Irreligion: A Mathematician Explains Why the Arguments for God Just Don't Add Up42 reviews John Allen Paulos Hill and Wang, 2008 One more voice of reason + the logician + Fascinating but ultimately irrelevant + (Arguments for God's existence) + (A mathematician's analysis of these arguments) = (Faulty reasoning for God's existence)             Atheist Manifesto: The Case Against Christianity, Judaism, and Islam27 reviews Michel Onfray Arcade Publishing, 2008 Atheist Manifesto + A "Must Read" for all believers I had for a long time believed that god's & religions were an invention of man. This publication was a terrific aid in discovering what I needed to decide that I was a humanist, a polite label for an atheist. You too will enjoy this book if you are looking for proof of what cannot be found in any ...             Western Atheism: A Short History5 reviews James Thrower Prometheus Books, 1999 AtheistWorld.Com Book Review + Atheism as old as religion + Proud roots for the humanists . . . + Carneades and More             The Improbability of God4 reviews Prometheus Books, 2006 Excellent Collection of Papers + Joel's Review + Excellent + Anthologies make worthwhile contribution             The Dawkins Letters: Challenging Atheist Myths6 reviews David Robertson Chrstian Focus, 2007 A Competent Response + Helpful in thinking through the issues + Worth Reading David Robertson, a Free Church of Scotland pastor who lives in Dundee, wanted there to be an intelligent Christian response to Richard Dawkins' bestselling The God Delusion. To that end he wrote an open letter to Richard Dawkins and subsequently posted it on his church's web site. The letter ...             Science and Religion: Are They Compatible?8 reviews Prometheus Books, 2003 Fabulous........ + A good primer on the science/religion debate + Outstanding collection A MUST READ for anyone interested about magisteria of science and religion. Well written essays (as one would expect with Kurtz as the editor) presenting both sides of this discussion. Never more relevant than today when religionists are making the claim about "biblical science", "creation science" ...             Freethinkers: A History of American Secularism74 reviews Susan Jacoby Metropolitan Books, 2004 America's Greatest Gift to the World... + Free Thinkers + Eye-opening + Highly recommended + Not just a history of American secularism             The End of Faith: Religion, Terror, and the Future of Reason834 reviews Sam Harris W.W. Norton & Company, 2004 EVERYONE NEEDS TO READ THIS BOOK! + A Thought Provoking Outlook on World Events and Religious Attitudes + Chaotic World: Belief in Faith Nourished in Primitive Times + The Death Blow to an Ancient 40 Century Curse: Magical-Religion or Religio-Politics!             I Don't Believe in Atheists50 reviews Chris Hedges Free Press, 2008 Finally! Finally a book that talks about what Secular Fundamentalists are up to, focusing so much upon Religious Fundamentalism one must see these Secular Fundies are out to establish the highly fundamentalist view that Humanism Trumps all Religions.             How to Be a Good Atheist2 reviews Nick Harding Oldcastle Books, 2008 A very good place to start These days there is a lot written and spoken, usually in the form of spluttering indignation, about the so-called New Atheists. But what is new about them? They have attained a higher public profile as a reaction to increasingly strident and assertive religiosity and not because of any deep need to ...             God and the New Atheism: A Critical Response to Dawkins, Harris, and Hitchens10 reviews John F. Haught Westminster John Knox Press, 2007 Some people just don't get it... + CAW Many of the negative reviewers of this book so clearly have their OWN agendas in mind that they simply miss the THREE POINTS Haught was trying to make in this concise little critical tome: 1) that the "New Atheists" aren't really so "new"; 2) that the "old" atheists were more insightful and much ...             The Varieties of Scientific Experience: A Personal View of the Search for God11 reviews Carl Sagan Penguin (Non-Classics), 2007 The only atheist book you should bother with + Carl Sagan Knows How To Reason Effectively + The Varieties of Sagan's Experience + read it + Excellent Reading.             The Portable Atheist: Essential Readings for the Nonbeliever42 reviews Christopher Hitchens Da Capo Press, 2007 Of Course, There is no god! How stupid can you be? + Thank You Mr. Hitchens + Great Reading + Not So Portable Yet Extraordinary + The works of some great thinkers about unbelief             The Cambridge Companion to Atheism (Cambridge Companions to Philosophy)4 reviews Cambridge University Press, 2006 An excellent collection of essays + Useful exploration of atheism's implications + Rigorous and nonpolemical, + excellent introduction to atheism             God: The Failed Hypothesis: How Science Shows That God Does Not Exist143 reviews Victor J. Stenger Prometheus Books, 2007 Proves the case! + Great Arguments Most reviewers of Stenger's "God: The Failed Hypothesis" fail to recognize the unique contribution he has made to the logic of the debate. The methodology he uses is different from most of the arguments against God, and it is important to understand this, because his book is a major step forward on ...             Breaking the Spell: Religion as a Natural Phenomenon152 reviews Daniel C. Dennett Penguin (Non-Classics), 2007 Belief in Belief + Is It 'Breaking' the Spell or 'Casting' the Spell? A Brilliant Cognitive Philosopher casts his net! + Good work! + Fills a niche.             The Dawkins Delusion?: Atheist Fundamentalism and the Denial of the Divine71 reviews Alister E. McGrath, Joanna Collicutt Mcgrath IVP Books, 2007 Accomplishes what the author set out to do + McGrath takes away Dawkins' bad toys Alister McGrath's _The Dawkins Delusion_ is a short book with one aim: to introduce readers to the flaws in Dawkins' _The God Delusion_. The book's introduction explains that this is neither a full treatment of philosophy of religion, nor even a point-by-point engagement of everything Dawkins ...             The Little Book of Atheist Spirituality18 reviews Andre Comte-Sponville Viking Adult, 2007 Christian Pastor Gives Thumbs Up + A kinder, gentler atheism + Good consice take on atheism + Wisdom, not polemic             God Is Not Great: How Religion Poisons Everything792 reviews Christopher Hitchens Twelve Books, Hachette Book Group, 2007 Informative and persuasive + Please do not make fools of yourselves rating without reading + Hitchens Is Thought Provoking Hitchens is an extremely sharp, erudite, and well-qualified author on the subject of religion. Having had several encounters with different faiths in his life, he is a journalist who has witnessed first-hand the effects of religious belief around the world. He also has intimate knowledge of ...             Letter from a Christian Citizen3 reviews Douglas Wilson American Vision, 2007 Letter from a Christian Citizen + Sam Harris is confused + A Must-Have for every commited Christian A well written objective rebuttal of Sam Harris' "Letter to a Christian Nation". Clear defense of Christianity with weaknesses and inconsistencies of Atheist position highlighted. A must for understanding the differences of both sides.