148 reviews Edward Osborne Wilson Vintage, 1999 Reductionist Science and Transcendentalism + Grand thesis, disappointing delivery + God's dream for Science + A third Pulitzer Prize"? + Where do you stand? Where do we?             The Forgery of the Old Testament and Other Essays (Freethought Library)3 reviews Joseph McCabe Prometheus Books, 1993 A bit overdramatic but still a fun and informative read + Joseph McCabe books + Witty, Straightforward -- delightfully entertaining! This material was controversial when originally published in 1926-1927. If you've read more recent biblical criticism, you will note a few points that have since been clarified by more recent works but, for the most part, McCabe's arguments are as current as ever. Since the book is fairly broad in ...             Atheist Universe: Why God Didn't Have A Thing To Do With It198 reviews David Mills Xlibris Corporation, 2003 I, too, also implore those 40%... + Mostly Effective + Refreshing + Atheist Universe             God's Defenders: What They Believe and Why They Are Wrong20 reviews S. T. Joshi Prometheus Books, 2003 Hard-hitting but rational attack + Funny and Insightful I strongly disagree with the reviewer who said that freethinkers will not get anything out of this book. Joshi's approach differs from many freethought books in that it is not a general defense of freethought, but rather a very specific critique of certain theistic views. Granted, some of these ...             The End of Faith: Religion, Terror, and the Future of Reason826 reviews Sam Harris W.W. Norton & Company, 2004 Everyone should read this book!! + A Must Read Book For Those Who Stand-Up For Religion (Islam in particular) + Great read, scary world. + No Matter What Your Position On Faith, This Is A Very Important Book.             Quantum Leaps in the Wrong Direction : Where Real Science Ends...and Pseudoscience Begins5 reviews Charles M. Wynn, Arthur W. Wiggins, ... Joseph Henry Press, 2001 Excellent Science/Pseudoscience Primer + A quantum leap in the right direction! + Needs to be read by those vulnerable to the nonsense. The real value of this book is in the first three chapters, which contain a simple yet powerful description of how science works, and why pseudoscience is, well, pseudoscience. The remainder of the book covers a variety of pseudosciences grouped into five major categories. While detail is a bit ...             Humanist Manifesto 2000: A Call for New Planetary Humanism10 reviews Paul Kurtz Prometheus Books, 2000 Some reviewers are criticizing + We Can Hope + Guidelines for the Future + A Thought Provoking Proposal             Secular Humanist Declaration Paul Kurtz Prometheus Books, 1980             Reason, Tolerance, and Christianity: The Ingersoll Debates (Freethought Library) Robert G. Ingersoll Prometheus Books, 1993             Dumbing Down: Essays on the Strip Mining of American Culture13 reviews W. W. Norton & Company, 1997 Goes against the grain of culture... and so it should! + Looking for the Exit + Different Persuasions on the Subject. This must be the most politically incorrect book that you could read. But that is its strongest point. You have to be incorrect today to think properly. Behind every great movement which overturned a declining society there has been incorrectness. This book bucks the tide. It is unashamedly ...             The Scientific Case Against Scientific Creationism: Three Easy and Enjoyable Ways to Nurture and Heal ... jon paul alston AuthorHouse, 2003 Sociologist Jon P. Alston offers a unique and clear analysis of the weaknesses of scientific creationism and intelligent design by identifying what creationists say when they reject evidence for evolution. He demonstrates how scientific creationists accept non-scientific statements that contradict established scientific knowledge. Acceptance of anti-evolutionary knowledge also demands acceptance ...             Humanist Manifestos One and Two2 reviews P. Kurtz Prometheus Books, 1973 Problems with the previous review Since the only review of this book on amazon.com has obvious bias, I thought it might be worth while to give some responses to that commentary... It seems that Dr. Groothuis, either intentionally misrepresents the arguments of others, or is incapable of reading and thinking at a level commensurate ...